Health in Australia, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (May 20, 2004) © 2004

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A key Australian introductory textbook on heath sociology for nursing and allied health students and upper level undergraduate sociology students.

Health in Australia: Sociological concepts and issues is a comprehensive Australian text that provides specific information on how social patterns, social processes and social relationships affect the health industry and health care workers.

  • Part 1: Social process: history and theory
  • 1. Theoretical perspectives
  • 2. The social origins of illness and the development of the sociology of health
  • 3. Medical technology: from drugs to genetics
  • Part 2: Social patterns: differences in health experiences
  • 4. Aboriginal health
  • 5. Migrant and refugee health
  • 6. Differences in female and male health
  • 7. Ageing and health
  • 8. Class and health
  • 9. Mental health and citizenship
  • Part 3: Social Relationships: professionals and professions
  • 10. Examining the body
  • 11. Biomedical surveillance and the working body
  • 12. Medical dominance and the division of labour in the health professions
  • 13. Health professionals: workplace reform and resistance
  • 14. Complementary medicine and orthodox medicine

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