Issues in Health and Health Care Related to Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, SES and Gender -

Issues in Health and Health Care Related to Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, SES and Gender

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
296 Seiten
2012
Emerald Group Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-78190-124-3 (ISBN)
227,15 inkl. MwSt
The 30th Anniversary volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care looks at the important links between major social factors and health and health care. The four main factors analysed in the book are race/ethnicity, immigration, Socioeconomic Status (SES) and gender.
The 30th Anniversary volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care looks at the important links between major social factors and health and health care. The four main factors examined in the book are race/ethnicity, immigration, Socioeconomic Status (SES) and gender. Starting with an introductory chapter which reviews some of the important sociological literature on these social factors as linked to health, the book goes on to cover various key issues, including obesity, ageing, immigration and racial segregation.

List of Contributors.
Health Care System Issues and Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, SES and Gender as Sociological Issues Linking to Health and Health Care.
Obesity in Mexican-American Adults: Interplay of Immigrant Generation, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status.
Delayed Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: A Health Narratives Approach.
Views of Japanese Immigrant Women about Care as they Age.
Two Sides of the Potomac: A Qualitative Exploration of Immigrant Families’ Health Care Experiences in Virginia and Washington, DC.
Ethnicity and the use of “Accepted” and “Rejected” Complementary/Alternative Medical Therapies in Canada: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey.
Racial Residential Segregation and Access to Health-Care Coverage: A Multilevel Analysis.
Gendering Affective Disorders in Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements.
“More than Boobs and Ovaries”: BRCA Positive Young Women and the Negotiation of Medicalization in an Online Message Board.
Close-Calls that Older Homebound Women Handled without Help While Alone at Home.
Countervailing Influences of Black and Women Legislators on State Age Friendliness.
Intersectional Identities and Worker Experiences in Home Health Care: The National Home Health Aide Survey.
Issues in Health and Health Care Related to Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, SES and Gender.
Research in the sociology of health care.
Research in the sociology of health care.
Copyright page.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.9.2012
Reihe/Serie Research in the Sociology of Health Care
Verlagsort Bingley
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 567 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-78190-124-4 / 1781901244
ISBN-13 978-1-78190-124-3 / 9781781901243
Zustand Neuware
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