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Sociology in nursing and health care / Edited by Hannah Cooke, Susan Philpin. - Edinburgh ; Elsevier, c2008. - xii, 232 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking sociologically about families and health / Lyn Gardner -- Thinking sociologically about religion and health / Hannah Cooke -- Work, professionalism, and organisational life / Hannah Cooke -- Social class, poverty, and health / Ronnie Moore -- Inequalities and health disadvantage / Ronnie Moore -- Healthcare policy and organisational 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 -- 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.

ISBN: 9780443101557

LCCN: 2008039384

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social medicine.
Nursing--Social aspects.
Philosophy, Nursing.
Nurses--psychology.
Nursing Care--psychology.
Sociology, Medical.

LC Class. No.: RA418 / .S67375 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1 / SOC NR

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 86 / S678 2008