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The central theme running through this book is the essentially “social” nature of health. This embraces the way medical knowledge emerged out of a specific set of historical and intellectual circumstances, and the shaping of the health professions by the cultural and political millieu of the 19th-century. Like non-expert knowledge, the development and application of exper knowledge in health is embedded in social processes. This text makes accessible the complex relationships between inequality, race, gender and other social related to changes in health care. Problems central to the delivery of health care are highlighted and linked to challenges to established health-care professions and systems. Michael Hardey shows the way in which health has become part of our identity, and relates this to the increasing range of health advice and the constant choices available in terms of our health and lifestyles.
Author Biography
Michael Hardey is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton. At present he is working on a study of the Internet as a source of ideas about health and the relationship between masculinity and health. He has previously written about the dilemmas of nursing research and knowledge and the lifestyles of lone parents.
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