Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

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HANDBOOK OF MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Sixth Edition Chloe e.Bird, Peter Conrad, allen M.FreMont, and SteFantiMMerManS editorS Vanderbilt University Press Nashville © 2010 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved First printing 2010 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of medical sociology. — 6th ed. / edited by Chloe E. Bird . . . [et al.]. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8265-1720-3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8265-1721-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Social medicine—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Bird, Chloe E. [DNLM: 1. Social Medicine. 2. Sociology, Medical. WA 31 H236 2010] RA418.H29 2010 362.1—dc22 2009047976 ...