Using Theory to Explore Health, Medicine and Society

ISBN-13: 9781847424013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 160 str.

Kennedy Kennedy

Opis

Draws on a range of theoretical perspectives to present social theories relating to health and illness. Using case studies, it provides contrasting insights into the expanding jurisdiction of medicine over popular issues, including binge drinking, obesity, the prominence of therapy and the search for happiness.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction and overview of the book; Health in society: medicine and the pharmaceutical industry; Politics of health: obesity and society; Social construction of health: social division and mental health; Health and moral panics: binge drinking and social order; Health and power: expanding the role of medicine through health promotion; Health and knowledge: accounting for the rise of alternative medicine; Health as culture: understanding the happiness industry; Health in a risk society: Expert and lay knowledge in the case of MMR; Reflective overview of critical perspectives on health and illness.