The new Blackwell companion to medical sociology / edited by William C. Cockerham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cockerham, William C.

Series:

Blackwell companions to sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

xvii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Contents:

Part I Introduction 1

1 Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory / William C. Cockerbam, Graham Scambler 3

2 Health and Culture / Stella Quah 27

3 The Sociology of the Body / Sarah Nettleton 47

Part II Health and Social Inequalities 69

4 Health and Social Stratification / Eero Lahelma 71

5 Health Status and Gender / Ellen Annandale 97

6 Health, Ethnicity, and Race / Hannah Bradby, James Y. Nazroo 113

Part III Health and social relationships 131

7 Health and Religion / Ellen L. Idler 133

8 Health Lifestyles: Bringing Structure Back / William C. Cockerbam 159

9 Social Capital and Health / Lijun Song, Joonmo Son, Nan Lin 184

10 Medicalization, Social Control, and the Relief of Suffering / Joseph E. Davis 211

11 Stress / William R. Avison, Stephanie S. Thomas 242

12 Stress in the Workplace / Johannes Siegrist 268

Part IV Health and Disease 289

13 Emerging Infectious Diseases, Urbanization, and Globalization in the Time of Global Warming / George J. Armeiagos, Kristin N. Harper 291

14 Chronic Illness / Kathy Charmaz, Dana Rosenfeld 312

Part V Health Care Delivery 335

15 Health Professions and Occupations / Elianne Riska 337

16 Challenges to the Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Twenty-First Century / Jennifer Vanderminden, Sharyn J. Potter 355

17 Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Processes of Legitimation, Professionalization, and Cooption / Hans A. Baer 373

18 The American Health Care System: Beginning the Twenty-First Century with High Risk, Major Challenges, and Great Opportunities / Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol A. Bayer 391

19 The British Health Care System / Michael Bury 412

20 The Convergence and Divergence of Modern Health Care Systems / Fred Stevens 434

21 Social Policies and Health Inequalities / , Amľie Quesnel-Vallě, Tania Jenkins 455

Part VI New Developments 485

22 A Sociological Gaze on Bioethics / Kristina Orfali, Raymond G. DeVries 487

23 Medical Sociology and Genetics / Paul A. Martin, Robert Dingwall 511

24 New Developments in Neuroscience and Medical Sociology / Simon I. Williams 530.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781405188685

1405188685

OCLC:

318645761