Representations of health, illness and handicap

Farr (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2004
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-3-7186-5657-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An investigation into the links between media images, in the representation of health issues and their implications for behaviour. The progress at community level in bringing about changes in its representations of illness and handicap, is presented in this study.

Inhalt

A theoretical overview. Part 1: Representation of Health, Illness and Handicap in the Mass Media of Communication: The Self and Media Messages - Match or Mismatch?; The Face of AIDS; Representations of Learning Disability in the Literature of Charity Campaigns. Part 2: Professional and Lay Representations of Health, Illness and Handicap: The Self and the Other - Perception of the Risk of HIV/AIDS in Scottish Prisons; Clinical Diagnosis and the Joint Construction of a Medical Voice; The Mentally Ill Person and the Other - Social Representations and Interactive Strategies; Medical and Lay Explanations of Diabetes in England and India. Part 3: Human agency and Well-being: Quality of Life - Hope for the Future or an Echo from the Distant Past?; Quality of Life and Mental Health - Evaluating the Impact of Long-Term Care; Coping and Human Agency.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Verlagsort: Chur
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 3-7186-5657-4 / 3718656574
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7186-5657-8 / 9783718656578
• Zustand: Neuware