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Handbook of Medical Sociology

By Peter Conrad , Stefan Timmermans , Chloe E. Bird , Allen M. Fremont

Book information

Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
082651720X, 9780826517203
LCC
RA418 .H29 2010
Open Library ID
OL23945078M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3082385 bytes)
Edition
Sixth Edition
Pages
473\473
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

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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