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