An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine
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An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine

  1. 150 pages
  2. English
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An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine

About this book

An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine, Third Edition provides an understanding of the origins, nature, and context of illness in society. This book discusses the relationship between health care and the society in which it occurs. Organized into 15 chapters, this edition begins with an overview of some deficiencies of the biomedical model of illness. This text then explores the traditional medical model, which holds that disease is a lesion inside the human body that produces two types of indicator of its presence, namely, the signs and symptoms. Other chapters consider the difference of perspectives between doctor and patients. This book discusses as well the presence of various biological causes of illness that is strongly influenced by social factors. The final chapter deals with the social significance of medicine. This book is a valuable resource for sociologists. Primary care physicians and specialists will also find this book extremely useful.

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780723616917
Edition
3
eBook ISBN
9781483183701
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Social Policy
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface to the third edition
  6. Chapter 1. Introduction
  7. Chapter 2. Going to the doctor
  8. Chapter 3. Measuring health and illness
  9. Chapter 4. Social causes of illness
  10. Chapter 5. Labelling behaviour
  11. Chapter 6. Social patterns of illness: I
  12. Chaptrer 7. Social patterns of illness: II
  13. Chapter 8. Coping with illness
  14. Chapter 9. Models of illness
  15. Chapter 10. Types of health care
  16. Chapter 11. Clinical autonomy
  17. Chapter 12. Delivering health care
  18. Chapter 13. Evaluating health care
  19. Chapter 14. The social basis of disease
  20. Chapter 15. The social role of medicine
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index

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