The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology 1st Edition William C. Cockerham

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119633753
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119633754
• Author(s): William C. Cockerham

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is an authoritative overview of the most recent research, major theoretical approaches, and central issues and debates within the field. Bringing together contributions from an international team of leading scholars, this wide-ranging volume summarizes significant new developments and discusses a broad range of globally-relevant topics. The Companion‘s twenty-eight chapters contain timely, theoretically-informed coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and emerging diseases, bioethics, healthcare delivery systems, health disparities associated with migration, social class, gender, and race. It also explores mental health, the family, religion, and many other real-world health concerns.

Table contents:

Part I Introduction 1

1 Medical Sociology and Its Changing Subfields 3 Terrence D. Hill, William C. Cockerham, Jane D. McLeod, and Frederic W. Hafferty

2 Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory 22 William C. Cockerham and Graham Scambler

3 Research Methods in Medical Sociology 45 Joseph D. Wolfe, Shawn Bauldry, and Cindy L. Cain

4 Health and Culture in the Global Context 62 Stella Quah

5 Bioethics: A Study in Sociology 82 Kristina Orfali and Raymond De Vries

Part II Theoretical Approaches 103

6 The Sociology of the Body 105 Sarah Nettleton

7 Biomedicalization Revisited 125 Adele E. Clarke, Melanie Jeske, Laura Mamo, and Janet K. Shim

8 Health Lifestyles: Bringing Structure Back 150 William C. Cockerham

9 The Life Course Perspective 171 Kim M. Shuey and Andrea E. Willson

10 Social Capital and Health 192 Lijun Song and Yvonne Chen

Part III Health and Social Inequality 215

11 Health and Social Class 217 Jarron M. Saint Onge and Patrick M. Krueger

12 Health and Gender 237

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