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Health and the Sociology of Emotions

ISBN: 978-0-631-20351-3

March 1997

Wiley-Blackwell

216 pages

Description
Health and the Sociology of Emotions offers an appraisal of the current lively debates which challenge the contribution of the sociology of emotion to health, and of sociology of health and illness to a sociological understanding of emotion.
About the Author

Veronica James is Professor Nursing Studies in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Nottingham.

Jonathan Gabe is Senior Research Fellow in Medical Sociology in the department of Social Policy and Social Science, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Features
* A unique combination of theoretical perspectives with case studies in one volume.
* Established and new authors.