| Description |
viii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Sage key concepts |
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SAGE key concepts.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Defining Health -- The biomedical model of health -- The social model of health -- The social and medical models of disability -- Alternative or complementary medicine -- Quality of life measures -- Functionality -- Pt. 2. The Human Life Course -- The life course -- Childbirth -- Childhood -- Family and individual well-being -- Social dependency in older age -- The third age -- The social organization of death and dying -- Pt. 3. Health Protection -- Social inequalities in health -- Social capital -- Risk society -- Public health -- Health promotion -- Work and health -- Global health -- Pt. 4. Health Beliefs and Health Behaviour -- Models of health behaviour -- Healthy lifestyle and consumption patterns -- Lay knowledge and illness attribution -- Personality and health -- Embodiment -- Stress and coping -- Motivational interviewing in health care -- Pt. 5. The Lived Experience of Health and Illness -- Stigma and labelling theory -- Medicalization -- Biographical disruption -- Professional-client communication -- Pain -- Illness narratives -- Adherence -- Pt. 6. Health Care Provision -- Health care systems -- Long-term health and social care needs -- Informal care -- The role of health professionals -- Health care governance -- Institutionalization -- Health care consumerism and patient choice |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Health.
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Social medicine.
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| Author |
Crinson, Iain.
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Duncan, Eilidh.
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| LC no. |
2009937455 |
| ISBN |
1848606737 (hbk.) |
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1848606745 (paperback) |
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9781848606739 (hbk.) |
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9781848606746 (paperback) |
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