Description
New Directions in the Sociology of Health links a number of contemporary issues to a broader sociological framework. It discusses health policy and programmes aimed at public concerns like AIDS, drug use, tranquilizer dependency and alcohol abuse. The work of a para-medical and lay workers 窶� not least women 窶� in health and prevention is a major focus, with particular attention being paid to the elderly and ethnic groups. Papers dealing with health at work, health in the home, and public health policy complete a collection which illustrates how sociology in the 1990s can contribute to the prevention of illness and the maintenance of good health.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Developing the Sociology of Health 2. Socio-economic Conditions and Aspects of Health: Respiratory Symptoms in Four West Yorkshire Mining Localities 3. Opening the 窶錬lack Box窶�: Inequalities in Women窶冱 Health 4. Distance Decay and Information Deprivation: Health Implications for People in Rural Isolation 5. 窶聾e窶决e Home Helps Because we Care窶�: The Experience of Home Helps Caring for Elderly People 6. Hooked? Media Responses to Tranquillizer Dependence 7. Regulating our Favourite Drug 8. Say No to Drugs, but Yes to Clean Syringes? 9. Using Alternative Therapies: Marginal Medicine and Central Concerns 10. Caribbean Home Remedies and their Importance for Black Women窶冱 Health Care in Britain 11. Health and Work in the 1990s: Towards a New Perspective 12. Where was Sociology in the Struggle to Re-establish Public Health? References Authors Index Subject Index
