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Print Price: $134.99

Format:
Paperback
304 pp.
6 figures; 8 tables; 42 photos, 7" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780199015276

Copyright Year:
2016

Imprint: OUP Canada


Health and Society

Critical Perspectives

Edited by James Gillett, Gavin J. Andrews and Mat Savelli

Current and comprehensive, Health and Society brings together fourteen original chapters to provide a compelling interdisciplinary introduction to the field of health studies. Exploring the social, cultural, political, and cultural dimensions of health, illness, and health care, this text encourages students to examine how health and health care are socially and culturally constructed; what ideologies, principles, and powers underpin health and healthcare; and the future health challenges we face as a society.

Readership : Health and Society: Critical Perspectives is a core text for first- and second-year introduction to health studies courses offered out of health studies faculties, departments, and programs at universities.

Reviews

  • "The book builds a definition of health from its very foundations and looks at it through every applicable lens of society. It gives a good conceptual framework and builds a basic tool kit for students to begin critical health studies. . . . This book gets health."
    --Dr. Michael Sherar, University of Regina

  • "The major strength of this text is its commitment to a critical social science perspective. The book also does a wonderful job of explaining precisely what a critical approach to health actually is."
    --Dr. Suzanne R. Sicchia, University of Toronto, Scarborough

Blake Poland and Pascale Lehoux: Foreword
Part One: Introduction and Overview
1. Gavin J. Andrews, James Gillett, and Geraldine Voros: Introduction to Critical Health Studies
2. Amanda Grenier, Gavin J. Andrews, Mat Savelli, and James Gillett: Disciplinarity in Health Studies
Part Two: Society, Health, and Illness
3. Dorothy Pawluch: Health as a Social Construction
4. Raza Mirza: Cultures and Meanings of Health
5. James Gillett and Mat Savelli: Identity, Intersectionality, and Health
6. Chelsea Gabel: Politics, Social Justice, and Health
7. Leigh-Anne Gillespie and James Gillett: Globalization and Health
Part Three: Health Care Paradigms, Systems, and Policies
8. Elena Neiterman: Modern Biomedical Culture
9. Michel Grignon: Health Care Systems: Public and Private
10. Anthony Lombardo: Social Determinants of Health
11. Yvonne LeBlanc: The Re-emergence of Other Healing Paradigms
12. Mat Savelli: Consumerism, Health, and Health Care
Part Four: Future Challenges and Directions
13. Joshua Evans: Technology
14. Elizabeth Peter, James Gillett, and Mat Savelli: Ethical Issues in Health and Health Care

Instructor's Manual:
For each chapter:
- Chapter overview
- 5 suggested class activities/debates
- 3-5 video weblinks (CBC Archives, TED Talks, YouTube)
-- A short summary for each video
-- 2-3 discussion questions for each video
Test Bank:
For each chapter:
- 20-25 multiple choice questions
- 15-20 true-or-false questions
- 10-15 short answer questions
PowerPoint slides:
For each chapter:
- 30-35 lecture slides
- Images, figures, and tables from the text
Student Study Guide:
- Chapter summary
- Key terms and concepts with expanded definitions
- Self-assessment quizzes:
-- 10 multiple choice questions
-- 10 true-or-false questions
Image Bank
- All images, figures, and tables from the text
E-Book (ISBN 9780199015283)

James Gillett is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Health, Aging, and Society at McMaster University. A sociologist by training, his current research and teaching interests are in the cultural representations of health and illness and the approaches that people take toward their health and health care. An experienced and accomplished author, he is involved in research projects focused on AIDS activism, health in the media, animals and health, and sport and physical activity.

Gavin J. Andrews is a professor in the Department of Health, Aging, and Society at McMaster University. His wide-ranging research and teaching interests including the dynamics between space/place and aging, holistic medicine, health care education and work, fitness cultures, and popular cultures.

Mat Savelli is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Health, Aging, and Society at McMaster University. He works broadly on the history and sociology of health and medicine. In particular, his work addresses the ways in which concepts of normality and abnormality have been constructed across time and place. Specific areas of interest include health and medicine (especially psychiatry and mental health) in Eastern Europe, the global health movement, and pharmaceuticals.

Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada - Juanne Nancarrow Clarke
Social Determinants of Health - Alan Davidson
Pursuing Health and Wellness - Alexander Segall and Christopher J. Fries
Second Opinion - John Germov and Jennie Hornosty

Special Features

  • A critical interdisciplinary approach asks students to look beyond a biomedical perspective to consider the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of health, illness, and health care.
  • Written by Canadian health studies specialists with expertise in sociology, health geography, health economics, history, social work, nursing, and more, ensure students receive a relevant introduction to the field.
  • Reflects the current state of the discipline by setting traditional topics - such as health care systems and social determinants of health - alongside emerging issues - such as social justice, consumerism, technology, and ethics - giving students a comprehensive view of the field today.
  • Case Study boxes offer examples to illustrate and extend key topics, helping students apply the principles to real life situations.
  • Full chapter on social justice examines advocacy and activism, and the ideologies that underpin them.