pt. 1. Social patterning of health. Social class / Graham Scambler -- Gender / Ellen Annandale -- Ethnicity / James Y. Nazroo -- Place / Sally Macintyre and Anne Ellaway -- Material and cultural factors / Graham Scambler -- Psychosocial factors / Antonia Bifulco -- Life events / Antonia Bifulco -- Neoliberal globalization and health inequalities / Roberto De Vogli, Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonté́ -- Ageing and the lifecourse / Tarani Chandola -- Social capital / Orla McDonnell -- pt. 2. Experience of health and illness. Medicalization / Jonathan Gabe -- Illness and health-related behavior / Lee F. Managhan -- Stigma / Lee F. Managhan and Simon J. Williams -- Embodiment / Simon J. Williams and Lee F. Monaghan -- Emotions / Gillian Bendelow -- Chronic illness / Mike Bury and Lee F. Monaghan -- Disability / Nicholas Watson -- Illness narratives / Mike Bury and Lee F. Monaghan -- Risk / Jonathan Gabe -- The sick role / Mike Bury and Lee F. Monaghan-- Practitioner-client relationships / Alison Pilnick -- Quality of life / Mary Boulton -- Awareness contexts / Lee F. Monaghan -- pt. 3. Health, knowledge and practice. Medical model / Mike Bury -- Social constructionism / Orla McDonnell -- Lay knowledge / Gareth H. Williams -- Reproduction / Jane Sandall -- Medical technologies / Alex Faulkner -- eHealth / Michael Hardey -- Geneticization / Rebecca Dimond and Jacqueline Hughes -- Bioethics / Clare Williams and Steven P. Wainwright -- Surveillance and health promotion / Sarah Nettleton -- pt. 4. Health work and the division of labour. Medical autonomy, dominance and decline / Mary Ann Elston and Jonathan Gabe -- Trust in medicine / Jonathan Gabe -- Nursing and midwifery as occupations / Abbey Hyde -- Social divisions in formal health care / Catherine Theodosius -- Health professional migration / Ivy Lynn Bourgeault -- Complementary and alternative medicine / Michael Hardey -- Emotional Labour / Catherine Theodosius-- Informal care / Sue Hollinrake -- pt. 5. Health care organization and policy. Hospitals and health care organizations / Per Måseide -- Privatization / Jonathan Gabe -- Managerialism / Jonathan Gabe -- Consumerism / Jonathan Gabe -- Citizenship and health / Gareth H. Williams -- Social movements and health / Nick Crossley -- Medicines regulation / Jonathan Gabe -- Evaluation / Nicholas Mays -- Malpractice / Jonathan Gabe.