Social causes of health and disease
By: William C. Cockerham
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Polity Press; Polity
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780745661209; 9780745661193
Subjects: Social aspects; Social medicine; Health; Diseases
Description: In this stimulating book, William C. Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors (such as stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions) have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. This engaging text will be indispensable reading for all students and scholars of medical sociology, especially those with the courage to confront the possibility that society really does make people sick.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-241) and index.