PREFACE
1 MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
Defining Health
Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior
The Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
The Development of Medical Sociology
Summary
Medical Sociology Internet Sites
2 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Epidemiological Measures
The Development of Epidemiology
The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease
Disease and Modernization
AIDS
Summary
Epidemiology Intemet Sites
3 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH
Age
Gender
Race
Socioeconomic Status
Summary
Social Demography of Health Intemet Sites
4 SOCIAL STRESS
Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Svmbolic Interaction
Durkheim: Functionalism
Stress
Social Factors and Stress
Summary
Social Stress Intemet Sites
5 HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND LIFESTYILES
Health Lifestyles
Preventive Care
Summary
Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites
6 ILNESS BEHAVIOR
Self-Care
Sociodemographic Variables
Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms
Summary and Conclusion
Illness Behavior Internet Sites
7 THE SICK ROLE
Illness as Deviance
The Functionalist Approach to Deviance
The Sick Role
Criticism of the Sick Role
Labeling Theory
Sickness as Social Deviance?
Being Sick and Disabled
Stigma
Summary
The Sick Role Internet Sites
8 HEALING OPTIONS
Osteopaths
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Chiropractors
Faith Healers
Folk Healers
Summary
Healing Options Internet Sites
9 DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION
Models of Interaction
Misunderstandings in Communication
Male Physicians and Women Patients
Women Physicians
Cultural Differences in Communication
Patient Compliance
The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology
The New Genetics
Summary
Doctor-Patient Interaction Intemet Sites
10 PHYSICIANS
The Professionalization of the Physician
The Socialization of the Physician
The Power Structure of American Medicine
Summary
Physicians Intemet Sites
11 THE PHYSICIAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
12 NURSES,PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS,PHARMACISTS,AND MIDWIVES
13 HOSPITALS
14 JEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SOCIAL POLICY
15 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
16 HEALTH CARE IN FORMER SOCIALIST,SOCIALIST, AND DEVELOPING COUNITRIES
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