Explaining Health and Illness by Wendy Stainton Rogers

Explaining Health and Illness by Wendy Stainton Rogers

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Explaining Health and Illness by Wendy Stainton Rogers

What does it mean to be healthy? Why do we get ill? What makes us recover? This book is about how people answer these questions and draw different conclusions to explain health and illness. It is broad in scope, and examines psychological, sociological and anthropological theories, as well as the author's own research in the field. Accounts of health and illness are identified and described, drawing upon notions of stress, willpower and personal autonomy, upon explanatory frameworks such as the medical model, health promotion and the socio-politics of health and disease, as well as theistic and traditional discourses. This text may be useful for students of social psychology, medical sociology, social anthropology, health psychology and health policy.
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ISBN 13 9780745007656
ISBN 10 0745007651
Title Explaining Health and Illness
Author Wendy Stainton Rogers
Series Hardcover
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pearson Education Limited
Year published 1991-09-01
Number of pages 256
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