Sociology for Nursing and Health Care - Martin Joseph

This volume provides a very much needed introduction to sociologyfor all those working or studying in nursing and health carerelated professions. It has been specially designed to be of use tothose whose primary responsibilities concern the prevention, cureand management of illness.

Sociology for Nursing and Health Care is a straightforwardaccessible text, which introduces a wide range of central topics.The following themes are explored: the professions in medicine; thehospital as an organization; relationships in the health service;inequalities of health; what makes us ill; the national healthservice; women's health and nursing; methods of research insociology for nurses. Each chapter includes an account of the keyissues and viewpoints as well as helpful and constructive questionsand exercises.