Health, illness, and society : an introduction to medical sociology / Steven E. Barkan.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2017Description: xii, 280 pages ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781442235007
- RA418 .B37 2017
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| Alfaisal University On Shelf | Alfaisal University On Shelf | RA418 .B37 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AU0000000007094 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.