Sociologies of disability and illness contested ideas in disability studies and medical sociology /: contested ideas in disability studies and medical sociology. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carol Thomas.
• Other Names: Thomas, Carol, 1958-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; 1 Introduction: Disciplinary Divides and Definitions; Sociologies of Disability, Impairment and Chronic Illness; Two Disciplines: An Introductory Sketch; Book Structure and Limitations; Key Concepts: Definitions; 2 Theories and Traditions in Medical Sociology: Illness and Disability as Social Deviance; Introduction; Structural-Functionalism; Interpretative Sociology; Conflict Theories: Ideas that Challenge Medicine and Foreground Inequality and Social Conflict; Poststructuralist Perspectives; A Sociology of Disability & Disciplinary Engagements with Care and Dependency: Disability StudiesEpisodes of Debate and Disagreement; Summary: Care and Dependency; 5 The Body: Lost and Found; Introduction; Disability Studies: The Absent Body?; Medical Sociology: Resolutions to the Body Problem; Summary and Reflections on Border Crossings; 6 Experiencing Disability, Chronic Illness and Other Impairments; Introduction; The Experiential: Research in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology; Recent Signs of Disciplinary Change: Straws in the Wind; Summary; 7 Towards a Sociology of Disability?; What of the Future?; Notes.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.4; Handicapped; Chronic Disease -- Great Britain; Disability studies -- Great Britain; Sociology of disability -- Great Britain; People with disabilities -- Great Britain; Disability studies; People with disabilities; Sociology of disability; Disabled Persons -- Great Britain; Chronic Disease -- Great Britain; Sociology, Medical -- Great Britain; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Sociology/General; Disability: social aspects; Nursing sociology; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137020192; 1137020199
• Related ISBNs: 9781403936363; 1403936366; 9781403936370; 1403936374
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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