The sociology and politics of health : a reader /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Ideology and policy
- The condition of the working class in England
- National Health Service bill
- The road to serfdom
- Everyone a private patient
- Supporting families
- The new NHS
- Saving lives
- A new universalism
- Pt. II. Social stratification and health
- The poor and the poorest
- The Black Report
- Widening inequality of health in northern England, 1981-91
- What makes women sick
- You are dangerous to your health
- Beyond the Black Report
- The Acheson Report
- Pt. III. Professionalisation and health
- The profession of medicine
- Governmentality and the institutionalization of expertise
- The rise of surveillance medicine
- The diagnostic test and the danger within
- The modern rise of population
- From tribalism to corporatism : the managerial challenge to medical dominance
- Disability and the myth of the independent researcher
- Pt. IV. Experiencing health and illness
- Lay concepts of health
- Pathways to the doctor - from person to patient
- Going to see the doctor
- Managing courtesy stigma : the case of Alzheimer's disease
- Researching women's health work
- The body in consumer society
- Containing the body
- A good enough death