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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827783603321

Titolo

Sociological perspectives of health and illness / / edited by Constantinos N. Phellas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-4438-2606-5

1-280-48579-5

9786613580771

9781443826065

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PhellasConstantinos N

Disciplina

306.461

Soggetti

Health - Social aspects

Diseases - Social aspects

Health - Social aspects - Greece

Diseases - Social aspects - Greece

Health - Social aspects - Cyprus

Diseases - Social aspects - Cyprus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Medical sociology has evolved from being considered as unimportant area of enquiry to being regarded as in the centre of the study of private troubles and public issues. At the present much of what is deemed in sociology as exciting is gaining or contribu