Buch, Englisch, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1242 g
Buch, Englisch, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1242 g
ISBN: 978-1-03-241811-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This new edition links information on COVID-19 into each chapter, providing students with a solid understanding of the social history of medicine; social epidemiology; social stress; health and illness behavior; the profession of medicine; nurses and allied health workers; complementary and alternative medicine; the physician-patient relationship; medical ethics; and the financing and organization of medical care.
Important changes and enhancements in the eleventh edition include:
- Inclusion of material on COVID-19 in the main text of every chapter, with special sections at the end of each chapter exploring additional intersections of COVID-19 with chapter content.
- Expanded coverage of fundamental cause theory and the social determinants of health.
- New centralized discussions of how and why social disparities in race, class, gender, and sexual identity impact health outcomes in the United States.
- New “In the Field” boxed inserts on topics such as medical education and student debt, physicians’ use of medical jargon, and corporate greed.
- New “In Comparative Focus” boxed inserts on topics such as the 1918 influenza pandemic, infant and maternal mortality in Afghanistan, the patient care coordination process, drug prices, long-term care, and global health.
- A more in-depth look at both physician and nursing shortages.
- Expanded discussion of nurse burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Curricular and pedagogical changes in medical schools.
- Discussion of continued changes in the financing of the US health care system.
- A more in-depth look at quality concerns in nursing homes.
- Increased attention to the health care systems in Norway, Germany, Cuba, and Mexico.
- An updated instructor’s guide with test bank and PowerPoint slides.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenversicherung
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables and Figures
1 A Brief Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness
2 The Development of Scientific Medicine
3 Social Epidemiology
4 Social Stress
5 Health Behavior
6 Experiencing Illness and Disability
7 Physicians and the Profession of Medicine
8 Medical Education and the Socialization of Physicians
9 Nurses, Advance Practice Providers, and Allied Health Workers
10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
11 The Physician–Patient Relationship
12 Professional and Ethical Obligations of Physicians in the Physician–Patient Relationship
13 The United States Health Care System
14 Health Care Delivery
15 The Social Implications of Advanced Health Care Technology
16 Comparative Health Care Systems
Name Index
Subject Index