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Key concepts in medical sociology
Title:
Key concepts in medical sociology
Author:
Gabe, Jonathan.
ISBN:
9781849724401

9780761974420

9781847875136

9781412932073
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Publication Information:
London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 256 p.)
Series:
SAGE key concepts.
General Note:
Includes graphical cross-reference mapper.
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.
Abstract:
This title provides a systematic and accessible introduction to medical sociology, beginning each 1500 word entry with a definition of the concept, then examines its origins, development, strengths and weaknesses, offering further reading guidance for independent learning, and drawing on international literature and examples.
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