E-Book, Englisch, 175 Seiten
Petersen Hope in Health
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-31386-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
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The Socio-Politics of Optimism
E-Book, Englisch, 175 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-137-31386-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of 'hope' in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare.
Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He has researched and published extensively in the sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, and gender studies.




