Mary Larkin

Social Aspects of Health, Illness and Healthcare

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an insight into many applied aspects of the social aspects of health and illness. This book uses a variety of theoretical perspectives, and various concepts are extrapolated. It explains the different relationships between social categories and health, different experiences of illness and the role of the healthcare provider in society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education / Open University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 189mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780335236626
• ISBN-10: 0335236626
• Artikelnr.: 31894873

Autorenporträt

Mary Larkin is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, UK. She is also Programme Leader for the BA Health Studies and BSc Public and Community Health and has extensive experience of teaching and researching issues related to the social aspects of health, illness and health care.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding the Social Aspects of Health Chapter 1: Studying the Social Aspects of Health Section 1: The Relationship between Social Categories and Health Chapter 2: Gender and Health Chapter 3: Social Class and Health Chapter 4: Ethnicity and Health Chapter 5: Ageing and Health Section 2: The Experience of Health and Illness Chapter 6: Experiencing Illness Chapter 7: Experiencing Mental Illness Chapter 8: Experiencing Disability Chapter 9: Death, Dying and Grieving Section 3: The Delivery of Healthcare Chapter 10: Families, Communities and Healthcare Chapter 11: Healthcare Organisations Chapter 12: Health Professions Afterword Activity Feedback