Health and disease a reader

• Other Authors: Gray, Alastair 1953- (Editor), Seale, Clive (Editor), Davey, Basiro (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Buckingham [England] Open University Press 1994
• Edition: second edition
• Subjects: Sociology, Medical > collected works; Delivery of Health Care > collected works; Disease > collected works; Health > collected works; Medicine > collected works
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• Item Description: Contains articles previously published in various publications.
• Physical Description: xii, 436 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9780335193264; 0335193269

The 62 articles in this reader represent the varied and controversial perspectives of the contributors - including academic researchers in the natural and social sciences and health-care professionals. The book also includes extracts from several "classic" texts written on this subject in the 20th century, five specially-commissioned articles and many articles which are not easily accessible elsewhere. The editors have grouped the articles under seven headings: concepts of health, disease and healing; experiencing health and disease; influences on health and disease; the role of medicine; the social context of health care; health work; and prospects and speculations. Each section has a short introduction, which draws the reader's attention to common themes and sharp discontinuities