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Summary Table of Contents

Designed to reflect important changes in health care and significant advancements in medical sociology, this student-friendly text provides a readable, interesting, and in-depth overview of the field. It offers solid coverage of traditional topics with a keen focus on the current issues and public policy debates affecting this dynamic area of study. Coverage examines issues such as giving clean needles to drug users; gender-based and sexual harassment of female physicians; legalizing medical marijuana; the dumping of patients by hospitals; medicine and the Internet; the profession of medicine; socialization of physicians; illness behavior; AIDS and Alzheimer's disease; social stress; health behaviors; alternative healers and alternative healing practices; the physician-patient relationship; the history of medicine; the role of technology in health care; changes in the health care system; health care financing; for-profit medicine; managed care programs; doctor-assisted suicide; organ donation policy; surrogate motherhood; physician truth-telling and confidentiality; the obligation to treat AIDS patients; recruiting physicians to underserved areas; the responsibility of parents for health care for their children; and the responsibility of employers for employee-related stress. For those interested in or practicing medicine, nursing, pharmacology, public health, and ancillary health.

Preface

PART I PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, HEALING, AND ILLNESS

(34)

CHAPTER ONE A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

(12)

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Definition of Medical Sociology

(1)

Historical Development of Medical Sociology

(2)

Major Topics of Analysis in Medical Sociology

(2)

Sociology's Contribution to Health, Healing, and Illness

(3)

The Role of the Medical Sociologist in the Twenty-First Century

(1)

Summary

(1)

Health on the Internet

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

(1)

Discussion Question

(1)

References

(2)

CHAPTER TWO The Development of Scientific Medicine

(22)

A Brief History of Medicine

(1)

Early Humans

(1)

The Egyptian Civilization

(1)

Greek and Roman Societies

(3)

Roman Medicine

(1)

The Medieval Era

(1)

Medicine in the Renaissance

(1)

Medicine from 1600 to 1900

(3)

The Ascendancy of Medical Authority in America

(6)

Perspectives on the Ascendancy of Medical Authority

(2)

Summary

(1)

Health on the Internet

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

(1)

Discussion Question

(1)

References

(2)

PART II THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS

(71)

CHAPTER THREE Social Epidemiology

(23)

The Work of the Epidemiologist

(2)

The Epidemiological Transition

(2)

Life Expectancy and Mortality

(6)

Infant Mortality

(2)

Maternal Mortality

(1)

Morbidity

(5)

Disability

(1)

Summary

(1)

Health on the Internet

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

(1)

Discussion Cases

(1)

References

(2)

CHAPTER FOUR Disease and Illness in American Society

(25)

Cardiovascular Diseases

(4)

Cancer

(7)

HIV/AIDS

(3)

Alzheimer's Disease

(1)

Mental Illness

(3)

Summary

(1)

Health on the Internet

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

(1)

Discussion Case

(1)

References

(2)

CHAPTER FIVE Social Stress

(23)

Definition of Stress

(1)

Historical Development of the Stress Concept

(1)

A Model of Social Stress

(1)

Stressors

(6)

Appraisal of Stressors

(1)

Mediators of Stress: Coping and Social Support

(3)

Stress Outcomes

(2)

The Role of Social Class, Race, and Gender in Social Stress

(4)

Summary

101

(1)

Health on the Internet

102

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

102

(1)

Discussion Cases

102

(1)

References

103

(3)

PART III HEALTH AND ILLNESS BEHAVIOR

106

(44)

CHAPTER SIX Health Behavior

106

(20)

The Concept of Health

106

(2)

Health Behavior

108

(1)

Describing Individual Health Behaviors

109

(4)

Explaining Health Behavior

113

(8)

Summary

121

(1)

Health on the Internet

122

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

122

(1)

Discussion Cases

122

(1)

References

123

(3)

CHAPTER SEVEN Illness and Sick Role Behavior

126

(24)

Stages of Illness Experience

126

(1)

Stage 1: Symptom Experience

126

(3)

Stage 2: Assumption of the Sick Role; Illness as Deviance

129

(5)

Stage 3: Medical Care Contact/Self-Care

134

(8)

Stage 4: Dependent-Patient Role and Stage 5: Recovery and Rehabilitation

142

(3)

Summary

145

(1)

Health on the Internet

146

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

146

(1)

Discussion Question

146

(1)

References

147

(3)

PART IV HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS

150

(139)

CHAPTER EIGHT Physicians and the Profession of Medicine

150

(25)

The Profession of Medicine

150

(4)

Professional Medical Associations

154

(1)

The Social Control of Medicine

155

(6)

The Number, Composition, and Distribution of Physicians in the United States

161

(3)

Female Physicians

164

(4)

Physician Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction

168

(1)

Physician Impairment: Stresses and Strains of the Physician Role

169

(1)

Summary

170

(1)

Health on the Internet

171

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

171

(1)

Discussion Case

171

(1)

References

172

(3)

CHAPTER NINE Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians

175

(21)

The History of Medical Education

175

(2)

Modern Medical Education

177

(6)

The Premed Experience

183

(1)

The Medical School Experience: Attitude and Value Acquisition

183

(3)

The Medical School Experience: Stress

186

(2)

The Medical School Experience: Career Choices

188

(2)

Future Directions in U.S. Medical Education

190

(1)

Summary

191

(1)

Health on the Internet

192

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

192

(1)

Discussion Case

192

(1)

References

193

(3)

CHAPTER TEN Nurses, Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners, and Allied Health Workers

196

(23)

Evolution of Nonphysician Health Care Practitioners

196

(3)

Nurses and the Field of Nursing

199

(6)

Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners

205

(3)

Allied Health Workers

208

(2)

The Health Care Team

210

(1)

Relationships among Health Care Workers

211

(3)

The Changing Environment among Health Care Workers

214

(1)

Summary

215

(1)

Health on the Internet

216

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

216

(1)

Discussion Question

216

(1)

References

217

(2)

CHAPTER ELEVEN Alternative Healers and Alternative Healing Practices

219

(27)

Scientific Medicine and Alternative Healing

219

(1)

Alternative Healers

220

(4)

Chiropractic

224

(5)

Acupuncture

229

(3)

Spiritual Healing and Christian Science

232

(4)

Ethnic Folk Healing

236

(5)

Summary

241

(1)

Health on the Internet

242

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

242

(1)

Discussion Case

242

(1)

References

243

(3)

CHAPTER TWELVE The Physician-Patient Relationship: Background and Models

246

(25)

Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship

246

(2)

Key Dimensions of the Physician-Patient Relationship

248

(8)

The Influence of the Clinical Setting on the Physician-Patient Relationship

256

(1)

Labeling Patients: The Influence of Social Class, Race, and Symptomology on the Physician-Patient Relationship

257

(1)

The Influence of Gender on the Physician-Patient Relationship

258

(4)

Patient Satisfaction with Physicians

262

(2)

Patient Compliance with Medical Regimens

264

(1)

Summary

265

(1)

Health on the Internet

266

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

266

(1)

Discussion Cases

266

(1)

References

267

(4)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician-Patient Relationship

271

(18)

Truth-Telling as an Issue

271

(4)

Confidentiality as an Issue

275

(4)

Obligation to Treat AIDS Patients

279

(6)

Summary

285

(1)

Health on the Internet

285

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

285

(1)

Discussion Cases

286

(1)

References

287

(2)

PART V THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

289

(95)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Health Care System of the United States

289

(25)

Health Care Expenditures

289

(3)

Financing Health Care

292

(4)

America's Uninsured Population

296

(1)

Explaining the High Cost of Health Care

297

(5)

Cost Containment: DRGs, Rationing, and Managed Care

302

(5)

The Politics of Health Care Reform

307

(3)

Summary

310

(1)

Health on the Internet

311

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

311

(1)

Discussion Cases

311

(1)

References

312

(2)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Health Care Delivery

314

(23)

The Emergence of Freestanding Ambulatory Care Sites

314

(4)

The Flourishing of Managed Care Systems: HMOs and PPOs

318

(3)

Emergence of the Modern Hospital

321

(12)

The Reemergence of Home Health Care

333

(1)

Summary

334

(1)

Health on the Internet

334

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

335

(1)

Discussion Case

335

(1)

References

336

(1)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology

337

(26)

Health Care Technology

338

(4)

The Right to Refuse or Demand Advanced Health Care Technology

342

(8)

Organ Donation and Transplantation

350

(5)

New Reproductive Technologies

355

(4)

Summary

359

(1)

Health on the Internet

359

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

360

(1)

Discussion Cases

360

(1)

References

361

(2)

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Comparative Health Care Systems

363

(21)

Major Influences on Health Care Systems

363

(2)

Types of Health Care Systems

365

(1)

China

366

(3)

Russia

369

(3)

Canada

372

(5)

Great Britain

377

(3)

Common Challenges to Health Care Systems Around the World

380

(1)

Summary

381

(1)

Health on the Internet

381

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

382

(1)

Discussion Questions

382

(1)

References

382

(2)

Photo Credits

384

(1)

Name Index

385

(12)

Subject Index

397

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