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Sociology of Health and Illness

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The Textbook of Health and Social Care, Pages: 3 - 19

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This chapter introduces the sociology of health and illness, first by considering the meaning of the‘sociological imagination’ and associated importance of the concept of context to understandinghuman social life. It then discusses three contexts of health: socio-economic, institutional/professional...

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Published in: The Textbook of Health and Social Care
Published: London Sage 2020
Online Access: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-textbook-of-health-and-social-care/book261690#contents
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