Books written by Michael Calnan
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Work Stress
David Puttnam , and the social theorist Anthony Giddens.64 The aim of Antidote is to generate greater ' emotional literacy ' by bringing psychological insights to bear on virtually all aspects of public policy.6s One of the founders of ...
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Trusting on the Edge: Managing Uncertainty and Vulnerability in the Midst of Serious Mental Health Problems
Schutz's (1972) work, meanwhile, comprises a nuanced account of how social actors comprehend abstract systems (eg the postal system) as well as a way of relating this to their knowledge gleaned from interpersonal interactions.
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Preventing Coronary Heart Disease: Prospects, Policies, and Politics
... 166 Freidson, E. 88 Fujii, E. 55 Fullard, E. 108, 112 Gabe, J. 186 General Medical Services Council 89 Godfrey, ... B. 90, 106, 158, 161, 187 Johnston, D.W. 31 Jones, A. 105 Jones, D. 30 Jones, I.G. 189 Kannell, W.B. 13 Karasek, ...
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Health Policy, Power and Politics: Sociological Insights
An alternative or perhaps complementary narrative to the realist narrative of the increasing health-related consequences of deteriorating conditions of work has been proposed by some authors (Wainwright & Calnan, 2002) who, ...
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The New Sociology of the Health Service
Mooney, G. and Scott, G. (eds) (2005) Exploring Social Policy in the 'New' Scotland, Bristol: Policy Press. Mooney, G. and Williams, C. (2006) 'Forging new “ways of life”? Social policy and nation building in devolved Scotland and ...
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The New Sociology of the Health Service
Brown, N. and Webster, A. (2004) New Medical Technologies and Society. Reordering life, Cambridge: Polity. Bulmer, M. (1989) 'Theory and method in recent British sociology: whither the empirical impulse?', British Journal of Sociology, ...
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EBOOK: Trust Matters in Health Care
This unique book explores the importance of trust, how it is lost and won and the extent to which trust relationships in health care may have changed.
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Health Policy, Power and Politics: Sociological Insights
In the context of substantial changes in health service policy and public health policy in England and Wales over the last two decades, Health Policy, Power and Politics fills an important gap by providing an up-to-date and accessible ...
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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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Health, Medicine and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas
Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century.
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Health, Medicine and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas
... health status 54, 56 and race 6–7, 67–86 medicine 148–9, 270–1 see also psychiatry men 6, 28, 64, 159, 161–2, 320, 321–2 see also gender meso-level analyses 14, 237, 238, 244–6 meta-theory, habitus and 73–7 metaphor 146–8, 152–3 micro ...
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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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Modern Medicine: Lay Perspectives and Experiences
In doing so, they firmly ground some of the more abstract theoretical debates surrounding modern medicine and the lay population in the empirical evidence.
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Preventing Coronary Heart Disease: Prospects, Policies, and Politics
This book is the first study of the policies of prevention of the disease and will be invaluable reading for students of health studies, and social policy as well as professionals working in health care.
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Health, Medicine, and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas
This text brings together a range of eminent international scholars to reflect upon matters of health, medicine and society at the turn of the century.