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Health and Health Care as Social Problems
. Ed(S): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie
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Description for Health and Health Care as Social Problems
Hardback. This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Editor(s): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Designed for courses on social problems and on medical sociology, the volume embraces two fundamental principles: that health and illness are at least partly socially produced, and that health care is not an unfettered good and often brings with it serious social problems. The volume is organized into six sections, addressing the medicalization of human problems; the social construction of health problems; social movements; gender; race and class and the provision of health care; and medical ... Read more
This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Designed for courses on social problems and on medical sociology, the volume embraces two fundamental principles: that health and illness are at least partly socially produced, and that health care is not an unfettered good and often brings with it serious social problems. The volume is organized into six sections, addressing the medicalization of human problems; the social construction of health problems; social movements; gender; race and class and the provision of health care; and medical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742528567
SKU
V9780742528567
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About . Ed(S): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie
Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University. His major research interests are in health and illness, social problems, and deviance. He served as president of the SSSP during 1996-97. He is currently completing a book on "the medicalization of society." Valerie Leiter is assistant professor of sociology at Simmons College. Her work focuses on ... Read more
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