Medical sociology
By: William C. Cockerham
Edition: 12th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780205054183
Subjects: Medical Sociology; Social medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Medical sociology; title: Epidemiology; title: Social demography of health : social class; title: The social demography of health : gender, age, and race; title: Social stress and health; title: Health behavior and lifestyles; title: Illness behavior; title: The sick role; title: Doctor-patient interaction; title: Healing options; title: Physicians; title: The physician in a changing society; title: Nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and midwives; title: The hospital in society; title: Health care reform and social policy in the United States; title: Global health care.