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Medical Sociology by William C. Cockerham (2021, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101032067934

ISBN-139781032067933

eBay Product ID (ePID)12050072566

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMedical Sociology

Publication Year2021

SubjectPublic Health

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMedical

AuthorWilliam C. Cockerham

FormatTrade Paperback

Additional Product Features

Edition Number15

LCCN2021-016714

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.1

SynopsisThe most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. Since its inception, this book's principal goal has been to introduce students to the field of medical sociology and serve as a reference for faculty by presenting the most current ideas, issues, concepts, themes, theories, and research findings in the field. This new edition is heavily revised with updated data and important new additions. New to this edition: A contemporary account of medical sociology's subfields (Chapter 1) New chapter on COVID-19 (Chapter 3) Update on the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor (Chapter 4) New chapter on gender and health, including the convergence of life expectancy between men and women and its reversal during the COVID-19 pandemic (Chapter 5) Updated chapter on aging and expanded discussion of health and race (Chapter 6) New developments in doctor-patient interaction, including telemedicine (Chapter 10) The survival of the Affordable Care Act (Chapter 16)

LC Classification NumberRA418.C657 2021