Health Care and Health Knowledge (Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association #10)
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- Synopsis
- Originally published in 1977, Health Care and Health Knowledge presents some of the best new work being done in the field of medical sociology. Developments in the field have been prompted by both intellectual and social stimuli, and this book addresses the issue of medicine as an element in the maintenance of social order. The book studies how in the social context of medicine, health care is now a substantial element of most countries gross national product, and states that given this, there are inevitably strong pressures for state interest and stare intervention to regulate the allocation of national resources to secure the maximum social and economic returns. This has drawn the sociologist into studying medicine both as an institution and as a critical factor in the development of social policy.
- Copyright:
- 1977
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 204 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781351039086
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781138488939, 9781138488908, 9781351039109
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 08/22/20
- Copyrighted By:
- British Sociological Association
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Robert Dingwall
- Edited by:
- Christian Heath
- Edited by:
- Margaret Reid
- Edited by:
- Margaret Stacey