Description
Book SynopsisWith thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice across the field it surveys, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is widely acclaimed by instructors as the most comprehensive of any available. Written in an engaging and accessible style, with multiple student-friendly features, it integrates and contextualizes recent research in medical sociology and public health to introduce students to a wide range of issues affecting health, healing, and health care today.
This new edition links information on COVID-19 into each chapter, providing students with timely and familiar examples to deepen their understanding of the many social dimensions of health care, such as the social history of medicine, social epidemiology, social stress, health and illness behavior, the medical profession, nurses and allied health workers, complementary and alternative medicine, the physician-patient relationship, medical ethics, and the financing and organization o
Trade Review
“This new edition is a welcome arrival for all of us concerned with the issues of equality and inclusion in the field of medical sociology. It begins by providing us with a conceptual framework outlining the sociological perspective of health, healing and illness as it applies to Covid-19. Students especially appreciate the extensive coverage and inclusive language of race, socioeconomic status, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation that the authors give us throughout their examination. This new edition addresses the current challenges in the field, invoking critical analysis at every turn, while still addressing the core concerns for medical sociology.”
Andrea Helzer, California State University, Long Beach
“Weiss and Copelton have done an outstanding job in their careful sociological framing of health and illness. This text is especially timely in incorporating discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, this edition stands out for its in-depth focus on health care providers and medical education, examining the impacts of specialization, fragmentation, and policy changes. Readers will get a well-rounded introduction to the sociology of health and illness!”
Carrie Lee Smith, Millersville University
Table of ContentsPreface
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
