Health, Behaviour and Society: Clinical Medicine in Context [Paperback]

There is more to a person than a particular symptom or disease: patients are individuals but they are not isolated, they are part of a family, a community, an environment, and all these factors can affect in many different ways how they manage health and illness. This book provides an introduction to population, sociological and psychological influences on health and delivery of healthcare in the UK and will equip today’s medical students with the knowledge required to be properly prepared for clinical practice in accordance with the outcomes of Tomorrow’s Doctors.An introduction to population, sociological and psychological influences on health and delivery of healthcare in the UK for medical students.It is concise and well presented and covers a depth and breadth of topics. I like the boxes and diagrams. It highlights the importance of the patients being related to their population, society and family.It discusses the person behind the patient. I liked the activities.Like the interactive boxes.As director I am not responsible for my reading lists. I will be showing this text to my collegues hwo lead Health and Disease in Populations, and ask them to comment better.This book is presented as a student guide to links between individuals and populations, taking in behaviour change, psychology and some links to how to understand and research these areas of medicine. In general I liked the book. It was simply and well written, consistently presented, and hugely relevant to medical undergraduates and Tomorrows doctors. Much of the content will be useful in early years of medical courses as students are reminded of the social and psychological context of illness, and effects of illness. I liked the explicit link between TD (2009) and chapter content .\
I would find this book useful within primary care and public health teaching at MBChB and intercalated BSC level, and will be recommending it to medical educators in Leeds to consider as a s