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1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; About the Editors and Authors; Overview; The Disciplines; Anthropology; Demography; Economies; History; Human Geography; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychiatry; Psychology; Social Psychology; Sociology; Cross-Disciplinary Research; The Future; Selected Bibliography; I. Classics; II. Symposia; III. Reviews; IV. Epidemiology; V. Health Services Research; VI. Anthropology; VII. Demography; VIII. Economics; IX. History; X. Human Geography; XI. Philosophy; XII. Political Science; XIII. Psychiatry; XIV. Psychology |
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XV. Social PsychologyXVI. Sociology; XVII. Cross-Disciplinary Research; XVIII. Social Epidemiological Studies That Include Health Care; Part 1 Social, Structural and Demographic Factors; Introduction: Part 1; The Traditional Health Paradigm; The Emergent Paradigm; Notes; References; 1 Demographic Methods and Their Application in the Social and Health Sciences; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Industrialization and Economic Growth: Estimates of Their Effects on the Health of Populations; Overview; Background; Methods; Findings; Conclusions; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV |
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Appendix VNote; References; 3 Institutional Structure and Process in Health Services Innovation: The Reform Strategy of the Neighborhood Health Center Program; Introduction; Purpose of the Paper; The Data; The Strategy and Tactics of Institutional Change; Identificatton of the Problem; Formulation of the Problem; Operationalizing the Problem; Epilogue: Reform Strategy in a Shifting Milieu; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part 2 Sociocultural and Psychobiological Dynamics; Introduction: Part 2; 4 Cultural and Environmental Factors in the Definition and Understanding of Health; Notes; References |
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5 The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Susceptibility to Physical IllnessReferences; 6 Sociocultural and Psychological Aspects of the Utilization of Health Services; Proper Health Care Utilization; Complexities in the Concept of Utilization; Dangers of Aggregating Heterogeneous Utilization Measures; Theories of Health Care Utilization; Decision Points or Stage Models; Sets of Variables"" Models; Limitattons, Possibilities and Alternatives; Sociodemographic Correlates of Physician Visits; Morbidity and Utilization; Awareness of Abnormal Bodily States, ; Illness Attributions |
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Assessments of SymptomsIncome and Utilization; Indices of Access to Care; Subcultural and Ethnic Influences; Lay Referral and Familial Interaction; Knowledge of Illness and Disease; Beliefs, Attitudes and Utilization; Skepticism of Medical Care; Tendency to Adopt the Siok Role; Other Psychosocial Factors in Utilization; Psychological Distress and Utilization; Psychological Distress and the Etiology of Illness; Psychological Distress as a Trigger for Utilization; Psychological Distress and the Search for Services; Physician Response to Psychological Distress; Conclusion; References |
| Summary |
The authors of this book provide a systematic, integrated review and comparison of the contributions of sociology, political science, economics, demography, anthropology, history of science and medicine, psychiatry, and psychology to a number of health-related fields, including epidemiology, health services research, and health policy studies. The book reflects the authors' attitude that multidisciplinary research efforts must be carried out in order to obtain a thorough understanding of the relationship of social science knowledge to health problems |
| Notes |
7 The Bearing of Social Sciences Knowledge on Medical Education and Practice |
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Print version record |
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Social medicine -- Congresses
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Social medicine -- Methodology -- Congresses
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Social sciences -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Social medicine
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Social medicine -- Methodology
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Social sciences
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Brenner, M. Harvey (Meyer Harvey), 1939-
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Mooney, Anne.
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Nagy, Thomas J.
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| ISBN |
9780429706806 |
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0429706804 |
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9780429047565 |
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0429047568 |
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9780429746826 |
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0429746822 |
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9780429726811 |
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0429726813 |
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