Sociology of Health and Illness

This text outlines a vision of how witnessing narratives, paying attention to them, and developing an ability to question them creatively, can make the person’s emerging story the central focus of health and social care, and of healing. Giving an account of the practical application of ideas and ski..

Primary care, grounded in the provision of continuous comprehensive person-centred care, is vital to the delivery of effective health care. The central notion of person-centred care, however, relies on often-unexamined concepts of self. This book explores contemporary pressures on the sense of self ..

Private Risk and Public Dangers addresses a range of private risks and public dangers. Issues covered vary from the response to HIV and AIDS and ‘foetal alcohol syndrome’ to the nature of accidents...

Developing a multi-disciplinary theory of compassionate care, and underpinned by empirical examples of good practice, this volume is a valuable resource for all those interesting in understanding and supporting compassion in health care, including advanced students, academics and practitioners withi..

Developing a multi-disciplinary theory of compassionate care, and underpinned by empirical examples of good practice, this volume is a valuable resource for all those interesting in understanding and supporting compassion in health care, including advanced students, academics and practitioners withi..

This book explores the processes and effects of the increasing governance of our lives through pharmaceuticals, looking at the moral, interactional, social and political forces that shape our use of them. It demonstrates the ways in which social relationships and identities are developed, sustained ..

This book explores established conceptualisations of wellbeing, providing an overview of the key debates and drawing attention to current issues and critiques. Taken as a whole, this important reference work offers new clarification of the widely used notion of wellbeing, focusing particularly on ex..

Exploring the sociological aspects of sleep and their links to current health debates, this unique text discusses why sleep has been so neglected in sociological literature, examining a range of significant modern issues...

Harm Reduction frames the syringe as a risk to one’s health. But is it?_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ In this provocative book Vitellone brings a new approach to bear on the history of the troubling and transformative object that is the syringe. Through an in depth study of the policy and practice of ..

This lively, introductory text provides nurses with the foundations of a sociological understanding of health issues, explaining the key theories and debates with humour and imagination in a way that will encourage an inquisitive and reflective approach...

Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare provides practical solutions to problems, recommendations for training and a blue print for the future. Invaluable reference for all those wanting to deal with the issues of stigmatisation...

This book examines contemporary challenges to the stigma associated with chronic illnesses, and is centred on an analysis of a range of studies on illness and stigma in HIV, multiple sclerosis, mental illness and substance misuse...