Abstract
In this chapter we shall consider how disease may from one perspective be considered as having specific biological causes, whilst from another perspective it may be seen as having social, economic and environmental causes. First we will need to consider how we can best measure health within a given population or subsection of that population.
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Further Reading
Hart, N. (1985) The Sociology of Health and Medicine, Ormskirk, Causeway Press. Chapters One and Two.
Illich, I. (1974) Medical Nemesis, London, Calder Boyars.
McKeown, T. (1979) The Role of Medicine: Dream, Mirage or Nemesis, Oxford, Blackwell.
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Harding, G., Nettleton, S., Taylor, K. (1990). Social Factors and Health. In: Sociology for Pharmacists. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21149-4_5
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