(Ebook) Second Opinion An Introduction to Health Sociology 5th Edition by John Germov ISBN 0195520149 9780195520149

(Ebook) Second Opinion An Introduction to Health Sociology 5th Edition by John Germov ISBN 0195520149 9780195520149

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ISBN 10:  0195520149

ISBN 13: 9780195520149 

Author: John Germov

Table of contents:

PART 1: Health Sociology and the Social Model of Health

1. Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues - John Germov

   • Introduction: the social origins of health and illness

   • Introducing the sociological imagination: a template for doing sociological analysis

   • Social medicine and public health

   • The rise of the biomedical model

   • The limits of biomedicine

   • Rediscovering the social origins of health and illness

   • The social model of health

   • Conclusion

2. Theorising Health: Major Theoretical Perspectives in Health Sociology - John Germov

   • Introduction

   • Theoretical perspectives in health sociology: an overview

   • Key features of major theoretical perspectives

   • Conclusion

3. Well-being and Wellness - Daniela Heil

   • Introduction: origins and concepts of well-being and wellness

   • Well-being as an alternative conception of health?

   • Well-being objectively and subjectively: social constructions of well-being

   • Social determinants of well-being

   • Well-being and wellness in Australia

   • Conclusion

PART 2: The Social Production and Distribution of Health and Illness
4. Global Public Health - Alex Broom and John Germov

• Introduction

• Global health inequality

• Globalisation: progress or problem?

• The politics of 'aid'

• Medical pluralism and traditional practices

• Modernity, colonialism, and identity politics

• Religion, caste, and gender: medical pluralism in context

• Conclusion

5. The Class Origins of Health Inequality - John Germov

   • Introducing class

   • Class inequality in Australia

   • Class and health inequality

   • Explaining health inequality

   • Conclusion: towards health equity or health equality?

6. Workplace Health - Toni Schofield

   • Introduction

   • The pattern of workplace deaths and injuries

   • Social responses to workplace health problems

   • Conclusion

7. Gendered Health - Dorothy Broom, Maria Freij, and John Germov

   • Introduction

   • Gender and health

   • Gendered exposures

   • Gendered experiences

   • Responding to gendered health and illness

   • The women's health movement

   • Men's health: progress or threat?

   • Intersectionality and gender mainstreaming

   • Conclusion: towards a gendered understanding of health

8. Indigenous Health: The Perpetuation of Inequality - Dennis Gray, Sherry Saggers, and Annalee Stearne

   • Introduction

   • Evidence of Indigenous health inequality

   • Social production of Indigenous ill-health

   • Colonialism and dispossession

   • Institutionalisation and beyond

   • The history and political economy of alcohol in Indigenous Australia

   • Addressing Indigenous ill-health: rhetoric and reality

   • Conclusion

9. Ethnicity, Health, and Multiculturalism - Roberta Julian

   • Introduction

   • The social and cultural construction of health and illness

   • Ethnic groups in Australia

   • The socio-historical context

   • The health of Australia's ethnically diverse population

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