ISBN:
1322133921
,
9781322133928
,
9783319039862
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Print version Medical Sociology in Africa
DDC:
306.5
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Provides a global source and reference in social dimensions of health and illness Global relevance coupled with illustration from African context Presentation of current research directions in the field
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Sociology and Health; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Health Problems as Social Problems; 1.3 Medical Sociology Defined; 1.4 A Brief History of Medical Sociology; 1.5 Topical Description of Medical Sociology; 1.5.1 Social Aetiology of Disease; 1.5.2 Cultural Beliefs and Social Response to Illness; 1.5.3 Sociology of Medical Care and Hospital; 1.5.4 Sociology of Psychiatry or Social Psychiatry; 1.5.5 Social Transition and Heath Care; 1.5.6 Traditional Medicine/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Description / Table of Contents:
1.5.7 Sociology of Bioethics1.5.8 Heath Policy and Politics; 1.5.9 Social Epidemiology; 1.5.10 Sociology of Dying and Death; 1.5.11 Medical Education; References; Chapter 2 Health, Disease, and Illness as Conceptual Tools; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 How Should Health be Defined?; 2.3 A New Definition of Health?; 2.4 Disease as a Conceptual Tool; 2.5 The Realities of Illness; 2.6 Disease/Illness Categories; 2.6.1 Acute Disease/Illness; 2.6.2 Chronic Disease/Illness; 2.6.3 Injuries or Accidents; 2.6.4 Mental Disease/Illness; 2.7 Cultural Beliefs of Illness Causation; 2.7.1 Natural Causes
Description / Table of Contents:
2.7.2 Supernatural Causes2.7.3 Mystical Causes; 2.7.4 Hereditary and Genetic Causes; References; Chapter 3 Health Behaviour and Illness Behaviour; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Towards a Definition of Health Behaviour; 3.3 Health Behaviour and Interventions; 3.3.1 Risk Behaviours; 3.3.1.1 Sedentary Lifestyle; 3.3.1.2 Alcohol and Drug Use; 3.3.1.3 Smoking Behaviour and Tobacco Use; 3.3.1.4 Sexual Behaviour; 3.3.1.5 Dietary Behaviour; 3.4 Towards a Definition of Illness Behaviour; 3.5 Stages of Illness Behaviour; 3.5.1 Symptom Definition; 3.5.2 Illness-Related Shift in Role Behaviour
Description / Table of Contents:
3.5.3 Lay Consultation and Social Referral3.5.4 Treatment Actions/Initiation; 3.5.5 Adherence; 3.5.6 Recovery, Re-integration, or Retirement; 3.6 Factors Affecting Health and Illness Behaviours; 3.6.1 Illness Attributes/Perception; 3.6.2 Class and Socioeconomic Status; 3.6.3 Gender; 3.6.4 Education; 3.6.5 Age; 3.6.6 Religion or Spiritual Worldview; 3.6.7 Place and Space; References; Chapter 4 Social Determinants/Context of Health; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Gender Inequality; 4.3 Socioeconomic Status; 4.4 Education and Health Literacy; 4.5 Living Conditions/Housing
Description / Table of Contents:
4.6 Individual Behaviour and Lifestyle Factors4.7 Employment or Occupation; 4.8 Social Alienation and Discrimination; 4.9 Access to Health Care; References; Chapter 5 Functionalist Perspective on Health; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Functionalist Perspective: A General Overview; 5.3 Functionalist Substantive Theories in Medical Sociology; 5.3.1 Parsons' Sick Role; 5.3.1.1 Criticisms of the Sick Role Theory; 5.3.2 Emile Durkheim: Understanding Mortality through Suicide; 5.3.3 Social Capital Theory of Health; 5.3.3.1 Defining Social Capital and its Forms; 5.3.3.2 Social Capital and Health
Description / Table of Contents:
5.3.3.3 Some Criticisms of Social Capital Theory of Health
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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