Social Research in Health and Illness - 9781472452283

Taylor & Francis

Social Research in Health and IllnessCase-Based Approaches\nAuthor(s): Constantinos N. Phellas, Costas S. Constantinou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472452283, 978-1472452283\nSynopsis\nSocial Research in Health and Illness offers a theoretically informed guide to practising the key social research methods in investigating health and illness. Examining both methods and methodology, the authors explore the importance of selecting the appropriate research method for the project in question, demonstrating that researchers do not simply apply a set of neutral techniques to the issues that they investigate, but take part in a dynamic, reflective engagement with social and cultural worlds in a process of continual learning. \n\nWith its application of a variety of research methods to concrete cases, this book provides a sociology of specific health conditions, thus rendering them more understandable, whilst clarifyi.