Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition
ISBN-10
0826517226
ISBN-13
9780826517227
Category
Medical
Pages
457
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Authors
Peter Conrad, Stefan Timmermans, Chloe E. Bird

Description

Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by some of the 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

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