Screen LibraryMedical sociology on the move : new directions in theory /
This book provides readers with a single source reviewing and updating sociological theory in medical or health sociology. The book not only addresses the major theoretical approaches in the field today, it also identifies the future directions these theories are likely to take in explaining the soc...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6193-3 |
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This book provides readers with a single source reviewing and updating sociological theory in medical or health sociology. The book not only addresses the major theoretical approaches in the field today, it also identifies the future directions these theories are likely to take in explaining the social processes affecting health and disease. Many of the chapters are written by leading medical sociologists who feature the use of theory in their everyday work, including contributions from the original theorists of fundamental causes, health lifestyles, and medicalization. Theories focusing on bo |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
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9789400761933 (electronic bk.) 9400761937 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RA418 |
| CLC: | R-05 |
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The Rise of Theory in Medical Sociology / Modern Symbolic Interaction Theory and Health / Social Construction and Health / Statecraft and Soulcraft: Foucault on Prolonging Life / Marx, Critical Realism, and Health Inequalities / Fundamental Cause Theory / Bourdieu and an Update of Health Lifestyle Theory / Gender Theory and Health / Theories and the Rise and Fall of the Medical Profession / Medicalization: Changing Contours, Characteristics, and Contexts / Reflexive Modernity and the Sociology of Health / Social Capital and Health / |