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Medical sociology / William C. Cockerham.
Holman Biotech Commons RA418 .C657 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cockerham, William C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 454 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Fifteenth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
- Summary:
- "The most comprehensive textbook available on its topic, this classic book's principal goal has been to introduce students to medical sociology and serve as a reference for faculty. This new edition is heavily revised with updated data and important new additions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION
- 1. Medical Sociology
- The Social Determinants of Health
- The Development of Medical Sociology
- Parsons
- Defining Health
- Contrasting Ideas About Health and Social Behavior
- Modem Medicine and the Regulation of the Body
- The Public's Health
- The Germ Theory of Disease and the Search for "Magic Bullets"
- Return to the "Whole" Person
- The Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
- Summary
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
- 2. Social Epidemiology
- Epidemiological Measures
- The Development of Epidemiology
- Disease and Modernization
- The Complexity of Modem Ills
- Heart Disease
- Obesity
- Pandemics
- HIV/AIDS
- Influenza
- SARS
- MERS
- Ebola
- Zika
- 3. COVID-19
- COVID
- Origin, Transmission, and Spread
- Airborne Transmission and Asymptomatic Individuals
- COVID-19's Initial Impact on Society
- China
- The Middle East and Europe
- India, Africa, and Latin America
- The United States
- Canada
- COVID-19: Social Patterns
- Comorbid Conditions
- Age
- Race
- Gender
- Social Class
- Resolution
- Social Effects
- 4. The Social Demography of Health: Social Class
- The Components of Social Class
- Social Class and Health Disparities
- Equality of Care and the Social Gradient in Mortality: The British Experience
- Neighborhood Disadvantage
- Socioeconomic Status as a Fundamental Cause of Sickness and Mortality
- 5. The Social Demography of Health: Gender
- Male-Female Life Expectancy
- Gender Differences in Morbidity
- The Narrowing Gender Gap in Longevity
- Rural Residence
- Smoking
- Gender and Mental Health
- Gender and LGBTQ Health
- 6. The Social Demography of Health: Age and Race
- Social Trends in Aging and Health
- Life Course Theory
- Race as a Social Construction
- Racism and Health
- The Current Demographic Transition
- Black Americans
- Hispanic Americans
- Native Americans
- Asian Americans
- Race and Mental Health
- pt. II HEALTH AND ILLNESS
- 7. Social Stress and Health
- Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction
- Durkheim: The Larger Society
- Stress and the Body
- Physiological Responses to Stress
- Biomarkers
- Social Factors and Stress
- The Stress Process
- Stress Adaptation
- Stress and the Social Group
- Social Capital
- Stress and Socioeconomic Status
- Life Changes
- Extreme Situations
- Life Events
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- 8. Health Behavior and Lifestyles
- Health Lifestyles: Background
- Weber: Lifestyles
- Bourdieu: Lifestyles
- A Theory of Health Lifestyles
- Health Lifestyles: A Final Note on the Influence of Social Class
- Preventive Care
- 9. Illness Behavior and the Sick Role
- Illness as Deviance
- Self-Care
- Social Networks
- Sociodemographic Variables
- Age and Gender
- Socioeconomic Status
- The Sick Role
- The Physician-Patient Role Relationship
- Criticisms of the Sick Role
- Medicalization/Biomedicalization
- pt. III PROVIDING HEALTH CARE
- 10. Doctor-Patient Interaction
- Models of Interaction
- Misunderstandings in Communication
- Communication and Class Background
- Male Physicians and Female Patients
- Women Physicians
- Cultural Differences in Communication
- Patient Compliance/Adherence
- The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
- Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology
- Internet Medicine
- Telemedicine
- Other Developments
- The New Genetics
- Privacy and Gene Ownership
- Human Cloning
- 11. Physicians
- The Professionalization of the Physician
- The American Medical Association
- The Control of Medical Education
- The Socialization of the Physician
- Osteopaths
- The Social Hierarchy of American Medicine
- The Hospital
- The Clientele
- The Inner Fraternity-Sorority
- 12. The Physician in a Changing Society
- Social Control of Medical Practice
- Countervailing Power
- Government Regulation
- Managed Care
- The Coming of the Corporation
- The Changing Doctor-Patient Relationship
- The Deprofessionalization of Physicians
- The Organization of Medical Practice
- 13. Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives
- Nursing Past and Present
- The Early Development of Nursing as an Occupation
- Florence Nightingale
- Nursing Education
- Nursing Students
- Gender and "the Doctor-Nurse Game"
- Nursing: Future Trends
- Hospital Administration
- The Nurse Practitioner/Clinician
- Physician Assistants
- Pharmacists
- Midwives
- 14. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
- Overview
- Chiropractors
- Religion and Faith Healing
- Folk Healing
- Black Folk Healers
- Curanderismo Healing
- Native American Healing: The Navajo and the Cree
- pt. IV HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- 15. Hospitals
- The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution
- Hospitals as Centers of Religious Practice
- Hospitals as Poorhouses
- Hospitals as Deathhouses
- Hospitals as Centers of Medical Technology
- Hospitals in the United States
- Hospital Ownership
- The Organization of the Non-profit Community Hospital
- The Hospital: Dual Authority
- The Hospital Patient Role
- The Rising Cost of Hospitalization
- 16. Health Care Reform and Health Policy in the United States
- Rising Costs
- The Road to Health Care Reform
- The Emergence of Managed Care
- State Efforts at Health Care Reform
- Enactment of the Affordable Care Act
- Legal Challenges to the Affordable Care Act
- Trump's Health Care Reforms and the Failed Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
- Biden and the Future of Health Care Reform
- Equity in Health Services
- Geographic Distribution of Services
- Overview of Health Care Delivery
- Fee-for-Service Health Care
- Health Care: A Right or a Privilege?
- 17. Global Health Care
- Socialized Medicine: Canada, Britain, and Sweden
- Britain
- Sweden
- Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, and Mexico
- Japan
- Germany
- Mexico
- Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia and China
- Russia
- Conclusion
- References.
- Notes:
- Revised edition of the author's Medical sociology, 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. William McDowell Mastin Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781032067957
- 1032067950
- 9781032067933
- 1032067934
- OCLC:
- 1245958746
- Publisher Number:
- 99989105696
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