| Description |
xi, 226 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 7.Foucault and the Sociology of Medical Knowledge -- Foucault: The Most General Picture -- Foucault's Sociology of Health -- Disciplines of Knowledge, Disciplines of Power: Power/Knowledge -- Foucault's History of Medicine -- The Body -- Historical and Metaphorical Representations of the Body -- Foucault's Body -- The Anatomico-Metaphysical Register of the Body -- Technico-Political Register of the Body -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 8.Health, Gender and Feminism -- Why are there More Women Patients? -- Medicalization -- Are Women More Depressed than Men? -- Different Forms of Feminism -- Liberal Feminism -- Radical Feminism -- Marxist Feminism -- Patriarchal Science and Medicine -- Feminism and the Critique of Technology -- Case Study: Foucault and Feminism and the Body -- Bringing Out the Foucauldian-Feminist Position: Screening -- Men, Gender and Health -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- |
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Contents note continued: Further Reading -- 9.Race, Ethnicity and Health -- Race -- Ethnicity -- Aboriginality, ̀Race' and Disease -- Racist Bias in Drug Trials -- Problems with the Appropriation of Ethnicity in Medical Explanations -- The Genetic Explanation -- The Appeal of the Genetic Explanation -- The Sociological Critique of Genetics -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 10.Conclusion -- Discussion Questions |
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Contents note continued: Liberalism and the Development of Neo-Liberalism in Health Policy -- The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- The Dismantling of Welfare and the Resurgence of Neo-Liberalism -- Epidemiology: The Early Foundations -- Limitations of the Risk Factor and Lifestyle Explanations -- Developing a Sociological Model of Disease: Disease Classified by Social Cause -- Epidemiology and Statistics -- Psychosocial Perspectives on Social Inequalities in Health -- Stress -- Social Support -- The Social Drift Hypothesis -- Talking About the Diseased Self -- Community, Social Capital and Inequality -- Social Capital -- Social Capital or Income Inequality? -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 5.Materialist Approaches to the Sociology of Health -- What Causes Disease: The Materialist Explanation -- Occupation -- Diet -- Housing -- Case Study: Transformations in the Social Structure of Eastern Europe -- Class as Occupational Position -- |
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Contents note continued: Untangling Class and Socio-economic Status -- Structural Position as Socio-economic Status -- The Classical Marxist Approach -- The Political and Economic Functions of Medicine -- The Medical Profession in a Marxist Analysis -- Modifications of Classical Marxism and Changes in Capitalism -- Changes in Class Theory and the Sociology of Health -- Transformations of the Medical Profession -- Technological Change -- Commodification -- Corporate Medicine -- The Body, Social Structures and Bourdieu -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 6.Parsons, American Sociology of Medicine and the Sick Role -- Parsons and the Professions -- Diagnostic Variations -- Prescribing Activities -- Parsons: People Act Rather Than Behave -- The Sick Role -- In Defence of the Sick Role -- Sickness and American Values -- The End of the Golden Age of Doctoring -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- |
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Contents note continued: Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 3.The Development of the Sociology of Health -- The Relationship Between Sociology and Medicine -- Medical Bias in the Sociology of Health -- Challenging Medicine -- Social Aspects of Disease --The Critique of the Medical Model -- Key Concepts in the Sociology of Health -- The Concept of Medicalization -- Disease: Nature or Society? -- Medicalization and Women -- The Social Functions of Medical Knowledge and Practice -- The Development of Medicalization -- Case Study: Gambling -- Case Study: Alcoholism -- Developments in the Medical Profession -- Paediatrics -- Psychiatry -- Gerontology -- General Practice -- Characteristics of the Medicalization of Society -- Case Study: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and the Medicalization of the Classroom -- Assessing Medicalization -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 4.Postmodernity, Epidemiology and Neo-Liberalism -- Postmodernity -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Sociology, Genetics, Social Mobility and Lifestyle -- The Sociological Perspective -- Postmodernity and Sociology -- Sociological Approaches to Health and Illness -- Political Economy and Marxist Approaches -- Parsonian Sociology of Health -- Foucault's Sociology of Health -- Feminist Approaches -- Bringing the Approaches Together -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- 2.The Social Construction of Medical Knowledge -- Making Reality Problematic: The Problem of the Medical Model of Disease -- Medical Knowledge Mediates Social Relations -- Masturbatory Insanity -- Hysteria -- The Technical Realm of Medical Practice -- Medical Technology and Social Relations -- The Sociology of Medical Knowledge -- Fleck and Representations -- Fleck's Sociology of Medical Knowledge -- Syphilis -- Anatomical Drawings -- Thought Styles After Fleck -- Fleck, Foucault and Kuhn -- Applying Fleck -- Conclusion -- Summary -- |
| Summary |
The bestselling An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness has long been the go-to text for students looking for a clear, engaging and theoretically informed introduction to this dynamic topic. Written with a truly sociological and critical perspective, and thoroughly updated to include the latest cutting-edge thinking in the area, the new edition is packed with new empirical examples. Updates to content include: * A whole new section on Fleck, 'Thought Styles after Fleck' * A new section on 'Transformations of the Medical Profession'. Incorporating helpful learning features including chapter overviews, boxed cases, summaries and further reading, An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness is a stimulating and thought-provoking essential text for students in health, nursing and sociology schools |
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Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health -- Sociological aspects.
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Social medicine.
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| ISBN |
1473982073 |
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1473982081 |
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9781473982079 |
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9781473982086 |
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