The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care: A Critical Approach

The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care: A Critical Approach
ISBN-10
1305664175
ISBN-13
9781305664173
Series
The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care
Category
Science
Pages
448
Language
English
Published
2015-05-01
Publisher
Wadsworth Publishing
Author
Rose Weitz

Description

Extremely reader friendly and completely up to date, THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND HEALTH CARE: A CRITICAL APPROACH, 6e delivers a comprehensive, cutting-edge overview and challenges readers to question previously held beliefs about health and illness. Dr. Weitz's thorough discussions of health and medicine emphasize the effects of power and how social forces create illness, affect our ideas about the meaning of illness and disability, structure health care institutions, and impact the work and social position of health care workers. While the text focuses on health within the United States, it also examines global health care issues.

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