Society, Culture and Health

NOTE EDITORE

Society, Culture and Health introduces sociology to students studying nursing and related health professions. It examines the sources of ideas about health and illness, including the biomedical model, folk and lay approaches and the influence of the media, and includes coverage of the impact on health of social marginalisation through a careful examination of structural variables. The experiences of health and illness are explained through a theoretical analysis of the body in contemporary society, covering issues such as chronic illness and disability. Thoroughly revised and updated Society, Culture and Health 2e gives an overview of the role of nursing within the health care system and its relationship with medicine and alternative health practices. Taking a practical approach, and using case studies to examine a range of issues such as domestic violence, occupational health, indigenous health and refugee health, it prepares students for working in health professions which are wide-ranging in settings, systems and clients.

SOMMARIO

1 - What is Sociology and Why is it Relevant to Nurses?2 - Biomedical and Sociological Approaches to Health and Illness3 - The Media and Health4 - Contemporary Debates about Health and Illness5 - Health and Illness Patterns in Australia6 - Gender, Sex and Sexuality7 - Culture and Health: Ethnic Diversity in Healing Practices and Health Issues8 - The Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples9 - Ageing, Health and Inequality10 - The Body, Health and Lifestyle11 - The Illness Experience: Chronic Illness12 - Health Care Systems and the Health Workforce13 - Power and Responsibility in Health Care Encounters14 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine15 - Nursing in Contemporary Australia16 - Nurses, Sociology and Health

AUTORE

Karen Willis is a senior lecturer in sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. She has responsibility for development of curriculum, course coordination, and teaching health sociology to nursing students. Shandell Elmer is a Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Department of Rural Health. She is currently undertaking a PhD that aims to explore the relationship between social capital within health service organisations and their attempts at community engagement.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780195574623
• Dimensioni: 245 x 22.3 x 190 mm Ø 800 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 3 illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 272