Ideas about Illness: An Intellectual and Political History of Medical Sociology

Libro Usado, Tapa Blanda. Ideas about Illness examines the historical evolution of medical sociology through four major theoretical frameworks: Talcott Parsons' sick role analysis, labeling theory, the situational approach, and critical medical sociology. The author, Uta Gerhardt, analyzes how these different schools of thought conceptualize disease, linking medical practice and public health to core sociological debates about social structure and politics.