LEADER 04448nam 22006495 450 001 9910483934003321 005 20200919135930.0 010 $a3-319-03986-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-03986-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000089126 035 $a(EBL)1782133 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001187345 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11642133 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001187345 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11256435 035 $a(PQKB)10956660 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1782133 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-03986-2 035 $a(PPN)176750460 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000089126 100 $a20140227d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMedical Sociology in Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fby Jimoh Amzat, Oliver Razum 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-13392-1 311 $a3-319-03985-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1: Sociology and Health: The Nexus -- 2: Health, Disease and Illness as Conceptual Tools -- 3: Health Behaviour (HB) and Illness Behaviour -- 4: Social Determinants/Context of Health -- 5: Functionalist Perspective on Health -- 6: Social Production of Health: Marxism and Feminism -- 7: Interpretive Perspective in Medical Sociology ? Part I -- 8: Interpretive Perspective in Medical Sociology ? Part II -- 9: Medicalisation and Client-Practitioner Relations -- 10: Medical Pluralism: Traditional and Modern Health Care -- 11: Towards a Sociology of Bioethics -- 12: Towards a Sociological study of Health Problems in Africa. 330 $aThis book presents a comprehensive discussion of classical ideas, core topics, currents, and detailed theoretical underpinnings in medical sociology. It is a globally renowned source and reference for those interested in social dimensions of health and illness. The presentation is enriched with explanatory and illustrative styles. The design and illustration of details will shift the minds of the readers from mere classroom discourse to societal context (the space of health issues), to consider the implications of those ideas in a way that could guide health interventions. The elemental strengths are the sociological illustrations from African context, rooted in deep cultural interpretations necessitated because Africa bears a greater brunt of health problems. More so, the classical and current epistemological and theoretical discourse presented in this book are indicative of core themes in medical sociology in particular, but cut across a multidisciplinary realm including health social sciences (e.g., medical anthropology, health psychology, medical demography, medical geography and health economics) and health studies (medicine, public health, epidemiology, bioethics, and medical humanities) in general. Therefore, apart from the book?s relevance as a teaching text of medical sociology for academics, it is also meant for students at various levels and all health professionals who require a deeper understanding of social dimensions of health and illness (with illustrations from the African context), and sociological contributions to health studies in general. 606 $aSociology 606 $aPublic health 606 $aHealth psychology 606 $aSociology, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000 606 $aPublic Health$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H27002 606 $aHealth Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y12020 607 $aAfrika$2gnd 608 $aOnline-Publikation. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aPublic health. 615 0$aHealth psychology. 615 14$aSociology, general. 615 24$aPublic Health. 615 24$aHealth Psychology. 676 $a306.461 700 $aAmzat$b Jimoh$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0861757 702 $aRazum$b Oliver$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483934003321 996 $aMedical Sociology in Africa$92833865 997 $aUNINA