| Description |
xvi, 656 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Elgar reference collection |
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The international library of critical writings in sociology ; 4 |
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Elgar reference collection.
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International library of critical writings in sociology ; 4
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| Contents |
1. The Sociological Relevance of Chronic Illness / Uta Gerhardt -- 2. Max Weber, Formal Rationality, and Health Lifestyles / William C. Cockerham, Thomas Abel and Gunther Luschen -- 3. A Critical Theory of Medical Discourse: Ideology, Social Control, and the Processing of Social Context in Medical Encounters / Howard Waitzkin -- 4. Ageing, Status Politics and Sociological Theory / Bryan S. Turner -- 5. Socioeconomic Status and Health: How Education, Income, and Occupation Contribute to Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease / Marilyn A. Winkleby, Darius E. Jatulis, Erica Frank and Stephen P. Fortmann -- 6. Acculturation and Symptoms: A Comparative Study of Reported Health Symptoms in Three Samoan Communities / Joel M. Hanna and Maureen H. Fitzgerald -- 7. Depression among the Homeless / Mark La Gory, Ferris J. Ritchey and Jeff Mullis -- 8. Uncertainty and the Lives of Persons with AIDS / Rose Weitz -- 9. Migrant Labor and Sexually Transmitted Disease: AIDS in Africa / Charles W. Hunt -- 10. HIV Transmission Through Social and Geographical Networks in Uganda / Christine Obbo -- 11. The Patterning of Health by Social Position in Contemporary Britain: Directions for Sociological Research / Sally Macintyre -- 12. Chronic Illness over the Life Course: Class Inequalities among Men and Women in Britain / Sara Arber -- 13. The Effects of Women's Employment: Personal Control and Sex Differences in Mental Health / Sarah Rosenfield -- 14. The Sociological Study of Stress / Leonard I. Pearlin -- 15. Low Status Control, High Effort at Work and Ischemic Heart Disease: Prospective Evidence from Blue-Collar Men / Johannes Siegrist, Richard Peter, Astrid Junge, Peter Cremer and Dieter Seidel -- 16. The Image of Health: Variations in Perception by Social Class in a French Population / A. d'Houtaud and Mark G. Field -- 17. Social Stratification and Health Lifestyles in Two Systems of Health Care Delivery: A Comparison of the United States and West Germany / William C. Cockerham, Gerhard Kunz and Guenther Lueschen -- 18. Fitness and the Postmodern Self / Barry Glassner -- 19. Self Care: Japan and the U.S. Compared / Marie R. Haug, Hiroko Akiyama, Georgeanna Tryban, Kyoichi Sonoda and May Wykle -- 20. Reshaping of Self: A Pendular Reconstruction of Self and Identity among Adults with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury / Karen K. Yoshida -- 21. Life Mirrors Work Mirrors Text Mirrors Life ... / Marianne A. Paget -- 22. Using Alternative Therapies: Marginal Medicine and Central Concerns / Ursula M. Sharma -- 23. Carribbean Home Remedies and their Importance for Black Women's Health Care in Britain / Nicki Thorogood -- 24. The "Eclipse" of Folk Medicine in Western Society / Keith Bakx -- 25. The Redefinition of the Situation: The Social Construction of Spiritual Healing Experiences / Deborah C. Glik -- 26. Toward a New Sociology of Medical Education / Donald W. Light -- 27. Learning To Doctor: Reflections on Recent Accounts of the Medical School Years / Peter Conrad -- 28. Professional Socialization and Social Control: From Medical Students to General Practitioners / Isabelle Baszanger -- 29. Gender and Medical Socialization / Steven C. Martin, Robert M. Arnold and Ruth M. Parker -- 30. The Social Position and Internal Organization of the Medical Profession in the Third World: The Case of Singapore / Stella R. Quah -- 31. The Patient's Right to Information in Japan: Legal Rules and Doctor's Opinions / Hiroyuki Hattori, Stephan M. Salzberg, Winston P. Kiang, Tatsuya Fujimiya, Yutaka Tejima and Junji Furuno -- 32. Convergence or Divergence in Third World Medical Education? An Arab Study / Eugene B. Gallagher -- 33. Women in a Women's Job: The Gendered Experience of Nurses / Sam Porter -- 34. Paying the Hospital: American Problems and Foreign Solutions / William A. Glaser -- 35. All Change in the NHS? Implications of the NHS Reforms for Primary Care Prevention / Simon J. Williams, Michael Calnan, Sarah L. Cant and Joanne Coyle -- 36. The Reorganization of the Medical Profession / Eliot Freidson -- 37. Rationalization and the Deprofessionalization of Physicians / George Ritzer and David Walczak -- 38. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries: Health Policy Responses to Epidemiological Change / Dean T. Jamison and W. Henry Mosley |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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| Author |
Cockerham, William C.
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| LC no. |
95024273 |
| ISBN |
1858980216 |
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