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Health and Social Theory (Hardcover): Fernando De Maio Health and Social Theory (Hardcover)
Fernando De Maio
R4,923 Discovery Miles 49 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What we consider to be healthy is shaped by society; we compare our own health with those around us and identify illness according to social norms. But how are these standards established and how do they change? Is health a personal trouble or a public issue? And can sociology allow us to develop a comprehensive analysis of the determinants of health?
This book examines how social theory shows us that health is not only shaped by our access to medical interventions, but also by power and inequality. From the personal experience of the unwell individual to the social, historical, cultural, and economic factors that affect national morbidity rates, the text looks at medical sociology from micro and macro levels. The chapters use examples from the most significant empirical work in the field to shed light on and challenge classical and contemporary social theory. In particular, the book looks at recent developments in medical sociology by specifically analyzing:
- Inequities based on income, gender, and racism
- The role of the pharmaceutical industry in shaping our ideas about disease
- Medical encounters and the medicalization of everyday life
- The structure of health care systems and health care reforms
"Health and Social Theory" is a concise, comprehensive and cutting edge account of medical sociology. It is essential critical reading for all scholars and students interested in the field.

Latin American Perspectives on the Sociology of Health and Illness (Paperback): Fernando De Maio, Ignacio Llovet, Graciela... Latin American Perspectives on the Sociology of Health and Illness (Paperback)
Fernando De Maio, Ignacio Llovet, Graciela Dinardi
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The sociology of health and illness is a rapidly growing field. Yet, as a field, it has suffered from a remarkably limited perspective dominated by scholarship produced in the global north. Scholars in the sociology of health and illness have been late to enter debates in global health and have generally failed to learn lessons from work originating in the global south. To begin to address this limitation, this edited collection features notable contributions from Latin American scholars exploring key issues, including sickle cell disease in Brazil, cancer and Chagas disease in Argentina and reproductive health in Mexico. This collection, offering a snapshot of the rich and nuanced research being conducted in the region, offers readers valuable lessons. It is our argument that Latin American health sociology has much to offer the larger field of sociology - both for what it can teach us about Latin America in and of itself, and for what this field of scholarship can teach us about health and illness as broadly defined. This collection challenges readers to think about the global nature of health inequalities. Rich in empirical data and theoretical substance, this book is an essential collection for readers interested in understanding the sociology of health and illness. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Health Sociology Review and as individual papers in Global Public Health and Critical Public Health.

Community Health Equity - A Chicago Reader (Paperback): Fernando De Maio, Raj C Shah MD, John Mazzeo, David A Ansell MD Community Health Equity - A Chicago Reader (Paperback)
Fernando De Maio, Raj C Shah MD, John Mazzeo, David A Ansell MD
R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Perhaps more than any other American city, Chicago has been a center for the study of both urban history and economic inequity. Community Health Equity assembles a century of research to show the range of effects that Chicago's structural socioeconomic inequalities have had on patients and medical facilities alike. The work collected here makes clear that when a city is sharply divided by power, wealth, and race, the citizens who most need high-quality health care and social services have the greatest difficulty accessing them. Achieving good health is not simply a matter of making the right choices as an individual, the research demonstrates: it's the product of large-scale political and economic forces. Understanding these forces, and what we can do to correct them, should be critical not only to doctors but to sociologists and students of the urban environment--and no city offers more inspiring examples for action to overcome social injustice in health than Chicago.

Latin American Perspectives on the Sociology of Health and Illness (Hardcover): Fernando De Maio, Ignacio Llovet, Graciela... Latin American Perspectives on the Sociology of Health and Illness (Hardcover)
Fernando De Maio, Ignacio Llovet, Graciela Dinardi
R2,812 Discovery Miles 28 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The sociology of health and illness is a rapidly growing field. Yet, as a field, it has suffered from a remarkably limited perspective dominated by scholarship produced in the global north. Scholars in the sociology of health and illness have been late to enter debates in global health and have generally failed to learn lessons from work originating in the global south. To begin to address this limitation, this edited collection features notable contributions from Latin American scholars exploring key issues, including sickle cell disease in Brazil, cancer and Chagas disease in Argentina and reproductive health in Mexico. This collection, offering a snapshot of the rich and nuanced research being conducted in the region, offers readers valuable lessons. It is our argument that Latin American health sociology has much to offer the larger field of sociology - both for what it can teach us about Latin America in and of itself, and for what this field of scholarship can teach us about health and illness as broadly defined. This collection challenges readers to think about the global nature of health inequalities. Rich in empirical data and theoretical substance, this book is an essential collection for readers interested in understanding the sociology of health and illness. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Health Sociology Review and as individual papers in Global Public Health and Critical Public Health.

Community Health Equity - A Chicago Reader (Hardcover): Fernando De Maio, Raj C Shah MD, John Mazzeo, David A Ansell MD Community Health Equity - A Chicago Reader (Hardcover)
Fernando De Maio, Raj C Shah MD, John Mazzeo, David A Ansell MD
R3,856 Discovery Miles 38 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Perhaps more than any other American city, Chicago has been a center for the study of both urban history and economic inequity. Community Health Equity assembles a century of research to show the range of effects that Chicago's structural socioeconomic inequalities have had on patients and medical facilities alike. The work collected here makes clear that when a city is sharply divided by power, wealth, and race, the citizens who most need high-quality health care and social services have the greatest difficulty accessing them. Achieving good health is not simply a matter of making the right choices as an individual, the research demonstrates: it's the product of large-scale political and economic forces. Understanding these forces, and what we can do to correct them, should be critical not only to doctors but to sociologists and students of the urban environment--and no city offers more inspiring examples for action to overcome social injustice in health than Chicago.

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