The Blackwell companion to medical sociology /
edited by William C. Cockerham.
- xiii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Blackwell companions to sociology .
- Blackwell companions to sociology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Contributors -- Preface -- Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory -- Health and Culture -- The Sociology of the Body -- Health and Social Stratification -- From Women's Health to a Gender Analysis of Health -- Work Stress and Health -- Migration, Health, and Stress -- Health Professions and Occupations -- The Convergence and Divergence of Modern Health Care Systems -- The American Health Care System: Entering the Twenty-first Century with High Risk, Major Challenges, and Great Opportunities -- The Evolution of Health Care in Canada: Toward Community or Corporate Control? -- Medical Sociology in Mexico -- Social Science and Health in Brazil -- Medical Sociology in Great Britain -- The French Paradoxes -- Medical Sociology in Germany -- Society, Health, and Health Care in Sweden -- The Russian Health Care Experiment: Transition of the Health Care System and Rethinking the Sociology of Medicine -- In and Out of Communism: The Macrosocial Context of Health in Poland -- Transformation of the Health Care System in the Czech Republic - A Sociological Perspective -- Health and Health Care in South Africa Against an African Background -- Health, Health Care, and Medical Education in the Arab World -- Health and Health Care in Israel -- Medicine and Health Care in Australia -- Health, Illness, and Health Policy in Japan -- The Great Reversal: Transformation of Health Care in the People's Republic of China -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.