A concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care in contemporary society, Society and Healthis written for all health professionals undergoing basic training. It explains social science concepts and theories and shows their relevance to work in health settings. Each chapter is short and focused on key learning points. 'concept boxes' highlight the main themes and facilitate revision exercises and activities enable students to apply knowledge to practice assumes no previous knowledge ideal for common foundation programme guided further readingChloe Gerhardt, Martin Giddey, Rosemary Gillespie, Ian Kendall, Graham Moon, Nancy North, Robin Priorall at University of Portsmouth