Citation
(2003), "Public Health and Society", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 16 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2003.06216fae.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Public Health and Society
Public Health and Society
Costello, J. and Haggart, M.Palgrave MacMillan2003ISBN 0333971736
Public Health and Society links public health explicitly to sociological theory, to demonstrate the relationship between health care and the social structures that underpin the provision of health services. The book reviews developments in public health using a critical, historical and comparative analytical framework, and includes topical areas such as health inequalities, social diversity, social exclusion units, care in the community and media constructions of health. It also provides practical examples combined with current, research-based sociological studies explaining some of the key social issues affecting the take up and utilisation of health care.