Screen LibraryThe sociology of health, illness, and health care：a critical approach
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| Published: |
Wadsworth Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Belmont |
| Publication Dates: | c1996. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 476 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0534207421 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780534207427 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R |
| CLC: |
R-05 R199.712 R199-171.2 |
| Call Number: | R199-171.2/W436 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-470) and index. The social sources of illness -- The social distribution of illness in the United States -- Disease in the less developed countries -- The social meanings of illness -- The experience of chronic illness and disability -- The sociology of mental illness -- The profession of medicine -- Other health care providers -- Health care settings -- The U.S. health care system and the need for reform -- Alternative health care systems -- Issues in bioethics. |