The sociology of health, healing, and illness
By: Gregory L. Weiss, Lynne E. Lonnquist.
Contributors: Lonnquist, Lynne E.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Social medicine -- United States.; Medical ethics -- United States.; Medical care -- United States.; Sociology, Medical -- United States.; Ethics, Medical -- United States.; Delivery of Health Care -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: A brief introduction to the sociology of health, healing, and illness; title: The development of scientific medicine; title: Social epidemiology; title: Society, disease, and illness; title: Social stress; title: Health behavior; title: Experiencing illness and disability; title: Physicians and the profession of medicine; title: Medical education and the socialization of physicians; title: Nurses, mid-level health care practitioners, and allied health workers; title: Complementary and alternative medicine; title: The physician-patient relationship: background and models; title: Professional and ethical obligations of physicians in the physician-patient relationship; title: The health care system of the united states; title: Health care delivery; title: The social implications of advanced health care technology; title: Comparative health care systems.