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Medical Sociology

ISBN: 9780132695565 | 0132695561
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Incorporated
Pub. Date: 8/1/1997

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Medical Sociology, 10th edition examines the classic and contemporary literature in medical sociology aimed at developing and understanding the most important issues and research questions asked today. The text contains boxes with illustrations of important points and websites thus providing further information about relevant health topics.

The major objective of this best-selling textbook since its inception has been to introduce students to medical sociology by reflecting the most recent and relevant ideas, conce... MORE
PREFACExi
1 MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
1(15)
Defining Health
2(1)
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Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior
3(6)
The Development of Medical Sociology
9(5)
Summary
14(2)
2 EPIDEMIOLOGY
16(18)
Epidemiological Measures
17(2)
The Development of Epidemiology
19(3)
The Complexity of Modern Ills: Coronary Heart Disease
22(3)
Disease and Modernization
25(2)
AIDS
27(6)
Summary
33(1)
3 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH
34(28)
Age
34(3)
Gender
37(8)
Race
45(8)
Socioeconomic Status
53(8)
Summary
61(1)
4 SOCIAL STRESS
62(22)
Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction
63(2)
Durkheim: Functionalism
65(4)
Stress
69(2)
Social Factors and Stress
71(12)
Summary
83(1)
5 HEALTH BEHAVIOR
84(18)
Health Lifestyles
85(12)
Preventive Care
97(4)
Summary
101(1)
6 ILLNESS BEHAVIOR
102(26)
Self-Care
103(1)
Sociodemographic Variables
104(18)
Social-Psychological Models of Illness Behavior
122(4)
Summary and Conclusion
126(2)
7 HEALING OPTIONS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
128(17)
Osteopaths
128(1)
Alternative Medicine
129(1)
Chiropractors
130(2)
Faith Healers
132(3)
Folk Healers
135(8)
Summary
143(2)
8 THE SICK ROLE
145(23)
Illness as Deviance
145(3)
The Functionalist Approach to Deviance
148(1)
The Sick Role
149(6)
Criticism of the Sick Role
155(5)
Labeling Theory
160(3)
Sickness as Social Deviance?
163(1)
Being Sick and Disabled
164(2)
Summary
166(2)
9 DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION
168(14)
Models of Interaction
169(2)
Misunderstandings in Communication
171(6)
Cultural Differences in Communication
177(1)
Patient Compliance
178(1)
The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
179(1)
Doctor-Patient Relations and Technology
180(1)
Summary
181(1)
10 PHYSICIANS
182(19)
The Professionalization of the Physician
182(7)
The Socialization of the Physician
189(5)
The Power Structure of American Medicine
194(5)
Summary
199(2)
11 THE PHYSICIAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
201(13)
Social Control of Medical Practice
202(4)
Government Regulation
206(1)
The Coming of the Corporation
207(3)
The Changing Physician-Patient Relationship
210(1)
The Deprofessionalism of Physicians
211(1)
The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice
212(1)
Summary
213(1)
12 NURSES, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND MIDWIVES
214(17)
Nursing: Past and Present
215(11)
Nursing: Future Trends
226(2)
Physician Assistant
228(1)
Midwives
229(1)
Summary
230(2)
13 HOSPITALS
231(22)
The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution
232(3)
Hospitals in the United States
235(3)
The Organization of the General Hospital
238(6)
The Hospital-Patient Role
244(4)
The Rising Cost of Hospitalization
248(3)
Summary
251(2)
14 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
253(23)
Rising Costs
254(3)
Equity in Health Services
257(2)
Distribution of Services
259(3)
Overview of Health Care Delivery
262(2)
Social Legislation in Health Care
264(4)
Health Reform
268(4)
Health Care: A Right or a Privilege?
272(3)
Summary and Conclusion
275(1)
15 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
276(28)
Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, and Italy
279(14)
Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, The Netherlands, and France
293(9)
Conclusion
302(2)
16 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPING AND FORMERLY SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
304(22)
Fee-for-Service: South Africa
305(2)
Socialized Medicine: Saudi Arabia and Kenya
307(5)
Decentralized National Health: Mexico
312(3)
Socialist Medicine: China
315(2)
Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia, Poland, and Hungary
317(7)
Conclusion
324(2)
REFERENCES326(55)
NAME INDEX381(10)
SUBJECT INDEX391
William C. Cockerham: University of Alabama at Birmingham

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