The Experience of Illness (Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society) - Softcover

Fitzpatrick, Ray; Hinton, John; Newman, Stanton; Scambler, Graham; Thompson, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 103225565X ISBN 13: 9781032255651

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Originally published in 1984, this book focuses, firstly, on how patients interpret and act in response to symptoms of illness; secondly on how social and psychological factors influence the treatment process; and thirdly, on certain kinds of illness where the psychosocial perspective is of particular importance to the providers of health care – for example, chronic or particularly disabling illnesses. It demonstrates how essential it is to bring an interdisciplinary perspective from the social and behavioural sciences to an understanding and interpretation of behaviour in relation to illness. It will be of central concern to all health professionals in training and in practice and to social scientists interested in health care.

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About the Author

Ray Fitzpatrick is Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford and Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford. He continues with NIHR-funded research into the quality and outcomes of health and care services especially for people with long term conditions. Graham Scambler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UCL, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103225565X
• ISBN 13: 9781032255651
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298