| Description |
xiii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to sociology |
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Blackwell companions to sociology.
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| Contents |
1. Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory / William C. Cockerham -- 2. Health and Culture / Stella Quah -- 3. The Sociology of the Body / Sarah Nettleton -- 4. Health and Social Stratification / Eero Lahelma -- 5. From Women's Health to a Gender Analysis of Health / Sara Arber and Hilary Thomas -- 6. Work Stress and Health / Johannes Siegrist -- 7. Migration, Health, and Stress / Judith T. Shuval -- 8. Health Professions and Occupations / Elianne Riska -- 9. The Convergence and Divergence of Modern Health Care Systems / Fred Stevens -- 10. The American Health Care System: Entering the Twenty-first Century with High Risk, Major Challenges, and Great Opportunities / Bernice A. Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer -- 11. The Evolution of Health Care in Canada: Toward Community or Corporate Control? / B. Singh Bolaria and Harley D. Dickinson -- 12. Medical Sociology in Mexico / Roberto Castro -- 13. Social Science and Health in Brazil / Everardo Duarte Nunes -- 14. Medical Sociology in Great Britain / Ellen Annandale and David Field -- 15. The French Paradoxes / Kristina Orfali -- 16. Medical Sociology in Germany / Olaf von dem Knesebeck and Johannes Siegrist -- 17. Society, Health, and Health Care in Sweden / Orjan Hemstrom -- 18. The Russian Health Care Experiment: Transition of the Health Care System and Rethinking the Sociology of Medicine / Elena Dmitrieva -- 19. In and Out of Communism: The Macrosocial Context of Health in Poland / Nina Ostrowska -- 20. Transformation of the Health Care System in the Czech Republic - A Sociological Perspective / Hana Janeckova -- 21. Health and Health Care in South Africa Against an African Background / H. C. J. van Rensburg and Charles Ngwena -- 22. Health, Health Care, and Medical Education in the Arab World / Eugene Gallagher -- 23. Health and Health Care in Israel / Ofra Anson -- 24. Medicine and Health Care in Australia / Deborah Lupton -- 25. Health, Illness, and Health Policy in Japan / Masahira Anesaki and Tsunetsugu Munakata -- 26. The Great Reversal: Transformation of Health Care in the People's Republic of China / Meei-shia Chen |
| Summary |
The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is a comprehensive collection of twenty-six original essays by leading medical sociologists. The articles are organized both topically and by region to provide thorough coverage of the concerns, issues, and future directions of the discipline. [from publisher's advertisement] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Blackwell Reference Online |
| Subject |
Social medicine -- Miscellanea.
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Social medicine.
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Public health.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Author |
Cockerham, William C.
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| LC no. |
00033714 |
| ISBN |
0631217037 : |
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1405122668 paperback |
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