Health and the media / edited by Clive Seale.

Contributor(s):

Seale, Clive

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Sociology of health and illness monograph series | Sociology of health and illness monograph seriesPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2004.Description: 182 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781405112444 (pbk.) :
1405112441 (pbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.461 SEA

LOC classification:

RA440.5

Summary: A collection of contemporary studies on health and the media, this work brings together perspectives from media studies and medical sociology in order to illuminate the influence that the mass media have on health beliefs and behaviour, and on health care practices and policy-making.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Short Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	306.461 SEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		125263

Originally published as a special issue of Sociology of health and illness, vol. 25, no. 6.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A collection of contemporary studies on health and the media, this work brings together perspectives from media studies and medical sociology in order to illuminate the influence that the mass media have on health beliefs and behaviour, and on health care practices and policy-making.