Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine

Edited by Alan Petersen

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This timely Handbook provides an essential guide to the major topics, perspectives, and scholars in the sociology of health and medicine. Contributors prove the immense value of a sociological understanding of central health and medical concerns, including public health, the COVID-19 pandemic, and new medical technologies.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781839104749
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine , pp 1-26

Alan Petersen

Ch 2 Constructing the boundaries of health sociology , pp 28-46

Fran Collyer

Ch 3 Critical theories in sociologies of health and medicine , pp 47-61

Graham Scambler

Ch 4 New materialist perspectives on health, illness and health care , pp 62-75

Nick J. Fox

Ch 5 Sociologies of health and gender , pp 76-90

Ellen Annandale

Ch 6 Biomedicalisation revisited: concepts and practices , pp 91-109

Adele E. Clarke, Melanie Jeske, Janet K. Shim and Laura Mamo

Ch 7 Health inequalities , pp 110-123

Kevin Dew and Sarah Donovan

Ch 8 Illness narratives: from analysis to answerability , pp 124-137

Danielle Spencer and Arthur Frank

Ch 9 Young people and the sociology of chronic illness: meanings, management and consequences , pp 139-150

Jonathan Gabe and Lee F. Monaghan

Ch 10 The sociology of mental health and illness , pp 151-169

Joan Busfield

Ch 11 Pharmaceuticalisation: origins, drivers and new developments , pp 170-186

Jonathan Gabe and Paul Martin

Ch 12 Sociological approaches to the gendering of emotions in health and illness , pp 187-198

Gillian Bendelow and Alison Phipps

Ch 13 Sociology of the medical profession and para-professions , pp 199-212

Will Schupmann and Stefan Timmermans

Ch 14 Health, society and social suffering , pp 213-226

Iain Wilkinson

Ch 15 Sociologies of food and eating , pp 227-242

Anne Murcott

Ch 16 Diagnosis , pp 243-256

Annemarie Jutel

Ch 17 The media politics of health, illness and healthcare , pp 257-273

Alison Anderson

Ch 18 The sociology of bioethics , pp 274-290

Raymond De Vries

Ch 19 Antimicrobial resistance: discourse, practice and relating , pp 291-307

Nik Brown

Ch 20 Sociologies of public health and health promotion , pp 308-323

Judith Green and Cristian Montenegro

Ch 21 Risk and health , pp 324-338

Andy Alaszewski

Ch 22 Ageing , pp 339-353

Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard

Ch 23 Racism and racialisation in healthcare settings , pp 354-377

Sarah Hamed and Hannah Bradby

Ch 24 Disability and the sociology of health and illness , pp 378-392

Gareth M. Thomas

Ch 25 Sociology of the pregnant and birthing body , pp 393-407

Mandie Scamell and Andy Alaszewski

Ch 26 Sleep, health and medicine: sociological agendas , pp 408-423

Simon J. Williams, Catherine Coveney and Robert Meadows

Ch 27 Sociological contributions to the study of death in health and medicine , pp 424-437

Glenys Caswell

Ch 28 Sociologies of precision medicine , pp 439-454

Barbara Prainsack

Ch 29 The sociology of epidemics and pandemics , pp 455-473

Robert Dingwall

Ch 30 Data-intensive medicine , pp 474-487

Klaus Hoeyer

Ch 31 Artificial intelligence for long-term care in later life , pp 488-503

Barbara Barbosa Neves and Maho Omori

Ch 32 Digital health: practices and infrastructures , pp 504-524

Benjamin Marent and Henriette Langstrup

Ch 33 Neuroscience, novelty, and the sociology of the brain , pp 525-540

Martyn Pickersgill

Ch 34 Hospitals of the future , pp 541-554

John Gardner

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