Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology

Author:   John Germov
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Edition:   4th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780195562811


Pages:   590
Publication Date:   25 June 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Second Opinion is the leading health sociology textbook for undergraduate students. Accompanied by a comprehensive online resource centre, this strong teaching text introduces students to the theories, concepts, and contexts that are needed to understand the issues confronting health sociology. Over a decade since the first edition was published, this new edition has undergone a significant revision to thoroughly match today's student and lecturer needs. Such revisions include new chapters on Global Health, Workplace Health, Rural Health, Mental Illness, the Illness Experience, and Media and Health; a two-colour layout with an expanded range of pedagogical features; and additional online materials, including online access to chapter-relevant supplementary reading, access to chapters from the previous edition, topical case studies, and updated web links.

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Author:   John Germov
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:   OUP Australia and New Zealand
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.60cm
Weight:   1.173kg
ISBN:  

9780195562811


ISBN 10:   019556281
Pages:   590
Publication Date:   25 June 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART 1: HEALTH SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH ; 1. Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues by John Germov ; THEORISING HEALTH: MAJOR THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN HEALTH SOCIOLOGY BY JOHN GERMOV ; 3. Researching Health: Methodological Traditions and Innovations by Douglas Ezzy ; PART 2: THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; 4. Global Public Health by John Germov ; 5. Class, Health Inequality, and Social Justice by John Germov ; 6. Workplace Health by Toni Schofield ; 7. Gender and Health by Dorothy Broom ; 8. Indigenous Health: The Perpetuation of Inequality by Dennis Gray and Sherry Saggers ; 9. Ethnicity, Health, and Multiculturalism by Roberta Julian ; 10. Rural Health by Clarissa Hughes ; PART 3: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; 11. The Social Appetite: A Sociology of Food and Nutrition by Lauren Williams and John Germov ; 12. The Medicalisation of Deviance by Sharyn L. Roach Anleu ; 13. Mental Illness: Understandings, Experience and Service Provision by Pauline Savy and Anne-Maree Sawyer ; 14. The Illness Experience: Lay Perspectives, Disability and Chronic Illness by Daphne Habibis ; 15. Ageing, Health and the Demographic Revolution by Marilyn Poole ; 16. The Human Genome Project: A Sociology of Medical Technology by Evan Willis ; 17. Media and Health by John Germov ; PART 4: THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF HEALTH CARE: PROFESSIONS, POLITICS, AND POLICIES ; 18. Power, Politics and Health Care by Helen Belcher ; 19. Challenges to Medical Dominance by John Germov ; 20. Sociology of Nursing by Helen Keleher ; 21. The Sociology of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Alex Broom ; 22. Jostling for Position: A Sociology of Allied Health by Lauren Williams ; 23. A Sociology of Health Promotion by John Germov and Katy Richmond ; 24. Community Health Services in Australia by Fran Baum

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John Germov is an Associate Professor, Dean of Arts, and Head of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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