Sociology of Health and Medicine
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Publication date:
19/08/2014
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354 pages
216.0x140.0mm
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Hardback
354 pages
216.0x140.0mm
First Edition
V. Sujatha
Suitable for: Scholars and students of Sociology MA-MPhil optional on sociology of health-health and society-health culture and society along with students and teachers of social work, nursing, public health and social medicine, development studies, population studies.
Rights: World Rights
First Edition
V. Sujatha
Description
Health and medicine have so far not constituted a significant area of study within the social sciences in India. Given that the experience of disease and its detection are deeply embedded in social settings, foundational questions on the meaning and understanding of health and the role of medicine need to be raised. How do we distinguish between health and ill-health? How do we differentiate between a medical problem and a lifestyle issue? Does the medical establishment diagnose lifestyle problems as diseases and treat them through medication? What is the impact of privatization and corporatization of medicine on health? Sociology of Health and Medicine discusses these, and other, essential questions. This work introduces medical pluralism into the social theory of health and medicine, which has hitherto worked with the idea of medicine and body in the singular. It draws insights in a comparative perspective, going beyond purely biomedicine to consider the significance of Indian, Asian, and African medicinal systems. Encompassing both theoretical writings and empirical studies, this is a timely addition to the discourse on health and medicine in our times.
First Edition
V. Sujatha
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First Edition
V. Sujatha
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- This is the first textbook - reference work on sociology of health and medicine in the country. It is aimed at giving exposure to both, sociology and medical students interested in health and medicine. It works both as a textbook and a reference book.
First Edition
V. Sujatha
Description
Health and medicine have so far not constituted a significant area of study within the social sciences in India. Given that the experience of disease and its detection are deeply embedded in social settings, foundational questions on the meaning and understanding of health and the role of medicine need to be raised. How do we distinguish between health and ill-health? How do we differentiate between a medical problem and a lifestyle issue? Does the medical establishment diagnose lifestyle problems as diseases and treat them through medication? What is the impact of privatization and corporatization of medicine on health? Sociology of Health and Medicine discusses these, and other, essential questions. This work introduces medical pluralism into the social theory of health and medicine, which has hitherto worked with the idea of medicine and body in the singular. It draws insights in a comparative perspective, going beyond purely biomedicine to consider the significance of Indian, Asian, and African medicinal systems. Encompassing both theoretical writings and empirical studies, this is a timely addition to the discourse on health and medicine in our times.
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