Healthcare systems & reform / the editors of Salem Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Press, Editors of Salem.

Editors of Salem Press, Corporate Author.

Series:

Sociology Reference Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Medical care.

Health care reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 110 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ipswich : Salem Press, 2014.

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume offers an introductory overview of sociology as it applies to health and medicine across the world.

Contents:

""Sociology Reference Guide: Healthcare Systems & Reform""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Globalization & Health Care""; ""Health & Economic Development""; ""Health & Medicine in Modern Society""; ""The U.S. Healthcare System""; ""The U.S. Health Insurance System""; ""Medicare & Medicaid""; ""Access to Health Care in the U.S.""; ""Health & Medicine: Feminist Perspectives""; ""Health Care by Age, Gender & Class""; ""Health Care Reform in the U.S.""; ""The Medical Industrial Complex""; ""Social-Conflict Analysis of Health & Medicine""

""A Structural-Functional Analysis of Health & Medicine""""Symbolic Interactionist Analysis of Health & Medicine""; ""Social Epidemiology""; ""Implications of Genetic Technology""; ""The Politics of Health & Health Activism""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781429834704

1429834706

OCLC:

883331225