Description |
1 online resource (vii, 255 pages): illustrations |
Contents |
The Social Causation of Health and Disease -- Theorizing about Health and Disease -- Health Lifestyles -- The Power of Class -- Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship -- Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables -- Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage -- Health and Social Capital |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-241) and indexes |
Notes |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Diseases -- Social aspects.
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Health -- Social aspects.
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Social medicine.
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Sociology, Medical.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0745680755 (electronic bk.) |
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9780745680750 (electronic bk.) |
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(paperback) |
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