Understanding Health, Health Care, and Health Policy in Canada: Sociological Perspectives

by Neena L. Chappell, Margaret J. Penning, Margaret Penning

Understanding Health, Health Care, and Health Policy in Canada is a brief introduction to the sociology of health and health care. This accessible text emphasizes health (promotion, maintenance, and prevention) as well as illness (treatment, cure, and care), offering a broad and balanced treatment of the sociological debates within the field. The first half of the text introduces three important themes in the study of the sociology of health: (1)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019542476X
• ISBN13: 9780195424768
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"