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This book brings together new and leading scholars, who demonstrate the importance of research<i>with</i> children and from a child perspective, allowing for a fuller understanding of the meaning and impact of health and illness in childrens lives.<br /><br /><ul><li>Demonstrates the importance of research<i>with</i> children and research from a child perspective, in order to fully understand the meaning and impact of health and illness in childrens lives</li><li>Encourages critical reflection on contemporary health policy and its relationships to culturally specific ways of knowing and understanding childrens health</li><li>Brings together new and leading scholars in the field of childrens health and illness</li><li>Moves the highly important issue of childrens health into the mainstream sociology of health and illness</li></ul>

This book brings together new and leading scholars, who demonstrate the importance of research with children and from a child perspective, allowing for a fuller understanding of the meaning and impact of health and illness in children s lives. Demonstrates the importance of research with children and research from a child perspective, in order to fully understand the meaning and impact of health and illness in children s lives Encourages critical reflection on contemporary health policy and its relationships to culturally specific ways of knowing and understanding children s health Brings together new and leading scholars in the field of children s health and illness Moves the highly important issue of children s health into the mainstream sociology of health and illness