The Handbook of Social Studies in Health & Medicine - Brossura

Gary Albrecht; Ray Fitzpatrick; Susan Scrimshaw

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ISBN 10: 0761942726 ISBN 13: 9780761942726

Casa editrice: Sage, 2009

Riassunto

This is the first international and inter-disciplinary social science Handbook on health and medicine. Five years in the making, and building on the insights and advice of an international editorial board, the book brings together world-class figures to provide an indispensable, comprehensive resource book on social science, health and medicine.

Pinpointing the focal issues of research and debate in one volume, the material is organized into three sections: social and cultural frameworks of analysis; the experience of health and illness; and health care systems and practices. Each section consists of specially commissioned chapters designed to examine the vital conceptual and methodological practice and policy issues. Readers recei

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Recensione:

`'The collection will offer a unique range of work, both in terms of topics and of theoretical perspectives, written by leading scholars from around the world. It will be an essential resource for teaching and research' - Mel Bartley, Principal Research Fellow, University College, London

`This impressive collection gives a unique insight into current debates in the social sciences in the broad domain of health, illness and health care. By bringing together the perspectives of leading North American, European and Australasian scholars, focusing on social and cultural issues, the text provides the reader with a rich tapestry of stimulating ideas and analyses of great value' - Ian Robinson, Director for the Study of Health, Sickness and Disablement, Brunel University

`Society has growing expectations in terms of health. The editors and contributors to this handbook are to be congratulated on providing an essential route-map for the social sciences who will play a central role in future debates on health and health care' - Denny Vågerö, Professor of Medical Sociology, Stockholm University

"The Handbook of Social Studies in Health & Medicine is a must for the practitioner and teacher of social science of health and medical care. To read it is to be updated and upgraded concerning theory, empirical findings and policy implications. To have it on the shelf means ready reference to current comprehensive thinking and applications. The Handbook can also be readily adopted as a basic text for upper division and graduate classes in medical sociology and anthropology as well as for social science classes in public health, nursing, medicine, allied health sciences or health care policy and management." 

(Ronald Andersen)

L'autore:

Gary L. Albrecht is a Fellow of the Royal Belgian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Extraordinary Guest Professor of Social Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium and Professor Emeritus of Public Health and of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  After receiving his Ph.D. from Emory University, he has served on the faculties of Emory University in Sociology and Psychiatry, Northwestern University in Sociology, Rehabilitation Medicine and the Kellogg School of Management and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the School of Public Health and in the Department of Disability and Human Development.  Since retiring from the UIC in 2005, he divides his time between Europe and the United States.  He works in Boulder, Colorado and Brussels, Belgium.  He was recently a Scholar in Residence at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) in Paris, a visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Residence at the Royal Flemish Academy of Science and Arts, Brussels

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• Editore: Sage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0761942726
• ISBN 13: 9780761942726
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 576
• Redattore: Albrecht Gary L., Fitzpatrick Ray, Scrimshaw Susan C. M.