Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

by StefanTimmermans (Editor), PeterConrad (Editor), Chloe E . Bird (Editor), Allen M . Fremont (Editor)

Synopsis

Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by some of the outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness. In addition to updated and reconceived chapters on the impacts of gender, race, and inequality on health, this volume has new chapters on topics that include: social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital; disability; dying and the right to die ; health disparities; the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry; patient safety; evidence-based medicine and quality of care; health social movements; genetics; religion, spirituality, and health

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: 6th Revised edition
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 31 Aug 2010

ISBN 10: 0826517218
ISBN 13: 9780826517210

Media Reviews
I recommend this book strongly as a breath of fresh air (seemingly from Mars) into our stuffy medical realm.
--Howard Spiro, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Yale Medical School
Author Bio
Chloe E. Bird is Senior Sociologist at the RAND Corporation. Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University. Allen M. Fremont is a physician, sociologist, and health services researcher based at RAND, with appointments at UCLA and the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center. Stefan Timmermans is Professor of Sociology at UCLA.