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Health, illness, and society : an introduction to medical sociology / Steven E. Barkan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham Maryland: The Rowman & Little Publishing Group, 2023.Edition: Updated second editionDescription: xiv, 368p.: ill.; 26cmISBN:
  • 9781538177648
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Health, illness, and societyDDC classification:
  • 362.1 23/eng/20230124
LOC classification:
  • RA418 .B37 2023
NLM classification:
  • W 84 AA1
Contents:
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.
Summary: "Concisely integrates recent research with the social determinants of health to provide a comprehensive introduction to medical sociology"--
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Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u Campus General Stacks RA418 .B37 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Z012445

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.

"Concisely integrates recent research with the social determinants of health to provide a comprehensive introduction to medical sociology"--

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