New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

An authoritative, topical, and comprehensive reference to the key concepts and most important traditional and contemporary issues in medical sociology.* Contains 35 chapters by recognized experts in the field, both established and rising young scholars* Covers standard topics in the field as well as new and engaging issues such as bioterrorism, bioethics, and infectious disease* Chapters are thematically arranged to cover the major issues of the sub-discipline* Global range of contributors and an international perspective

List of contents

List of ContributorsPrefacePart I: IntroductionPart II: Health and Social InequalitiesPart III: Health and Social RelationshipsPart IV: Health and DiseasePart V: Health Care DeliveryPart VI: New Developments

About the author

William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Social Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA). He is President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and a current member of the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. His recent books include Social Causes of Health and Disease (2007), Medical Sociology, 11th edition (2010), and the co-authored Health and Globalization (2010).

Report

"Generally, this is up-to-date review of medical sociology is a necessary source for all medical sociologists....highly recommended." (Choice, October 2010).

Product details

• Authors: William C. (University of Alabama Cockerham
• Assisted by: William C Cockerham (Editor), William C. Cockerham (Editor), Cockerham William C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2009
• EAN: 9781405188685
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8868-5
• No. of pages: 614
• Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology; Blackwell Companions to Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Soziologie, Medizinsoziologie, Sociology, Sociology of Health & Illness, Soziologie d. Gesundheit u. Krankheit