Health studies : an introduction /
edited by Jennie Naidoo and Jane Wills.
- Second edition.
- xx, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing Health Studies -- Human Biology and Health -- History of Health and Illness -- Epidemiology and Health -- Sociology and Health -- Health Psychology -- Cultural and Anthropological Studies -- Social Policy and Health -- Politics and Health -- Organization and Management and Health -- Health Economics -- Ethics and Law and Health.
This title provides a comprehensive volume of all the major disciplines, perspectives and methodologies in health studies and relates them to the real world through applied examples and coverage of contemporary health issues.