The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader

by Bury; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780415257558
• ISBN10: 0415257557
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This reader provides a comprehensive collection of both classic writings and contemporary articles in the sociology of health and illness. It is organized into the following sections: * Health beliefs and knowledge * Inequalities and patterning of health and illness * Professional and patient interaction * Chronic illness and disability * Evaluation and politics in health care Each section has an introduction, summarizing the content and argument of each article in turn. The reader also has a general introduction which sets the scene for the field as a whole, contextualizes each section and provides a guide to additional reading. The reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Notes on contributors	xi
Series editor's preface	xiv
Acknowledgements	xvi
Michael Bury and Jonathan Gabe
GENERAL INTRODUCTION	1	(2)
PART ONE Health beliefs and knowledge	3	(92)
1 Claudine Herzlich
THE INDIVIDUAL, THE WAY OF LIFE AND THE GENESIS OF ILLNESS	27	(9)
2 Mildred Blaxter
WHY DO THE VICTIMS BLAME THEMSELVES?	36	(11)
3 Charlie Davison, George Davey Smith and Stephen Frankel
LAY EPIDEMIOLOGY AND THE PREVENTION PARADOX: THE IMPLICATIONS OF CORONARY CANDIDACY FOR HEALTH EDUCATION	47	(12)
4 Michael Calnan
"LIFESTYLE" AND ITS SOCIAL MEANING	59	(10)
5 Phil Brown
POPULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, TOXIC WASTE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	69	(13)
6 Evelyn Parsons and Paul Atkinson
LAY CONSTRUCTIONS OF GENETIC RISK	82	(13)
PART TWO Inequalities and patterning of health and illness	95	(78)
7 Lisa F. Berkman, Thomas Glass, Ian Brissette and Teresa E. Seeman
FROM SOCIAL INTEGRATION TO HEALTH: DURKHEIM IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM	99	(13)
8 Richard G. Wilkinson
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION: FROM MATERIAL SCARCITY TO SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE?	112	(10)
9 Denny Vågerö and Raymond Illsley
EXPLAINING HEALTH INEQUALITIES: BEYOND BLACK AND BARKER	122	(12)
10 M.E.J. Wadsworth
HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE	134	(11)
11 James Y. Nazroo
GENETIC, CULTURAL OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY? EXPLAINING ETHNIC INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH	145	(16)
12 Sally Marintyre, Kate Hunt and Helen Sweeting
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH: ARE THINGS REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THEY SEEM?	161	(12)
PART THREE Professional and patient interaction	173	(70)
13 Eliot Freidson
THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ILLNESS	177	(8)
14 Ellen Annandale
WORKING ON THE FRONT-LINE: RISK CULTURE AND NURSING IN THE NEW NHS	185	(12)
15 Deborah Lupton
CONSUMERISM, REFLEXIVITY AND THE MEDICAL ENCOUNTER	197	(13)
16 David Silverman
GOING PRIVATE: CEREMONIAL FORMS IN A MEDICAL ONCOLOGY CLINIC	210	(11)
17 Sarah Cant and Ursula Sharma
A NEW MEDICAL PLURALISM?	221	(8)
18 Cathy Charles, Amiram Gafni and Tim Whelan
DECISION MAKING IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT ENCOUNTER: REVISITING THE SHARED TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING MODEL	229	(14)
PART FOUR Chronic illness and disability	243	(72)
19 Gareth Williams
THE GENESIS OF CHRONIC ILLNESS: NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTION	247	(9)
20 Michael P. Kelly and David Field
MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY, CHRONIC ILLNESS AND THE BODY	256	(10)
21 Michael Bury
DEFINING AND RESEARCHING DISABILITY: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES	266	(11)
22 Mike Oliver
DEFINING IMPAIRMENT AND DISABILITY: ISSUES AT STAKE	277	(14)
23 Danièle Carricaburu and Janine Pierret
FROM BIOGRAPHICAL DISRUPTION TO BIOGRAPHICAL REINFORCEMENT: THE CASE OF HIV-POSITIVE MEN	291	(13)
24 Arthur Frank
WHEN BODIES NEED VOICES	304	(11)
PART FIVE Evaluation and politics of health care	315	(66)
25 Jonathan Gabe
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE	319	(10)
26 Stephen Harrison
THE POLITICS OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM	329	(12)
27 Donald W. Light and David Hughes
A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RATIONING: POWER RHETORIC AND SITUATED PRACTICES	341	(12)
28 Ray Fitzpatrick and Mary Boulton
QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR ASSESSING HEALTH CARE	353	(12)
29 Alistair Howitt and David Armstrong
IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINL IN GENERAL PRACTICE: AUDIT AND QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ANTI-THROMBOTIC TREATMENT FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION	365	(7)
30 Katie Featherstone and Jenny L. Donovan
RANDOM ALLOCATION OR ALLOCATION AT RANDOM? PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVES OF PARTICIPATION IN A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL	372	(9)
Index	381