Sociological theories of health and illness / William C. Cockerham.

By:

Cockerham, William C [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781003046165

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sociological theories of health and illnessDDC classification:

362.1 23 COS

Contents:

1. Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory -- 2. The Origin of Medical Sociology -- 3. Medical Sociology and the Rise of Theory -- 4. Classical Theory and Its Legacies: Durkheim and Weber -- 5. Classical Theory and Its Legacies: Marx -- 6. Symbolic Interaction and Labeling Theory -- 7. French Structuralism, 8. Poststructuralism, and Postmodernism -- 8. The Stress Process -- 9. The Social Construction of Gender and Race -- 10. Health Lifestyle Theory -- 11. Life Course Theory -- 12. Fundamental Cause Theory -- 13. The Medical Profession and Medicalization -- 14. Theories of Social Capital

Summary: "A theoretical at its inception, the field of medical sociology has evolved to become one of the most theoretically active sociology fields. This is the first up to date-single author text to appear in many years. It is designed to be taught as a stand-alone text or assigned along with the author's bestselling Medical Sociology, 14th edition"-- Provided by publisher.

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"A theoretical at its inception, the field of medical sociology has evolved to become one of the most theoretically active sociology fields. This is the first up to date-single author text to appear in many years. It is designed to be taught as a stand-alone text or assigned along with the author's bestselling Medical Sociology, 14th edition"-- Provided by publisher.

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