TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dew,Kevin
AU  - Kirkman,Allison
TI  - Sociology of health in New Zealand
SN  - 0195584546
AV  - RA418.3.N45 D49 2002
U1  - 306.4610993 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - South Melbourne, Vic.
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Health
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Social medicine
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Public health
KW  - Cultural Characteristics
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-257) and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; Inequalities in Health --; 3; Stigma and Health --; 4; Sexuality and Sexual Behaviour --; 5; The Institutions of Healthcare --; 6; Medicalisation and Commercialisation --; 7; Death and Dying --; 8; Conflict in Health --; 9; Consumers --; 10; Mental Health and Social Control --; 11; Health and the Media --; 12; Public Health and Health Promotion --; 13; Technology and Health --; 14; Conclusion
N2  - "This book firmly grounds sociological analysis of health in the New Zealand experience, and takes in a wide range of contemporary themes in sociology of health and medicine. The book is an easily readable textbook on the sociology of health."--Publisher description
ER  -