Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing: A Blueprint for the 21st Century by Anne Rogers, Jack K. Martin, Jane D. McLeod, Bernice A. Pescosolido (Hardcover, 2010)
The Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness & Healing advances the understanding of medical sociology by identifying the most important contemporary challenges to the field and suggesting directions for future inquiry. The editors provide a blueprint for guiding research and teaching agendas for the first quarter of the 21st century. In a series of essays, this volume offers a systematic view of the critical questions that face our understanding of the role of social forces in health, illness and healing. It also provides an overall theoretical framework and asks medical sociologists to consider the implications of taking on new directions and approaches. Such issues may include the importance of multiple levels of influences, the utility of dynamic, life course approaches, the role of culture, the impact of social networks, the importance of fundamental causes approaches, and the influences of state structures and policy making.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag NY Inc.
ISBN-13
9781441972590
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104016206
Product Key Features
Author
Anne Rogers, Jack K. Martin, Jane D. Mcleod, Bernice A. Pescosolido
Publication Name
Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing: a Blueprint for the 21st Century
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Sociology
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
571 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
178mm
Item Weight
2700g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Editor
Jane D. Mcleod, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Anne Rogers, Jack K. Martin