| Description |
xii, 383 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Medical Sociology -- 2. Epidemiology -- 3. The Social Demography of Health -- 4. Social Stress -- 5. Health Behavior -- 6. Illness Behavior -- 7. Healing Options in American Society -- 8. The Sick Role -- 9. Doctor-Patient Interaction -- 10. Physicians -- 11. Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Midwives -- 12. Hospitals -- 13. The Physician in a Changing Society -- 14. Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States -- 15. Health Care in First World and Formerly Socialist Countries -- 16. Health Care in Other Countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-370) and indexes |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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| LC no. |
94021970 |
| ISBN |
0130633224 |
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