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Key concepts in medical sociology.

Contributor(s): Series: SAGE key conceptsPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: Third edition / [edited by] Lee F. Monaghan & Jonathan GabeDescription: xxiii, 404 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781526465894
  • 1526465892
  • 9781526465887
  • 1526465884
Other title:
  • Medical sociology
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.4/61 23
  • 362.1 23
LOC classification:
  • RA418 .G27 2022
NLM classification:
  • WA 31
Summary: How do we understand health in relation to society? What role do social processes, structures and culture play in shaping our experiences of health and illness? How do we understand medicine and healthcare within a sociological framework? Drawing on international literature and examples, this third edition of 'Key Concepts in Medical Sociology' systematically explains the concepts that have preoccupied medical sociologists from its inception, and which have shaped the field as it exists today.
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Library (Southport and Ormskirk) Hanley Library Southport WA 31 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SOH00001297
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Mid Cheshire NHS Library Main Shelves 306.461 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36155654

Previous edition: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How do we understand health in relation to society? What role do social processes, structures and culture play in shaping our experiences of health and illness? How do we understand medicine and healthcare within a sociological framework? Drawing on international literature and examples, this third edition of 'Key Concepts in Medical Sociology' systematically explains the concepts that have preoccupied medical sociologists from its inception, and which have shaped the field as it exists today.

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