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Main description:
Examines the sociology of health from a lifespan perspective and emphasizes health (promotion, maintenance, and prevention) over illness (treatment, cure, care). Topics include ethics, medical and scientific knowledge, health and families, and health and the aging.
Contents:
1. Health and Health Care:
Sociological History and Perspectives
Learning Objectives
A Sociological Perspective
A Brief History of Sociological Thinking about Health and Health Care
Theoretical Approaches to Health and Health Care
i. Social Structural Perspectives
ii. Social Psychological Perspectives
iii. Contemporary Theorizing Social Inequalities in Health and Health Care Conclusion Questions For Critical Thought Suggestions For Further Reading
2. Health and Illness
Learning Objectives
Definitions of Health and Illness
Sociology and Social Construction of Health and Illness
Social Factors in Health and Illness
Global Disparities
Matters of Place - Regional Disparities
Social Class and Socioeconomic Disparities
Race, Ethnic and Immigrant Inequalities
Gender Inequalities
Age Inequalities
Multiple Jeopardy and Intersectionality
Experiencing Health and Illness - Opportunities for Agency
Health and Illness over the Life Course
Conclusion Questions For Critical Thought
Suggestions For Further
Reading
3. Self and Informal Care
Learning Objectives
Introduction
Self Care When Healthy
The Individual and Self Care
Structural Determinants of Self Care
Social Interaction
i. Structured Interaction
The Lived Experience of Self Care When Ill
Structural Influences on Self Care When Ill
Caregiving
The Experience of Caregiving
Macro Societal Forces
i. Ethnic Minority Culture
Conclusions
Questions For Critical Thought
Suggestions For Further Reading
4. Formal Care
Learning Objectives
Introduction Health Professions
i. The Medical Profession and Provision of Medical Care
ii. Nursing Care
iii. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Health Care Settings
i. Hospitals
ii. Long Term Residential Care
iii. Home Care
iv: Other Forms of Community-Based Care
Experiencing Formal Care
i. Medical and Hospital Care
ii. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
iii. Long-Term Care: Institutional and Home Conclusions
Questions For Critical Thought
Suggestions For Further Reading
5. Health Care Policy
Learning Objectives H
ealth Care as Social Policy S
ome Background on Canada's Health Care System
Health Care Reform
A Lack of Progress
Globalization and Capitalism
Other Vested Interests - The Pharmaceutical Industry
Consequences for Individuals Allowing for Agency
i. Social Captial
ii. Healthy Communities
Conclusions
Questions For Critical Thought
Suggestions For Further Reading
Conclusions: The Sociology of Health and Care in the Future
Learning Objectives To Summarize
Revisiting Health and Illness
Changing Self Care
Relying on Others
Health Care Services in the Future
Health Care Policy - Is There an Alternative?
Sociological Advances
Questions For Critical Thought
Suggestions For Further Reading
References
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press, Canada)
Publication date: July, 2008
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 152.00 x 230.00 x 17.00
Weight: 413g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Practice