TY - BOOK AU - McDonnell, Orla TI - Social theory, health & healthcare SN - 9781137062154 U1 - 362.1 PY - 2009/// CY - Basingstoke PB - Palgrave McMillan KW - Health services research KW - Social medicine N1 - 1 Structural Functionalism, Health and Healthcare; Introduction; Principles of structural functionalism; Applications to understandings of health; Applications to understandings of healthcare; Conclusion and new directions for healthcare; 2 Political Economy Theory, Health and Healthcare; Introduction; Principles of political economy; Applications to understandings of health; Applications to understandings of healthcare; Conclusion and new directions for healthcare; 3 Social Interaction Theory, Health and Healthcare. IntroductionPrinciples of social interaction theory; Applications of social interaction theory to understanding health; Applications of social interaction theory to understandings of healthcare; Conclusion and new directions for healthcare; 4 Poststructuralism, Health and Healthcare; Introduction; Foucault and the principles of poststructuralism; Applications to understandings of health; Applications to understandings of healthcare; Conclusion and new directions for healthcare; 5 Critical Realism, Health and Healthcare; Introduction; Principles of critical realism. Applications to understandings of healthApplications to understandings of healthcare; Conclusion and new directions for healthcare; 6 Feminist Theory, Health and Healthcare; Introduction; Principles of feminist theory; Applications to understandings of health; Applications to understandings of healthcare; Conclusion and new directions for healthcare; 7 Science and Technology Studies, Health and Healthcare; Introduction; Principles of science and technology studies; Applications to understandings of health; Applications to understandings of healthcare. Conclusion and new directions for healthcare ER -