Download or read book Voices in Medical Sociology written by Cynthia Cook and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Voices in Medical Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives" is a reader for students of health care. The collection of articles written by sociologists, health care providers, public health professionals, lawyers, and students addresses the most salient issues in the field of medical sociology today. These readings cover epidemiology, maternal health, children's health, legal aspects of health care reform, and the lack of health care for incarcerated women. Additionally, the book addresses controversial topics such as fracking, female genital mutilation, alternative medicine, and the social construction of illness. This material familiarizes students with long-standing concerns in the field of health care, and also exposes them to new issues that are relevant today. "Voices in Medical Sociology" is an interdisciplinary text that provides important information for students without relying on the standard textbook form. Rather, it makes use of diverse materials including legal cases, personal memoirs, and book reviews. It also includes previously published and new articles. The variety of the original writings and the different voices of the writers serve to discuss and define the many diverse aspects of contemporary health care. Cynthia T. Cook earned her Master's Degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago, and her Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University. Currently she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Florida A & M University, where she teaches medical sociology and population problems. Her area of specialization is medical sociology, demography, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Women's Studies with a concentration on global and domestic health disparities. She is co-editor of "Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities," "Voices in Sociology: an Introduction to Core Concepts," and the GRIOT (the official newsletter of the Association of Black Sociologists). Dr. Cook has published articles in the "Journal of the National Medical Association," "Program Planning and Evaluation," "Law and Medicine," and the "Journal of Black Studies."
Download or read book Voices in Sociology written by Cynthia T. Cook and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Voices in Sociology" introduces undergraduate students to articles that deal with conventional and non-conventional issues in sociology. Selections in this anthology, some of which have not appeared in previous readers, are each preceded by an introduction to the basic sociological concepts and theories discussed within the article. Students will find the selected articles informative and applicable to real world concerns, while instructors will find that the book offers ample opportunities for class discussion. This book can be used as the sole textbook or as a supplement to one. The brevity and focus of "Voices in Sociology" makes it an ideal and unique addition to any Introduction to Sociology course. The readings in "Voices in Sociology" cover a wide range of topics in sociology, including: History of Sociology; Women's Perspective as a Radical Critique of Sociology; How Sociologists Do Research; Culture; Socialization; Deviant Behavior; Gender Roles; and Social Stratification: Social Class. Cynthia T. Cook earned her Master's Degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago, and her Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University. Currently she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Florida A & M University, where she teaches medical sociology and population problems. Her area of specialization is medical sociology, demography, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Women s Studies with a concentration on global and domestic health disparities. She is co-editor of "Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities, Voices in Sociology: an Introduction to Core Concepts," and the GRIOT (the official newsletter of the Association of Black Sociologists). Dr. Cook has published articles in the "Journal of the National Medical Association, Program Planning and Evaluation, Law and Medicine," and the "Journal of Black Studies." Professor Amitra A. Hodge-Wall, a graduate of Texas Woman's University, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Buffalo State College. She is an applied sociologist who is often found working alongside community organizations. Most of her energies are spent on addressing issues that impact women, children, and other minority groups. In the classroom she embraces the orientation that encourages and empowers students to be active participants in society. She teaches social statistics, introduction to sociology, internship, social thought, research methods, race and ethnic relations, and women in society. Her research interest includes the examination of stratification in higher education. Dr. Brethauer-Gay is an Assistant Professor at Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, FL. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas and her M. A. from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Her research interests, though varied, tend to focus on the influence of social structures on individuals. Dr. Jessica Smartt Gullion is Assistant Visiting Professor of Sociology at Texas Woman's University, where she specializes in medical and environmental sociology. She has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts on epidemiology, infectious disease, and disaster response. Dr. Gullion teaches courses on the sociology of health and illness and qualitative research methods. Her Introduction to Sociology course takes a global approach to exploring sociological issues."
Download or read book Voices from the Inside written by David Allen Karp and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring memorable, first-person accounts of mentally ill individuals, Voices from the Inside: Readings on the Experiences of Mental Illness allows students to connect directly with real-life "experts" who know mental illness all too intimately. This unique anthology addresses a variety of central topics surrounding mental illness, including suicide, hospitalization, the meanings of medication, the experiences of caregivers, and the stigma attached to mental illness. Each section opens with a "sensitizing" introduction.
Download or read book Medical Sociology The nature of medical sociology written by Graham Scambler and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Sickness and in Health written by John Malek-Ahmadi and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces students to a range of topics and perspectives in medical sociology. These include lay v. expert care, health and the environment, and bioethics. The selections highlight the diversity of intellectual discourse in the field and elicit critical thinking, applications of theory, and lively discussion.
Download or read book The Sociology of Health and Illness written by Peter Conrad and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology for Medical Sociology courses, is edited by two leading experts in the field. It brings together readings from the scholarly literature on health, medicine, and health care, covering some of the most timely health issues of our day, including eating disorders, the effects of inequality on health, how race, class, and gender affect health outcomes, the health politics of asthma, the effects of health care reform, the pharmaceutical industry, health information on the Internet, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Download or read book Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology written by Graham Scambler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness. Encouraging students and researchers to use mainstream sociological thought to inform and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the many arenas of health and healthcare, this text discusses and critically reviews the work of several influential contemporary thinkers, including – Foucault, Bauman, Habermas, Luhmann, Bourdieu, Merleau-Ponty, Wallerstein, Archer, Deleuze, Guattari, and Castells. Each chapter includes a critical introduction to the central theses of a major social theorist, ways in which their ideas might inform medical sociology and some worked examples of how their ideas can be applied. Containing contributions from established scholars, rising stars and innovative practitioners, this book is a valuable read for those studying and researching the sociology of health and illness.
Download or read book Voices of Illness Negotiating Meaning and Identity written by Peter Bray and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers accounts of scholarly interdisciplinary practices and perspectives that examine and discuss the positive potential of attending to the voices and stories of those who live and work with illness in real world settings.
Download or read book Sociological Theory and Medical Sociology written by Graham Scambler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987, this book builds bridges between medical sociology and mainstream theory. It does so by demonstrating in new and important ways how selected theories of major thinkers like Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Freud, Parsons, Goffman, Foucault, Habermas and Offe stand to inform, and in turn be informed by the often highly focused and empirical studies of health, disease and health care found in contemporary medical sociology. The topics covered include doctor-patient interaction and the formation of health policy.
Download or read book Dominant Issues in Medical Sociology written by Howard D. Schwartz and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1994 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition which focuses on the limitations of the sick role. The articles consider two major issues in health-care organizations: the movement from a "service" to a profit-business orientation and prospective payment (fixed payment DRGs).
Download or read book Missed and Dismissed Voices written by Alexander Segall PhD and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a complex relationship between illness and identity. Missed and Dismissed Voices aims to expose the impact of hidden health problems on the daily lives of a growing number of adults who live with chronic conditions and repeatedly face the challenge of trying to maintain their personal sense of healthiness across the life course. The book focuses on the meaning and management of both medically diagnosed chronic diseases and medically unexplained physical conditions or syndromes. In each case, people must decide whether to make their private suffering public. The book includes analysis derived from research literature, combined with illness narrative accounts of people in qualitative interviews and blog posts, to create fictional exemplary case studies for each of the chronic conditions examined. The common issues raised in these stories provide important insights into the process by which people manage to adapt to their changing health status and life circumstances. In this book, Alexander Segall, PhD, gives voice to chronically ill people who often have their life stories either missed or dismissed.
Download or read book The Sociology of Health Illness and Health Care written by Rose Weitz and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, medical sociology texts have been written from a medical perspective, focusing primarily on health issues as they have been defined by doctors, and often reading much like health education textbooks. Weitz, instead, adopts a critical perspective, sometimes challenging medical perspectives, sometimes raising broader issues beyond those of interest to the medical world. This perspective, which is more thoroughly sociological, is now more common among instructors than the older medical perspective.
Download or read book Medical Sociology written by William C. Cockerham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing. A comprehensive overview of the most current issues in medical sociology. The standard text in the field, Medical Sociology presents the discipline’s most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings. To draw students into the course, author Dr. William Cockerham integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. The Thirteenth Edition addresses the current changes stemming from health care reform in the United States, and other issues that reflect the focus of the field today.
Download or read book Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine written by Alan Petersen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely Handbook provides an essential guide to the major topics, perspectives, and scholars in the sociology of health and medicine. Contributors prove the immense value of a sociological understanding of central health and medical concerns, including public health, the COVID-19 pandemic, and new medical technologies.
Download or read book Modernity Medicine and Health written by Paul Higgs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book establishes the voice of medical sociology in key debates in the social sciences. Concerning modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism issues covered include: * disease and medicine in postmodern times * gender, health and the feminist debate on the postmodern * ageing, the lifecourse and the sociology of health and ageing * medicine and complementary medicine * death in postmodernity.
Download or read book Handbook of Medical Sociology Sixth Edition written by Chloe E. Bird and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest version of an important academic resource published about once a decade since 1963
Download or read book The Sociology of Health and Illness written by Michael Bury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge * inequalities and patterning of health and illness * professional and patient interaction * chronic illness and disability * evaluation and politics in health care. With a thorough introduction which sets the scene for the field as a whole, and section introductions which contextualize each chapter, the reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences.
