Kenneth A. Loparo

Gebundenes Buch

Hope in Health

The Socio-Politics of Optimism

Beschreibung

Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of 'hope' in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare.

Autor

Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He has researched and published extensively in the sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, and gender studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• 2015 edition
• Seitenzahl: 175
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780230361935
• ISBN-10: 0230361935
• Artikelnr.: 42363933