Healthy Societies

Policy, Practice and Obstacles
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7530-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Can society be healthy, and how? Is Britain a ‘healthy society’ in the 21st century?

When people ponder health, they usually consider the health of the individual, but individuals co-exist in a social environment so attention should be placed on the health of communities and populations.

Re-examining health, healthcare and societal health using the latest data and research, this book provides a clear, accessible account of the current state of play. Addressing definitions of health in individuals, communities and populations, definitions of society itself, changes in health over time and the contribution of healthcare to health and longevity, it also suggests ways of effectively tackling obstacles to improving health and healthcare in 21st century Britain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scambler, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The Healthy Society

2. Social Conditions and Health Inequalities

3. Markets, Profits and Health Care

4. The Structure/Culture Axis

5. COVID-19 and the Fractured Society

6. The Challenge of Global Inequality in the Anthropocene

7. Planet Earth

8. War

9. Why Theory Matters

10. A Theoretical Framework for Achieving the Healthy Society

11. Policy, Practice and Obstacles

12.The Future: Whither Sociology?

Über Autor(innen)

Scambler, Graham
Graham Scambler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UCL and founding co-editor of the journal Social Theory & Health. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK. His career has been committed to teaching and researching on health and healthcare and he has written many books, chapters and journal articles on these issues.