Rosemary Gillespie & Graham Moon 
Society and Health 
An Introduction to Social Science for Health Professionals

A concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care in contemporary society, Society and Health is written for all health professionals undergoing basic training. It explains social science concepts and theories and shows their relevance to work in health settings.Each chapter is short and focused on key learning points. ‘concept boxes’ highlight the main themes and facilitate revision exercises and activities enable students to apply knowledge to practice assumes no previous knowledge ideal for common foundation programmeguided further reading