基本信息出版社：北京大学出版社
页码：420 页
出版日期：2005年01月
ISBN：730108434X
条形码：9787301084342
版本：第1版
装帧：平装
开本：16
正文语种：英语
丛书名：培文书系社会科学系列

内容简介 本书介绍了医学社会学最新的思想、内容、主题、观点和争论以及该领域边缘学科的相关研究成果。它包括了病人、医生以及其他医学领域从业者及相关人士以第一人称方式进行的讲述，并从世界范围内进行有关资料文献的收集，保证最新医学统计资料和数据的提供。同时对不同主题进行多角度探讨，提供了多样化的观点。第九版进行了新内容的增加与补充，例如关于生物恐怖主义、新遗传学理论、护理体系的发展，以及关于医疗成本持续增长的探讨等。继续对相关网址进行适时更新以利于学生最大限度接触到有关主题的最新资源
目录
PREFACE
1 MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
　Defining Health
　Contrasting Ideas about Health and Social Behavior
　The Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
　The Development of Medical Sociology
　Summary
　Medical Sociology Internet Sites
2 EPIDEMIOLOGY
　Epidemiological Measures
　The Development of Epidemiology
　The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease
　Disease and Modernization
　AIDS
　Summary
　Epidemiology Intemet Sites
3 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH
　Age
　Gender
　Race
　Socioeconomic Status
　Summary
　Social Demography of Health Intemet Sites
4 SOCIAL STRESS
　Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Svmbolic Interaction
　Durkheim: Functionalism
　Stress
　Social Factors and Stress
　Summary
　Social Stress Intemet Sites
5 HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND LIFESTYILES
　Health Lifestyles
　Preventive Care
　Summary
　Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites
6 ILNESS BEHAVIOR
　Self-Care
　Sociodemographic Variables
　Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms
　Summary and Conclusion
　Illness Behavior Internet Sites
7 THE SICK ROLE
　Illness as Deviance
　The Functionalist Approach to Deviance
　The Sick Role
　Criticism of the Sick Role
　Labeling Theory
　Sickness as Social Deviance?
　Being Sick and Disabled
　Stigma
　Summary
　The Sick Role Internet Sites
8 HEALING OPTIONS
　Osteopaths
　Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
　Chiropractors
　Faith Healers
　Folk Healers
　Summary
　Healing Options Internet Sites
9 DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION
　Models of Interaction
　Misunderstandings in Communication
　Male Physicians and Women Patients
　Women Physicians
　Cultural Differences in Communication
　Patient Compliance
　The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations
　Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology
　The New Genetics
　Summary
　Doctor-Patient Interaction Intemet Sites
10 PHYSICIANS
　The Professionalization of the Physician
　The Socialization of the Physician
　The Power Structure of American Medicine
　Summary
　Physicians Intemet Sites
11 THE PHYSICIAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
12 NURSES,PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS,PHARMACISTS,AND MIDWIVES
13 HOSPITALS
14 JEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SOCIAL POLICY
15 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
16 HEALTH CARE IN FORMER SOCIALIST,SOCIALIST, AND DEVELOPING COUNITRIES
REFERCNCES
PHOTO CREDITS
NAME INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
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