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Questions relating to illness and health have become central, both at the individual level and at the collective level (public health, health policies, debates and regular health crises, etc.). This work provides an overview of recent work in the sociology of health, mainly applied to the history and current situation of the health system, health professions (doctors, nurses), representations of health and illness in France today. [Payot].
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Leading British and North American researchers show that determinants of health are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. Examines recent public health policy as well as focusing on social organization issues.
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Wainwright offers an authoritative introduction to the key issues, perspectives and debates within the field of medical sociology, aiding readers' understanding of the impact that health and illness have on the behaviour, attitudes, beliefs and practices of an increasingly health-aware population.
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"A theoretical at its inception, the field of medical sociology has evolved to become one of the most theoretically active sociology fields. This is the first up to date-single author text to appear in many years. It is designed to be taught as a stand-alone text or assigned along with the author's bestselling Medical Sociology, 14th edition"--
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"Private Risk and Public Dangers is comprised of a collection of chapters which were originally papers presented in the 1991 British Sociological Association Conference on Health and Society, and they address a range of private risks and public dangers. Issues covered vary from the response to HIV and AIDS and 'foetal alcohol syndrome' to the nature of accidents. These seemingly diverse social situations within which emerges is that we need a more sociologically informed understanding of the personal shading the public dangers they are expected to manage."-- Provided by publisher.
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