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It applies key theoretical perspectives to the social model of health, then examines production, distribution, and inequality in areas such as global public health, workplace health, gendered health, Indigenous health, ethnicity, and rural health. Later sections address social construction through topics like food and nutrition, medicalisation, mental illness, disability, chronic illness, drug use, ageing, medical technology, and media, concluding with health-care organization, professional power, policies, and health promotion.","F I F T H E D I T I O N  \nSECOND OPINION  \nAn IntroductIon to HEAltH SocIology  \nE d i t E d b y  \nJOHN GERMOV  \nF I F T H E D I T I O N  \nSECOND OPINION  \nAN INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SOCIOLOGY  \nE D I T E D B Y  \nJOHN GERMOV  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.  \nIt furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries.  \nPublished in Australia by Oxford University Press  \n253 Normanby Road, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia © John Germov 2014  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted.  \nFirst edition published 1998 Revised edition published 1999 Second edition published 2002 Third edition published 2005 Fourth edition published 2009 Fifth edition published 2014  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted bylaw, by licence, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organisation. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above.  \nYou must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer.  \nNational Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data Author: Germov, John, author.  \nTitle: Second opinion : an introduction to health sociology / John Germov.  \nEdition: 5th edn.  \nISBN: 9780195520149 (paperback)  \nNotes: Includes index.  \nSubjects: Social medicine—Australia.  \nHealth—Social aspects—Australia.  \nAustralia—Statistics, Medical.  \nDewey Number: 306.4610994  \nReproduction and communication for educational purposes  \nThe Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10% of the pages of this work, whichever is the greater, to be reproduced and/or communicated by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or the body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. For details of the CAL licence for educational institutions contact:  \nCopyright Agency Limited Level 15, 233 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000  \nTelephone: (02) 9394 7600  \nFacsimile: (02) 9394 7601  \nEmail: [info@copyright.com.au](info@copyright.com.au)  \nEdited by Natasha Broadstock Cover design by Ana Cosma Text design by Ana Cosma Typeset by diacriTech, India Proofread by Pete Cruttenden Indexed by Russell Brooks  \nLinks to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work.  \nCONTENTS   \nPreface to the Fifth Edition xi  \nGuided Tour xiii  \nAcknowledgments xv  \nContributors xvi  \nAbbreviations xx  \nPART 1 HEALTH SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH 2  \n1 Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues 5  \nJohn Germov  \n2 Theorising Health: Major Theoretical Perspectives in Health Sociology 23  \nJohn Germov  \n3 Well-being and Wellness 40  \nDaniela Heil  \nPART 2 THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF  \nHEALTH AND ILLNESS 60  \n4 Global Public Health 63  \nAlex Broom and John Germov  \n5 The Class Origins of Health Inequality 81  \nJohn Germov  \n6 Workplace Health 103  \nToni Schofield  \n7 Gendered Health 122  \nDorothy Broom, Maria Freij, and John Germov  \n8 Indigenous Health: The Perpetuation of Inequality 147  \nDennis Gray, Sherry Saggers, and AnnaleeStearne  \n9 Ethnicity, Health, and Multiculturalism 163  \nRoberta Julian  \n10 Rural Health 184  \nClarissa Hughes  \nPART 3 THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS 204  \n11 The Social Appetite: A Sociological Approach to Food and Nutrition 207  \nLauren Will","cbCaiqYy221HRJYm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqYy221HRJYm","pdf",6317778,1,556,"English","en",105,"# Preface to the Fifth Edition\n# Guided Tour\n# Acknowledgments\n# Contributors\n# Abbreviations\n# Part 1 Health Sociology and the Social Model of Health\n## 1 Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues\n## 2 Theorising Health: Major Theoretical Perspectives in Health Sociology\n## 3 Well-being and Wellness\n# Part 2 The Social Production and Distribution of Health and Illness\n## 4 Global Public Health\n## 5 The Class Origins of Health Inequality\n## 6 Workplace Health\n## 7 Gendered Health\n## 8 Indigenous Health: The Perpetuation of Inequality\n## 9 Ethnicity, Health, and Multiculturalism\n## 10 Rural Health\n# Part 3 The Social Construction of Health and Illness\n## 11 The Social Appetite: A Sociological Approach to Food and Nutrition\n## 12 The Medicalisation of Deviance\n## 13 Mental Illness: Understandings, Experience, and Service Provision\n## 14 The Illness Experience: Lay Perspectives, Disability, and Chronic Illness\n## 15 Drug Use and Abuse in Australia: Social Origins, Impacts, and Responses\n## 16 Ageing, Health, and the Demographic Revolution\n## 17 The Human Genome Project: A Sociology of Medical Technology\n## 18 Media and Health: Moral Panics, Miracles, and Medicalisation\n# Part 4 The Social Organisation of Health Care: Professions, Politics, and Policies\n## 19 Power, Politics, and Health Care\n## 20 Challenges to Medical Dominance\n## 21 The Sociology of Nursing\n## 22 The Sociology of Complementary and Alternative Medicine\n## 23 Jostling for Position: A Sociology of Allied Health\n## 24 A Sociology of Health Promotion\n## 25 Community Health Services in Australia\n# Appendix: Tips on Planning, Writing, and Referencing Health Sociology Essays\n# Glossary\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of Second Opinion in health sociology?\",\"answer\":\"It centers on the social model of health, explaining how health problems and illness outcomes emerge from social issues, institutions, and unequal conditions rather than purely biological factors.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes are covered in the sections on health production and distribution?\",\"answer\":\"The book addresses global public health, health inequality by class origins, workplace health, gendered health, Indigenous health disparities, ethnicity and multiculturalism, and rural health.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book treat health care organization and power?\",\"answer\":\"It examines power and politics in health care, challenges to medical dominance, nursing and allied health sociology, complementary and alternative medicine, health promotion, and community health services.\"}]","Second Opinion - 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