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Summary Table of Contents

Designed to reflect important changes in health care and significant advancements in medical sociology, this reader-friendly book 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. The volume offers perspectives on the sociology of health, healing, and illness, the influence of the social environment on health and illness, health and illness behavior, health care practitioners ... MORE

Preface

Part I Perspectives on the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

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

(11)

Definition of Medica... MORE

(1)

Historical Development of Medical Sociology

(4)

Sociology's Contribution to Understanding 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

(1)

The Development of Scientific Medicine

(22)

A Brief History of Medicine

(1)

Early Humans

(1)

The Egyptian Civilization

(1)

Greek and Roman Societies

(4)

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

(1)

Part II The Influence of the Social Environment on Health and Illness

Social Epidemiology

(24)

The Work of the Epidemiologist

(2)

The Epidemiological Transition

(1)

Life Expectancy and Mortality

(5)

Infant Mortality

(4)

Maternal Mortality

(2)

Morbidity

(5)

Disability

(1)

Summary

(1)

Health on the Internet

(1)

Key Concept and terms

(1)

Discussion Case

(1)

References

(2)

Society Disease, and Illness

(27)

The Interrelationship of Fundamental Causes and Proximate Risk Factors: The Case of Developing Countries

(1)

The Influence of Genetic Transmission on Disease and Illness

(1)

Cardiovascular Diseases

(5)

Cancer

(6)

HIV/AIDS

(4)

Alzheimer's Disease

(1)

Mental Illness

(3)

Summary

(1)

Health on the Internet

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

(1)

Discussion Case

(1)

References

(2)

Social Stress

(22)

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

(1)

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

(5)

Summary

103

(1)

Health on the Internet

103

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

104

(1)

Discussion Cases

104

(1)

References

105

(2)

Part III Health and Illness Behavior

Health Behavior

107

(19)

The Concept of Health

107

(2)

Health Behavior

109

(1)

Describing Individual Health Behaviors

109

(7)

Explaining Health Behavior

116

(6)

Summary

122

(1)

Health on the Internet

123

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

123

(1)

Discussion Cases

123

(1)

References

124

(2)

Experiencing Illness and Disability

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

142

(1)

Stage 5: Recovery and Rehabilitation

142

(1)

Experiencing Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability

143

(3)

Summary

146

(1)

Health on the Internet

147

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

147

(1)

Discussion Question

148

(1)

References

148

(2)

Part IV Health Care Practitioners and Their Relationship with Patients

Physicians and the Profession of Medicine

150

(25)

The Profession of Medicine

150

(6)

The Social Control of Medicine

156

(6)

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

162

(3)

Female Physicians

165

(3)

Physician Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction

168

(2)

Physician Impairment: Stresses and Strains of the Physician Role

170

(1)

Summary

170

(1)

Health on the Internet

171

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

171

(1)

Discussion Case

172

(1)

References

172

(3)

Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians

175

(21)

The History of Medical Education

175

(2)

Modern Medical Education

177

(7)

The Medical School Experience: Attitude and Value Acquisition

184

(3)

The Medical School Experience: Stress

187

(3)

The Medical School Experience: Career Choices

190

(1)

Future Directions in U.S. Medical Education

191

(1)

Summary

192

(1)

Health on the Internet

193

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

193

(1)

Discussion Case

193

(1)

References

194

(2)

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

(8)

Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners

207

(2)

Allied Health Workers

209

(1)

The Health Care Team

210

(2)

Relationships among Health Care Workers

212

(3)

The Changing Environment among Health Care Workers

215

(1)

Summary

216

(1)

Health on the Internet

216

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

216

(1)

Discussion Question

217

(1)

References

217

(2)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

219

(26)

The Meaning of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

219

(1)

Scientific Medicine and Alternative Healing

220

(1)

Complementary and Alternative Healers

221

(2)

Chiropractic

223

(5)

Acupuncture

228

(3)

Spiritual Healing and Christian Science

231

(5)

Ethnic Folk Healing

236

(4)

Summary

240

(1)

Health on the Internet

241

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

241

(1)

Discussion Case

241

(1)

References

242

(3)

The Physician-Patient Relationship: Background and Models

245

(25)

Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship

245

(2)

Key Dimensions of the Physician-Patient Relationship

247

(9)

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

256

(1)

The Influence of Gender on the Physician-Patient Relationship

257

(4)

Patient Satisfaction with Physicians

261

(2)

Patient Compliance with Medical Regimens

263

(2)

Summary

265

(1)

Health on the Internet

265

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

265

(1)

Discussion Case

266

(1)

References

266

(4)

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

270

(19)

Truth-telling as an Issue

270

(4)

Confidentiality as an Issue

274

(4)

Obligation to Treat AIDS Patients

278

(6)

Summary

284

(1)

Health on the Internet

285

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

285

(1)

Discussion Cases

285

(1)

References

286

(3)

Part V The Health Care System

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

(6)

The Politics of Health Care Reform

308

(3)

Summary

311

(1)

Health on the Internet

311

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

311

(1)

Discussion Cases

312

(1)

References

312

(2)

Health Care delivery

314

(22)

The Emergence of Freestanding Ambulatory Care Sites

314

(3)

The Flourishing of Managed Care Organizations: HMOs and PPOs

317

(4)

Emergence of the Modern Hospital

321

(11)

Home Health Care

332

(1)

Summary

333

(1)

Health on the Internet

333

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

333

(1)

Discussion Case

334

(1)

References

334

(2)

The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology

336

(27)

Societal Control of Technology

336

(1)

Health Care Technology

337

(5)

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

360

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

360

(1)

Discussion Case

360

(1)

References

361

(2)

Comparative Health Care Systems

363

(23)

Major Influences on Health Care Systems

363

(2)

Health Care Services in Developing and Industrialized Countries

365

(1)

Types of Health Care Systems

366

(2)

China

368

(3)

Russia

371

(3)

Canada

374

(5)

Great Britain

379

(3)

Common Challenges to Health Care Systems around the World

382

(1)

Summary

382

(1)

Health on the Internet

383

(1)

Key Concepts and Terms

383

(1)

Discussion Questions

383

(1)

References

384

(2)

Photo Credits

386

(1)

Name Index

387

(9)

Subject Index

396

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