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Author Cockerham, William C., author

Title Social causes of health and disease / William C. Cockerham
Edition Second edition
Published Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 255 pages): illustrations
Contents The Social Causation of Health and Disease -- Theorizing about Health and Disease -- Health Lifestyles -- The Power of Class -- Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship -- Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables -- Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage -- Health and Social Capital
Summary In this stimulating book, William C. Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors (such as stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions) have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. This engaging text will be indispensable reading for all students and scholars of medical sociology, especially those with the courage to confront the possibility that society really does make people sick
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-241) and indexes
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Diseases -- Social aspects.
Health -- Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Sociology, Medical.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0745680755 (electronic bk.)
9780745680750 (electronic bk.)
(paperback)