TY - BOOK AU - Barkan,Steven E. TI - Health, illness, and society: an introduction to medical sociology SN - 9781538177648 AV - RA418 .B37 2023 U1 - 362.1 23/eng/20230124 PY - 2023/// CY - Lanham Maryland: PB - The Rowman & Little Publishing Group, KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Social Determinants of Health KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Sociological Factors KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sociology and the Study of Health and Illness -- A Social History of Health and Illness -- Health Behavior -- Illness Behavior and the Illness Experience -- Social Causes of Health and Health Problems -- Global Disparities in Health and Disease -- Medical School and the Training of Physicians -- Physicians and Their Interaction with Patients -- Other Health Care Providers : Conventional and Alternative -- Hospitals and Other Health Care Settings -- Health and Health Care in the World's Wealthy Democracies -- The U.S. Health Care System -- Health Care Reform: Obamacare and Beyond -- The COVID-19 Pandemic N2 - "Concisely integrates recent research with the social determinants of health to provide a comprehensive introduction to medical sociology"-- ER -