Identifies and discusses new directions in theory in medical sociology
Shows how to apply theory to health problems
Coverage ranges from theories of agency to theories of structure
Table of contents (12 chapters)
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- Kathy Charmaz, Linda Liska Belgrave
Pages 11-39
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- Alex Dumas, Bryan S. Turner
Pages 61-81
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- Graham Scambler, Sasha Scambler
Pages 83-103
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- Jo C. Phelan, Bruce G. Link
Pages 105-125
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- Brian P. Hinote, Jason Adam Wasserman
Pages 215-232
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Back Matter
Pages 259-267
About this book
This book provides readers with a single source reviewing and updating sociological theory in medical or health sociology. The book not only addresses the major theoretical approaches in the field today, it also identifies the future directions these theories are likely to take in explaining the social processes affecting health and disease. Many of the chapters are written by leading medical sociologists who feature the use of theory in their everyday work, including contributions from the original theorists of fundamental causes, health lifestyles, and medicalization. Theories focusing on both agency and structure are included to provide a comprehensive account of this important area in medical sociology.
Keywords
- Bourdieu
- Foucault
- Gender theory
- Health inequalities
- Health lifestyle theory
- Health problems
- Life extension
- Marx
- Medical sociology
- Modern Symbolic Interaction Theory
- Reflexive modernity
- Social Constructionism
- Statecraft and soulcraft
Editors and Affiliations
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, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
William C. Cockerham