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Informationen zum Autor William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. Klappentext In this stimulating book, William C. Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors (such as stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions) have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. This engaging text will be indispensable reading for all students and scholars of medical sociology, especially those with the courage to confront the possibility that society really does make people sick. Zusammenfassung In this stimulating book! William Cockerham! a leading medical sociologist! assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress! poverty! unhealthy lifestyles! and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 The Social Causation of Health and Disease 2 Theorizing about Health and Disease 3 Health Lifestyles 4 The Power of Class 5 Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship 6 Age! Gender! and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables 7 Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage 8 Health and Social Capital Concluding Remarks References Index
