| Description |
xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Medical Sociology -- 2. Epidemiology -- 3. The Social Demography of Health -- 4. Social Stress -- 5. Health Behavior and Lifestyles -- 6. Illness Behavior -- 7. Healing Options -- 8. The Sick Role -- 9. Doctor-Patient Interaction -- 10. Physicians -- 11. The Physician in a Changing Society -- 12. Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives -- 13. Hospitals -- 14. Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States -- 15. Health Care in Developed Countries -- 16. Health Care in Former Socialist, Socialist, and Developing Countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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| LC no. |
00062322 |
| ISBN |
0130165573 |
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