Hyde, Abbey. <br/><br/>
Sociology for health professionals in Ireland / 
Abbey Hyde, Maria Lohan and Orla McDonnell. 
 - Dublin :  Institute of Public Administration,  2005. 
 - xvi, 365 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-343) and index. 
<br/><br/>Section 1. Health professions and sociology--1. What is sociology and why might health professionals be interested?--2. The sociologist\'s tool-kit, part l: social theory--3. The sociologist\'s tool-kit, part 2: research methodology--Section 2. Sociological understandings of health and illness--4. The social determinants of health and illness: class, gender and ethnicity--5. The social determinants of health and illness: a global perspective--6. Challenges to biomedicine and alternative understandings of health and illness--Section 3. Experiences of healthcare--7. The sociology of the body, health and illness--8. The sociology of lay and professional interactions--9. Sociology of the lifecycle: childhood,ageing, dying and death--10. Mental health and illness--11. Science and technology in healthcare--Section 4. 12. Interprofessional relations: the healthcare division of labour--13. Healthcare systems and health policy in Ireland--14. New public health and health promotion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781904541141 (pbk.) :  No price 1904541143 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004479000 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology--Ireland<br/>Social service.<br/>Social medicine.<br/>Nursing--Social aspects<br/>Social medicine--Ireland<br/>Nursing--Social aspects--Ireland<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Sociology & anthropology<br/>Health systems & services
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1 HYD