Cien Saude Colet. 2016 Mar;21(3):821-32. doi: 10.1590/1413-81232015213.25332015.
Ciencia & saude coletiva
[Article in Portuguese] Everardo Duarte Nunes
PMID: 26960094 DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232015213.25332015
This article has as its starting point two central ideas: textbooks as a means of production and dissemination of knowledge and narrative as an approach. After a brief review of studies on health/medical sociology textbooks, I analyze a few of these textbooks from the 1900-2012 period, produced in the United States and England. I have selected eleven textbooks which I thought were representative. In addition to a content analysis, the textbooks are located within the process of constitution of the health/medical sociology with brief references to the biographies of the authors. The textbooks analyzed were classified according to the main narrative features: doctor-centered; interdisciplinary; pedagogical; analytical; almost autobiographical; critical; and synthetic-reflective. In the final remarks, some points about the textbooks, limits and possibilities are presented.
