Medical Sociology

IN THIS SECTION:

1.) BRIEF

2.) COMPREHENSIVE

 

 

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

PART I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Medical Sociology   

Chapter 2: Epidemiology    

Chapter 3: The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race    
Chapter 4: Social Demography of Health: Social Class


 

PART II: HEALTH AND ILLNESS

Chapter 5: Social Stress and health     

Chapter 6: Health Behavior And Lifestyles    

Chapter 7: Illness Behavior    

 

PART III: COPING WITH ILLNESS

Chapter 8: The Sick Role     

Chapter 9: Doctor–Patient Interaction    

Chapter 10: Healing Options    


 

PART IV: PROVIDING HEALTH CARE

Chapter 11: Physicians    

Chapter 12: The Physician in a Changing Society    
Chapter 13: Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives    
Chapter 14: The Hospital in Society

    
PART V: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Chapter 15: Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States      

Chapter 16: Health Care in Different Countries    


    

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COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:


PART I: INTRODUCTION


Chapter 1 Medical Sociology   

            The Development of Medical Sociology    
            Defining Health    
            Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior    
            The Re-emergence of Infectious Diseases     
            Bioethics
            Summary    
            Suggested Reading
            Medical Sociology Internet Sites   


 

Chapter 2 Epidemiology    
            Epidemiological Measures    
            The Development of Epidemiology     
            The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease    
            Disease and Modernization    
            HIV/AIDS    
            Summary    
            Suggested Reading
            Epidemiology Internet Sites   

 

Chapter 3 The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race    
            Gender
            Age        
            Race    
            Summary    
            Suggested Reading
            Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race Internet Sites  

Chapter 4 Social Demography of Health: Social Class
            The Components of Social Class

            Modern Diseases and the Poor
            Equality of Care and the Social Gradient in Mortality: The British Experience


            Neighborhood Disadvantage

            SES as a Fundamental Cause of Sickness and Mortality   


            Summary

            Suggested Reading

            Social Class and Health Internet Sites

PART II: HEALTH AND ILLNESS

Chapter 5 Social Stress and health    
            Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction    
            Durkheim: Functionalism    
            Stress    
            Social Factors and Stress   

            Life Changes
            Summary  


            Suggested Reading
            Social Stress Internet Sites  





Chapter 6 Health Behavior And Lifestyles    
            Health Lifestyles    
            Preventive Care    
            Summary    
            Suggested Reading
            Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites  





Chapter 7 Illness Behavior    
            Self-Care    
            Sociodemographic Variables   
            Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms    
            Summary and Conclusion    
            Suggested Reading
            Illness Behavior Internet Sites   

PART III: COPING WITH ILLNESS

Chapter 8 The Sick Role     

            Illness as Deviance    
            The Functionalist Approach to Deviance    
            The Sick Role    
            Medicalization   
            Criticism of the Sick Role   
            Labeling Theory    
            Sickness as Social Deviance?    
            Being Sick and Disabled   
            Stigma    
            Summary    
            Suggested Reading

            The Sick Role Internet Sites   


 

Chapter 9 Doctor–Patient Interaction    
            Models of Interaction    
            Misunderstandings in Communication    
            Communication and Class Background    
            Male Physicians and Women Patients    
            Women Physicians    
            Cultural Differences in Communication    
            Patient Compliance   
            The Future of Doctor–Patient Relations    
            Doctor–Patient Relations and New Technology    
            The New Genetics    
            Summary   
            Suggested Reading 
            Doctor–Patient Interaction Internet Sites   


 

Chapter 10 Healing Options    
            Osteopaths    
            Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)    
            Chiropractors    
            Faith Healers    
            Folk Healers   
            Summary   
            Suggested Reading
            Healing Options Internet Sites   

PART IV: PROVIDING HEALTH CARE
Chapter 11 Physicians    
    The Professionalization of the Physician  
    The Socialization of the Physician   
    The Power Structure of American Medicine   
    Summary   
    Suggested Reading
    Physicians Internet Sites    
 

Chapter 12 The Physician in a Changing Society    
    Social Control of Medical Practice   
    Countervailing Power   
    Government Regulation   
    Managed Care   
    The Coming of the Corporation  
    The Changing Physician–Patient Relationship   
    The Deprofessionalization of Physicians   
    The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice   
    Summary   

    Suggested Reading
    The Physician in a Changing Society Internet Sites


  
Chapter 13 Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives    
    Nursing: Past and Present   
    Nursing: Future Trends   
    Physician Assistants   
    Pharmacists   
    Midwives  
    Summary       

    Suggested Reading
    Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives Internet Sites    


Chapter 14 The Hospital in Society    
    The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution   
    Hospitals in the United States   
    The Organization of the Nonprofit Community Hospital   
    The Hospital–Patient Role   
    The Rising Cost of Hospitalization  
    Summary   
    Suggested Reading
    Hospitals Internet Sites   

PART V: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS

Chapter 15 Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States    
    Rising Costs   
    Equity in Health Services  
    Distribution of Services   
    Overview of Health Care Delivery   
    Social Legislation in Health Care   
    Health Reform   
    Health Care: A Right or a Privilege?   
    Summary and Conclusion   
    Suggested Reading
    Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States Internet Sites   


 

Chapter 16 Health Care in Different Countries    
    Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden   
    Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, and Mexico
    Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia and China   
    Conclusion  
    Suggested Reading
    Health Care in Different Countries Internet Sites  

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