Barkan, Steven E.,  1951- <br/><br/>
Health, illness, and society :  an introduction to medical sociology / 
Steven E. Barkan. 
 -  ©2017 
 - xii, 280 pages ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Sociology and the study of health and health care -- A social history of health and medicine -- 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442235007 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016017185 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101681022  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social medicine.<br/>Delivery of Health Care<br/>Sociological Factors
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Print books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA418  / .B37 2017