Health, illness, and use of care [electronic resource] : the impact of social factors / edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.

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Series: Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 18.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 286 p.)ISBN:

9781849500845 (electronic bk.) :
1849500843 (electronic bk.) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Health, illness, and use of care.DDC classification:

362.1060973 22

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RA418.3.U6 .H435 2000

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Summary: This text explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the providers of care. It also presents papers employing a variety of methodological approaches. In the range of illnesses discussed, the social factors under consideration, and the variety of methodological approaches, this volume represents the diversity within the field of medical sociology.

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This text explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the providers of care. It also presents papers employing a variety of methodological approaches. In the range of illnesses discussed, the social factors under consideration, and the variety of methodological approaches, this volume represents the diversity within the field of medical sociology.

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