It is now accepted that many of the determinants of health and health
care are social. This volume offers a philosophical and theoretical
frame within which the nature and extent of this might be optimally
examined. The analysis is rooted in Roy Bhaskar’s basic and
dialectical critical realism, although it draws also on the critical
theory of Jurgen Habermas. It purports to provide an ontologically and
epistemologically grounded comparative sociology of contemporary
health and health care in the twenty-first century. Carrying a
fourfold agenda, the volume sets out a dialectical critical realist
frame for a comparative sociology of health and health care; it
clarifies sociology’s potential and limitations; it suggests a
research programme and a series of questions for investigation; and it
offers an argument for an action sociology embedded in a dialectical
theory of transformative action. This volume will be of interest to
students and scholars in the areas of philosophy, sociology and
critical realism, as well as those working in health and social care.
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ISBN
9781317437468
Publisert
2018
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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