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For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing.   Offers a comprehensive overview of the most current issues in medical sociology.   The standard text in the field, this best-selling introduction to medical sociology presents the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings. It contains first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers.  It is based on a worldwide review of the literature and provides the most recent health statistics, data, and studies available while identifying the most important trends and issues.  Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with Pearson eText (at no additional cost). ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205806449 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205806447

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Author:   William C. Cockerham
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   12th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780205054183

ISBN 10:   0205054188
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780205896417
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Medical Sociology Chapter 2: Epidemiology Chapter 3: Social Demography of Health: Social Class Chapter 4: The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race Chapter 5: Social Stress and Health Chapter 6: Health Behavior And Lifestyles Chapter 7: Illness Behavior Chapter 8: The Sick Role Chapter 9: Doctor-Patient Interaction Chapter 10: Healing Options Chapter 11: Physicians Chapter 12: The Physician in a Changing Society Chapter 13: Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives Chapter 14: The Hospital in Society Chapter 15: Health Care REFORM and Social Policy in the United States Chapter 16: Global Health Care COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Contents Preface Part I Introduction 1 Medical Sociology The Development of Medical Sociology Defining Health Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior The Re-emergence of Infectious Diseases Bioethics Summary Suggested Reading Medical Sociology Internet Sites 2 Epidemiology Epidemiological Measures The Development of Epidemiology Disease and Modernization The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease Pandemics: HIV/AIDS and Influenza Summary Suggested Reading Epidemiology Internet Sites 3 Social Demography of Health: Social Class The Components of Social Class Modern Diseases and the Poor Equality of Care and the Social Gradient in Mortality: The British Experience Neighborhood Disadvantage SES as a Fundamental Cause of Sickness and Mortality Summary Suggested Reading Social Class and Health Internet Sites 4 The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race Gender Age Race Summary Suggested Reading Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race Internet Sites Part II Health and Illness 5 Social Stress and Health Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction Durkheim: Functionalism Stress Social Factors and Stress Life Changes Summary Suggested Reading Social Stress Internet Sites 6 Health Behavior And Lifestyles Health Lifestyles Preventive Care Summary Suggested Reading Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites 7 Illness Behavior Self-Care Sociodemographic Variables Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms Summary and Conclusion Suggested Reading Illness Behavior Internet Sites Part III SEEKING HEALTH CARE 8 The Sick Role Illness as Deviance The Functionalist Approach to Deviance The Sick Role Medicalization Criticism of the Sick Role Labeling Theory Sickness as Social Deviance? Being Sick and Disabled Stigma Summary Suggested Reading The Sick Role Internet Sites 9 Doctor-Patient Interaction Models of Interaction Misunderstandings in Communication Communication and Class Background Male Physicians and Women Patients Women Physicians Cultural Differences in Communication Patient Compliance The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology The New Genetics Summary Suggested Reading Doctor-Patient Interaction Internet Sites 10 Healing Options Osteopaths Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Chiropractors Faith Healing and Religion Folk Healing Summary Suggested Reading Healing Options Internet Sites Part IV Providing Health Care 11 Physicians The Professionalization of the Physician The Socialization of the Physician The Power Structure of American Medicine Summary Suggested Reading Physicians Internet Sites 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 Physician-Patient Relationship The Deprofessionalization of Physicians The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice Summary Suggested Reading The Physician in a Changing Society Internet Sites 13 Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives Nursing: Past and Present Nursing: Future Trends Physician Assistants Pharmacists Midwives Summary Suggested Reading Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives Internet Sites 14 The Hospital in Society The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution Hospitals in the United States The Organization of the Nonprofit Community Hospital The Hospital-Patient Role The Rising Cost of Hospitalization Summary Suggested Reading Hospitals Internet Sites Part V Health Care Delivery Systems 15 Health Care REFORM and Social Policy in the United States Rising Costs The Road to Health reform Equity in Health Services Distribution of Services Overview of Health Care Delivery Health Care: A Right or a Privilege? Summary and Conclusion Suggested Reading Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States Internet Sites 16 Global Health Care Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, and Mexico Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia and China Conclusion Suggested Reading Health Care in Other Countries Internet Sites References Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index

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William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also Co-Director of the UAB Center for Social Medicine and holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health. He is the recipient of the UAB Connors Prize in the History of Ideas and the Ireland Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Currently, he is serving as the President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and is on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of fourteen books. His most recent books published by Pearson include Medical Sociology, 12th edition (2012) and the Sociology of Mental Disorder, 8th edition (2010).

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