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Tables of Contents for Medical Sociology
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PREFACE
xi
 
1 MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
1
15
Defining Health
2
1
Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior
3
6
The Development of Medical Sociology
9
5
Summary
14
2
2 EPIDEMIOLOGY
16
18
Epidemiological Measures
17
2
The Development of Epidemiology
19
3
The Complexity of Modern Ills: Coronary Heart Disease
22
3
Disease and Modernization
25
2
AIDS
27
6
Summary
33
1
3 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH
34
28
Age
34
3
Gender
37
8
Race
45
8
Socioeconomic Status
53
8
Summary
61
1
4 SOCIAL STRESS
62
22
Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Symbolic Interaction
63
2
Durkheim: Functionalism
65
4
Stress
69
2
Social Factors and Stress
71
12
Summary
83
1
5 HEALTH BEHAVIOR
84
18
Health Lifestyles
85
12
Preventive Care
97
4
Summary
101
1
6 ILLNESS BEHAVIOR
102
26
Self-Care
103
1
Sociodemographic Variables
104
18
Social-Psychological Models of Illness Behavior
122
4
Summary and Conclusion
126
2
7 HEALING OPTIONS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
128
17
Osteopaths
128
1
Alternative Medicine
129
1
Chiropractors
130
2
Faith Healers
132
3
Folk Healers
135
8
Summary
143
2
8 THE SICK ROLE
145
23
Illness as Deviance
145
3
The Functionalist Approach to Deviance
148
1
The Sick Role
149
6
Criticism of the Sick Role
155
5
Labeling Theory
160
3
Sickness as Social Deviance?
163
1
Being Sick and Disabled
164
2
Summary
166
2
9 DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION
168
14
Models of Interaction
169
2
Misunderstandings in Communication
171
6
Cultural Differences in Communication
177
1
Patient Compliance
178
1
The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
179
1
Doctor-Patient Relations and Technology
180
1
Summary
181
1
10 PHYSICIANS
182
19
The Professionalization of the Physician
182
7
The Socialization of the Physician
189
5
The Power Structure of American Medicine
194
5
Summary
199
2
11 THE PHYSICIAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
201
13
Social Control of Medical Practice
202
4
Government Regulation
206
1
The Coming of the Corporation
207
3
The Changing Physician-Patient Relationship
210
1
The Deprofessionalism of Physicians
211
1
The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice
212
1
Summary
213
1
12 NURSES, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND MIDWIVES
214
17
Nursing: Past and Present
215
11
Nursing: Future Trends
226
2
Physician Assistant
228
1
Midwives
229
1
Summary
230
2
13 HOSPITALS
231
22
The Development of the Hospital as a Social Institution
232
3
Hospitals in the United States
235
3
The Organization of the General Hospital
238
6
The Hospital-Patient Role
244
4
The Rising Cost of Hospitalization
248
3
Summary
251
2
14 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
253
23
Rising Costs
254
3
Equity in Health Services
257
2
Distribution of Services
259
3
Overview of Health Care Delivery
262
2
Social Legislation in Health Care
264
4
Health Reform
268
4
Health Care: A Right or a Privilege?
272
3
Summary and Conclusion
275
1
15 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
276
28
Socialized Medicine: Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, and Italy
279
14
Decentralized National Health Programs: Japan, Germany, The Netherlands, and France
293
9
Conclusion
302
2
16 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPING AND FORMERLY SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
304
22
Fee-for-Service: South Africa
305
2
Socialized Medicine: Saudi Arabia and Kenya
307
5
Decentralized National Health: Mexico
312
3
Socialist Medicine: China
315
2
Socialist Medicine: Alterations in Russia, Poland, and Hungary
317
7
Conclusion
324
2
REFERENCES
326
55
NAME INDEX
381
10
SUBJECT INDEX
391