| Description |
xxiii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part One: Social Factors and Illness 1 CH.1 Introduction 3 CH.2 The Social Sources of Illness 17 CH.3 The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States 55 CH.4 Illness in the Developing Nations 93. Part Two: The Meaning and Experience of Illness 123 CH. 5 The Social Meanings of Illness 125 CH.6 The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness 155 CH.7 The Sociology of Mental Illness 189. Part Three: Health Care Systems and Settings 223 CH.8 The U.S. Health Care System and the Need for Reform 225 CH.9 Alternative Health Care Systems 257 CH.10 Health Care Settings and Technologies 291. Part Four: Health Care Providers and Bioethics 323 CH.11 The Profession of Medicine 325 CH.12 Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care Providers 361 CH.13 Issues in Bioethics 397 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-476) and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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Social medicine -- United States.
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Medical personnel and patient.
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Social control.
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| ISBN |
0495172030 |
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