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Book SynopsisGraham Scambler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University College London, UK, and Visiting Professor of Sociology at Surrey University, UK. He is the author and editor of many books and journal articles on social theory and the sociology of health and healthcare. He is a founding co-editor of the international journal
Social Theory and Health. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK.
Table of ContentsIntroduction;Graham Scambler PART I: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE 1. Society and Changing Patterns of Health and Disease;Ray Fitzpatrick and Ewen Speed 2. Social Determinants of Health and Disease;Fiona Stevenson 3. Globalisation and Health;Judy Green PART II: SOCIAL FACTORS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE 4. Health and Illness Behaviour;Fiona Stevenson 5. The Doctor-Patient Relationship;Myfanwy Morgan 6. Living with Long-Term Illness and Disability;Sasha Scambler 7. Dying, Death and Bereavement;Graham Scambler PART III: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND HEALTH 8. Social Class and Health Inequalities;Graham Scambler 9. Gender and Health;Annette Scambler & Sasha Scambler 10. Ethnicity and Health;James Nazroo & Moira Kelly 11. Later Life, Health and Society;Paul Higgs PART IV: CHANGING FORMS OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE 12. Deviance, Sigma and Social Control;Graham Scambler 13. The Shifting Boundaries of Medical Knowledge;Paul Higgs 14. Reconceptualising Bodies;Nick Fox 15. Digital Health and Health Care;Deborah Lupton PART V: ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES 16. Health Care Systems;Nicholas Mays 17. Healers and Health Professionals;Iain Crinson 18. Public Health and Health Promotion;Judy Green 19. Measuring Health Outcomes;Ray Fitzpatrick 20. Assessing Health Care System Performance;Nicholas Mays and Ray Fitzpatrick
