Handbook of Medical Sociology - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0826517218 ISBN 13: 9780826517210

Casa editrice: Vanderbilt Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

A new edition of a thorough resource explores the impact of gender, race and inequality on health, incorporating new chapters on social networks, neighborhoods and social capital; dying and the "right to die"; health disparities; the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry; religion, spirituality and health; and much more. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Chloe E. Bird is Senior Sociologist at the RAND Corporation.
Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Science 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.

Product Description:

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vanderbilt Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0826517218
• ISBN 13: 9780826517210
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 457
• Redattore: Bird Chloe E., Conrad Peter, Fremont Allen M., Timmermans Stefan