The second edition of Mildred Blaxter's successful and highly
respected book offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the
key debates surrounding the concept of health today. It discusses how
health is defined, constructed, experienced and acted out in
contemporary developed societies, drawing on a range of empirical data
from the USA, Britain, France, and many other countries. The new
edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new material
added on health and identity, the "new genetics", the sociology of the
body, and the formation of health capital throughout the life course.
The topic is the concept of health, rather than the more usual
emphasis on illness and health-care systems. Special emphasis is given
to the lay perspective to show how people themselves think about and
experience health. Blaxter guides students through all the relevant
conceptual models of the relationship of health to the structure of
society, from inequality in health to the ideas of the risk society,
the ‘socio-biological translation’ and the contribution of health
to social capital. The book concludes with a comprehensively revised
and thought-provoking discussion of the impact of new technology, the
boundaries between life and death, modern commodification of health,
technological transformations of the body and theories of evolutionary
biology. Health is an invaluable textbook for students of medicine and
other health professions as well as those studying sociology, health
sciences and health promotion.
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ISBN
9780745699516
Publisert
2018
Utgave
2. utgave
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Polity
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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