Barkan, Steven E (Acc.No:51682-51690) 1951-
Health, illness, and society : an introduction to medical sociology / Steven E. Barkan. - 2017 - xii, 280 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sociology and the study of health and illness -- A social history of health and illness -- Health behavior -- Illness behavior and the illness experience -- Social causes of health and health problems -- Global disparities in health and disease -- Medical school and the training of physicians -- Physicians and their interaction with patients -- Other health care providers : conventional and alternative -- Hospitals and other health care settings -- Health and health care in the world's wealthy democracies -- The U.S. health care system -- Health care reform : Obamacare and beyond.
9781442234994 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442235007 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016017185
Delivery of Health Care
Sociological Factors
2016 H-959 W 84.1
Health, illness, and society : an introduction to medical sociology / Steven E. Barkan. - 2017 - xii, 280 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sociology and the study of health and illness -- A social history of health and illness -- Health behavior -- Illness behavior and the illness experience -- Social causes of health and health problems -- Global disparities in health and disease -- Medical school and the training of physicians -- Physicians and their interaction with patients -- Other health care providers : conventional and alternative -- Hospitals and other health care settings -- Health and health care in the world's wealthy democracies -- The U.S. health care system -- Health care reform : Obamacare and beyond.
9781442234994 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442235007 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016017185
Delivery of Health Care
Sociological Factors
2016 H-959 W 84.1