Books written by Michael Bury
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Life After Ninety
Baylis, R., Clarke, C. and Whitfield, G. (1986) 'The female life span', Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, 20(4), 290–3. ... Booth, T. (1985) Home Truths: Old People's Homes and the Outcome of Care, Aldershot: Gower.
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Health and Illness in a Changing Society
Although social theorists in the 1930s , such as Schutz , were influenced by the thought of philosophers such as Schopenhauer - the ' finiteness of the body ' was important to Schutz in the understanding of meaning in life ( B. Turner ...
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Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Fran Baum ( 1998 ) , in tracing the emergence of the NPH in Australia , outlines six eras of dominant policy and ideology : ( 1 ) indigenous control over health in the pre - colonial era ; ( 2 ) the colonial era ( with its focus on ...
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Life After Ninety
Morton-Williams, J. (1979) Alternative Patterns of Care for the Elderly (Methodological report for a study designed by ... Nathanson, C. (1975) 'Illness and the feminine role: a theoretical review', Social Science & Medicine, 9, 57–62.
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Handbook of Disability Studies
The handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability studies.
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Health and Illness in a Changing Society
Health and Illness in a Changing Society provides a lively and critical account of the impact of social change on the experience of health and illness.
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The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader
In Staten Island , another New York City borough , a landfill worker tracked down the health status of his workmates when ... At the scientific level lay - involved surveys are sometimes well - crafted researches with defendable data .
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Health and Illness
Michael Bury provides a lively introduction to the sociology of health and illness for students approaching the topic for the first time.
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Handbook of Disability Studies
The temporal dimensions of disease have different implications for the self . ... In my sociology version of social contract theory , embodiment for human beings creates insecurity because we are all prone to illness , aging , and ...
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The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader
A wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge * inequalities and patterning of health ...
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Health and Illness
The book then focuses on debates about the body, the role of health services and the politics of health policy.
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Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Written in each case, by experienced and respected experts in the subject area, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.
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The Sociology of the Health Service
Hospital admission rates for appendicitis varied threefold between Welsh districts (West and Carey 1978); regional treatment rates for endstage renal failure varied by twofold (Dowie 1984) and a smaller rate of variation was observed ...
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The Sociology of the Health Service
The Sociology of the Health Service responds directly to the need to develop a sociological analysis of current health policy.
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The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader
A wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge * inequalities and patterning of health ...
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Living with Chronic Illness: The Experience of Patients and Their Families
Living with Chronic Illness: The Experience of Patients and Their Families