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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology Hardcover - 2021

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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.

Details

Title The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
Author William C. Cockerham
Binding Hardcover
Pages 640
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Date 2021-03-22
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9781119633754 / 1119633753
Weight 2.67 lbs (1.21 kg)
Dimensions 9.61 x 6.69 x 1.38 in (24.41 x 16.99 x 3.51 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Social medicine
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020043079
Dewey Decimal Code 362.1

About the author

WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, and Research Scholar of Sociology at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, USA. His PhD is from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association. Currently, he is Deputy Editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including the American Sociological Review and Society and Mental Health. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers on medical sociology and is author or editor of nineteen books and two encyclopedias.