Sheaff, Michael.

Sociology and health care an introduction for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals / [[Book] :] Sociology & health care. Michael Sheaff. - Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2005. - xiv, 259 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-246) index.

Health care and the social distribution of knowledge. Health care and the 'sociological imagination'. Whose knowledge matters? Science, values, emotion and tradition. Diagnosis, meaning and experience. Patients, clients and professionals. Health care and the social distribution of illness. Society, health and health care. The social distribution of health. Society, relationships and health. Work, control and health. Inequality and access to health care.

All age.

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9780335213894 (hbk.) 9780335213887 (pbk.)

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Sociology, Medical.
Delivery of Health Care.
Social medicine.
Médecine sociale--Grande-Bretagne.

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