The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-63378-5 (ISBN)
A comprehensive collection of original essays by leading medical sociologists from around the world, fully updated to reflect contemporary research and global health issues
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is an authoritative overview of the most recent research, major theoretical approaches, and central issues and debates within the field. Bringing together contributions from an international team of leading scholars, this wide-ranging volume summarizes significant new developments and discusses a broad range of globally-relevant topics. The Companion's twenty-eight chapters contain timely, theoretically-informed coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and emerging diseases, bioethics, healthcare delivery systems, health disparities associated with migration, social class, gender, and race. It also explores mental health, the family, religion, and many other real-world health concerns.
The most up-to-date and comprehensive single-volume reference on the key concepts and contemporary issues in medical sociology, this book:
- Presents thematically-organized essays by authors who are recognized experts in their fields
- Features new chapters reflecting state-of-the-art research and contemporary issues relevant to global health
- Covers vital topics such as current bioethical debates and the global effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemic
- Discusses the important relationship between culture and health in a global context
- Provide fresh perspectives on the sociology of the body, biomedicalization, health lifestyle theory, doctor-patient relations, and social capital and health
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in medical sociology, health studies, and health care, as well as for academics, researchers, and practitioners wanting to keep pace with new developments in the field.
William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, and Research Scholar of Sociology at the College of William & Mary, USA. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association, and has held editorial positions on a number of journals, including the American Sociological Review, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Society and Mental Health. His recent books include Sociological Theories of Health and Illness and Social Causes of Health and Disease.
THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO Medical Sociology The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is an authoritative overview of the most recent research, major theoretical approaches, and central issues and debates within the field. Bringing together contributions from an international team of leading scholars, this wide-ranging volume summarizes significant new developments and discusses a broad range of globally-relevant topics. The Companion s twenty-eight chapters contain timely, theoretically-informed coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and emerging diseases, bioethics, healthcare delivery systems, health disparities associated with migration, social class, gender, and race. It also explores mental health, the family, religion, and many other real-world health concerns. The most up-to-date and comprehensive single-volume reference on the key concepts and contemporary issues in medical sociology, this book: Presents thematically-organized essays by authors who are recognized experts in their fields Features new chapters reflecting state-of-the-art research and contemporary issues relevant to global health Covers vital topics such as current bioethical debates and the global effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemic Discusses the important relationship between culture and health in a global context Provide fresh perspectives on the sociology of the body, biomedicalization, health lifestyle theory, doctor-patient relations, and social capital and health The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is essential reading for advanced under graduate and graduate students in medical sociology, health studies, and health care, as well as for academics, researchers, and practitioners wanting to keep pace with new developments in the field.
William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, and Research Scholar of Sociology at the College of William & Mary, USA. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association, and has held editorial positions on a number of journals, including the American Sociological Review, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Society and Mental Health. His recent books include Sociological Theories of Health and Illness and Social Causes of Health and Disease.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.4.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Blackwell Companions to Sociology | Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Anthropologie • Anthropology • Krankenpflege • Medical Anthropology • Medical Sociology • medical sociology debates • medical sociology essays • medical sociology issues • medical sociology methodology • medical sociology reference • medical sociology research • medical sociology theory • Medizinische Anthropologie • nursing • Sociology • Sociology of Health & Illness • Sociology/Psychology for Nurses • Soziologie • Soziologie d. Gesundheit u. Krankheit • Soziologie/Psychologie f. Pflegeberufe |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-63378-8 / 1119633788 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-63378-5 / 9781119633785 |
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