Readings in Medical Sociology

by Cockerham, William C.; Glasser, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780130274533
• ISBN10: 0130274534
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-17
• Publisher: PEARSON

Summary

This comprehensive anthology offers current readings by leading, medical sociologists and their colleagues in other fields, reflecting the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, and research affecting the field today. The diverse assortment of articles presents research findings and critical discussions that define the interests of medical sociologists, health practitioners, and policy makers.Focuses on the broad areas of: EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR AND THE SICK ROLE; HEALING OPTIONS; DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION; PHYSICIANS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY; NURSES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES; and HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN SELECTED COUNTRIES.For anyone involved in social work, medicine, nursing, and various health related professions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part I EPIDEMIOLOGY	1	(18)
Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease	3	(16)
Bruce G. Link
Jo Phelan
Part II SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH	19	(34)
The Links between Education and Health	21	(32)
Catherine E. Ross
Chia-ling Wu
Part III SOCIAL STRESS	53	(36)
Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next?	55	(34)
Peggy A. Thoits
Part IV HEALTH BEHAVIOR	89	(24)
Sex Stratification and Health Lifestyle: Consequences for Men's and Women's Perceived Health	91	(22)
Catherine E. Ross
Chloe E. Bird
Part V ILLNESS BEHAVIOR AND THE SICK ROLE	113	(56)
The Aesthetics of Illness: Narrative, Horror, and the Sublime	115	(14)
Alan Radley
Reconsidering the Status of Anorexia Nervosa as a Western Culture-Bound Syndrome	129	(20)
Sing Lee
The Missing Voice of the Critically Ill: A Medical Sociologist's First-Person Account	149	(20)
David A. Rier
Part VI HEALING OPTIONS	169	(42)
Religion, Health, and Nonphysical Senses of Self	171	(17)
Ellen L. Idler
``Jesus Will Fix It after Awhile'': Meanings and Health	188	(23)
Mary Abrums
Part VII DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION	211	(42)
Watching Brian Die: The Rhetoric and Reality of Informed Consent	213	(15)
Rose Weitz
Physician Satisfaction in a Changing Health Care Environment: The Impact of Challenges to Professional Autonomy, Authority, and Dominance	228	(13)
Mary Guptill Warren
Rose Weitz
Stephen Kulis
Doctor in the House: The Internet as a Source of Lay Health Knowledge and the Challenge to Expertise	241	(12)
Michael Hardey
Part VIII PHYSICIANS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY	253	(52)
Professional Dynamics and the Changing Nature of Medical Work	255	(27)
Frederic W. Hafferty
Donald W. Light
Gender and the Body of Medicine or at Least Some Body Parts: (Re)Constructing the Prestige Hierarchy of Medical Specialties	282	(23)
Susan W. Hinze
Part IX NURSES	305	(16)
Women in a Women's Job: The Gendered Experience of Nurses	307	(14)
Sam Porter
Part X HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES	321	(28)
Playing by the Rules and Losing: Health Insurance and the Working Poor	323	(17)
Karen Seccombe
Cheryl Amey
Whatever Happened to the Health Insurance Crisis in the United States? Voices from a National Survey	340	(9)
Karen Donelan
Robert J. Blendon
Craig A. Hill
Martin Frankel
Catherine Hoffman
Diane Rowland
Drew Altman
Part XI HEALTH CARE IN SELECTED COUNTRIES	349
Update on Health Care in Canada: What's Right, What's Wrong, What's Left	351
Martha Livingston
The Americanization of the British National Health Service	364
David Mechanic
The Social Determinants of the Decline of Life Expectancy in Russia and Eastern Europe: A Lifestyle Explanation	377
William C. Cockerham