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Sociology in nursing and healthcare

Hannah Cooke; Susan Philpin

Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier 2008

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  • Title:
    Sociology in nursing and healthcare
  • Author: Hannah Cooke; Susan Philpin
  • Subjects: Social medicine; Nursing -- Social aspects; Philosophy, Nursing; Nurses -- psychology; Nursing Care -- psychology; Sociology, Medical; ENFERMAGEM (ASPECTOS SOCIAIS); Social medicine
  • Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Description: Pt. 1. Sociology, nursing and everyday life. Introduction / Hannah Cooke and Susan Philpin -- Thinking sociologically about families and health / Lyn Gardner -- Thinking sociologically about religion and health / Hannah Cooke -- Work, professionalism, and organizational life / Hannah Cooke -- Social class, poverty and health / Ronnie Moore -- Inequalities and health disadvantage / Ronnie Moore -- Pt. 2. Healthcare systems and nursing. Healthcare policy and organizational change / Gillian Olumide and Hannah Cooke -- Power and communication in healthcare / Martin Johnson -- Nursing and nursing professionalism / Hannah Cooke -- Partnerships and care in the community / Susan Lambert -- Pt. 3. The experience of illness. Understandings of health, illness, risk and bodies / Susan Philpin -- Lay understandings of health and risk: a changing picture / Lindsay Prior -- Experiencing ill-health / Susan Philpin -- Social responses to illness and disability / Susan Philpin -- Death and dying / Hannah Cooke.
    This introductory text has been designed to discuss those aspects of sociology which are most relevant to nursing and health care. Divided into three sections, the text covers sociology, nursing and everyday life as well as the healthcare system and the experience of illness.
  • Publisher: Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
  • Creation Date: 2008
  • Format: xii, 232 p 25 cm.
  • Language: English

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