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Informationen zum Autor Hannah Bradby ’s research on howethnicity and racism intervene in the social relations of health has beenpublished in various journals including ‘Social Science and Medicine’ and‘Sociological Research Online’. Sheco-edits the journal ‘Ethnicity and Health’ and is the ‘Sociology of Health andIllness’ monograph series editor. Hannah has taught both medics andsociologists at the University of Warwick since 2000, employing variousrepresentations of health, illness and suffering including written (memoire,letters, reportage, fiction, clinical notes, empirical research) and spokenforms (evidence from clinicians, patients and former patients, in variouslanguages, and sometimes mediated by trained interpreters). She has worked onthe core medical school curriculum and special study modules and hascollaborated with students to publish books of their own sociological work,both written and photographic. Building on observations by the late MegStacey (the first female professor at the University of Warwick) on medicalsociology’s lack of attention to war as a public health problem Hannahco-edited (with Gillian Hundt) a collection entitled ‘Global Perspectives onWar, Gender and Health’ (2010, Avebury). ‘Medical Sociology: An introduction’(2009, Sage) seeks to interpret sociological criticism of medicine and insightsinto the experience of illness for medical students. Klappentext A clear, bold book which provides a contemporary account of why medicine and health matter in our modern society. Written by an expert in both sociology and medicine, it critically explores key areas of debate and policy whilst explaining the practical realities of medicine today. Zusammenfassung A clear! bold book which provides a contemporary account of why medicine and health matter in our modern society. Written by an expert in both sociology and medicine! it critically explores key areas of debate and policy whilst explaining the practical realities of medicine today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Sociology, Medicine and Medical Sociology Introduction Medical Sociology and Its Relationship with Sociology Theory and Application Sociology and Medicine Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity References Introducing the Sociology of Medicine, Health and Society Social Theory and the Sociology of Health and Medicine Introduction Parsons and Functionalism Criticism of Parsons¿ Idealized Type Theories of Conflict and Political Economy Inequalities and Social Stratification Interactionism Phenomenology Modernity and Post-Modernity Social Constructionism Post-Structuralism and Structuralism Criticism of Constructionism Conclusion References Health Inequalities Introduction Theory and Inequality Inequity and Inequality Measurement of Inequality The Pattern of Health Inequalities Causes of Inequalities Healthcare and Inequalities Global Inequality Conclusion Women, Gender and Feminism Introduction Feminism Gendered Visibility Gendered Polarity and Theorizing Difference Reconceptu...
