Hand book of social studies in health and medicine
By: edited by Gary L. Albrecht, Ray Fitzpatrick, Susan C. Scrimshaw.
Contributors: Albrecht, Gary L.; Fitzpatrick, Ray.; Scrimshaw, Susan.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 545
Description: "The Handbook answers the need, expressed by social scientists and health practitioners, for an authoritative, interdisciplinary study which demonstrates the contribution and promise of social science disciplines in the crucial and rapidly changing field of health and medicine. The book will also be of interest to nurses and students in physical therapy, occupational therapy, epidemiology, primary care and public health.

The Handbook signals the coming of age of the social sciences in the arenas of medicine and health studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.