An introduction to the sociology of health and illness - White, Kevin, Ph. D. (Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009)
Introduction -- The social construction of medical knowledge -- The development of the sociology of health -- Postmodernity, epidemiology and neo-liberalism -- Materialist approaches to the sociology of health -- Parsons, American sociology of medicine and the sick role -- Foucault and the sociology of medical knowledge -- Health, gender and feminism -- Race, ethnicity and health -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-199) and index.
Keywords: Sociology, Medical -- methods; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Socioeconomic Factors; Social medicine; Australian