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Health and Illness in the Community
An Oxford Core Text
Edited by Ross J Taylor, Blair H Smith, and Edwin R van Teijlingen
224 pages
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numerous line figures
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246x171mm
978-0-19-263168-8
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Paperback
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03 April 2003
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- Coincides with the shift in focus of medical care from the hospital into the community
- Concise, multi-disciplinary textbook with a practical approach for undergraduate medical students to integrate the subjects being taught in the community
- Successfully brings together the themes of Medicine and Society from different disciplines
- The contents are in line with the recommendations of the General Medical Council
- Excellent introduction to students of the wider implications of medicine
In line with major changes in medical education over the last decade, Health and Illness in the Community stresses the importance of the community and the health of the population which play an integral part in becoming a good doctor. Through the use of case histories, summary panels, bullet lists the book looks at the context within which illness is experienced, health is sought and medicine is practised. It explains to the reader how the determinants of health and illness are much wider than the influence of medicine, or indeed healthcare. It is generally recognised that the effectiveness of clinical decisions made for each patient is
increased if the doctor takes account of the patient's family and community setting. Equally the impact of these decisions is mediated through the environmental, economic and political conditions of the day.
This concise multi-disciplinary textbook for medical students takes a practical approach to the subject, integrating the subjects that are being taught within the community. Taking health and normality as a starting point, the book considers the environmental and social factors which influence the health of a community, discussing the nature, distribution and determinants of illness. Students need a solid understanding of medicine in the community encompassing elements of public health, general practice, child health, geriatrics, mental health, psychology
and sociology and this book provides the material required.
Readership: This book is aimed at medical students in the first and second years of their course and will be useful as a long-term reference on the subject.
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Edited by Ross J Taylor, Blair H Smith, and Edwin R van Teijlingen, All Senior Lecturers, University of Aberdeen Contributors:
Clifford Eastmond, Associate Medical Director, Forresterhill House, Aberdeen, UK
Philip Hannaford, Grampian Health Board Chair Professor of Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen, UK
Peter Helms, Professor of Child Health, University of Aberdeen, UK
Moira Laing, Consultant in Palliative Care, Roxburghe House, Aberdeen, UK
Linda McKie, Research
Professor in Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Gwyn D Seymour, Professor of Medicine (Care of the Elderly), University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, UK,
Ruth Seymour, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen, UK
Blair H Smith, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, UK
W Cairns Smith, Professor of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, UK
Dame Lesley Southgate, President, Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK
Ross J Taylor, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, UK
Edwin R van Teijlingen, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Aberdeen Medical School, UK
Lawrence Whalley, Professor of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen, UK
Fiona L R Williams, Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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"Easy to read and reasonably priced, all community healthcare professionals would find this book useful." - Nursing Standard "This book . . . beautifully underlines how doctors will increase their clinical effectiveness by recognizing the social context in which their patients go about their daily lives . . . The great merit of this book is to have condensed so much material so effectively . . . This is a very decent core text and deserves to find its place on the shelves of so many students and practitioners of health care, young and old." - Family Practice, Vol 20, No 6
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Part 1 - Society, Health and Illness
1: Introduction: society, health and illness
2: Description of society
3: An epidemiological picture of society
4: How do we know we are healthy?
5: What do we mean by illness?
Part 2 - Influences on Health
6: Introduction: influences on health
7: Social influences on health
8: Economic and political influences on health
9: Environmental influences on health
10: Influence of mental processes on health
11: Influence of age on health
Part 3: Illness and healthcare in the community
12: Introduction: illness and healthcare in the community
13: Health promotion
14: Organisation of medical care
15: Chronic illness
16: Impairment, disability & handicap
17: Mental illness: vulnerable people in the community
18: Death and dying
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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