Sociology of health and medicine : new perspectives / V. Sujatha.

By:

Sujatha, V

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0198099134 (hbk.)
9780198099130 (hbk.)

Other title:

Sociology of health and medicine

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DDC classification:

23 306.461 SUJ 004822

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Table of contents

Contents:

1.Health, Medicine, and the Social Sciences: Some Glimpses and Insights 2.Explaining Health, Illness, and Society: Theoretical Approaches 3.Curing, Healing, and Culture 4.Health, Medicine, and the State: Historical Perspectives 5.Health Status and the Public Health System in India 6.The Private Sector in Health and Medicine: The Indian Story.

Summary: Health and medicine rarely constitute object of enquiry in the social science literature in India. Given the fact that experience of disease and its detection are deeply embedded in social settings, foundational questions on the meaning and experience of health and on the role of medicine have to be raised. Drawing upon published social science research in the field, this book discusses many of these questions. It also brings medical pluralism into the heart of social theory of health and medicine.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	306.461 SUJ 004822 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004822

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index.

1.Health, Medicine, and the Social Sciences: Some Glimpses and Insights
2.Explaining Health, Illness, and Society: Theoretical Approaches
3.Curing, Healing, and Culture
4.Health, Medicine, and the State: Historical Perspectives
5.Health Status and the Public Health System in India
6.The Private Sector in Health and Medicine: The Indian Story.

Health and medicine rarely constitute object of enquiry in the social science literature in India. Given the fact that experience of disease and its detection are deeply embedded in social settings, foundational questions on the meaning and experience of health and on the role of medicine have to be raised. Drawing upon published social science research in the field, this book discusses many of these questions. It also brings medical pluralism into the heart of social theory of health and medicine.

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