The Sociology of Health and Illness ReaderISBN: 978-0-7456-2290-3
Hardcover
384 pages
October 2002, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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This comprehensive reader offers some of the best writing currently
available on health and illness in contemporary society.
Edited by Sarah Nettleton, author of the best-selling The
Sociology of Health and Illness textbook.
Provides up-to-date, empirical material as well as covering the
major theoretical perspectives.
Includes an extensive introduction which provides the student
with an orientation to the field.
Reflects the key areas of medical sociology: Bodies, Health and Risk, Experiencing Illness, Social Patterning of Health and Illness and Health Care Work.