ABSTRACT
A wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections:
* health beliefs and knowledge
* inequalities and patterning of health and illness
* professional and patient interaction
* chronic illness and disability
* evaluation and politics in health care.
With a thorough introduction which sets the scene for the field as a whole, and section introductions which contextualize each chapter, the reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|72 pages
Health beliefs and knowledge
chapter 1|12 pages
Lay Epidemiology and the Prevention Paradox
part 2|77 pages
Inequalities and patterning of health and illness
chapter 2|12 pages
Explaining Health Inequalities: Beyond Black And Barker
chapter 2|16 pages
Genetic Cultural or Socio-Economic Vulnerability?
part 3|69 pages
Professional and patient interaction
chapter 3|13 pages
Decision-Making in the Physician–Patient Encounter
part 4|71 pages
Chronic illness and disability
chapter 4|13 pages
From Biographical Disruption to Biographical Reinforcement
part 5|65 pages
Evaluation and politics of health care
