In recent years there have been major developments in how long term conditions are managed and so it is important nurses understand the rationale behind policy initiatives and their implications for practice. This timely book provides a unique examination of the sociology surrounding long term conditions and the experiences of the patients who have them. It examines the social context of chronic illness and contains individual chapters on the common long term conditions present in the United Kingdom today.

DAVID COX is Chair of South Birmingham Primary Care Trust and Emeritus Professor, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK TOM HELLER is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK ALISTAIR HEWISON is Head of the School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK GAYLE LETHERBY is Professor of Sociology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK CATHY E. LLOYD is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK LESLEY LOCKYER is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK ANN MITCHELL is Lecturer and Mental Health Lead for Pre-registration, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK ERICA RICHARDSON is Researcher, European Centre for Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London UK PAULINE SAVVY is a Sociologist, Albury-Wodonga Campus, La Trobe University, Australia T. CHAS SKINNER is Associate Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia JONATHON TRITTER is Chief Executive, NHS Centre for Involvement and Professorial Fellow, Institute of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School, Warwick, UK

About the Author

ELAINE DENNY is Professor of Health Sociology and Head of Health Policy and Public Health Division at Birmingham City University, UK. She has a background in hospital and community nursing and taught health sociology to students on health related courses for 20 years. Elaine has co-authored with Sarah Earle a health sociology text Sociology for Nurses.


SARAH EARLE is Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at the Open University. She has taught sociology as applied to health and healthcare for over 15 years and has published widely in this field. Sarah has co-authored with Elaine Denny a health sociology text Sociology for Nurses.



Book Information
ISBN 9780230516465
Author Elaine Denny
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 394g