医学社会学

PREFACE1 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 Sites2 EPIDEMIOLOGY　Epidemiological Measures　The Development of Epidemiology　The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease　Disease and Modernization　AIDS　Summary

PREFACE1 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 Sites2 EPIDEMIOLOGY　Epidemiological Measures　The Development of Epidemiology　The Complexity of Modern Ills: Heart Disease　Disease and Modernization　AIDS　Summary　Epidemiology Intemet Sites3 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH　Age　Gender　Race　Socioeconomic Status　Summary　Social Demography of Health Intemet Sites4 SOCIAL STRESS　Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman: Svmbolic Interaction　Durkheim: Functionalism　Stress　Social Factors and Stress　Summary　Social Stress Intemet Sites5 HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND LIFESTYILES　Health Lifestyles　Preventive Care　Summary　Health Behavior and Lifestyles Internet Sites6 ILNESS BEHAVIOR　Self-Care　Sociodemographic Variables　Recognizing and Coping with Illness Symptoms　Summary and Conclusion　Illness Behavior Internet Sites7 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 Sites8 HEALING OPTIONS　Osteopaths　Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)　Chiropractors　Faith Healers　Folk Healers　Summary　Healing Options Internet Sites9 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 Sites10 PHYSICIANS　The Professionalization of the Physician　The Socialization of the Physician　The Power Structure of American Medicine　Summary　Physicians Intemet Sites11 THE PHYSICIAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY12 NURSES,PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS,PHARMACISTS,AND MIDWIVES13 HOSPITALS14 JEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SOCIAL POLICY15 HEALTH CARE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES16 HEALTH CARE IN FORMER SOCIALIST,SOCIALIST, AND DEVELOPING COUNITRIESREFERCNCESPHOTO CREDITSNAME INDEXSUBJECT INDEX

本书自1978年问世以来，深受美国各大学学生欢迎，被视为美国医学社会学的经典教科书，并被英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、印度、日本、新加坡等国广泛采用。　　书中主要介绍了医学社会学的基本理论和最新研究成果，例如从健康人口学和流行病学的大量研究结果中探索影响人类健康的因素，从对紧张、健康和患病行为的讨论中推论出导致人类疾病的社会学成因，从对病人角色、医患关系的论述中概括出患病行为的模型，从对医生、护士和医院的讨论中给出了医务工作者和医疗机构的行为特征和变迁等等。本书还特别关注世界各国的卫生保健体系，对各种体系进行了归纳和比较研究，尤其对美国的卫生保健体系进行了深入的剖析。另外，本书还从社会学角度深入讨论了医疗费用上涨，医疗服务质量等公众关心的问题。　　本书第九版增加与补充了许多新的内容，例如对生物恐怖主义、新遗传学理论、护理体系的发展，以及医疗成本持续增长的探讨等。　　本书适合于社会学专业本科高年级和研究生的相关课程使用。同时，还可以用于公共健康、医学，药理学和护理等其他专业的研究与教学。