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An introduction to the sociology of health and illness / (Record no. 9879)

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Title proper/short title Sociology of health and illness
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Extent xi, 226 p. ;
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Formatted contents note 1.Introduction<br/>Sociology, Genetics, Social Mobility and Lifestyle<br/>The Sociological Perspective<br/>Postmodernity and Sociology<br/>Sociological Approaches to Health and Illness<br/>Political Economy and Marxist Approaches<br/>Parsonian Sociology of Health<br/>Foucault's Sociology of Health<br/>Feminist Approaches<br/>Bringing the Approaches Together<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading<br/>2.The Social Construction of Medical Knowledge<br/>Making Reality Problematic: The Problem of the Medical Model of Disease<br/>Medical Knowledge Mediates Social Relations<br/>Masturbatory Insanity<br/>Hysteria<br/>The Technical Realm of Medical Practice<br/>Medical Technology and Social Relations<br/>The Sociology of Medical Knowledge<br/>Fleck and Representations<br/>Fleck's Sociology of Medical Knowledge<br/>Syphilis<br/>Anatomical Drawings<br/>Thought Styles After Fleck<br/>Fleck, Foucault and Kuhn<br/>Applying Fleck<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary Note continued: Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading<br/>3.The Development of the Sociology of Health<br/>The Relationship Between Sociology and Medicine<br/>Medical Bias in the Sociology of Health<br/>Challenging Medicine<br/>Social Aspects of Disease<br/>The Critique of the Medical Model<br/>Key Concepts in the Sociology of Health<br/>The Concept of Medicalization<br/>Disease: Nature or Society?<br/>Medicalization and Women<br/>The Social Functions of Medical Knowledge and Practice<br/>The Development of Medicalization<br/>Case Study: Gambling<br/>Case Study: Alcoholism<br/>Developments in the Medical Profession<br/>Paediatrics<br/>Psychiatry<br/>Gerontology<br/>General Practice<br/>Characteristics of the Medicalization of Society<br/>Case Study: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and the Medicalization of the Classroom<br/>Assessing Medicalization<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading<br/>4.Postmodernity, Epidemiology and Neo-Liberalism<br/>Postmodernity Note continued: Liberalism and the Development of Neo-Liberalism in Health Policy<br/>The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries<br/>The Dismantling of Welfare and the Resurgence of Neo-Liberalism<br/>Epidemiology: The Early Foundations<br/>Limitations of the Risk Factor and Lifestyle Explanations<br/>Developing a Sociological Model of Disease: Disease Classified by Social Cause<br/>Epidemiology and Statistics<br/>Psychosocial Perspectives on Social Inequalities in Health<br/>Stress<br/>Social Support<br/>The Social Drift Hypothesis<br/>Talking About the Diseased Self<br/>Community, Social Capital and Inequality<br/>Social Capital<br/>Social Capital or Income Inequality?<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading<br/>5.Materialist Approaches to the Sociology of Health<br/>What Causes Disease: The Materialist Explanation<br/>Occupation<br/>Diet<br/>Housing<br/>Case Study: Transformations in the Social Structure of Eastern Europe<br/>Class as Occupational Position Note continued: Untangling Class and Socio-economic Status<br/>Structural Position as Socio-economic Status<br/>The Classical Marxist Approach<br/>The Political and Economic Functions of Medicine<br/>The Medical Profession in a Marxist Analysis<br/>Modifications of Classical Marxism and Changes in Capitalism<br/>Changes in Class Theory and the Sociology of Health<br/>Transformations of the Medical Profession<br/>Technological Change<br/>Commodification<br/>Corporate Medicine<br/>The Body, Social Structures and Bourdieu<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading<br/>6.Parsons, American Sociology of Medicine and the Sick Role<br/>Parsons and the Professions<br/>Diagnostic Variations<br/>Prescribing Activities<br/>Parsons: People Act Rather Than Behave<br/>The Sick Role<br/>In Defence of the Sick Role<br/>Sickness and American Values<br/>The End of the Golden Age of Doctoring<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading Note continued: 7.Foucault and the Sociology of Medical Knowledge<br/>Foucault: The Most General Picture<br/>Foucault's Sociology of Health<br/>Disciplines of Knowledge, Disciplines of Power: Power/Knowledge<br/>Foucault's History of Medicine<br/>The Body<br/>Historical and Metaphorical Representations of the Body<br/>Foucault's Body<br/>The Anatomico-Metaphysical Register of the Body<br/>Technico-Political Register of the Body<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading<br/>8.Health, Gender and Feminism<br/>Why are there More Women Patients?<br/>Medicalization<br/>Are Women More Depressed than Men?<br/>Different Forms of Feminism<br/>Liberal Feminism<br/>Radical Feminism<br/>Marxist Feminism<br/>Patriarchal Science and Medicine<br/>Feminism and the Critique of Technology<br/>Case Study: Foucault and Feminism and the Body<br/>Bringing Out the Foucauldian-Feminist Position: Screening<br/>Men, Gender and Health<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions Note continued: Further Reading<br/>9.Race, Ethnicity and Health<br/>Race<br/>Ethnicity<br/>Aboriginality, `Race' and Disease<br/>Racist Bias in Drug Trials<br/>Problems with the Appropriation of Ethnicity in Medical Explanations<br/>The Genetic Explanation<br/>The Appeal of the Genetic Explanation<br/>The Sociological Critique of Genetics<br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary<br/>Discussion Questions<br/>Further Reading
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