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Medical Sociology by William C. Cockerham (2017, Trade Paperback)

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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.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-10113866832X

ISBN-139781138668324

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038802016

Product Key Features

Number of Pages436 Pages

Publication NameMedical Sociology

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectSociology / General, Disease & Health Issues

TypeTextbook

AuthorWilliam C. Cockerham

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight32.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number14

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2016-043209

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.1

Table Of ContentCONTENTS Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Medical Sociology 2 Epidemiology 3 The Social Demography of Health: Social Class 4 The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race PART II HEALTH AND ILLNESS 5 Social Stress and Health 6 Health Behavior and Lifestyles 7 Illness Behavior 162 PART III SEEKING HEALTH CARE 8 The Sick Role 9 Doctor-Patient Interaction PART IV PROVIDING HEALTH CARE 10 Physicians 11 The Physician in a Changing Society 12 Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives 13 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) PART V HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS 14 Hospitals 15 Health Care Reform and Health Policy in the United States 16 Global Health Care

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

SynopsisThe 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, 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

LC Classification NumberRA418.C657 2017