This monograph is the first book in medical sociology that comprehensively describes the research conceptions of the co-founder of the European medical sociology, Professor Magdalena Soko?owska (1922â1989). The study characterizes the stages of formation of the scientific foundations of medical sociology in Europe: the evolution of approach to the phenomena of health and illness from the medical to sociological perspective, the development of feminist studies in medical sociology, the emergence of scientific identity of the subdiscipline, models of interdisciplinary studies on health, and research into complementary and alternative medicine.

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From Medicine to Sociology. Health and Illness in Magdalena Soko?owskas Research Conceptions
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright information
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- I Sturm Und Drang Periode:Â Social Medicine, Epidemiology and the Organization of a Socialist Health Care Service
- II âThe Woman Questionâ:Â From a Biogenic to Sociological Approach
- III The Formation of the Scientific Identity of Medical Sociology: Magdalena Sokoï»żĆï»żowskaâs Contribution
- IV Values of Practical Usefulness:
- V âBuilding Bridgesâ:Â Medical Sociology and Other Sociological Subdisciplines (Sociology of the Family, Urban Sociology)
- VI The Sociology of the Medical Professions: The Doctor in the Health Care System and in Society
- VII Casual Fascinations:Â Sociothanatology and âComplementary and Alternative Medicineâ
- Conclusion
- References
- Name Index
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