The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

IN THIS SECTION:

1.) BRIEF

2.) COMPREHENSIVE

 

 



BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

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, Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners, 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

  

 

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Preface

 

PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, HEALING, AND ILLNESS

 

CHAPTER ONE: A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

Definition of Medical Sociology

Historical Development of Medical Sociology

Sociology's Contribution to Understanding Health,Healing, and Illness

The Role of the Medical Sociologist in the Twenty-First Century

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Question

References

 

CHAPTER TWO: The Development of Scientific Medicine

A Brief History of Medicine

Early Humans

The Egyptian Civilization

Greek and Roman Societies

The Medieval Era

Medicine in the Renaissance

Medicine from 1600 to 1900

The Ascendancy of Medical Authority in America

Perspectives on the Ascendancy of Medical Authority

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Question

References

 

 

PART II : THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS

 

CHAPTER THREE: Social Epidemiology

The Work of the Epidemiologist

The Epidemiological Transition

Life Expectancy and Mortality

Infant Mortality

Maternal Mortality

Morbidity

Disability

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER FOUR: Society, Disease, and Illness

The Interrelationship of Fundamental Causes and Proximate Risk Factors: The Case of Developing Countries

The Influence of Genetic Transmission on Disease and Illness

Cardiovascular Diseases

Cancer

HIV/AIDS

Alzheimer's Disease

Mental Illness

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER FIVE: Social Stress

Definition of Stress

Historical Development of the Stress Concept

A Model of Social Stress

Stressors

Appraisal of Stressors

Mediators of Stress: Coping and Social Support

Stress Outcomes

The Role of Social Class, Race, and Gender in Social Stress

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

 

PART III : HEALTH AND ILLNESS BEHAVIOR

CHAPTER SIX: Health Behavior

The Concept of Health

Health Behavior

Describing Individual Health Behaviors

Explaining Health Behavior

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Cases

References

 

CHAPTER SEVEN: Experiencing Illness and Disability

Stages of Illness Experience

Stage 1: Symptom Experience

Stage 2: Assumption of the Sick Role; Illness as Deviance

Stage 3: Medical Care Contact/Self-Care

Stage 4: Dependent-Patient Role

Stage 5: Recovery and Rehabilitation Experiencing Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Question

References

 

PART IV: HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENTS

CHAPTER EIGHT: Physicians and the Profession of Medicine

The Profession of Medicine

The Social Control of Medicine

The Number, Composition, and Distribution of Physicians in the United States

Female Physicians

Physician Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction

Physician Impairment: Stresses and Strains of the Physician Role

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER NINE: Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians

The History of Medical Education

Modern Medical Education

The Medical School Experience: Attitude and Value Acquisition

The Medical School Experience: Stress

The Medical School Experience: Career Choices

Future Directions in U.S. Medical Education

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER TEN: Nurses, Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners, and Allied Health Workers

Evolution of Nonphysician Health Care Practitioners

Nurses and the Field of Nursing

MidLevel Health Care Practitioners

Allied Health Workers

The Health Care Team

Relationships among Health Care Workers

The Changing Environment among Health Care Workers

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Question

References

 

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The Meaning of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Scientific Medicine and Alternative Healing

Complementary and Alternative Healers

Chiropractic

Acupuncture

Spiritual Healing and Christian Science

Ethnic Folk Healing

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER TWELVE: The Physician-Patient Relationship: Background and Models

Models of the PhysicianPatient Relationship

Key Dimensions of the PhysicianPatient Relationship

The Influence of Social Class, Race, and Symptomology   on the PhysicianPatient Relationship

The Influence of Gender on the PhysicianPatient Relationship

Patient Satisfaction with Physicians

Patient Compliance with Medical Regimens

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician-Patient Relationship

Truthtelling as an Issue

Confidentiality as an Issue

Obligation to Treat AIDS Patients

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Cases

References

 

PART V : THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

 

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Health Care System of the United States

Rating the United States Health Care System

The United States Health Care System

Health Care Expenditures

Financing Health Care

Explanations for Rapidly Increasing Health Care Costs

America's Uninsured Population

Cost Containment: Limited Prospective Budgeting, Rationing, and Managed Care

The Politics of Health Care Reform Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Cases

References

 

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Health Care Delivery

The Emergence of Freestanding Ambulatory Care Sites

The Flourishing of Managed Care Systems: HMOs and PPOs

Emergence of the Modern Hospital

Home Health Care

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology

Health Care Technology

The Right to Refuse or Demand Advanced Health Care Technology

Organ Donation and Transplantation

New Reproductive Technologies

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Case

References

 

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Comparative Health Care Systems

Major Influences on Health Care Systems

Health Care Services in Developing and Industrialized Countries

Types of Health Care Systems

China

Russia

Canada

Great Britain

Common Challenges to Health Care Systems Around

The World

Summary

Health on the Internet

Key Concepts and Terms

Discussion Questions

References

 

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