Health and illness

Health and illness


Author
Susan A McDaniel University of Lethbridge
DOI
10.1177/20568460116

abstract Sociology of health and illness behaviour has been enlivened by increased understanding of the complex roles social factors and structures play in individual and societal health and well-being. New insights are simultaneously empirical and conceptual, leading to innovative approaches to analysis, as well as new conceptual frameworks. Three examples are: the social gradient of health, the population health perspective and the salience of social fabric to both individual and societal well-being. Nonetheless, puzzles remain such as how social inequalities get under the skin, why socioeconomic improvements do not always yield life expectancy gains and how to reduce health disparities and inequalities. 

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