Health (Blaxter Mildred)(Paperback)

The second edition of Mildred Blaxter's successful and highlyrespected book offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction tothe key debates surrounding the concept of health today. Itdiscusses how health is defined, constructed, experienced and actedout in contemporary developed societies, drawing on a range ofempirical data from the USA, Britain, France, and many othercountries. The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, withnew material added on health and identity, the "new genetics," thesociology of the body, and the formation of health capitalthroughout the life course. The topic is the concept of health, rather than the more usual emphasis on illness and health-caresystems. Special emphasis is given to the lay perspective to showhow people themselves think about and experience health. Blaxterguides students through all the relevant conceptual models of
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