Health and illness.

Abstract

Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Social Construction of Health and Illness - The Social Process of Becoming Ill - Responses to Illness - The Relationship between Social Class and Health - The Relationship between Gender and Health - The Relationship between Ethnicity and Health - The Relationship between Age, Dependency and Health - The Sociology of 'Mental Illness' - The Sociology of Health Care - Perspectives on Health Care - Bibliography - Index