Second Opinion

John Germov (PhD) is Professor of Sociology and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Education and Arts at the University of Newcastle (Australia). He is the President of the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH), the peak national body on research and teaching in humanities and social sciences. John is a former President of the Australian Sociological Association and served on the Executive of the International Sociological Association.

• PART 1: HEALTH SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH 1. Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues John Germov 2. Theorising Health: Major Theoretical Perspectives in Health Sociology John Germov 3. Well-being and Wellness Daniela Heil PART 2: THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS 4. Global Public Health Alex Broom, Katherine Kenny, and John Germov 5. The Class Origins of Health Inequality John Germov 6. Workplace Health Toni Schofield and John Germov 7. Gendered Health Dorothy Broom, Maria Freij, and John Germov 8. Indigenous Health: The Slow Road to Equity Dennis Gray, Sherry Saggers, and Annalee Stearne 9. Ethnicity, Health, and Multiculturalism Roberta Julian 10. Rural Health Clarissa Hughes 11. Young People’s Health Julia Coffey PART 3: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS 12. The Social Determinants of Obesity Lauren Williams and John Germov 13. The Medicalisation of Deviance Sharyn L. Roach Anleu 14. Mental Illness: Understandings, Experience, and Service Provision Anne-Maree Sawyer 15. The Illness Experience: Lay Perspectives, Disability, and Chronic Illness Daphne Habibis 16. Drug Use and Abuse in Australia: Social Origins, Impacts, and Responses Maria Freij and John Germov 17. Ageing, Health, and the Demographic Revolution Marilyn Poole 18. Health and Medical Technology Caragh Brosnan and Alex Dumas 19. Media and Health: Moral Panics, Miracles, and Medicalisation John Germov and Maria Freij PART 4: THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF HEALTH CARE: PROFESSIONS, POLITICS AND POLICIES 20. Power, Politics, and Health Care John Germov and Helen Belcher 21. Challenges to Medical Dominance John Germov 22. The Sociology of Nursing Helen Keleher and Melissa-Jane Belle 23. The Sociology of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Alex Broom and Katherine Kenny 24. The Sociology of Allied Health Lauren Williams and Tanya Lawlis 25. A Sociology of Health Promotion John Germov, Maria Freij, and Katy Richmond Appendix: Tips on Planning, Writing, and Referencing Health Sociology Essays Glossary Index