Includes bibliographical references.

Thinking sociologically about families and health / Lyn Gardner -- Thinking sociologically about religion and health / Hannah Cooke -- Work, professionalism, and organisational life / Hannah Cooke -- Social class, poverty, and health / Ronnie Moore -- Inequalities and health disadvantage / Ronnie Moore -- Healthcare policy and organisational change / Gillian Olumide and Hannah Cooke -- Power and communication in healthcare / Martin Johnson -- Nursing and nursing professionalism / Hannah Cooke -- Partnerships and care in the community / Susan Lambert -- Understandings of health, illness, risk, and bodies / Susan Philpin -- Lay understandings of health and risk : a changing picture / Lindsay Prior -- Experiencing ill-health / Susan Philpin -- Social responses to illness and disability / Susan Philpin -- Death and dying / Hannah Cooke.