Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical SociologyCondition: NewEAN: 9781119633754ISBN: 9781119633754Publisher: Wiley-BlackwellFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/01/2021Item Height: 250mmItem Length: 177mmItem Width: 40mmItem Weight: 1234gLanguage: EnglishDescription: A comprehensive collection of original essays by leading medical sociologists from around the world, fully updated to reflect contemporary research and global health issues 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 fieldsFeatures new chapters reflecting state-of-the-art research and contemporary issues relevant to global healthCovers vital topics such as current bioethical debates and the global effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemicDiscusses the important relationship between culture and health in a global contextProvide 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.Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, MedicineContributor: William C. Cockerham (Edited by)Author: William C. CockerhamBook Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to SociologyCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
Title: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
EAN: 9781119633754
ISBN: 9781119633754
Release Date: 04/01/2021
Release Year: 2021
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Medicine
Contributor: William C. Cockerham (Edited by)
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Number of Pages: 640 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 1.6 in
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Public Health, Sociology / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 43.1 Oz
Author: William C. Cockerham
Subject Area: Social Science, Medical
Item Length: 10 in
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology Ser.
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Hardcover
