What is health?

Earle, Sarah (2005). What is health? In: Denny, Elaine and Earle, Sarah eds. Sociology for Nurses. Cambridge, UK: Polity.

URL: http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=0745631002

Abstract

Key issues within this chapter: defining health; models of health; social influences on health and disease; experiences of illness, sickness and disease; nursing, health and holism.

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• Item ORO ID
• 5518
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 0-7456-3101-0, 978-0-7456-3101-1
• Keywords
• sociology; nursing; health; illness; disease
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
• Depositing User
• Sarah Earle