Handbook of the sociology of health, illness, and healing : a blueprint for the 21st Century /

"The Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness & Healing advances the understanding of medical sociology by identifying the most important contemporary challenges to the field and suggesting directions for future inquiry. The editors provide a blueprint for guiding research and teaching...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Pescosolido, Bernice A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer, ©2011.
Series:Handbooks of sociology and social research.
Subjects:
Health > Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Public health.
Social Medicine
Public Health
Sociologie de la santé.
Santé publique.
Médecine sociale.
public health.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
Sciences sociales.
Droit.
Sciences humaines.
Health > Social aspects
Public health
Social medicine
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Rethinking connecting sociology's role in health, illness, & healing from the top down
  • pt. II. Connectin communities
  • pt. III. Connecting to medicine: the profession and its organizations
  • pt. IV. Connecting to the people: the public as patient and powerful force
  • pt. V. Connecting personal & cultural systems
  • pt. VI. Connecting to dynamics: the health and illness career
  • pt. VII. Connecting the individual and the body.

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