The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness - Gregory Weiss

The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

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Buch | Softcover
520 Seiten
2017 | 9th New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-64773-2 (ISBN)
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With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice, this leading textbook has been widely acclaimed by teachers as the most accessible of any available.


It introduces and integrates recent research in medical sociology and emphasizes the importance of race, class, gender throughout.





This new edition leads students through the complexities of the evolving Affordable Care Act. It significantly expands coverage of medical technology, end-of-life issues, and alternative and complementary health care—topics students typically debate in the classroom.  Many new textboxes and enhancements in pedagogy grace this new edition, which is essential in the fast-changing area of health care.





New to this Edition





*More textboxes relating the social aspects of medicine to students' lives


*Expanded coverage leading students through the complex impacts of the ACA and health care reform 


*Expanded coverage of medical technology, end-of-life issues, and alternative and complementary health care 


*'Health and the Internet' sections updated and renovated toward student assignments 


*New, end of chapter lists of terms


*Updated test bank

Gregory L. Weiss earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University and is now Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Roanoke College. During his career, he has been an honored teacher [winning numerous college, statewide, regional (SSS), and national (ASA’s Section on Teaching and Learning)] awards, a dedicated researcher and writer (author of Grass Roots Medicine and co-author of Experiencing Social Research and the ASA publication on Creating an Effective Sociology Assessment Program as well as dozens of scholarly articles), and active in the community in a variety of health- and animal-related organizations. Lynne E. Lonnquist also earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University. She has taught at a variety of institutions including Mary Baldwin College (where she also served as Professor of Sociology and Director of the Adult Degree Program) and at Roanoke College. Recently, she has served as a mental health educator and counselor as well as Director of the Center for Growth and Well Being in Roanoke, Virginia. She has been active in numerous local, state, regional, and national sociological and mental health organizations.

CHAPTER ONE


A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, HEALING, AND ILLNESS





CHAPTER TWO


THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE





 


CHAPTER THREE


SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY





 


CHAPTER FOUR


SOCIETY, DISEASE, AND ILLNESS





 


CHAPTER FIVE


SOCIAL STRESS





 


CHAPTER SIX


HEALTH BEHAVIOR





 


 


 


CHAPTER SEVEN


EXPERIENCING ILLNESS AND DISABILITY





 


CHAPTER EIGHT


PHYSICIANS AND THE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE








CHAPTER NINE


MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE SOCIALIZATION OF PHYSICIANS





 


CHAPTER TEN


NURSES, ADVANCE PRACTICE PROVIDERS, AND ALLIED HEALTH WORKERS





 


 


CHAPTER ELEVEN


COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE





 


CHAPTER TWELVE


THE PHYSICIAN–PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: BACKGROUND AND MODELS





 


 


 


CHAPTER THIRTEEN


PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF PHYSICIANS IN THE PHYSICIAN–PATIENT RELATIONSHIP





 


CHAPTER FOURTEEN


THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES





 


CHAPTER FIFTEEN


HEALTH CARE DELIVERY





 


CHAPTER SIXTEEN


THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY





 


CHAPTER SEVENTEEN


COMPARATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 14 Line drawings, black and white; 53 Halftones, black and white; 31 Tables, black and white; 67 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 862 g
Themenwelt Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-64773-X / 113864773X
ISBN-13 978-1-138-64773-2 / 9781138647732
Zustand Neuware
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