An outline of sociology as applied to medicine

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An outline of sociology as applied to medicine

David Armstrong

Wright, 1989

3rd ed

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Note

Bibliography: pp.131-136

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Since the last edition of this book, published in 1983, the text has been rewritten and rearranged to give an updated overview of the subject. The emphasis is on providing a framework for understanding the relationship between health care and the society in which it occurs.

Table of Contents

  • Going to the doctor
  • measuring health and illness
  • social causes of illness
  • labelling behaviour
  • social patterns of illness
  • coping with illness
  • models of illness
  • types of health care
  • clinical autonomy
  • delivering health care
  • evaluating health care
  • the social basis of disease
  • the social role of medicine.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA18567143
  • ISBN
    • 0723616914
  • LCCN
    89000882
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 139 p.
  • Classification
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