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

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|18 pages

The body as a social entity

chapter 3|16 pages

The experience of chronic illness

chapter 4|14 pages

Labelling and stigma

chapter 5|18 pages

Mental illness

chapter 6|16 pages

Social inequalities in health

chapter 7|16 pages

Gender and health

chapter 8|16 pages

Ethnicity and health

chapter 9|16 pages

The elderly in society

chapter 10|14 pages

Death and dying