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Applied Sociology of Health and Illness

A Problem Based Learning Approach

Applied Sociology of Health and Illness

A Problem Based Learning Approach

ByCostas S. Constantinou
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 29 May 2014
Pub. location London
Imprint CRC Press
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1201/b20746
Pages 208 pages
eBook ISBN 9781909368910
SubjectsEconomics, Finance, Business & Industry, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health
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Constantinou, C. (2014). Applied Sociology of Health and Illness. London: CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/b20746
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This inspirational new text covers the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. By creatively employing the fictitious character of Frank Bennet, a new medical student, who cannot understand why he has to attend so many sessions in sociology in order to become a doctor, the book examines the most commonl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|18 pages
Lay health beliefs and doctor–patient relationships
View abstract
chapter 2|18 pages
The body as a social entity
View abstract
chapter 3|16 pages
The experience of chronic illness
View abstract
chapter 4|14 pages
Labelling and stigma
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Mental illness
View abstract
chapter 6|16 pages
Social inequalities in health
View abstract
chapter 7|16 pages
Gender and health
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Ethnicity and health
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
The elderly in society
View abstract
chapter 10|14 pages
Death and dying
View abstract

This inspirational new text covers the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. By creatively employing the fictitious character of Frank Bennet, a new medical student, who cannot understand why he has to attend so many sessions in sociology in order to become a doctor, the book examines the most commonl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|18 pages
Lay health beliefs and doctor–patient relationships
View abstract
chapter 2|18 pages
The body as a social entity
View abstract
chapter 3|16 pages
The experience of chronic illness
View abstract
chapter 4|14 pages
Labelling and stigma
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Mental illness
View abstract
chapter 6|16 pages
Social inequalities in health
View abstract
chapter 7|16 pages
Gender and health
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Ethnicity and health
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
The elderly in society
View abstract
chapter 10|14 pages
Death and dying
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This inspirational new text covers the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. By creatively employing the fictitious character of Frank Bennet, a new medical student, who cannot understand why he has to attend so many sessions in sociology in order to become a doctor, the book examines the most commonl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|18 pages
Lay health beliefs and doctor–patient relationships
View abstract
chapter 2|18 pages
The body as a social entity
View abstract
chapter 3|16 pages
The experience of chronic illness
View abstract
chapter 4|14 pages
Labelling and stigma
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Mental illness
View abstract
chapter 6|16 pages
Social inequalities in health
View abstract
chapter 7|16 pages
Gender and health
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Ethnicity and health
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
The elderly in society
View abstract
chapter 10|14 pages
Death and dying
View abstract

This inspirational new text covers the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. By creatively employing the fictitious character of Frank Bennet, a new medical student, who cannot understand why he has to attend so many sessions in sociology in order to become a doctor, the book examines the most commonl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|18 pages
Lay health beliefs and doctor–patient relationships
View abstract
chapter 2|18 pages
The body as a social entity
View abstract
chapter 3|16 pages
The experience of chronic illness
View abstract
chapter 4|14 pages
Labelling and stigma
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Mental illness
View abstract
chapter 6|16 pages
Social inequalities in health
View abstract
chapter 7|16 pages
Gender and health
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Ethnicity and health
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
The elderly in society
View abstract
chapter 10|14 pages
Death and dying
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This inspirational new text covers the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. By creatively employing the fictitious character of Frank Bennet, a new medical student, who cannot understand why he has to attend so many sessions in sociology in order to become a doctor, the book examines the most commonl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|18 pages
Lay health beliefs and doctor–patient relationships
View abstract
chapter 2|18 pages
The body as a social entity
View abstract
chapter 3|16 pages
The experience of chronic illness
View abstract
chapter 4|14 pages
Labelling and stigma
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Mental illness
View abstract
chapter 6|16 pages
Social inequalities in health
View abstract
chapter 7|16 pages
Gender and health
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Ethnicity and health
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
The elderly in society
View abstract
chapter 10|14 pages
Death and dying
View abstract

This inspirational new text covers the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. By creatively employing the fictitious character of Frank Bennet, a new medical student, who cannot understand why he has to attend so many sessions in sociology in order to become a doctor, the book examines the most commonl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|18 pages
Lay health beliefs and doctor–patient relationships
View abstract
chapter 2|18 pages
The body as a social entity
View abstract
chapter 3|16 pages
The experience of chronic illness
View abstract
chapter 4|14 pages
Labelling and stigma
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Mental illness
View abstract
chapter 6|16 pages
Social inequalities in health
View abstract
chapter 7|16 pages
Gender and health
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Ethnicity and health
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
The elderly in society
View abstract
chapter 10|14 pages
Death and dying
View abstract
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