Medical sociology
By: William C. Cockerham.
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Social medicine.; Sociology, Medical.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-404) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Medical sociology; value: Epidemiology; value: The social demography of health; value: Social stress; value: Health behavior and lifestyles; value: Illness behavior; value: The sick role; value: Healing options; value: Physicians; value: Doctor-patient interaction; value: The physician in a changing society; value: Nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and midwives; value: Hospitals; value: Health care delivery and social policy in the United States; value: Health care in developed countries; value: Health care in former socialist, socialist, and developing countries.