The sociology of health, illness, and health care : a critical approach / Rose Weitz.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxvi, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1111828792
- 9781111828790
- 306.461 23
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306.461 SOC Social capital and health / | 306.461 TUR Regulating bodies : essays in medical sociology / | 306.461 WAR Contemporary health studies : an introduction / | 306.461 WEI The sociology of health, illness, and health care : a critical approach / | 306.461 WHY Social lives of medicines / | 306.461 WIL Unhealthy societies : the afflictions of inequality / | 306.461 WIL Medicine and the body / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-386) and index.
PART 1. SOCIAL FACTORS AND ILLNESS. : -- 1. The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care. -- 2. The Social Sources of Illness. -- 3. The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States. -- 4. Illness and Death in Developing Nations. -- PART 2. THE MEANING AND EXPERIENCE OF ILLNESS. 5. The Social Meanings of Illness. : -- 6. The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness. -- 7. The Sociology of Mental Illness. -- PART 3. HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, SETTINGS, AND TECHNOLOGIES. : -- 8. Health Care in the United States. -- 9. Health Care in Other Countries. -- 10. Health Care Settings and Technologies. -- PART 4. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND BIOETHICS. : -- 11. The Profession of Medicine. -- 12. Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care Providers. -- 13. Issues in Bioethics.
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