Society and Health An Introduction to Social Science for Health Professionals

A concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care in contemporary society, Society and Health is written for all health professionals undergoing basic training. It explains social science concepts and theories and shows their relevance to work in health settings.Each chapter is short and focused on key learning points.'concept boxes' highlight the main themes and facilitate revisionexercises and activities enable students to apply knowledge to practiceassumes no previous knowledgeideal for common foundation programmeguided further readingMoon, Graham is the author of 'Society and Health An Introduction to Social Science for Health Professionals' with ISBN 9780415110211 and ISBN 0415110211.