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The new Blackwell companion to medical sociology
This is an authoritative, topical, and comprehensive reference to the key concepts and most important traditional and contemporary issues in medical sociology. The book contains 35 chapters by recognized experts in the field, both established and rising young scholars.
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The Wiley Blackwell companion to medical sociology
THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO Medical Sociology
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is an authoritative overview of the most recent research, major theoretical approaches, and central issues and debates within the field. Bringing together contributions from an international team of leading scholars, this wide-ranging volume summarizes significant new developments and discusses a broad range of globally-relevant topics. The Companion 's twenty-eight chapters contain timely, theoretically-informed coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and emerging diseases, bioethics, healthcare delivery systems, health disparities associated with migration, social class, gender, and race. It also explores mental health, the family, religion, and many other real-world health concerns.
The most up-to-date and comprehensive single-volume reference on the key concepts and contemporary issues in medical sociology, this book:
* Presents thematically-organized essays by authors who are recognized experts in their fields
* Features new chapters reflecting state-of-the-art research and contemporary issues relevant to global health
* Covers vital topics such as current bioethical debates and the global effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemic
* Discusses the important relationship between culture and health in a global context
* Provide fresh perspectives on the sociology of the body, biomedicalization, health lifestyle theory, doctor-patient relations, and social capital and health
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in medical sociology, health studies, and health care, as well as for academics, researchers, and practitioners wanting to keep pace with new developments in the field.
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The COVID-19 reader : the science and what it says about the social
\"This reader offers the most important writing to date from the science of COVID-19 and what science says for its spread and social implications. With carefully selected chapters for an introductory or graduate student readership by a distinguished medical sociology team, this reader is an essential teaching resource on COVID-19\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Handbook of social problems : a comparative international perspective
The Handbook of Social Problems provides a unique, broadly comparative perspective on the current state of social problems and deviance in a variety of societies around the world. George Ritzer, gathers a number of leading international theorists to examine a wide variety of social problems that afflict the world today.
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