Sociology and health care: an introduction for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
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Main Author: Sheaff, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead Open University Press 2005
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Pt. 1 - Health care and the social distribution of knowledge -- - 1 - Health care and the 'sociological imagination' -- - 2 - Whose knowledge matters? -- - 3 - Science, values, emotion and tradition -- - 4 - Diagnosis, meaning and experience -- - 5 - Patients, clients and professionals -- - Pt. 2 - Health care and the social distribution of illness -- - 6 - Society, health and health care -- - 7 - The social distribution of health -- - 8 - Society, relationships and health -- - 9 - Work, control and health -- - 10 - Inequality and access to health care -- - Conclusion : choice, trust and responsibility
Is it relevant to think of patients as customers or consumers? Do people who are better off get better access to health care, irrespective of the severity of their condition? Why is technical knowledge often given higher status than knowledge based on our own experiences? These questions and more are addressed by this book
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 259 p.)
ISBN:0335213898
0335227856
9780335213894
9780335227853

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