The Word as Scalpel

A History of Medical Sociology
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-514929-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

Medical Sociology is now an established subdiscipline in both medicine and sociology. This book traces the intellectual and institutional evolution of the field in relation to antecedents of the past 2000 years and developments in American sociology and medicine since the turn of the century. Drawing on his own experience as a participant and witness as well as from diverse fields, Samuel W. Bloom provides an engaging account of the ongoing search for knowledge about the relationship between illness, medicine, and society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bloom, Samuel William

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Medical sociology before 1940

- 1: The origins: Medicine as social science, public health and social medicine

- 2: American sociology before 1920: From social advocacy to academic legitimacy

- 3: Between the world wars

- 4: The University of Chicago

- 5: Regional and intellectual influences

- Part II: Medical sociology, 1940-1980

- 6: First steps toward social identity: Effects of the war and its aftermath on medical sociology

- 7: Postwar medical sociology: the founders at major universities, 1945-1960

- 8: The role of NIMH, 1946-1975

- 9: Becoming a profession: The role of private foundations

- 10: From ad hoc committee to professional association: The section on medical sociology, 1955-1980

- Part III: The current status of medical sociology

- 11: An era of change, 1980-2000