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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pescosolido, Bernice A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer, ©2011.
Colección:Handbooks of sociology and social research.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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 agendas for the first quarter of the 21st century. In a series of essays, this volume offers a systematic view of the critical questions that face our understanding of the role of social forces in health, illness and healing. It also provides an overall theoretical framework and asks medical sociologists to consider the implications of taking on new directions and approaches. Such issues may include the importance of multiple levels of influences, the utility of dynamic, life course approaches, the role of culture, the impact of social networks, the importance of fundamental causes approaches, and the influences of state structures and policy making"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 571 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441972613
1441972617
9781283085366
1283085364
9786613085368
6613085367