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Public Health and Society

By John Costello , Monica Haggart

Book information

ISBN
9780333971727, 9781403937445, 0333971728, 0333971736, 9780333971734
LCC
RA485 .P83 2003
Open Library ID
OL10559768M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
522 kB (534741 bytes)
Pages
208\193
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This text links public health explicitly to sociological theory, to demonstrate the relationship between health care and the social structures that underpin the provision of health services. The book reviews developments in public health using a critical, historical and comparative analytical framework, and includes topical areas such as health inequalities, social diversity, social exclusion units, care in the community and media constructions of health. It also provides practical examples combined with current, research-based sociological studies explaining some of the key social issues affecting the take up and utilisation of health care.

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