Descript |
x, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Edition |
7th ed. |
Contents |
Pt.1. Perspectives on the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness -- Ch.1. A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness -- Ch.2. The Development of Scientific Medicine -- Pt.2. The Influences of the Social Environment on Health and Illness -- Ch.3. Social Epidemiology -- Ch.4. Society, Disease, and Illness -- Ch.5. Social Stress -- Pt.3. Health and Illness behavior -- Ch.6. Health Behavior -- Ch.7. Experiencing Illness and Disability -- Pt.4. Health Care Practitioners of Medicine -- Ch.9. Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians -- Ch.10. Nurses, Mid-level Health Care Practitioners, and Allied Health Workers -- Ch.11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Ch.12. The Physician-patient Relationship: Background and Models -- Ch.13. Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician-patient Relationship -- Pt.5. The Health Care System -- Ch.14. The Health Care System of the United States -- Ch.15. Health Care Delivery -- Ch.16. The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology -- Ch.17. Comparative Health Care Systems |
ISBN |
9780205828838 |
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0205828833 |
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