Healthcare systems & reform /

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume offers an introductory overview of sociology as it applies to health and medicine across the world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howson, Alexandra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, [2017]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Sociology reference guide.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Medical care.
Sociology.
Health services accessibility.
Health Policy
Sociology
Health Services Accessibility
Patient Care
Politique sanitaire.
Sociologie.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Soins médicaux.
sociology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Health services accessibility
Medical care
Medical policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Globalization & health care
  • Health & economic development
  • Health & medicine in modern society
  • The U.S. healthcare system
  • The U.S. health insurance system
  • Medicare & medicaid
  • Access to health care in the U.S.
  • Health & medicine : feminist perspectives
  • Health care by age, gender and class
  • Health care reform in the U.S.
  • The medical industrial complex
  • Social-conflict analysis of health & medicine
  • A structural-functional analysis of health & medicine
  • Symbolic interactionist analysis of health & medicine
  • Social epidemiology
  • Implications of genetic technology
  • The politics of health and health activism.

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