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Medical Sociology

ISBN: 9780131113916 | 0131113917
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing. The standard text in the fieldaround the worldthis best-selling introduction to medical sociology presents the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings on the cutting-edge of the field. It contains first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers; is based on a worldwide review of the... MORE
PREFACExi
1 MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY1(18)
Defining Health
2(1)
Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior
... MORE3(4)
The Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
7(5)
The Development of Medical Sociology
12(5)
Summary
17(1)
Medical Sociology Internet Sites
18(1)
2 EPIDEMIOLOGY19(21)
Epidemiological Measures
20(2)
The Development of Epidemiology
22(3)
The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease
25(4)
Disease and Modernization
29(1)
AIDS
30(8)
Summary
38(1)
Epidemiology Internet Sites
38(2)
3 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH40(32)
Age
40(4)
Gender
44(7)
Race
51(11)
Socioeconomic Status
62(8)
Summary
70(1)
Social Demography of Health Internet Sites
70(2)
4 SOCIAL STRESS72(22)
Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction
73(2)
Durkheim: Functionalism
75(4)
Stress
79(2)
Social Factors and Stress
81(11)
Summary
92(1)
Social Stress Internet Sites
93(1)
5 HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND LIFESTYLES94(24)
Health Lifestyles
95(17)
Preventive Care
112(4)
Summary
116(1)
Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites
117(1)
6 ILLNESS BEHAVIOR118(23)
Self Care
119(1)
Sociodemographic Variables
120(15)
Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms
135(4)
Summary and Conclusion
139(1)
Illness Behavior Internet Sites
140(1)
7 THE SICK ROLE141(26)
Illness as Deviance
141(3)
The Functionalist Approach to Deviance
144(1)
The Sick Role
145(7)
Criticism of the Sick Role
152(6)
Labeling Theory
158(3)
Sickness as Social Deviance?
161(1)
Being Sick and Disabled
162(2)
Stigma
164(1)
Summary
165(1)
The Sick Role Internet Sites
165(2)
8 HEALING OPTIONS167(18)
Osteopaths
167(1)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
168(2)
Chiropractors
170(1)
Faith Healers
171(4)
Folk Healers
175(8)
Summary
183(1)
Healing Options Internet Sites
183(2)
9 DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION185(22)
Models of Interaction
186(4)
Misunderstandings in Communication
190(3)
Male Physicians and Women Patients
193(1)
Women Physicians
194(2)
Cultural Differences in Communication
196(2)
Patient Compliance
198(1)
The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
199(1)
Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology
200(2)
The New Genetics
202(3)
Summary
205(1)
Doctor-Patient Interaction Internet Sites
205(2)
10 PHYSICIANS207(22)
The Professionalization of the Physician
207(8)
The Socialization of the Physician
215(7)
The Power Structure of American Medicine
222(5)
Summary
227(1)
Physicians Internet Sites
228(1)
11 THE PHYSICIAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY229(17)
Social Control of Medical Practice
231(4)
Countervailing Power
235(1)
Government Regulation
236(1)
Managed Care
237(1)
The Coming of the Corporation
238(2)
The Changing Physician-Patient Relationship
240(1)
The Deprofessionalization of Physicians
241(2)
The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice
243(1)
Summary
244(1)
The Physician in a Changing Society Internet Sites
244(2)
12 NURSES, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, PHARMACISTS, AND MIDWIVES246(21)
Nursing: Past and Present
247(11)
Nursing: Future Trends
258(3)
Physician Assistants
261(1)
Pharmacists
262(1)
Midwives
263(1)
Summary
264(1)
Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives Internet Sites
265(2)
13 HOSPITALS267(22)
The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution
268(4)
Hospitals in the United States
272(2)
The Organization of the Nonprofit Community Hospital
274(7)
The Hospital-Patient Role
281(4)
The Rising Cost of Hospitalization
285(2)
Summary
287(1)
Hospitals Internet Sites
288(1)
14 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES289(24)
Rising Costs
290(5)
Equity in Health Services
295(1)
Distribution of Services
296(2)
Overview of Health Care Delivery
298(3)
Social Legislation in Health Care
301(4)
Health Reform
305(3)
Health Care: A Right or a Privilege?
308(3)
Summary and Conclusion
311(1)
Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States Internet Sites
312(1)
15 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES313(30)
Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden
319(10)
Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, and France
329(11)
Conclusion
340(1)
Health Care in Developed Countries Internet Sites
341(2)
16 HEALTH CARE IN FORMER SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES343(26)
Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia, Poland, Hungary, and China
344(12)
Socialized Medicine: Saudi Arabia and Kenya
356(4)
Decentralized National Health: Mexico
360(3)
Fee-for-Service: South Africa
363(3)
Conclusion
366(1)
Health Care in Former Socialist, Socialist, and Developing Countries Internet Sites
367(2)
REFERENCES369(38)
PHOTO CREDITS407(1)
NAME INDEX408(7)
SUBJECT INDEX415
William C. Cockerham: University of Alabama at Birmingham

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