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Handbook of Medical Sociology
By Allen M. Fremont (editor), Chloe E. Bird (editor), Peter Conrad (editor) and Stefan Timmermans (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Vanderbilt Univ Pr
Publication date November 29, 2010
Pages 457
Binding Hardcover
Edition 6
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780826517203
ISBN-10 082651720X
Dimensions 1.25 by 8 by 11 in.
Weight 2.50 lbs.
Original list price $79.95
Other format details university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by many outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness. In addition to updated and reconceived chapters on the impacts of gender, race, and inequality on health, this volume has new chapters on topics that include:

• social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital
• disability
• dying and "the right to die"
• health disparities
• the growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry
• the Internet
• evidence-based medicine and quality of care
• health social movements
• genetics
• religion, spirituality, and health

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Hardcover
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With Peter Conrad (other contributor), Allen M. Fremont (other contributor), Chloe E. Bird (other contributor) | 6 edition from Vanderbilt Univ Pr (November 29, 2010)
9780826517203 | details & prices | 457 pages | 8.00 × 11.00 × 1.25 in. | 2.50 lbs | List price $79.95
About: Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by many outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness.
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With Peter Conrad (other contributor), Allen M. Fremont (other contributor), Chloe E. Bird (other contributor) | 6 edition from Vanderbilt Univ Pr (November 29, 2010)
9780826517210 | details & prices | 457 pages | 7.75 × 10.75 × 1.00 in. | 2.05 lbs | List price $39.95

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