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Contemporary health studies : an introduction / by Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross, Diane Lowcock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2012.Description: 320 pContent type:
Media type:
ISBN:
  • 9780745650210 (hbk.) :
  • 9780745650227 (pbk.) :
  • 0745650228
  • 9780745650210
  • 074565021X
  • 9780745650227
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.461 WAR 23
LOC classification:
  • RA418
NLM classification:
  • 2012 H-090
  • WA 900.1
Online resources:
Contents:
[Table of Contents] Introduction. -- Part 1: Understanding and promoting health. -- 1. What is health?. -- 2. Contemporary Threats to Health. -- 3. Investigating health. -- Part 2: Disciplinary context. -- 4. Sociology. -- 5. Social anthropology and health. -- 6. Health Psychology. -- 7. Health Promotion. -- Part 3: Influences upon Health. -- 8. Individual Characteristics which influence health. -- 9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health. -- 11. Policy Influences upon health. -- 12. The global context of health. -- 13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for Action. -- Glossary. -- References
Summary: An accessible introduction to all aspects of current debates surrounding the social-scientific dimensions of health, this book is divided into three sections which map out the field, examine its disciplinary underpinnings and then focus on specific determinants of health.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 306.461 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 219985
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 306.461 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 219984

Comprend des re�f. bibliogr. et un index.

[Table of Contents] Introduction. -- Part 1: Understanding and promoting health. -- 1. What is health?. -- 2. Contemporary Threats to Health. -- 3. Investigating health. -- Part 2: Disciplinary context. -- 4. Sociology. -- 5. Social anthropology and health. -- 6. Health Psychology. -- 7. Health Promotion. -- Part 3: Influences upon Health. -- 8. Individual Characteristics which influence health. -- 9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health. -- 11. Policy Influences upon health. -- 12. The global context of health. -- 13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for Action. -- Glossary. -- References

An accessible introduction to all aspects of current debates surrounding the social-scientific dimensions of health, this book is divided into three sections which map out the field, examine its disciplinary underpinnings and then focus on specific determinants of health.

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