
The Sociology of Health & Illness
By: Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Peta Cook
Paperback | 6 October 2022 | Edition Number 1
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Peta S. Cook is a sociologist and Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She lives and works in nipaluna, lutruwita; now known as Hobart, Tasmania, and she acknowledges and pays respect to the palawa people. Peta joined the University of Tasmania in 2009, prior to which she was an Associate Lecturer of Sociology at the Queensland University of Technology (2007-2008). She has extensive experience as a qualitative researcher particularly in arts-based research methods, focus groups, discourse analysis, and semi-structured and unstructured in-depth interviewing.
Peta's contributions to sociological scholarship have focused on addressing pressing social issues related to the lived experiences of ageing and health, the social problems raised by medical sciences and technologies, and the social need for age-friendly and inclusive societies. Her engagement with applied and translational sociology has allowed Peta to work with government and non-government organisations, thus having sociological impacts beyond academia. This is particularly witnessed by Peta's work in age-friendly communities, addressing ageism, and increasing social awareness of the needs and wants of older Australians. Her work in these areas has been recognised through receiving the 2018 University of Tasmania Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, the 2020 Sociology in Action Award from the Australian Sociological Association (TASA), and as a finalist in the 2019 Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards. In addition, Peta has led the creation and development of ageing studies programs within the University of Tasmania as a course and discipline coordinator, as well as making significant contributions to the sociology curriculum. Peta has also contributed considerably to Australian sociology through the Executive of TASA as Thematic Group portfolio leader (2017-2018), Treasurer (2019-2020), and Vice President (2021-2022). Peta's current research examines the importance of age-friendly and inclusive societies; the lived experiences of traumatic brain injury; ableism/disablism in higher education; and social perceptions and lived experiences of ageing and older age.
Alphia Possamai-Inesedy is a Professor of Sociology at Western Sydney University. She lives and works across the lands of the Darug, Eora, Dharawal (also referred to as Tharawal) and Wiradjuri peoples, also known as Western Sydney. She is the Pro Vice Chancellor Engagement and Advancement and President of the Australian Sociological Association (2021-2022). In her capacity as Pro Vice Chancellor of Engagement and Advancement, Alphia is responsible for leading strategic engagement work to shape the University's commitment to co-producing solutions to the interconnected challenges facing society within and outside of the Western Sydney Region. She is the Springer co-editor for the series 'Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific approach'. She was the editor in chief of the Journal of Sociology (2013-end of 2016) as well as the co-creator of the Risk Societies Thematic Group within the Australian Sociological Association. Her recent work includes: The Digital Social: Religion and Belief (2019). Alphia is currently involved in ongoing research that focuses on risk society, religion and health, digital sociology and methodologies.
ISBN: 9780655701996
ISBN-10: 0655701990
Published: 6th October 2022
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Audience: College, Tertiary and University
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 1.3 x 21.5 x 27.5
Weight (kg): 0.77
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