Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology

by John Germov (Editor)

Second Opinion is the health sociology textbook for undergraduate students. Accompanied by a comprehensive online resource centre, this strong teaching text introduces students to the theories, concepts, and contexts that are needed to understand the issues confronting health sociology.
Over a decade since the first edition was published, this new edition has undergone a significant revision to thoroughly match today's student and lecturer needs. Such revisions include, new chapters on Global Health, Workplace Health, Rural Health, Mental Illness, The Illness Experience, and Media and Health; a two-colour layout with an expanded range of pedagogical features; and additional online materials, including online access to chapter-relevant supplementary reading, access to chapters from the previous edition, topical case studies, and updated web links.

Genres: Sociology

560 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Amelie-Linden · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the better written textbooks I've read. Picked it up from a secondhand bookstore in Bendigo when I used to homeschool myself and used it as a way to get around having to do any actual "PE and health" schoolwork by instead doing health sociology.

This book lays out complicated sociological concepts out in a practical and understandable way pulling from both historical and modern case studies. I appreciate the chapters focusing on the different challenges in public health accessibility and realities of population demographics like elderly people and first nations Australians.

It had a surprising impact on me for a school book I picked up for $8 from a shop where the man who owned the place hand-wrote the receipts.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book as it gives a good Australian perspective on the sociology of health.

[Ibnahmad · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book helped me a lot with my study and gave me better understanding for the sociological theory.

[Dawn]

Required reading for Sociology: Health and Illness.