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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Key concepts in medical sociology. London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c2004 (CTN)56104571 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan Gabe; Michael Bury; Mary Ann Elston |
| ISBN: | 9781849724401 1849724407 0761974423 9780761974420 9781847875136 1847875130 1412932076 9781412932073 |
| OCLC Number: | 465217845 |
| Notes: | Includes graphical cross-reference mapper. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 256 p.) |
| Contents: | Part I: Social Patterning of Health -- Social Class -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Age -- Place -- Health and Development -- Material and Cultural Factors -- Psycho-Social Factors -- Social Support -- Life Events -- Life Course -- Part II: Experience of Illness -- Medicalization -- Illness Behaviour -- Stigma -- Embodiment -- Chronic Illness and Disability -- Illness Narratives -- Risk -- The Sick Role -- Practitioner-Client Relationships -- Uncertainty -- Compliance and Concordance -- Quality of Life -- Dying Trajectories -- Part III: Health Knowledge and Practice -- Medical Model -- Social Constructionism -- Lay Knowledge -- Reproduction -- Medical Technologies -- Geneticization -- Surveillance and Health Promotion -- Part IV: Health Work and the Division of Labor -- Professions and Professionalization -- Professional Socialization -- Medical Autonomy and Dominance -- Decline of Medical Autonomy -- Medical Pluralism -- Negotiated Order -- Emotional Labour -- Informal Care -- Part V: Health Care Organization and Policy -- Hospitals and Health Care Organizations -- Privatization -- Managerialism -- Consumerism -- Social Movements and Health -- Social Problems and Health -- The New Public Health -- Medicines Regulation -- Citizenship and Health -- Evaluation -- Malpractice. |
| Series Title: | SAGE key concepts. |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan Gabe, Mike Bury, and Mary Ann Elston. |
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