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How do we understand health in relation to society? What role do social processes, structures and culture play in shaping our experiences of health and illness? How do we understand medicine and healthcare within a sociological framework?
Drawing on international literature and examples, this new edition of Key Concepts in Medical Sociology:
· Systematically explains the concepts that have preoccupied medical sociology from its inception, and which have shaped the field as it exists today.
· Includes new entries, such as pandemics and epidemics, the environment, intersectionality, pharmaceuticalization, medical tourism and sexuality.
· Begins each entry with a definition of the concept then examines its origins, development, strengths and weaknesses, and concludes with suggested further reading for independent learning.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology is essential reading for students in medical sociology as well as those undertaking professional training in health-related disciplines.
List of contents
Introduction
PART 1: SOCIAL PATTERNING OF HEALTH
Pandemics and Epidemics - Robert Dingwall
Social Class - Graham Scambler
Gender - Ellen Annandale
Ethnicity - Hannah Bradby
Sexuality - Sue Scott
Intersectionality - Anuj Kapilashrami
Place - Katherine L. Frohlich, Julie Vallée, Sally Macintyre & Anne Ellaway
Environment - Sara MacBride-Stewart
Material and Cultural Factors - Graham Scambler
Psychosocial Factors - Antonia Bifulco
Life Events - Antonia Bifulco
Ageing and the Lifecourse - Paul Higgs
Neoliberalism - Judith Green & Kirsten Bell
Social Capital - Orla McDonnell
PART 2: EXPERIENCE OF HEATH AND ILLNESS
Medicalization - Jonathan Gabe
Pharmaceuticalization - Jonathan Gabe
Illness and Health Behaviours - Lee F. Monaghan
Stigma - Lee F. Monaghan & Simon J. Williams
Embodiment - Simon J. Williams & Lee F. Monaghan
Emotions - Gillian Bendelow & Iain Wilkinson
Chronic Illness - Lee F. Monaghan & Mike Bury
Disability - Janice McLaughlin
Illness Narratives - Lee F. Monaghan & Mike Bury
Risk - Jonathan Gabe
The Sick Role - Lee F. Monaghan & Mike Bury
Practitioner-Client Relationships - Alison Pilnick
Quality of Life - Mary Boulton
Sleep - Simon J. Williams
Death and Dying - Gitte H. Koksvik & David Clark
PART 3: HEALTH, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE
The Medical Model - Lee F. Monaghan & Mike Bury
Social Constructionism - Orla McDonnell
Lay Knowledge - Gareth H. Williams, Eva Elliott & Jennie Popay
Medical Tourism - Neil Lunt
Reproduction - Jane Sandall, Lee F. Monaghan & Jonathan Gabe
Medical Technologies - Alex Faulkner
Digital Health - Deborah Lupton
Geneticization - Rebecca Dimond, Heather Strange & Jacqueline Hughes
Bioethics - Gabrielle Samuel & Bobbie Farsides
Surveillance and Health Promotion - Sarah Nettleton
PART 4: HEALTH WORK AND THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
Medical Autonomy, Dominance and Decline - Jonathan Gabe & Mary Ann Elston
Trust in Medicine - Jonathan Gabe
Professions Allied to Medicine - Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Nursing and Midwifery as Occupations - Abbey Hyde & Orla McDonnell
Social Divisions in Formal Healthcare - Catherine Theodosius
Health Professional Migration and Integration - Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Sarah Cant
Emotional Labour - Catherine Theodosius
Informal Care - Sue Hollinrake
PART 5: HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION AND POLICY
Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations - Per Måseide
Privatization - Jonathan Gabe
Managerialism - Jonathan Gabe
Consumerism - Jonathan Gabe
Citizenship and Health - Gareth H. Williams, Patrick Brown, Eva Elliott & Jennie Popay
Social Movements and Health - Nick Crossley
Medicines Regulation - Jonathan Gabe
Evaluation - Nicholas Mays
Malpractice - Jonathan Gabe
About the author
Dr Lee F. Monaghan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Limerick. Jonathan Gabe is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Report
This book has and will continue to be essential introductory reading for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the social and health sciences and those in professional training who have an interest in the sociology of health and illness. It is comprehensive in its scope addressing a broad range of key sociological concepts which relate to the analysis of health, illness and health policy. This third edition contains accessible, updated entries on many of the concepts addressed in previous editions but also introduces much needed analysis of salient concepts such as on pandemics and epidemics, sexuality, intersectionality, the environment, medical tourism and digital health.
Professor Michael Calnan
