CONTENTS
About the Authors ix
Introduction xii
PART 1 SOCIAL PATTERNING OF HEALTH 1
Social Class 3
Graham Scambler
Gender 7
Ellen Annandale
Ethnicity 11
James Y. Nazroo
Place 15
Sally Macintyre and Anne Ellaway
Material and Cultural Factors 19
Graham Scambler
Psychosocial Factors 23
Antonia Bifulco
Life Events 28
Antonia Bifulco
Neoliberal Globalization and Health Inequalities 32
Roberta De Vogli, Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte
Ageing and the Lifecourse 36
Tarani Chandola
Social Capital 41
Orla McDonnell
PART 2 EXPERIENCE OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS 47
Medicalization 49
Jonathan Gabe
Illness and Health-Related Behaviour 53
Lee E Monaghan
Stigma 58
Lee E Monaghan and Simon J. Williams
Embodiment 63
Simon J. Williams and Lee R Monaghan
Emotions 67
Gillian Bendelow
Chronic Illness 72
Mike Bury and Lee R Monaghan
Disability 76
Nicholas Watson
Illness Narratives 81
Mike Bury and Lee R Monaghan
Risk 86
Jonathan Gabe
The Sick Role 90
Mike Bury and Lee R Monaghan
Practitioner-Client Relationships 95
Alison Pilnick
Quality of Life 99
Mary Boulton
Awareness Contexts 104
Lee R Monaghan
PART 3 HEALTH, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE 109
Medical Model 111
Mike Bury
Social Constructionism 115
Orla McDonnell
Lay Knowledge 119
Gareth H. Williams
Reproduction 124
Jane Sandall
Medical Technologies 128
Alex Faulkner
eHealth 133
Michael Hardey
Geneticization 136
Rebecca Dimond and Jacqueline Hughes
Bioethics 140
Clare Williams and Steven P. Wainwright
Surveillance and Health Promotion 144
Sarah Nettleton
PART 4 HEALTH WORK AND THE DIVISION OF LABOUR 149
Medical Autonomy, Dominance and Decline 151
Mary Ann Elston and Jonathan Gabe
Trust in Medicine 156
Jonathan Gabe
Nursing and Midwifery as Occupations 160
Abbey Hyde
Social Divisions in Formal Health Care 164
Catherine Theodosius
Health Professional Migration 169
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Complementary and Alternative Medicine 174
Michael Hardey
Emotional Labour 179
Catherine Theodosius
Informal Care 183
Sue Hollinrake
PART 5 HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION AND POLICY 189
Hospitals and Health Care Organizations 191
Per Mdseide
Privatization 195
Jonathan Gabe
Managerialism 198
Jonathan Gabe
Consumerism 203
Jonathan Gabe
Citizenship and Health 207
Gareth H. Williams
Social Movements and Health 212
Nick Crossley
Medicines Regulation 216
Jonathan Gabe
Evaluation 221
Nicholas Mays
Malpractice 226
Jonathan Gabe