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• Sociology: An introduction for nurses,midwives and health visitors
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Part I: Introducing sociology
• Chaapter 1 The relevance of sociology
• 1.1 Why sociology?
• 1.2 What is sociology?
• 1.3 Issues and problems in sociology
• Part II: Introducing health care
• Chaapter 2. Health care from the classical era to the present day
• 2.1 Origins in Ancient Greece and Rome
• 2.2 Developments in anatomy, physiology and public health in RenaissanceEurope
• 2.3 Major developments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
• 2.4 Major developments in the nineteenth century
• 2.5 Twentieth century developments in medical knowledge and healthcare
• 2.6 Current issues in health care
• Part III: Using sociology: understanding society
• Chaapter 3. Population structure and change
• 3.1 World population
• 3.2 Population theory of Malthus
• 3.3 The population in England and Wales
• Chaapter 4. Family and kinship
• 4.1 The family in a changing society
• 4.2 The family’s changing structure
• 4.3 The future of the family
• Chaapter 5. Social class and social stratification
• 5.1 Concepts and theories
• 5.2 Developments in Britain in the twentieth century
• 5.3 Developments in socialist societies
• 5.4 Social class, stratification and ideology
• 5.5 Social class and health
• Chaapter 6. Education
• 6.1 What is education?
• 6.2 A brief historical overview
• 6.3 Social class and educational achievement
• 6.4 Educational policy: equality of opportunity and equality of outcome
• 6.5 School and society
• 6.6 Educational selection within schools
• 6.7 Philosophical and political dilemmas
• Chaapter 7. Religion and secularization
• 7.1 Marx and Weber’s views of religion
• 7.2 Religion in contemporary society
• 7.3 Religion and total patient care
• Part IV: Sociology applied to health care
• Chaapter 8. The provision of health care
• 8.1 Relationship between health care and health need
• 8.2 Sociological studies of the professions
• 8.3 Preparation for professional practice
• Chaapter 9. The experience of being a patient
• 9.1 Interpersonal relationships between patients and professionals
• 9.2 Pressures on staff
• 9.3 Pressures on patients
• 9.4 The importance of communication
• 9.5 Subjective views of patients
• Chaapter 10. Sociological aspects of the care of the mentally ill
• 10.1 Challenges to the concept of mental illness
• 10.2 The anti-psychiatry approach: contributions and criticisms
• 10.3 Social factors in the causation of mental illness
• 10.4 The social experience of being a patient
• 10.5 Rehabilitation of ex-psychiatric patients
• 10.6 Allegations of the over-use and abuse of psychiatry
• Chaapter 11. Sociological aspects of the care of the chronic sick
• 11.1 The characteristics of chronic illness
• 11.2 Care of the chronic sick in institutions
• 11.3 Care of the chronic sick in the community
• 11.4 Chronic illness and the quality of life
• 11.5 Positive goals of care
• Chaapter 12. Sociological aspects of the care of the elderly
• 12.1 Who are the elderly?
• 12.2 Where do the elderly live?
• 12.3 Theories of ageing
• 12.4 Institutional care of the elderly
• 12.5 Types of institutional care
• Chaapter 13. Sociological aspects of the care of the dying
• 13.1 Death in modern society
• 13.2 Patterns of death
• 13.3 Kübler-Ross: the stages of dying
• 13.4 Communication with the dying patient and his family
• 13.5 The place of death
• 13.6 Care of the bereaved
• 13.7 Education for the care of the dying
• Part V: Conclusion
• Chaapter 14. Nursing and sociology: the need for critical collaboration
• 14.1 The sociological contribution: a review
• 14.2 Current issues and problems in sociology
• 14.3 A forward look
• Index