Experiencing And Explaining Disease (Health and Disease) - Softcover

Davey, Basiro; Seale, Clive

 
9780335208371: Experiencing And Explaining Disease (Health and Disease)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0335208371 ISBN 13: 9780335208371
Verlag: Open University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Experiencing and Explaining Disease examines the different accounts of disease causation produced by research in epidemiology, biology and sociology, and the different meanings attached to states of illness by doctors, patients and the media. It explores the ways in which prevailing social norms affect the status of the sick person, and seeks explanations for the stigmatisation that discriminates against people with certain conditions, while others are considered 'innocent victims' of disease. These themes are developed in five case studies of highly contrasting conditions: rheumatoid arthritis, HIV and AIDS, asthma, schizophrenia and chronic pain. These case studies illustrate the complex difficulties for lay people and professionals in explaining and managing the disease and the physical, social and emotional dimensions of the illness experience.

This book will be an invaluable text for students of health studies, social work, social policy, the social sciences, medicine, nursing and other health professionals, and for a wide range of lay people, including patients and carers.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Basiro Davey is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at the Department of Biological Sciences at the Open University. Clive Seale is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths' College at the University of London.

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Verlag
Open University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0335208371
ISBN 13 
9780335208371
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
300
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