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Hannah Bradby - Medicine, Health and Society, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Medicine, Health and Society

Av Hannah Bradby

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Sharp, bold and engaging, this book provides a contemporary account of why medical sociology matters in our modern society. Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, and applying the pragmatic demands of policy, this timely book explores society′s response to key issues such as race, gender and identity to explain the relationship between sociology, medicine and medical sociology. Each chapter includes an authoritative introduction to pertinent areas of debate, a clear summary of key issues and themes and dedicated bibliography. Chapters include: • social theory and medical sociology• health inequalities• bodies, pain and suffering• personal, local and global.Brimming with fresh interpretations and critical insights this book will contribute to illuminating the practical realities of medical sociology. This exciting text will be of interest to students of sociology of health and illness, medical sociology, and sociology of the body. Hannah Bradby has a visiting fellowship at the Department of Primary Care and Health Sciences, King′s College London. She is monograph series editor for the journal Sociology of Health and Illness and co-edits the multi-disciplinary journal Ethnicity and Health.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-02-13
  • Mått: 155 x 231 x 13 mm
  • Vikt: 318 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 200
  • Upplaga: 1
  • Förlag: SAGE Publications Inc
  • ISBN: 9781412920742
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Hannah Bradby’s research on howethnicity and racism intervene in the social relations of health has beenpublished in various journals including ‘Social Science and Medicine’ and‘Sociological Research Online’.  Sheco-edits the journal ‘Ethnicity and Health’ and is the ‘Sociology of Health andIllness’ monograph series editor.Hannah has taught both medics andsociologists at the University of Warwick since 2000, employing variousrepresentations of health, illness and suffering including written (memoire,letters, reportage, fiction, clinical notes, empirical research) and spokenforms (evidence from clinicians, patients and former patients, in variouslanguages, and sometimes mediated by trained interpreters). She has worked onthe core medical school curriculum and special study modules and hascollaborated with students to publish books of their own sociological work,both written and photographic. Building on observations by the late MegStacey (the first female professor at the University of Warwick) on medicalsociology’s lack of attention to war as a public health problem Hannahco-edited (with Gillian Hundt) a collection entitled ‘Global Perspectives onWar, Gender and Health’ (2010, Avebury). ‘Medical Sociology: An introduction’(2009, Sage) seeks to interpret sociological criticism of medicine and insightsinto the experience of illness for medical students.

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In this timely book, Hannah Bradby brings together classic sociological writings and the latest research on the links between medicine, health and society. Bradby discusses a range of important issues with three main themes: patterns of illness in populations, health and illness in everyday life, and the promise and pitfalls of modern health care systems. Bradby offers insightful analysis as well as synthesis in areas such as inequalities, gender and ethnicity, where she is a leading expert. Throughout the book, Bradby′s command of her material is impressive, and expressed in an approachable and lively style. Highly commended - a key work for all students of medical sociologyMike BuryProfessor Emeritus of Royal Holloway College

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