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Sociology of health textbooks and narratives: historical significance.
- Source :
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Ciencia & saude coletiva [Cien Saude Colet] 2016 Mar; Vol. 21 (3), pp. 821-32. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This article has as its starting point two central ideas: textbooks as a means of production and dissemination of knowledge and narrative as an approach. After a brief review of studies on health/medical sociology textbooks, I analyze a few of these textbooks from the 1900-2012 period, produced in the United States and England. I have selected eleven textbooks which I thought were representative. In addition to a content analysis, the textbooks are located within the process of constitution of the health/medical sociology with brief references to the biographies of the authors. The textbooks analyzed were classified according to the main narrative features: doctor-centered; interdisciplinary; pedagogical; analytical; almost autobiographical; critical; and synthetic-reflective. In the final remarks, some points about the textbooks, limits and possibilities are presented.
Details
- Language :
- English; Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 1678-4561
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Ciencia & saude coletiva
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26960094
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015213.25332015