Health, Illness, and Society: An Introduction to Medical Sociology (Illustrated Edition) – PDF

Health, Illness, and Society: An Introduction to Medical Sociology, Illustrated Edition, (PDF) gives a sociological perspective on well being, sickness, and well being care. Working as an introduction to medical sociology for undergraduate and graduate college students, it additionally presents a abstract of the sector for public well being students and for medical sociologists and practitioners. A spotlight of the textual content is its stress on the social roots of well being and illness and on the affect of social inequality on well being disparities and the standard of well being care. The ebook additionally critically examines well being care within the United States and across the globe and evaluates the constraints and achievements of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and different latest well being care reform efforts. 978-1442235007, 978-1442234994 Pedagogical aids together with chapter-opening Learning Questions and Health and Illness within the News vignettes and chapter-ending Key Terms and Summary sections. Most chapters additionally finish with a Giving It Some Thought vignette during which college students are supplied with a hypothetical state of affairs regarding a well being and society subject and requested to present on how they might reply within the state of affairs. NOTE: The product only consists of the ebook, Health, Illness, and Society: An Introduction to Medical Sociology, Illustrated Edition in PDF. No access codes are included.