Health and illness / Michael Senior with Bruce Viveash.
By: Senior, Michael
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Contributor(s): Viveash, Bruce.
Material type: 
BookSeries: Skills-based sociology.Publisher: Basingstoke, Hants. : Macmillan, 1997Description: x, 360 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0333662490; 9780333662496.Subject(s): Social medicine | Health -- Social aspects | Health attitudes | Diseases -- Social aspects | Health and Wellbeing | Social & ethical issues | Medical sociology | Designed / suitable for A & AS Level | For GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification) | Anthropology | Public health & preventive medicineDDC classification: 362.1 SEN | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 362.1 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000401863 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 362.1 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000401871 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 362.1 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000401822 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 362.1 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000401830 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 362.1 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000401848 | |
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 362.1 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000401855 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Health and Illness provides a comprehensive, concise and accessible introduction to the topic, presented in an attractive manner, with relevant activities and exercises to ensure that students' learning is as active as possible. The activities, which are a central feature of the book, develop study skills such as essay writing, note-taking and responding to data/stimulus questions.
Bibliography: p. 339-350.
Introduction -- The social construction of health and illness -- The social process of becoming ill -- Responses to illness -- The relationship between social class and health -- The relationship between gender and health -- The relationship between ethnicity and health -- The relationship between age, dependency and health -- The sociology of 'mental illness' -- The sociology of health care -- Perspectives on health care.
As well as providing a concise, accessible introduction to the topic of health and illness, the authors provide activities which can help students develop study skills such as essay writing, note-taking and responding to data/stimulus questions.