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The Metapsychology of Christopher Bollas: An Introduction explores
Bollas's extraordinarily wide contribution to contemporary
psychoanalysis. The book aims to introduce and explain the
fundamentals of Bollas's theory of the mind in a systematic way,
addressing many of the questions that commonly arise when people
approach his work. Through chapters on topics such as the receptive
subject, the creative unconscious and the implications of Bollas's
metapsychology for the technique of free association, the book
enables the reader to acquire an understanding of his unique
psychoanalytic language, to grasp the conceptual building blocks of
his thinking and how these interrelate, and to appreciate the
theoretical and clinical coherence of his thinking. The
Metapsychology of Christopher Bollas: An Introduction will be of
use to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and counsellors, as well as
psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers wishing to explore
the applications of psychoanalytic thinking to their practice. It
will be of great value to trainees in these disciplines, as well as
to postgraduate students and academics interested in contemporary
psychoanalysis.
Health promotion and the new public health are now central to health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. Issues examined include sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation and considerations relating to race and gender in the implementation of health programmes. eBook available with sample pages: HB:0415116465 EB:0203429494
"The Sociology of Health Promotion" offers analyses of contemporary
public health policy, lifestyle, consumption, risk and health. It
also examines socio-political critiques of health promotion and
reflects upon their implications for policy and practice. Topics
include: the institutional emergence of health promotion at both
global and national levels; issues of gender and race in health
promotion; accidents and the risk of society; smoking; HIV and
AIDS; aging; and the body and health related consumption. A key
theme of the collection is that health promotion is emblematic of
wider socio-cultural changes such as the demise of institutional
forms of welfare and social control, a blurring of "expert" and lay
knowledge, a heightened collective perception of uncontainable
risks, and a shift to a consumer rather than a producer driven
economy.
Contents: 1. Sociology: An Introduction 2. Contemporary Practice of Pharmacy 3. Health and Illness - Understanding the Public's Perspective 4. Seeking Help and Consulting Health Professionals 5. Social Factors and Health 6. Social Inequalities and Health 7. The Occupational Status of Pharmacy 8. Maintaining and Promoting Health 9. Social Research Methods
We all have a body, but how does it impact upon our day to day life? How we experience our bodies is at once both intensely personal and extremely public. This book sets out to explore how ordinary women, men and children talk about their bodies through four central themes: * physical and emotional bodies * illness and disability * gender * ageing. A coherent collection of empirical research, The Body in Everyday Life provides an accessible introduction to the sociology of thte body, a field previously dominated by theoretical or philosophical accounts. eBook available with sample pages: HB:0415162009
We all have a body, but how does it impact upon our day-to-day
life? How we experience our bodies is at once both intensely
personal and extremely public. This book sets out to explore how
ordinary women, men and children talk about their bodies and how
they experience them in a variety of situations. The material is
approached through four main themes: physical and emotional bodies;
illness and disability; gender; and ageing. This is a collection of
empirical research on the subject and a complement to theoretical
and philosophical developments in this field. The book should be of
particular interest to students of sociology, health studies and
cultural studies.
In Britain in the 1990s households containing almost 1.4 million
adults and children had their mortgaged home possessed. A far
greater number experienced serious mortgage arrears but managed to
avoid possession. The emergence of such levels of unsustainable
home ownership has consequences for many areas of social and public
policy, including: the economy; public health; social security
reform; and family policy. This book argues that the emergence of
unsustainable owner-occupation is emblematic of broader changes in
contemporary society associated with the emergence of what
commentators such as Beck and Giddens have characterised as a 'risk
society'. Home ownership in a risk society: provides the first
systematic overview of the meaning and implications of a body of
research work that has hitherto remained largely fragmented; argues
that the particular conjunction of events which generated the
short-term housing crisis of the early 1990s masked a series of
more enduring structural changes which have resulted in
unsustainable home ownership becoming a more permanent part of the
British socio-economic landscape; uses a wide range of
methodological strategies - including in-depth qualitative
interviews with adults and children, survey analysis, and the
multivariate statistical analysis of large-scale data sets; paints
a rich and detailed empirical picture of the causes, socio-economic
distribution and social consequences of mortgage arrears and
possessions. This broad-ranging book is aimed at students,
researchers, policy makers and practitioners with an interest in
social policy, sociology, human geography, urban studies, housing
studies, public health, economics and finance.
Sociology for Pharmacists provides undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students with a concise introduction to key sociological concepts, perspectives and research evidence pertaining to health, illness and professional practice. This book is timely given that pharmacists are encouraged to broaden their day-to-day practice, so that they become more involved with advising clients, managing medicines and supporting the promotion of health. In the light of developments in the 'extended role' of pharmacists, students of pharmacy are required to understand the social context of health, illness and professional practice. This text therefore provides a grounding in these topics, and as well as reviewing the relevant research, readers are directed towards additional reading. Key issues covered include: * Key sociological concepts and perspectives * Contemporary developments in pharmacy practice and pharmacy's professional status * A review of research in to the way people react to illness and look after their health * How and why illness and disease are influenced by gender, ethnicity, and social class * Health education and pharmacists' role in health promotion and in ensuring appropriate medicine usage * Social research methods
The Metapsychology of Christopher Bollas: An Introduction explores
Bollas's extraordinarily wide contribution to contemporary
psychoanalysis. The book aims to introduce and explain the
fundamentals of Bollas's theory of the mind in a systematic way,
addressing many of the questions that commonly arise when people
approach his work. Through chapters on topics such as the receptive
subject, the creative unconscious and the implications of Bollas's
metapsychology for the technique of free association, the book
enables the reader to acquire an understanding of his unique
psychoanalytic language, to grasp the conceptual building blocks of
his thinking and how these interrelate, and to appreciate the
theoretical and clinical coherence of his thinking. The
Metapsychology of Christopher Bollas: An Introduction will be of
use to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and counsellors, as well as
psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers wishing to explore
the applications of psychoanalytic thinking to their practice. It
will be of great value to trainees in these disciplines, as well as
to postgraduate students and academics interested in contemporary
psychoanalysis.
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