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Highly Commended - BMA Medical Awards 2015: Health and Social Care

The fully revised edition of this highly respected textbook addresses the most important theoretical and empirical debates in the sociology of health and medicine. Chapter by chapter the book examines important issues such as the complexities surrounding health and identity, health inequalities, and the organization and provision of health care. A particular strength of the book is its careful attention to theoretical developments in the field.

The second edition has been rigorously updated to...

• Provides a chronicle of reseach in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the past 25 years.
  
• Summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised over this period.
  
• Section introductions by the editors situate the articles within a wider body of literature.
  
• A valuable resource for student of sociiology, social...

Highly Commended - BMA Medical Awards 2015: Health and Social Care

The fully revised edition of this highly respected textbook addresses the most important theoretical and empirical debates in the sociology of health and medicine. Chapter by chapter the book examines important issues such as the complexities surrounding health and identity, health inequalities, and the organization and provision of health care. A particular strength of the book is its careful attention to theoretical developments in the field.

The second edition has been rigorously updated to...

Publisher's note:

The publishers would like to confirm that for Volume 1: 'Theoretical and Methodological Developments' and Volume 3: 'Gender and Healthcare' Ellen Annandale was the lead editor and lead author of the introductions. Kate Hunt was the lead editor for Volume 2: 'Understanding the Patterning of Health by Gender' and Volume 4: 'Gender and Health Behaviours'

The order in the printed book did not reflect this distinction, but we are happy to clarify the correct order. 　

Life expectancy is higher for women than men in almost...

Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009

Traditional distinctions between the experiences of women and men are breaking down and being reconfigured in new, more complex ways. The long-established life expectancy gap between men and women appears to be closing in many affluent societies. Many men appear to be far more 'body and health conscious' than they ever were in the past and there are perceptible changes in women's 'health behaviours', such as increases in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption.

Ellen Annandale...

Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009

Traditional distinctions between the experiences of women and men are breaking down and being reconfigured in new, more complex ways. The long-established life expectancy gap between men and women appears to be closing in many affluent societies. Many men appear to be far more body and health conscious than they ever were in the past and there are perceptible changes in women s health behaviours, such as increases in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption.

Ellen Annandale...