In a Critical Condition : Health and Power Relations in Australia

Critical introduction to the sociology of health. Aims to demonstrate that power relations in society and factors such as age, gender, class and ethnicity are an important factor in determining access to health resources. Discusses topics such as community participation in health and health in an international perspective. Includes a bibliography and an index. The author is a lecturer in sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Murdoch University.Petersen, Alan is the author of 'In a Critical Condition : Health and Power Relations in Australia', published 1994 under ISBN 9781863735308 and ISBN 1863735305.