C. Thomas

Sociologies of Disability and Illness

Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional theory in medical sociology and informed commentary on theoretical debates in disability studies, it is provocative reading for students and scholars in this field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4039-3637-0
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781403936370
• ISBN-10: 1403936374
• Artikelnr.: 22705393

Autorenporträt

CAROL THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Disciplinary Divides and Definitions.- Theories and Traditions in Medical Sociology.- Theories and Traditions in Disability Studies.- Care and Dependency: a disciplinary clash.- The body: lost and found.- Experiencing Disability and Chronic Illness.- Towards a Sociology of Disability?.