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OverviewA collection of papers that challenge the conventional analyses of the problems facing health, medicine and medical care in Western societies in general, and North America in particular. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vicente NavarroPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9780415785556ISBN 10: 0415785553 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 07 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface PART 1: The Definition of Health and Medicine The Social Nature of the Definition of Health Sander Kelman Functionalism and After? Theory and Developments in Social Science Applied to the Health Field Ronald Frankenberg The Industrialization of Fetishism or the Fetishism of Industrialization—A Critique of Ivan Illich Vicente Navarro PART 2: The Political Economy of Health Care Health Care in the United States: Who Pays? Thomas S. Bodenheimer Capitalizing on Illness: The Health Insurance Industry Thomas Bodenheimer, Steven Cummings, and Elizabeth Harding The Political Economy of Medical Care—An Explanation of the Composition, Nature, and Functions of the Present Health Sector of the United States Vicente Navarro PART 3: The Political Sociology of Gender and Functions Women and Health Care: A Comparison of Theories Elizabeth Fee PART 4: The Political Sociology of the State Intervention On the Structural Constraints to State Intervention in Health Marc RenaudReviewsAuthor InformationVicente Narraro Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |