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Medical Sociology | |
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Epidemiology | |
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Social Demography of Health: Social Class | |
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the Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race | |
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Social Stress and Health | |
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Health Behavior and Lifestyles | |
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Illness Behavior | |
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the Sick Role | |
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Doctor-Patient Interaction | |
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Healing Options | |
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Physicians | |
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the Physician in a Changing Society | |
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Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives | |
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the Hospital in Society | |
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Health Care REFORM and Social Policy in the United States | |
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Global Health Care | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Medical Sociology the Development of Medical Sociology | |
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Defining Health | |
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Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social behavior the Re-emergence of Infectious Diseases | |
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Bioethics | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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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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Disease and Modernization | |
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the Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease | |
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Pandemics: HIV/AIDS and Influenza | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Epidemiology Internet Sites | |
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Social Demography of Health: Social Class | |
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the Components of Social Class | |
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Modern Diseases and the Poor | |
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Equality of Care and the Social Gradient in Mortality: the British Experience | |
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Neighborhood Disadvantage | |
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SES as a Fundamental Cause of Sickness and Mortality | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Social Class and Health Internet Sites | |
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the Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race | |
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Gender | |
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Age | |
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Race | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race Internet Sites | |
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Health and Illness | |
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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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Life Changes | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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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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Suggested Reading | |
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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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Suggested Reading | |
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Illness Behavior Internet Sites | |
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Seeking Health Care | |
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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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Suggested Reading | |
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the Sick Role 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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Suggested Reading | |
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Doctor-Patient Interaction 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 Healing and Religion | |
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Folk Healing | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Healing Options Internet Sites | |
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Providing Health Care | |
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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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Suggested Reading | |
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Physicians 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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Suggested Reading | |
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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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Suggested Reading | |
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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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Suggested Reading | |
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Hospitals Internet Sites | |
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Health Care Delivery Systems | |
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Health Care REFORM and Social Policy in the United States | |
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Rising Costs | |
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the Road to Health reform | |
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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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Health Care: A Right or a Privilege? | |
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Summary and Conclusion | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States Internet Sites | |
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Global Health Care | |
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Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden | |
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Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, and Mexico | |
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Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia and China | |
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Conclusion | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Health Care in Other 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 | |