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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Cockerham, William C. Medical sociology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©1992 (OCoLC)657308733 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William C Cockerham |
ISBN: | 0135664497 9780135664490 |
OCLC Number: | 23869354 |
Description: | xii, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Medical Sociology -- Defining Health -- Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior -- The Development of Medical Sociology -- Medical Sociology Internet Sites -- Epidemiology -- Epidemiological Measures -- The Development of Epidemiology -- The Complexity of Modern Ills: Coronary Heart Disease -- Disease and Modernization -- AIDS -- Epidemiology Internet Sites -- The Social Demography of Health -- Age -- Gender -- Race -- Socioeconomic Status -- Social Demography of Health Internet Sites -- Social Stress -- Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction -- Durkheim: Functionalism -- Stress -- Social Factors and Stress -- Social Stress Internet Sites -- Health Behavior and Lifestyles -- Health Lifestyles -- Preventive Care -- Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites -- Illness Behavior -- Self-Care -- Sociodemographic Variables -- Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms -- Illness Behavior Internet Sites -- Healing Options -- Osteopaths -- Alternative Medicine -- Chiropractors -- Faith Healers -- Folk Healers -- Healing Options Internet Sites -- The Sick Role -- Illness as Deviance -- The Functionalist Approach to Deviance -- The Sick Role -- Criticism of the Sick Role -- Labeling Theory -- Sickness as Social Deviance? -- Being Sick and Disabled -- The Sick Role Internet Sites -- Doctor-Patient Interaction -- Models of Interaction -- Misunderstandings in Communication -- Cultural Differences in Communication -- Patient Compliance -- The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations. |
Responsibility: | William C. Cockerham. |
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