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This book is essential reading for all students of healthcare including nursing, medicine, midwifery and health studies and for those studying healthcare as part of sociology, social care and social policy degrees. “In an age when health ...
This edition explores the impact of current social changes on health, illness and healthcare, and provides an overview of the fundamental concerns in these areas.
Explores the sociology of the healthcare providing an up-to-date and accessible, comprehensive introduction to issues within the health care system, ranging from the changes in policy and practice since the new Labour government came into ...
The Sociology of Healthcare will stimulate debate, reflexive practice and critical thinking in applied sociology and is aimed at the teaching and learning needs of both lecturers and students.