Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition by Bird, Chloe E.

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780826517210)

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Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition by Bird, Chloe E.

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

$39.95
Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition by Bird, Chloe E.

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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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

Author: Chloe E. Bird
ISBN-10: 0826517218
ISBN-13: 9780826517210
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2010
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 10.40h x 7.80w x 1.10d
By Chloe E. Bird
By Chloe E. Bird
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Allen M. Fremont is a physician, sociologist, and health services researcher based at RAND, with appointments at UCLA and the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Chloe E. Bird is Senior Sociologist at the RAND Corporation.

Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University.

Stefan Timmermans is Professor of Sociology at UCLA.

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