Contents note continued: Patterns of mental health/illness -- Ethnicity and mental health -- Gender and mental health -- Focus on depression -- Suicide -- Conclusion -- ch. 10 Sexualities and health / Megan Todd -- Introduction -- Domestic and other abuses -- Drug and alcohol abuse -- Health -- Ageing -- Conclusion -- ch. 11 Sociology of the body: chronic illness and disability -- Introduction -- Key issues in the study of the body -- The civilised body: a controlled body and a `clean' body -- The sculptured body: creating perfection -- The `failed' body: ill health and disease -- ch. 12 Health, ageing and the life course -- Introduction -- Ageing in society: a general overview -- Bodies and ageing -- Sociological theories of ageing -- Health and the life course -- Dementia -- Conclusion -- Section 3 Contexts -- ch. 13 Places of care -- Introduction -- Organisations -- Shifts in policy: the move from institutions to the community -- The community -- Care and carers --

Contents note continued: Gender, class and caregiving -- Conclusion -- ch. 14 Health care in context / Pedro Morago -- Introduction -- Community care -- The concepts of health, health care and health care policy -- Health care in the UK: provision, funding and levels of expenditure -- Health inequalities in the UK -- Policy developments and strategies -- Case study -- Case study -- Conclusion -- ch. 15 A brief social history of health and healing -- Introduction -- Health and healing in deep history -- Ancient Greece: physicians and philosophy -- Health and healing in early-medieval Islam: preservation and innovation -- The 1700s: Enlightenment and revolutions -- Bringing it up to date -- ch. 16 Sport, health, exercise and the body -- Introduction -- Sport, exercise and health? -- Definitions and concepts -- Elias and the sociology of sport -- Social structure and the conditions of choice -- Class and Sport -- Gender, body and Sport -- Ethnicity and sport -- Conclusion --

Contents note continued: ch. 17 Death and dying -- Introduction -- What is `death'? Conceptualising and defining the end of life -- Mortality and the global causes of death -- Modern society: `death denying' or `death aware'? -- Rites, rituals and ceremonies: dealing with death -- Dying and the anticipation of death -- The emotional labour of working with the dead and dying -- Conclusion.