Readings in Medical Sociology

This comprehensive anthology offers current readings by leading, medical sociologists and their colleagues in other fields, reflecting the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, and research affecting the field today. The diverse assortment of articles presents research findings and critical discussions that define the interests of medical sociologists, health practitioners, and policy makers.Focuses on the broad areas of: EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR AND THE SICK ROLE; HEALING OPTIONS; DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION; PHYSICIANS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY; NURSES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES; and HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN SELECTED COUNTRIES.For anyone involved in social work, medicine, nursing, and various health related professions.

Introduction

ix

Part I EPIDEMIOLOGY

1

(18)

Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease

3

(16)

Bruce G. Link

Jo Phelan

Part II SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH

19

(34)

The Links between Education and Health

21

(32)

Catherine E. Ross

Chia-ling Wu

Part III SOCIAL STRESS

53

(36)

Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next?

55

(34)

Peggy A. Thoits

Part IV HEALTH BEHAVIOR

89

(24)

Sex Stratification and Health Lifestyle: Consequences for Men's and Women's Perceived Health

91

(22)

Catherine E. Ross

Chloe E. Bird

Part V ILLNESS BEHAVIOR AND THE SICK ROLE

113

(56)

The Aesthetics of Illness: Narrative, Horror, and the Sublime

115

(14)

Alan Radley

Reconsidering the Status of Anorexia Nervosa as a Western Culture-Bound Syndrome

129

(20)

Sing Lee

The Missing Voice of the Critically Ill: A Medical Sociologist's First-Person Account

149

(20)

David A. Rier

Part VI HEALING OPTIONS

169

(42)

Religion, Health, and Nonphysical Senses of Self

171

(17)

Ellen L. Idler

``Jesus Will Fix It after Awhile'': Meanings and Health

188

(23)

Mary Abrums

Part VII DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION

211

(42)

Watching Brian Die: The Rhetoric and Reality of Informed Consent

213

(15)

Rose Weitz

Physician Satisfaction in a Changing Health Care Environment: The Impact of Challenges to Professional Autonomy, Authority, and Dominance

228

(13)

Mary Guptill Warren

Rose Weitz

Stephen Kulis

Doctor in the House: The Internet as a Source of Lay Health Knowledge and the Challenge to Expertise

241

(12)

Michael Hardey

Part VIII PHYSICIANS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY

253

(52)

Professional Dynamics and the Changing Nature of Medical Work

255

(27)

Frederic W. Hafferty

Donald W. Light

Gender and the Body of Medicine or at Least Some Body Parts: (Re)Constructing the Prestige Hierarchy of Medical Specialties

282

(23)

Susan W. Hinze

Part IX NURSES

305

(16)

Women in a Women's Job: The Gendered Experience of Nurses

307

(14)

Sam Porter

Part X HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES

321

(28)

Playing by the Rules and Losing: Health Insurance and the Working Poor

323

(17)

Karen Seccombe

Cheryl Amey

Whatever Happened to the Health Insurance Crisis in the United States? Voices from a National Survey

340

(9)

Karen Donelan

Robert J. Blendon

Craig A. Hill

Martin Frankel

Catherine Hoffman

Diane Rowland

Drew Altman

Part XI HEALTH CARE IN SELECTED COUNTRIES

349

Update on Health Care in Canada: What's Right, What's Wrong, What's Left

351

Martha Livingston

The Americanization of the British National Health Service

364

David Mechanic

The Social Determinants of the Decline of Life Expectancy in Russia and Eastern Europe: A Lifestyle Explanation

377

William C. Cockerham

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