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Medical Sociology 14th edition [Hardback]

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(University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
  • Formāts: Hardback, 436 pages, height x width: 235x191 mm, weight: 1000 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Apr-2017
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138668338
  • ISBN-13: 9781138668331
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 436 pages, height x width: 235x191 mm, weight: 1000 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Apr-2017
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138668338
  • ISBN-13: 9781138668331
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The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. A much greater number of first person accounts and updated examples are added to the new fourteenth edition. Other updates include:-Coverage of Zika, Ebola, MERS, and updates on other pandemics

-Expanded discussion of obesity as a disease

-Coverage of the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor

-New information on the decline of life expectancy among American white women, especially those who live in rural counties

-New material on biomarkers, gene-environment interaction, and stress

-Analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum in medical schools

-Extensive review and update of the Affordable Care Act

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
PART I INTRODUCTION
1(120)
1 Medical Sociology
3(28)
The Social Determinants of Health
4(1)
The Development of Medical Sociology
5(5)
Defining Health
10(1)
Contrasting Ideas About Health and Social Behavior
11(5)
The Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
16(7)
Bioterrorism
23(2)
Bioethics
25(1)
Summary
26(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
27(1)
Suggested Readings
27(1)
Note
27(1)
References
27(4)
2 Epidemiology
31(26)
Epidemiological Measures
32(2)
The Development of Epidemiology
34(3)
Disease and Modernization
37(2)
The Complexity of Modern Ills
39(4)
Pandemics: HIV/AIDS and Influenza
43(1)
HIV/AIDS
43(8)
Influenza
51(2)
Summary
53(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
53(1)
Suggested Readings
53(1)
References
54(3)
3 The Social Demography of Health: Social Class
57(27)
The Components of Social Class
59(6)
Modern Diseases and the Poor
65(3)
Equality of Care and the Social Gradient in Mortality: The British Experience
68(3)
Neighborhood Disadvantage
71(3)
SES as a Fundamental Cause of Sickness and Mortality
74(3)
Summary
77(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
77(1)
Suggested Readings
77(1)
References
77(7)
4 The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race
84(37)
Gender
85(13)
Age
98(3)
Race
101(12)
Summary
113(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
114(1)
Suggested Readings
114(1)
References
114(7)
PART II HEALTH AND ILLNESS
121(66)
5 Social Stress and Health
123(28)
Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction
124(3)
Durkheim: The Larger Society
127(3)
Stress
130(3)
Social Factors and Stress
133(5)
Life Changes
138(6)
Gene-environment Interaction
144(1)
Summary
145(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
145(1)
Suggested Readings
145(1)
References
146(5)
6 Health Behavior and Lifestyles
151(17)
Health Lifestyles
153(10)
Preventive Care
163(1)
Summary
164(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
165(1)
Suggested Readings
165(1)
References
165(3)
7 Illness Behavior
168(19)
Self-Care
170(1)
Sociodemographic Variables
170(12)
Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms
182(2)
Summary
184(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
185(1)
Suggested Readings
185(1)
References
185(2)
PART III SEEKING HEALTH CARE
187(60)
8 The Sick Role
189(30)
Illness as Deviance
190(2)
The Functionalist Approach to Deviance
192(2)
The Sick Role
194(6)
Medicalization
200(2)
Criticism of the Sick Role
202(6)
Labeling Theory
208(3)
Sickness as Social Deviance?
211(1)
Being Sick and Disabled
212(1)
Stigma
213(2)
Summary
215(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
216(1)
Suggested Readings
216(1)
References
216(3)
9 Doctor-Patient Interaction
219(28)
Models of Interaction
221(3)
Misunderstandings in Communication
224(2)
Communication and Class Background
226(1)
Male Physicians and Women Patients
227(1)
Women Physicians
228(2)
Cultural Differences in Communication
230(2)
Patient Compliance
232(1)
The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
233(1)
Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology
234(4)
The New Genetics
238(4)
Summary
242(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
242(1)
Suggested Readings
242(1)
References
242(5)
PART IV PROVIDING HEALTH CARE
247(86)
10 Physicians
249(23)
The Professionalization of the Physician
250(5)
The Control of Medical Education
255(3)
The Socialization of the Physician
258(6)
Osteopaths
264(1)
The Power Structure of American Medicine
265(3)
Summary
268(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
268(1)
Suggested Readings
268(1)
References
269(3)
11 The Physician in a Changing Society
272(20)
Social Control of Medical Practice
274(5)
Countervailing Power
279(1)
Government Regulation
280(1)
Managed Care
281(1)
The Coming of the Corporation
282(3)
The Changing Physician-Patient Relationship
285(1)
The Deprofessionalization of Physicians
286(2)
The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice
288(1)
Summary
289(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
289(1)
Suggested Readings
289(1)
References
289(3)
12 Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives
292(20)
Nursing: Past and Present
293(10)
Nursing: Future Trends
303(3)
Physician Assistants
306(1)
Pharmacists
307(1)
Midwives
308(1)
Summary
309(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
310(1)
Suggested Readings
310(1)
References
310(2)
13 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
312(21)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
313(2)
Chiropractors
315(1)
Religion and Faith Healing
316(5)
Folk Healing
321(7)
Summary
328(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
328(1)
Suggested Readings
329(1)
References
329(4)
PART V HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
333(93)
14 Hospitals
335(24)
The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution
336(4)
Hospitals in the United States
340(2)
The Organization of the Nonprofit Community Hospital
342(6)
The Hospital Patient Role
348(4)
The Rising Cost of Hospitalization
352(4)
Summary
356(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
356(1)
Suggested Readings
356(1)
Note
356(1)
References
357(2)
15 Health Care Reform and Health Policy in the United States
359(30)
Rising Costs
361(3)
The Road to Health Care Reform
364(12)
Equity in Health Services
376(1)
Geographic Distribution of Services
377(1)
Overview of Health Care Delivery
378(4)
Health Care: A Right or a Privilege?
382(3)
Summary
385(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
386(1)
Suggested Readings
386(1)
Notes
386(1)
References
387(2)
16 Global Health Care
389(37)
Socialized Medicine: Canada, Britain, and Sweden
394(9)
Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, and Mexico
403(8)
Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia and China
411(9)
Conclusion
420(1)
Critical Thinking Questions
421(1)
Suggested Readings
421(1)
References
422(4)
Name Index 426(6)
Subject Index 432
William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. He holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health and is recipient of the Frederick W. Connor Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the History of Ideas and the Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Award for Scholarly Distinction. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and formerly was on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Currently, he is on the Editorial Boards of Social Currents and Society and Mental Health. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of 18 books. His most recent books from Routledge include Sociology of Mental Disorder 10E (2017).