Key Concepts in Health Studies (Sage Key Concepts series) - Softcover

Chris Yuill; Iain Crinson; Eilidh Duncan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848606745 ISBN 13: 9781848606746

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Key Concepts in Health Studies provides a much needed guide to the central concepts used across the subject, and offers the reader a comprehensive overview of the core topics, theories and debates. Drawing together the fundamentals within the disciplines of health, nursing, and social policy this book is an ideal text both for students studying health in a range of academic fields, and for health and social care practitioners. From ageism to public health, and gender to obesity, the book offers an exciting guide to the multidisciplinary field.

About this title

About the Author

Chris Yuill is a sociologist at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, whose work focuses on the sociology of health and the sociology of urban experiences. In addition to a variety of journal publications and research reports he has written and co-edited a number of textbooks for SAGE, one of his most recent being Sociology for Social Work co-edited with Alastair Gibson. Other texts include Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction with Anne-Marie Barry, which is now in its third edition and has also been translated into Chinese. Chris has also served two terms on the executive of the British Sociological Association.

From the Back Cover

As with the other popular Key Concepts titles from SAGE, this book provides an accesible introduction which covers all the major themes and topics of health.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848606745
• ISBN 13: 9781848606746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192