The sociology of health, healing, and illness
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The sociology of health, healing, and illness
Prentice Hall, 1999
3rd ed
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Health, healing, and illness
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Designed to reflect important changes in healthcare and advancements in medical sociology, this book aims to provide an in-depth overview of the field, wuth an emphasis on gender race and sex. New features for the third edition include end-of-chapter Internet exercises.
Table of Contents
1. I. PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, HEALING, AND ILLNESS2. A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness3. The Development of Scientific Medicine4. II. THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS5. Social Epidemiology 6. Disease and Illness in American Society7. Social Stress8. III. HEALTH AND ILLNESS BEHAVIOR9. Health Behavior10. Illness and Sick Role Behavior11. IV. HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS12. Physicians and the Profession of Medicine13. Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians14. Nurses, Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners, and Allied Health Workers15. Alternative Healers and Alternative Healing Practices16. The Physician-Patient Relationship: Background and Models17. Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician-Patient Relationship. V. THE 18. V. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM19. The Health Care System of the United States20. Health Care Delivery21. The Social Implications of Health Care Technology22. Comparative Health Care Systems23. Name Index24. Subject Index
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