Health, risk and vulnerability - ECU Libraries Catalog

Health, risk and vulnerability / edited by Alan Petersen and Iain Wilkinson.

Other author/creator	Petersen, Alan R.
Other author/creator	Wilkinson, Iain, 1969-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Description	ix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Health behavior. Attitude to Health. Risk-taking (Psychology)--Social aspects. Health risk assessment--Social aspects. Health Behavior. Attitude to Health. Cultural Characteristics. Health Policy. Risk Management. Risk-Taking.

Contents	Health risk and vulnerability : an introduction / Alan Petersen and Iain Wilkinson -- Unlimited medicalization? : risk and the pathologization of normality / John-Arne Skolbekken -- Community care, risk and the shifting locus of danger and vulnerability in mental health / Joanne Warner -- Governmentality and the subpolitics of teenage sexual risk behaviour / Joost Van Loon -- Restructuring health care : developing systems to identify risk and prevent harm / Andy Alaszewski and Kirstie Coxon -- Ecological validity and risk management in forensic mental health services / Jacqueline Davies ... [et al.] -- Talking and taking risks : an exploration of women's perceptions of antenatal testing in pregnancy / Dawn S. Jones -- Constructing virtual selves : men, risk and the rehearsal of sexual identities and scripts in cyber chatrooms / Anthony Pryce -- Reframing risk : how risk discourses are used by Vaccine Critical groups in the UK / Pru Hobson-West.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2007018244
ISBN	9780415383073 :
ISBN	0415383072

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	W 85 H434 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold