The sociology of health and illness : critical perspectives / edited by Peter Conrad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conrad, Peter, 1945-

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

viii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Worth Publishers, [2001]

Contents:

Part 1 The Social Production of Disease and Illness

The Social Nature of Disease

1 Medical Measures and the Decline of Mortality / John B. McKinlay and Sonja M. McKinlay McKinlay, John B. McKinlay and Sonja M.

Who Gets Sick? The Unequal Social Distribution of Disease

2 Social Class, Susceptibility, and Sickness / S. Leonard Syme and Lisa F. Berkman Berkman, S. Leonard Syme and Lisa F.

3 Excess Mortality in Harlem / Colin McCord and Harold P. Freeman Freeman, Colin McCord and Harold P.

4 Gender Differences in Mortality / Ingrid Waldron Waldron, Ingrid

5 A Tale of Two States / Victor R. Fuchs Fuchs, Victor R.

6 Population Health in Utah and Nevada / Victor G. Rodwin and Melanie J. Croce-Galis Croce-Galis, Victor G. Rodwin and Melanie J.

Our Sickening Social and Physical Environments

7 Popular Epidemiology: Community Response to Toxic Waste-Induced Disease / Phil Brown Brown, Phil

8 Social Relationships and Health / James S. House House, James S., Karl R. Landis Landis, Karl R., Debra Umberson Umberson, Debra

9 Dying Alone: The Social Production of Urban Isolation / Eric Klineberg Klineberg, Eric

10 Health Inequalities: Relative or Absolute Material Standards? / Richard Wilkinson Wilkinson, Richard

The Social and Cultural Meanings of Illness

11 Anorexia Nervosa in Context / Joan Jacobs Brumberg Brumberg, Joan Jacobs

12 Aids and Stigma / Gregory Herek Herek, Gregory

The Experience of Illness

13 Self-help Literature and the Making of an Illness Identity / Kristin Barker Barker, Kristin

14 The Meaning of Medications: Another Look at Compliance / Peter Conrad Conrad, Peter

15 The Remission Society / Arthur W. Frank Frank, Arthur W.

Part 2 The Social and Organization of Medical Care

Creating and Maintaining the Dominance of Medicine

16 Professionalization, Monopoly, and the Structure of Medical Practice / Peter Conrad and Joseph W. Schneider Schneider, Peter Conrad and Joseph W.

17 Notes on the Decline of Midwives and the Rise of Medical Obstetricians / Richard W. Wertz and Dorothy C. Wertz Wertz, Richard W. Wertz and Dorothy C.

18 The End of the Golden Age of Doctoring / John B. McKinley and Lisa D. Mareau Mareau, John B. McKinley and Lisa D.

19 Countervailing Power / Donald W. Light Light, Donald W.

20 Changing Medical Organization and the Erosion of Trust / David Mechanic Mechanic, David

The Social Organization of Medical Workers

21 The US Health Care System / John Fry Fry, John, Donald Light Light, Donald, Jonathon Rodnick Rodnick, Jonathon, Peter Orton Orton, Peter

22 A Caring Dilemma: Womanhood and Nursing in Historical Perspective / Susan Reverby Reverby, Susan

23 AIDS and Its Impact on Medical Work: The Culture and Politics of the Shop Floor / Charles L. Bosk and Joel E. Frader Frader, Charles L. Bosk and Joel E.

Medical Industries

24 The Health Care Industry: Where is it Taking Us? / Arnold S. Relman Relman, Arnold S.

25 Medications and the Pharmaceutical Industry / David Cohen Cohen, David, et al.

Financing Medical Care

26 A Century of Failure: Health Care Reform in America / David J. Rothman Rothman, David J.

27 Paying for Health Care / Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach Grumbach, Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin

28 Doctoring as a Business: Money, Markets, and Managed Care / Deborah A. Stone Stone, Deborah A.

Medicine in Practice

29 The Struggle between the Voice of Medicine and the Voice of the Lifeworld / Elliot G. Mishler Mishler, Elliot G.

30 Social Death as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy / Stefan Timmermans Timmermans, Stefan

31 The Language of Case Presentation / Renee R. Anspach Anspach, Renee R.

32 Alternative Health and the Challenges of Institutionalization / Matthew Schneirov Schneirov, Matthew, et al.

Dilemmas of Medical Technology

33 The Artificial Heart: How Close are We and Do We Want to Get There? / Paul Simmons Simmons, Paul

34 Issues in the Application of High Cost Medical Technology: The Case of Organ Transplantation / Nancy G. Kutner Kutner, Nancy G.

35 A Mirage of Genes / Peter Conrad Conrad, Peter

Part 3 Contemporary Critical Debates

The Relevance of Risk

36 The Prevalence of Risk Factors Among Women in the United States / Robert A. Hahn Hahn, Robert A., Steven M. Tuetsch Tuetsch, Steven M., Adele L. Franks Franks, Adele L., Man-Hue Chang Chang, Man-Hue, Elizabeth Lloyd Lloyd, Elizabeth

37 Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health / Deborah Lupton Lupton, Deborah

The Medicalization of American Society

38 Medicine as an Institution of Social Control / Irving Kenneth Zola Zola, Irving Kenneth

39 Biomedicalization: Technoscientific Transformations of Health, Illness, and U.S. Biomedicine / Adele E. Clarke Clarke, Adele E., et al.

Rationing Medical Care

40 Rationing Medical Progress: The Way to Affordable Health Care / Daniel Callahan Callahan, Daniel

41 The Trouble with Rationing / Arnold S. Relman Relman, Arnold S.

Part 4 Toward Alternatives in Health Care

42 Politicizing Health Care / John McKnight McKnight, John

43 Helping Ourselves / Ann Withorn Withorn, Ann

44 Illness and Internet Empowerment: Writing and Reading Breast Cancer in Cyberspace / Victoria Pitts Pitts, Victoria

Comparative Health Policies

45 Comparative Models of "Health Care," Systems / Donald W. Light Light, Donald W.

46 Health Care Reform: Lessons from Canada / Raisa Berlin Derber Derber, Raisa Berlin

47 Continuity and Change in the British National Health Service / Jonathan Gabe Gabe, Jonathan

Prevention and Society

48 Wellness in the Workplace: Potentials and Pitfalls of Work-Site Health Promotion / Peter Conrad Conrad, Peter

49 A Case for Refocusing Upstream: The Political Economy of Illness / John B. McKinlay McKinlay, John B..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1572599219

OCLC:

44803021