Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals

Dr. Brian P. Hinote is an Associate Professor and Administrative Fellow at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In addition to clinical and research experience in areas as diverse as pediatrics, neurology, and cell biology, Dr. Hinote’s interdisciplinary work appears in multiple books and peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences, nursing, and medicine. With previous research stretching across multiple continents, his most recent work focuses on the various ways that social and behavioral science perspectives intersect and inform health care delivery and policy, clinical practice, and the work of various health professions. As a researcher and experienced educator, Dr. Hinote possesses valuable expertise working with students in various health fields, as well as health professionals already in the workforce. Dr. Jason Adam Wasserman is Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine where he serves as course director for Medical Humanities and Clinical Bioethics. He also teaches a variety of courses in bioethics and medical sociology and serves as Faculty Advisor on Professionalism. His scholarly work has focused moral reasoning patterns in clinical ethics, the medicalization of homelessness, the sociological impacts of the epidemiological transition on medicine, and the influences of neighborhood infrastructures and community networks on health outcomes among the urban poor. His 2010 book, At Home on the Street, explored sociological phenomena surrounding street homelessness and was awarded honorable mention for the Annual Book Award from the Association for Humanist Sociology. He also co-directed a documentary film entitled American Refugees: Homelessness in Four Movements (2011).

Part I. Foundations of Social Science and Health

Chapter 1. Introduction to Health and the Sociological Imagination

Chapter 2. The Shifting Landscape of Health and Medicine: Past, Present, and Future

Chapter3. The Logic and Methods of Empirical Research


Part II.Social Epidemiology and Determinants of Health

Chapter 4. Social Class and Health

Chapter5. A Matrix of Health Inequalities

Chapter 6. Health Behavior and Lifestyles


Part III. Social Science in Clinical Practice

Chapter 7.Power, Medicalization, and Clinical Practice

Chapter 8. The Illness Experiences of Patients and Families

Chapter 9. The Social Dynamics of Clinical Communication

Chapter 10. Health Professions and Interprofessional Teamwork

Chapter 11. Bioethics, Social Science, and Clinical Practice


Part IV. Health Systems and Policy

Chapter 12. Health Care Systems and Policy

Chapter 13. Conclusion