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Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing: A Blueprint for the 21st Century

By Bernice A. Pescosolido (auth.) , Bernice A. Pescosolido , Jack K. Martin , Jane D. McLeod , Anne Rogers (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2011
ISBN
1441972595, 9781441972590, 9781441972613
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-7261-3
Open Library ID
OL25140843M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6756459 bytes)
Series
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Edition
1
Pages
571\584
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Sociology; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen

Description

The Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness & Healing advances the understanding of medical sociology by identifying the most important contemporary challenges to the field and suggesting directions for future inquiry. The editors provide a blueprint for guiding research and teaching agendas for the first quarter of the 21st century. In a series of essays, this volume offers a systematic view of the critical questions that face our understanding of the role of social forces in health, illness and healing. It also provides an overall theoretical framework and asks medical sociologists to consider the implications of taking on new directions and approaches. Such issues may include the importance of multiple levels of influences, the utility of dynamic, life course approaches, the role of culture, the impact of social networks, the importance of fundamental causes approaches, and the influences of state structures and policy making.

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