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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Part I: Bodies:.
Introduction.
1. 'Reading The Body' Paul Atkinson.
2. The Power Of The Visible: The Meaning Of Diagnostic Tests In Chronic Back Pain' Lorna A. Rhodes, Carol A. Mcphillips-Tangum, Christine Markham And Rebecca Klenk.
3. 'Exchanging Spare Parts Or Becoming A New Person? People's Attitudes Toward Receiving And Donating Organs' Margareta A. Sanner.
4. 'Social And Ethical Aspects Of In Vitro Fertilization' Elizabeth Heitman.
5. 'Reproductive Genetics, Gender And The Body: 'Please Doctor, May I Have A Normal Baby?' Elizabeth Ettorre.
6.:'A Mirage Of Genes' Peter Conrad.
7.:'A Revenge On Modern Times.Notes On Traumatic Brain Injury' David Webb.
8.:'Contemporary Hospice Care: The Sequestration Of The Unbounded Body And Dirty Dying' Julia Lawton.
Part II: Health And Risk:.
Introduction.
9. 'The Rise Of Surveillance Medicine' David Armstrong.
10. 'Health Related Behavioural Change In Context: Young People In Transition' Stephen Pavis, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, And Amanda Amos.
11. 'Accidents And The Risk Society: Some Problems With Prevention' Judith Green.
12. 'Invisible Women? The Importance Of Gender In Lay Beliefs About Heart Problems' Carol Emslie, Kate Hunt And Graham Watt.
13. 'Beliefs And Accounts Of Illness: Views From Two Cantonese-Speaking Communities In England' Lindsay Prior, Pang Lai Chun And See Beng Huat.
Part III: Experiencing Illness:.
Introduction.
14. 'ME And The Medical Encounter' Lesley Cooper.
15. 'Parkinson's Disease As A Problem Of Shame In Public Appearance' Gerhard Nijhof.
16. 'From Biographical Disruption To Biographical Reinforcement: The Case Of HIV Positive Men' DaniSle Carricaburu Andjanine Pierret.
17. 'The Meaning Of Lumps: A Case Study Of The Ambiguities Of Risk' Sandra M.Gifford.
18. 'Pumping Iron: Compliance With Chelation Therapy Among Young People Who Have Thalassaemia' Karl Atkin, And Waqar I. U. Ahmad.
Part IV: Social Patterning Of Health And Illness:.
Introduction.
19. 'Socio-Economic Change And Inequalities In Men And Women's Health In The UK' Hilary Graham.
20. 'Ethnic Inequalities In Health: A Review Of UK Epidemiological Evidence' George Davey Smith, Nish Chaturvedi, Seeromanie Harding, James Nazroo And Rory Williams.
21. 'Area, Class And Health: Should We Be Focusing On Places Or People?' Sally Macintyre, Sheila Maciver, And Anne Soomans.
22. 'The Psycho-Social Perspective On Social Inequalities In Health' Jon Ivor Elstad..
Part V: Health Care Work:.
Introduction.
22. 'Medical Autonomy And The UK State 1975 - 2025' Stephen Harrison, S. And Waqar I.U. Ahmad.
23. 'Humour As Resistance To Professional Dominance In Community Mental Health Teams' Lesley Griffiths.
24. 'The State And Complementary Medicine: A Changing Relationship' Sarah Cant And Ursula Sharma.
25. 'Working On The Front-Line Risk Culture And Nursing In The New NH S' Ellen Annandale.
26. Your Life In Their Hands: Trust In The Medical Encounter' Deborah Lupton.
Index.