Society, Culture and Health

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-557462-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willis, Karen

Elmer, Shandell

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Ausbildung in der Pflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: What is Sociology and Why is it Relevant to Nurses?
Part 1 Ideas about Health and Illness
2: Biomedical and Sociological Approaches to Health and Illness
3: The Media and Health
4: Contemporary Debates about Health and Illness
Part 2 Social Structure and Health
5: Health and Illness Patterns in Australia
6: Gender, Sex and Sexuality
7: Culture and Health: Ethnic Diversity in Healing Practices and Health Issues
8: The Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
9: Ageing, Health and Inequality
Part 3 Experiencing Health and Illness
10: The Body, Health and Lifestyle
11: The Illness Experience: Chronic Illness
Part 4 Working in Health
12: Health Care Systems and the Health Workforce
13: Power and Responsibility in Health Care Encounters
14: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
15: Nursing in Contemporary Australia
16: Nurses, Sociology and Health

Über Autor(innen)

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.