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- Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Vanderbilt University Press
summary
Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by many outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness. In addition to updated and reconceived chapters on the impacts of gender, race, and inequality on health, this volume has new chapters on topics that include:
social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital
disability
dying and "the right to die"
health disparities
the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry
the Internet
evidence-based medicine and quality of care
health social movements
genetics
religion, spirituality, and health
social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital
disability
dying and "the right to die"
health disparities
the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry
the Internet
evidence-based medicine and quality of care
health social movements
genetics
religion, spirituality, and health
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- pp. vii-xiii
- Part I. Social Contexts and Health Disparities
- 2. Social Capital and Health
- pp. 18-32
- Part II. Health Trajectories and Experiences
- 10. The Patient's Experience of Illness
- pp. 163-178
- 13. Death, Dying, and the Right to Die
- pp. 210-225
- Part III. Health-Care Organization, Delivery, and Impact
- 14. Gender and Health Care
- pp. 229-248
- Part IV. Crosscutting Issues
- Contributors
- pp. 447-448
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826517227
Related ISBN(s)
9780826517203, 9780826517210
MARC Record
OCLC
719387793
Pages
512
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No