ISBN:
9780133803877
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (465 p)
Edition:
8th ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness
DDC:
306.461
Keywords:
Social medicine ; United States..
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Medical ethics ; United States..
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Medical care ; United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness -- Definition of Medical Sociology -- Historical Development of Medical Sociology -- Sociology's Contribution to Understanding Health, Healing, And Illness -- The Role of the Medical Sociologist in the Twenty-First Century -- Summary -- Health on the Internet -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter Two The Development of Scientific Medicine -- A Brief History of Medicine -- Early Humans -- The Egyptian Civilization -- Greek and Roman Societies -- The Medieval Era -- Medicine in the Renaissance -- Medicine From 1600 to 1900 -- The Ascendancy of Medical Authority in America -- Perspectives on the Ascendancy of Medical Authority -- Summary -- Health on the Internet -- Discussion Question -- References -- Chapter Three Social Epidemiology -- The Work of the Epidemiologist -- The Epidemiological Transition -- Life Expectancy and Mortality -- Infant Mortality -- Maternal Mortality -- Morbidity -- Disability -- Summary -- Health on the Internet -- Discussion Cases -- References -- Chapter Four Society, Disease, and Illness -- The Social Etiology of Disease -- The Interrelationship of Proximate Risk Factors and Fundamental Causes: The Case of Developing Countries -- The Influence of Genetic Transmission on Disease and Illness -- Cardiovascular Diseases -- Cancer -- HIV/AIDS -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Mental Illness -- Summary -- Health on the Internet -- Discussion Case -- References -- Chapter Five Social Stress -- Definition of Stress -- Historical Development of the Stress Concept -- A Model of Social Stress -- Stressors -- Appraisal of Stressors -- Mediators of Stress: Coping and Social Support -- Stress Outcomes.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter One A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness""; ""Definition of Medical Sociology""; ""Historical Development of Medical Sociology""; ""Sociology's Contribution to Understanding Health, Healing, And Illness""; ""The Role of the Medical Sociologist in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Summary""; ""Health on the Internet""; ""Discussion Questions""; ""References""; ""Chapter Two The Development of Scientific Medicine""; ""A Brief History of Medicine""; ""Early Humans""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The Egyptian Civilization""""Greek and Roman Societies""; ""The Medieval Era""; ""Medicine in the Renaissance""; ""Medicine From 1600 to 1900""; ""The Ascendancy of Medical Authority in America""; ""Perspectives on the Ascendancy of Medical Authority""; ""Summary""; ""Health on the Internet""; ""Discussion Question""; ""References""; ""Chapter Three Social Epidemiology""; ""The Work of the Epidemiologist""; ""The Epidemiological Transition""; ""Life Expectancy and Mortality""; ""Infant Mortality""; ""Maternal Mortality""; ""Morbidity""; ""Disability""; ""Summary""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Health on the Internet""""Discussion Cases""; ""References""; ""Chapter Four Society, Disease, and Illness""; ""The Social Etiology of Disease""; ""The Interrelationship of Proximate Risk Factors and Fundamental Causes: The Case of Developing Countries""; ""The Influence of Genetic Transmission on Disease and Illness""; ""Cardiovascular Diseases""; ""Cancer""; ""HIV/AIDS""; ""Alzheimer's Disease""; ""Mental Illness""; ""Summary""; ""Health on the Internet""; ""Discussion Case""; ""References""; ""Chapter Five Social Stress""; ""Definition of Stress""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Historical Development of the Stress Concept""""A Model of Social Stress""; ""Stressors""; ""Appraisal of Stressors""; ""Mediators of Stress: Coping and Social Support""; ""Stress Outcomes""; ""The Role of Social Class, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Gender in Social Stress""; ""Summary""; ""Health on the Internet""; ""Discussion Case""; ""References""; ""Chapter Six Health Behavior""; ""The Concept of Health""; ""Health Behavior""; ""Describing Individual Health Behaviors""; ""Explaining Health Behavior""; ""Summary""; ""Health on the Internet""; ""Discussion Cases""; ""References""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Chapter Seven Experiencing Illness and Disability""""Stages of Illness Experience""; ""Stage 1: Symptom Experience""; ""Stage 2: Assumption of the Sick Role; Illness as Deviance""; ""Stage 3: Medical Care Contact/Self-Care""; ""Stage 4: Dependent-Patient Role""; ""Stage 5: Recovery and Rehabilitation""; ""Experiencing Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability""; ""Summary""; ""Health on the Internet""; ""Discussion Questions""; ""References""; ""Chapter Eight Physicians and the Profession of Medicine""; ""The Profession of Medicine""; ""The Social Control of Medicine""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The Number, Composition, and Distribution of Physicians in the United States""
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