182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001. With critical observations on past approaches to this issue and the proposal of alternative lines of inquiry, this book is concerned with the attempts made by sociologists (and to a lesser extent, doctors) to account for patterns of social conduct that are observably associated with periods of illness. The author argues that medical sociologists have... Read more
Introduction 1 Illness Behaviour: The Failure of Positivism 2 Illness as Social Action 3 Accounts of Illness 4 Illness and Everyday Life 5 Illness and Sufferers 6 The Way Forward?
Biography
Dingwall, Robert
