Health and Medical Care in the U.S.: A Critical Analysis

Author:   Vicente Navarro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415785556


Pages:   158
Publication Date:   07 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Health and Medical Care in the U.S.: A Critical Analysis


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A 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.

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Author:   Vicente Navarro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415785556


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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Preface 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 Renaud

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