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| Preface | |
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| Medical Sociology | |
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| The Development of Medical Sociology | |
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| Defining Health | |
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| Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior | |
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| The Re-emergence of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Summary | |
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| Medical Sociology Internet Sites | |
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| Epidemiology | |
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| Epidemiological Measures | |
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| The Development of Epidemiology | |
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| The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease | |
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| Disease and Modernization | |
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| HIV/AIDS | |
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| Summary | |
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| Epidemiology Internet Sites | |
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| The Social Demography of Health | |
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| Age | |
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| Gender | |
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| Race | |
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| Socioeconomic Status | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Demography of Health Internet Sites | |
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| Social Stress and Health | |
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| Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction | |
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| Durkheim: Functionalism | |
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| Stress | |
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| Social Factors and Stress | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Stress Internet Sites | |
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| Health Behavior and Lifestyles | |
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| Health Lifestyles | |
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| Preventive Care | |
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| Summary | |
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| Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites | |
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| Illness Behavior | |
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| Self-Care | |
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| Sociodemographic Variables | |
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| Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Illness Behavior Internet Sites | |
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| The Sick Role | |
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| Illness as Deviance | |
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| The Functionalist Approach to Deviance | |
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| The Sick Role | |
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| Medicalization | |
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| Criticism of the Sick Role | |
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| Labeling Theory | |
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| Sickness as Social Deviance? | |
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| Being Sick and Disabled | |
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| Stigma | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Sick Role Internet Sites | |
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| Healing Options | |
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| Osteopaths | |
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| Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) | |
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| Chiropractors | |
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| Faith Healers | |
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| Folk Healers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Healing Options Internet Sites | |
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| Physicians | |
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| The Professionalization of the Physician | |
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| The Socialization of the Physician | |
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| The Power Structure of American Medicine | |
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| Summary | |
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| Physicians Internet Sites | |
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| Doctor-Patient Interaction | |
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| Models of Interaction | |
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| Misunderstandings in Communication | |
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| Communication and Class Background | |
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| Male Physicians and Women Patients | |
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| Women Physicians | |
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| Cultural Differences in Communication | |
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| Patient Compliance | |
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| The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations | |
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| Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology | |
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| The New Genetics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Doctor-Patient Interaction Internet Sites | |
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| The Physician in a Changing Society | |
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| Social Control of Medical Practice | |
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| Countervailing Power | |
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| Government Regulation | |
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| Managed Care | |
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| The Coming of the Corporation | |
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| The Changing Physician-Patient Relationship | |
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| The Deprofessionalization of Physicians | |
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| The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Physician in a Changing Society Internet Sites | |
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| Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives | |
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| Nursing: Past and Present | |
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| Nursing: Future Trends | |
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| Physician Assistants | |
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| Pharmacists | |
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| Midwives | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives Internet Sites | |
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| The Hospital in Society | |
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| The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution | |
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| Hospitals in the United States | |
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| The Organization of the Nonprofit Community Hospital | |
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| The Hospital-Patient Role | |
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| The Rising Cost of Hospitalization | |
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| Summary | |
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| Hospitals Internet Sites | |
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| Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States | |
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| Rising Costs | |
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| Equity in Health Services | |
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| Distribution of Services | |
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| Overview of Health Care Delivery | |
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| Social Legislation in Health Care | |
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| Health Reform | |
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| Health Care: A Right or a Privilege? | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States Internet Sites | |
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| Health Care in Developed Countries | |
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| Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden | |
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| Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, and France | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Health Care in Developed Countries Internet Sites | |
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| Health Care in Former Socialist, Socialist, and Developing Countries | |
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| Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia, Poland, and China | |
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| Socialized Medicine: Saudi Arabia and Kenya | |
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| Decentralized National Health: Mexico | |
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| Fee-for-Service: South Africa | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Health Care in Former Socialist, Socialist, and Developing Countries Internet Sites | |
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| References | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |