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Comprehensive | |
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Brief Table of Contents | |
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A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness | |
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The Development of Scientific Medicine | |
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Social Epidemiology | |
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Society, Disease, and Illness | |
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Social Stress | |
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Health Behavior | |
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Experiencing Illness and Disability | |
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Physicians and the Profession of Medicine | |
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Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians | |
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Nurses, Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners, and Allied Health Workers | |
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine | |
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The Physician Patient Relationship: Background and Models | |
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Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician Patient Relationship | |
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The Health Care System of the United States | |
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Health Care delivery | |
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The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology | |
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Comparative Health Care Systems | |
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Comprehensive Table of Contents | |
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Contents | |
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Preface | |
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Perspectives on the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness | |
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A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness | |
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Definition of Medical Sociology | |
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Historical Development of Medical Sociology | |
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Sociology's Contribution to Understanding Health, Healing, and Illness | |
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The Role of the Medical Sociologist in the Twenty-First Century | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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References | |
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The Development of Scientific Medicine | |
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A Brief History of Medicine | |
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Early Humans | |
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The Egyptian Civilization | |
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Greek and Roman Societies | |
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The Medieval Era | |
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Medicine in the Renaissance | |
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Medicine from 1600 to 1900 | |
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The Ascendancy of Medical Authority in America | |
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Perspectives on the Ascendancy of Medical Authority | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Question | |
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References | |
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The Influence of the Social Environment on Health and Illness | |
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Social Epidemiology | |
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The Work of the Epidemiologist | |
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The Epidemiological Transition | |
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Life Expectancy and Mortality | |
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Infant Mortality | |
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Maternal Mortality | |
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Morbidity | |
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Disability | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Cases | |
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References | |
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Society, Disease, and Illness | |
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The Social Etiology of Disease | |
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The Interrelationship of Proximate Risk Factors and Fundamental Causes: the Case of Developing Countries | |
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The Influence of Genetic Transmission on Disease and Illness | |
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Cardiovascular Diseases | |
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Cancer | |
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HIV/AIDS | |
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Alzheimer's Disease | |
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Mental Illness | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Social Stress | |
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Definition of Stress | |
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Historical Development of the Stress Concept | |
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A Model of Social Stress | |
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Stressors | |
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Appraisal of Stressors | |
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Mediators of Stress: Coping and Social Support | |
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Stress Outcomes | |
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The Role of Social Class, Race, and Gender in Social Stress | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Health and Illness behavior | |
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Health Behavior | |
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The Concept of Health | |
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Health Behavior | |
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Describing Individual Health Behaviors | |
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Explaining Health Behavior | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Cases | |
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References | |
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Experiencing Illness and Disability | |
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Stages of Illness Experience | |
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Stage 1: Symptom Experience | |
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Stage 2: Assumption of the Sick Role; Illness as Deviance | |
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Stage 3: Medical Care Contact/Self-Care | |
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Stage 4: Dependent-Patient Role | |
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Stage 5: Recovery and Rehabilitation | |
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Experiencing Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Question | |
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References | |
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Health Care Practitioners and Their Relationship with Patients | |
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Physicians and the Profession of Medicine | |
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The Profession of Medicine | |
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The Social Control of Medicine | |
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The Number, Composition, and Distribution of Physicians in the United States | |
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Female Physicians | |
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Physician Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction | |
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Physician Impairment: Stresses and Strains of the Physician Role | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians | |
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The History of Medical Education | |
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Modern Medical Education | |
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The Medical School Experience: Attitude and Value Acquisition | |
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The Medical School Experience: Stress | |
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The Medical School Experience: Career Choices | |
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Future Directions in U.S. Medical Education | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Nurses, Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners, and Allied Health Workers | |
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Evolution of Nonphysician Health Care Practitioners | |
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Nurses and the Field of Nursing | |
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Mid-Level Health Care Practitioners | |
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Allied Health Workers | |
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The Health Care Team | |
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Relationships among Health Care Workers | |
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The Changing Environment among Health Care Workers | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Question | |
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References | |
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine | |
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The Meaning of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) | |
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Scientific Medicine and Alternative Healing | |
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Complementary and Alternative Healers | |
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Chiropractic | |
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Acupuncture | |
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Spiritual Healing and Christian Science | |
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Ethnic Folk Healing | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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The Physician Patient Relationship: Background and Models | |
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Models of the Physician Patient Relationship | |
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Key Dimensions of the Physician Patient Relationship | |
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The Influence of Social Class, Race, and Symptomology on the Physician Patient Relationship | |
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The Influence of Gender on the Physician Patient Relationship | |
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Patient Satisfaction with Physicians | |
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Patient Compliance with Medical Regimens | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician Patient Relationship | |
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Truth-telling as an Issue | |
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Confidentiality as an Issue | |
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Obligation to Treat Patients with Highly Contagious Diseases | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Cases | |
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References | |
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The Health Care System | |
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The Health Care System of the United States | |
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Rating the United States Health Care System | |
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The United States Health Care System | |
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The Financing of Health Care in the United States | |
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Explanations for the High Cost of American Medicine | |
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America's Uninsured Population | |
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Historical Efforts to Reform the Health Care System | |
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Health Care Reform of 2010 | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Health Care delivery | |
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Hospitals | |
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Freestanding Ambulatory and Surgical Sites | |
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Hospices | |
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Home Health Care | |
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Summary | |
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Health Care on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology | |
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Societal Control of Technology | |
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Health Care Technology | |
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The Right to Refuse or Demand Advanced Health Care Technology | |
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Organ Donation and Transplantation | |
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Assisted Procreation | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Case | |
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References | |
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Comparative Health Care Systems | |
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Major Influences on Health Care Systems | |
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Health Care Services in Developing Countries | |
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Types of Health Care Systems | |
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China | |
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Canada | |
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Great Britain | |
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Russia | |
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Common Challenges to Health Care Systems Around the World | |
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Summary | |
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Health on the Internet | |
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Key Concepts and Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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References | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |