Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

This paper describes the origins and development of the sociology of health and illness in
Britain and shows that these were rooted in practical concerns, rather than deriving from …

SOCIOLOGY 354 Survey of Medical Sociology T, R 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm Crawford 115 CRN
86258 Instructor: D. William Wood, MPH, PhD C Page 1 Sociology 354-Survey of Medical …

Understanding the Sociology of Health continues to offer an easy to read introduction to
sociological theories essential to understanding the current health climate. Up-to-date with …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 SOCIOLOGY of HEALTH and ILLNESS An Introduction to the Page 3
In memory of my parents, William Stewart White and Margaret Ann White (née Doyle), and for …

This book touches on a wide range of issues, and does so in ways which may not be familiar
either to medical sociologists or to colleagues closer to mainstream sociology and social …

The Social Context of Health and Health Work breaks new ground by linking together
sociology of health and social policy perspectives. Linda Jones argues that health and …

The biomedical and public health sciences have established a clear warrant for their
existence. A warrant is a broadly shared justification for a research-based discipline (Katz …

We argue for a sociology of health, illness, and disease. Under the influence of Talcott
Parsons, the social study of health began as medical sociology and then morphed into …

infatti la pubblicazione sul tema più prestigiosa d'America. Di questo “manuale”–anche se la
traduzione letterale è riduttiva–dal 1963 ad oggi, ne sono uscite cinque edizioni. Si tratta di …