Health and social theory / Fernando De Maio.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- Empirical and Theoretical Levels of Research -- Outline of Chapters -- 2. Foundations of Medical Sociology -- Health and Revolution -- Medical Atomism and Sociological Collectivism -- Medical Sociology and Epidemiology -- The Development of Medical Sociology -- 3. Theoretical Contours -- The Sick Role: Parsons and Structural Functionalism -- Medical Sociology's Expanding Theoretical Base -- Sick People or Sick Societies? -- Refocusing: From Roles and Populations to Discourse -- Conclusion -- 4. Health Inequities -- How do Social Researchers Study Health Inequities? -- Income Inequality as a Social Determinant of Health -- Interpretivist Approaches in Health Inequities Research -- Conclusion -- 5. Health Care Systems -- Health Care Systems as Outcomes of Political Struggle -- Comparing Health Care Systems -- Conclusion -- 6. Medicalization -- Development of the Concept -- Empirical Research on Medicalization -- Conclusion -- 7. The Medical Encounter -- Models of the Medical Encounter -- The Medical Encounter and Unexplained Symptoms -- The Medical Encounter and the Reflexive Self: A Critique of Giddens and Beck -- A (Re)Turn to Parsons? -- From the Micro-politics of the Medical Encounter to the Macro-politics of Inequities -- Conclusion -- 8. Conclusion -- The Bearing of Social Theory on Empirical Research in Medical Sociology -- The Bearing of Empirical Research on Social Theory in Medical Sociology -- Integrating Theory and Method -- Notes.

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