{"product_id":"the-social-medicine-reader-volume-jonathan-oberlander-9781478001744","title":"The Social Medicine Reader, Volume II, Third Edition: Differences and Inequalities","description":"The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eSocial Medicine Reader\u003c\/i\u003e provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers by bringing together moving narratives of illness, commentaries by physicians, debates about complex medical cases, and conceptually and empirically based writings by scholars in medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volume 2, \u003ci\u003eDifferences and Inequalities\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the fundamental sociocultural, socioeconomic, and racial dimensions that shape health differences and inequalities. These include social and cultural influences on the meanings of health, illness, and disease; social factors in the development of biomedical knowledge and systems of care; and structural explanations for why some social groups experience disproportionate burdens of disease and differences in treatment. The \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for all medical students, physicians, and health care providers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Oberlander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478001747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478001744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Jonathan Oberlander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659402490111,"sku":"9781478001744","price":159.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a008aec-9b0e-45e8-a23a-d631ce013ccd.jpg?v=1781201153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-medicine-reader-volume-jonathan-oberlander-9781478001744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}