num_pages: 595
description: This collection of 49 readings offers an integrated analysis of the most important issues regarding health and health care from a critical and sociological perspective. Substantive introductions provide context for the readings. With ten new and two revised essays, the Seventh Edition contains more coverage of key areas such as alternative medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, and the relationship between healthcare and politics.
language: English
title: The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives
titlecomplete: The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives
genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, Read For College, Textbooks
ratings_count: 57
publisher: Worth Publishers