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Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine: America, Britain and Australia Compared
Fran Collyer
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Description for Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine: America, Britain and Australia Compared
Hardcover. This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; JHBC; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations.
This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230320444
SKU
V9780230320444
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Fran Collyer
FRAN COLLYER Sociologist at the University of Sydney, Australia, National Convenor of the Health Section of The Australian Sociological Association, a member of the Health Governance Network, and former editor of the Health Sociology Review. She has previously published Public Enterprise Divestment: Australian Case Studies.
Reviews for Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine: America, Britain and Australia Compared
"This handsomely produced book provides a muscular reworking of past studies of disciplines and medical sociology at a time when "professors are increasingly marginalized" (p. 71). Universities are no longer envisioned as centers of scholarship but as institutions run by professional managers for training highly skilled workers and for producing intellectual capital. Given what she found in her survey, some ... Read more