Medical Sociology

Medical Sociology
ISBN-10
1317211715
ISBN-13
9781317211716
Series
Medical Sociology
Category
Social Science
Pages
436
Language
English
Published
2017-04-21
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
William C. Cockerham

Description

The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. A much greater number of first person accounts and updated examples are added to the new fourteenth edition. Other updates include: • Coverage of Zika, Ebola, MERS, and updates on other pandemics • Expanded discussion of obesity as a disease • Coverage of the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor • New information on the decline of life expectancy among American white women, especially those who live in rural counties • New material on biomarkers, gene–environment interaction, and stress • Analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum in medical schools • Exiting the Affordable Care Act

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