Applied Sociology of Health and Illness

This popular and accessible text continues to cover the basic principles of the sociology of health and illness in an eminently readable way. This book investigates the relevance of sociology and considers a new direction one that places sociology in the context of healthcare settings, making the topic more realistic.

Costas S. Constantinou is Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus.

Introduction 1. Lay health beliefs and doctor-patient relationships 2. The body as a social entity 3. The experience of chronic illness and disability 4. Labelling and stigma 5. Mental illness 6. Social inequalities in health 7. Gender and health 8. Ethnicity and health 9. Ageing society and older people 10. Digital health