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Introduction
Part 1 Defining Health
The biomedical model of health
The social model of health
The social and medical models of disability
Alternative or complementary medicine
Quality of life measures
Functionality
Part 2 The Human Life Course
The life course
Childbirth
Childhood
Family and individual well-being
Social dependency in older age
The third age
The social organization of death and dying
Part 3 Health Protection
Social inequalities in health
Social capital
Risk society
Public health
Health promotion
Work and health
Global health
Part 4 Health Beliefs and Health Behaviour
Models of health behaviour
Healthy lifestyle and consumption patterns
Lay knowledge and illness attribution
Personality and health
Embodiment
Stress and coping
Motivational interviewing in health care
Part 5 The Lived Experience of Health and Illness
Stigma and labelling theory
Medicalization
Biographical disruption
Professional / client communication
Pain
Illness narratives
Adherence
Part 6 Health Care Provision
Health care systems
Long-term health and social care needs
Informal care
The role of health professionals
Health care governance
Institutionalization
Health care consumerism and patient choice.