Handbook of Medical Sociology Book collections on Project MUSE Global Cultural Studies

By:

Chloe E. Bird

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Nashville Vanderbilt University Press 2010Edition: 6th edition illustratedDescription: 512 PagesISBN:

0826517226
9780826517227

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DDC classification:

22 362.1 BIR

LOC classification:

WA 31 H236 2010
RA418.H29 2010

Contents:

Contents: Part II Health Trajectories and Experiences Part III HealthCare Organization Delivery and Impact Part IV Crosscutting Issues Contributors Index

Summary: Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by many outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness. In addition to updated and reconceived chapters on the impacts of gender, race, and inequality on health, this volume has new chapters on topics that include: • social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital • disability • dying and "the right to die" • health disparities • the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry • the Internet • evidence-based medicine and quality of care • health social movements • genetics • religion, spirituality, and health

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
E-BOOKS	MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO	NFIC	362.1 BIR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	-1	EBS12116

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Contents:

Part II Health Trajectories and Experiences

Part III HealthCare Organization Delivery and Impact

Part IV Crosscutting Issues

Contributors

Index

Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by many outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness. In addition to updated and reconceived chapters on the impacts of gender, race, and inequality on health, this volume has new chapters on topics that include:

• social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital
• disability
• dying and "the right to die"
• health disparities
• the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry
• the Internet
• evidence-based medicine and quality of care
• health social movements
• genetics
• religion, spirituality, and health

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