Ryan, Allanah,

Healthy concerns : sociology for New Zealand nursing and midwifery students / Allanah Ryan, Jenny Carryer, Lesley Patterson. - 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-180) and index.

Contents: Defamiliarising the familiar : an introduction to the sociological approach -- Health sociology : knowledge, power and perspectives -- The biomedical body : overview and critique -- Illness experience -- Health inequalities -- Health care and social policy -- Public health : preventing disease and promoting health -- Health workers and the struggle for professional dominance -- Professionalising nursing.

1877258695 9781877258695

Pearson Education N.Z.


Social medicine--New Zealand
Sociology--New Zealand
Nursing--New Zealand

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