{"product_id":"social-and-behavioral-science-for-health-professionals-9781538127841","title":"Social and Behavioral Science for Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals examines various social and behavioral factors that affect health and illness, with a particular focus on how these phenomena inform clinical practice. The book introduces interdisciplinary insights from fields like sociology, psychology, and epidemiology to elucidate important and often problematic features of patient care routinely confronting physicians, nurses, and other allied health practitioners. Each chapter provides clear learning objectives and is organized around core concepts to facilitate clinicians' abilities to think in new and expanded ways about health and illness, as well as patient and professional interactions. The content explores the implications of a shifting epidemiological landscape; the critical roles of social factors as fundamental causes of health and disease; health disparities; the medicalization process and resulting changes in diagnostic patterns and expectations of practitioners; understandings of the illness experience of patients; interpersonal and interprofessional collaboration; clinical bioethics and the social psychology of ethical decision-making; and the significance of health system design and health policy. As a result, the book represents an important resource for improving patient care, particularly at a time when health is more intricately linked to social and behavioral conditions than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Foundations of Social Science and Health  Chapter 1. Introduction to Health and the Sociological Imagination  Chapter 2. The Shifting Landscape of Health and Medicine: Past, Present, and Future  Chapter3. The Logic and Methods of Empirical Research   Part II.Social Epidemiology and Determinants of Health  Chapter 4. Social Class and Health  Chapter5. A Matrix of Health Inequalities  Chapter 6. Health Behavior and Lifestyles   Part III. Social Science in Clinical Practice  Chapter 7.Power, Medicalization, and Clinical Practice  Chapter 8. The Illness Experiences of Patients and Families  Chapter 9. The Social Dynamics of Clinical Communication  Chapter 10. Health Professions and Interprofessional Teamwork  Chapter 11. Bioethics, Social Science, and Clinical Practice   Part IV. Health Systems and Policy  Chapter 12. Health Care Systems and Policy  Chapter 13. Conclusion","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041150468439,"sku":"9781538127841","price":56.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538127841.jpg?v=1750949129","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-and-behavioral-science-for-health-professionals-9781538127841","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}