The social context of health and health work / Linda J. Jones.
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1994.Description: xx,598p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN:- 9780333551561 (pbk) :
- 9780333551554 (cased) :
- 0333551567 (pbk)
- 306.461 JON
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Bibliography: p554-578. - Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 554-578. - Includes indexes.
1.Health in a social context -- 2.The scope of sociological enquiry -- 3.The family and health -- 4.Community and health - 5.Stratfication, class and health -- 6.Poverty and healt in the welfare state -- 7.Gender divisions and health -- 8.Race, ethnicity and health -- 9.Dependency: age and disability -- 10.Health beliefs and health action -- 11.Power and control in health work -- 12.The work of nursing -- 13.The contemporary politics of health care.
The role of nurses has changed in recent years, as the need for awareness of the importance of sociology and social policy as part of their jobs has increased. This text aims to elucidate the relationship between social ideology, social divisions and social welfare in the field of health work.