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Sociology And Health Care

by Michael Sheaff · 2005

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Is it relevant to think of patients as customers or consumers? Do people who are better off get better access to health care, irrespective of the severity of their condition? Why is technical knowledge often given higher status than knowledge based on our own experiences? These questions and more are addressed by this book.

Subject
anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 259 pages

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