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This text presents late-1990s perspectives and empirical evidence in the sociology of health, focusing upon inequalities in health and illness, healthcare and prevention. Chapters cover ethnicity and health; perspectives on the body; the study of health and the emotions; postmodernism and health; psychiatric disability and community-based care; health and the discourse of weight control; the health consumers perspective; health status in developing economies; healthcare and the popular media; medical practice and medical authority; and inequalities in healthcare in late modern societies. Contributions come from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.