Abstract
In this brief chapter we have two aims. First, we want to demonstrate how something which seems as individually and biologically based as health and illness can be shown to be crucially connected with social structure and culture. Second, in doing this, we hope to illustrate how the aspects of social life dealt with in previous chapters interact with one another to produce the ‘whole’ which we call ‘society’. We shall not attempt to present a comprehensive sociological analysis of health, but a brief synopsis of sociological perspectives, and a case study of society in action.
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Further Reading
Australian Institute of Health (1990) Australia’s Health 1990, AGPS, Canberra.
Lupton, G.M. and Najman, J.M. (eds) (1989) Sociology of Health and Illness: Australian Readings, Macmillan, Melbourne.
Saltman, D. (1991) Women and Health: An Introduction to Issues, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney.
Turner, B.S. (1987) Medical Power and Social Knowledge, Sage, London.
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© 1992 Gillian Lupton, Patricia Short and Rosemary Whip
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Lupton, G. (1992). Health and Illness: A Case Study in Social Processes. In: Society and Gender. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15168-4_13
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