Format:
176 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0631194843
Series Statement:
Sociology of health and illness / Monograph series 1
Content:
Medicine, Health and Risk offers a lively appraisal of the range of personal and public health issues facing people and experts in Britain and other industrial countries. In particular it focuses on the manner in which people perceive and manage health risk in different settings; the risk acceptability of various medical interventions; the opportunities and constraints on social movements to influence the policy process with regard to public health risks and the way that health risks are socially constructed and regulated
Content:
Through case studies and overviews of health risks from medical interventions, occupational practices, social life and environmental hazards the contributors address a range of questions including the following: What role do social, cultural and institutional processes play in perception of health risks? To what extent do calculations about the probability of health risks or the acceptability of medical interventions influence the decisions and actions of specific social groups? How are health risks constructed and legitimated by scientists, governments and social movements? How do expert discourses on health risks throw light on key elements of social order and cultural change
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Gesundheitsverhalten
;
Großbritannien
;
Gesundheitspolitik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
