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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Sociology Of Health Healing And Illness 9Th Edition 2017 by Gregory L. Weiss
With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice, this leading textbook has been widely acclaimed by teachers as the most accessible of any available.It introduces and integrates recent research in medical sociology and emphasizes the importance of race, class, gender throughout.This new edition leads students through the complexities of the evolving Affordable Care Act. It significantly expands coverage of medical technology, end-of-life issues, and alternative and complementary health care-topics students typically debate in the classroom. Many new textboxes and enhancements in pedagogy grace this new edition, which is essential in the fast-changing area of health care.New to this Edition *More textboxes relating the social aspects of medicine to students' lives*Expanded coverage leading students through the complex impacts of the ACA and health care reform *Expanded coverage of medical technology, end-of-life issues, and alternative and complementary health care *'Health and the Internet' sections updated and renovated toward student assignments *New, end of chapter lists of terms*Updated test bank CHAPTER ONEA BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, HEALING, AND ILLNESS CHAPTER TWOTHE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINECHAPTER THREESOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CHAPTER FOURSOCIETY, DISEASE, AND ILLNESS CHAPTER FIVESOCIAL STRESS CHAPTER SIXHEALTH BEHAVIOR CHAPTER SEVENEXPERIENCING ILLNESS AND DISABILITYCHAPTER EIGHTPHYSICIANS AND THE PROFESSION OF MEDICINECHAPTER NINEMEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE SOCIALIZATION OF PHYSICIANSCHAPTER TENNURSES, ADVANCE PRACTICE PROVIDERS, AND ALLIED HEALTH WORKERSCHAPTER ELEVENCOMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINECHAPTER TWELVETHE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: BACKGROUND AND MODELSCHAPTER THIRTEENPROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF PHYSICIANS IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER FOURTEENTHE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATESCHAPTER FIFTEENHEALTH CARE DELIVERYCHAPTER SIXTEENTHE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGYCHAPTER SEVENTEENCOMPARATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS