Description

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The sociology of medicine has come a long way from its origins in epidemiology and clinical practice. Like all specialist areas of study it has developed its own internal debates, over the years there has been a shift from a sociology in medicine to a sociology of medicine, and from a sociolgy of medicine, towards a sociology of health and illness. It is to the development of this latter perspective that this volume is addressed.

About the Author

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Geoff Payne is Assistant Director and Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at Polytechnic South West. He is author of Employment and Opportunity, 1987, and Mobility and Change in Modern Society, 1987, as well as articles on social mobility, social research and education. Pamela Abbott is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Polytechnic South West. Previous publications include Community Care for Mentally Handicapped Children', 1987 (with Roger Sapsford); Women and Social Class, 1987 (with Roger Sapsford); An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspectives, 1990 (with Claire Wallace).