Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care: A Sociology of Health & Illness Reader - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631223274 ISBN 13 : 9780631223276

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Synopsis

This Reader introduces students of sociology and health care to the changing fields of medical knowledge and medical work.

• Provides a chronicle of reseach in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the past 25 years.
  
• Summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised over this period.
  
• Section introductions by the editors situate the articles within a wider body of literature.
  
• A valuable resource for student of sociiology, social policy, social work, health policy or health care.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ellen Annandale, Mary Ann Elston and Lindsay Prior are all experts in the sociology of medical work, medical knowledge and health care. Until recently, they were senior members of the editorial team of the journal, The Sociology of Health and Illness. Dr Annandale is the author of The Sociology of Health and Medicine' (1989), Dr Elston is the editor of The Sociology of Medical Science and Technology' (Blackwell Publishing, 1997) and Dr Prior is the author of The Social Organisation of Mental Illness' (1993).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631223274
• ISBN 13: 9780631223276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 502
• Éditeur: Annandale Ellen
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible