The Relevance Of Social Science For Medicine

Author : L. Eisenberg,A. Kleinman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789400983793

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The Relevance of Social Science for Medicine by L. Eisenberg,A. Kleinman Pdf

The central purpose of this book is to demonstrate the relevance of social science concepts, and the data derived from empirical research in those sciences, to problems in the clinical practice of medicine. As physicians, we believe that the biomedical sciences have made - and will continue to make - important con tributions to better health. At the same time, we are no less fIrmly persuaded that a comprehensive understanding of health and illness, an understanding which is necessary for effective preventive and therapeutic measures, requires equal attention to the social and cultural determinants of the health status of human populations. The authors who agreed to collaborate with us in the writ ing of this book were chosen on the basis of their experience in designing and executing research on health and health services and in teaching social science concepts and methods which are applicable to medical practice. We have not attempted to solicit contributions to cover the entire range of the social sciences as they apply to medicine. Rather, we have selected key ap proaches to illustrate the more salient areas. These include: social epidemiology, health services research, social network analysis, cultural studies of illness behavior, along with chapters on the social labeling of deviance, patterns of therapeutic communication, and economic and political analyses of macro-social factors which influence health outcomes as well as services.

Author : Gary L Albrecht,Ray Fitzpatrick,Susan C Scrimshaw
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0761942726

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The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine by Gary L Albrecht,Ray Fitzpatrick,Susan C Scrimshaw Pdf

This book brings together world-class figures to provide an indispensable, comprehensive resource book on social science, health and medicine.

Author : Julio L. Ruffini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136760402

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Advances In Medical Social Sciences by Julio L. Ruffini Pdf

First Published in 1984. The aim of this annual series is to increase communication between health social scientists and to show how anthropology, sociology, psychology, geography, economics and political science, all contribute to our understanding of health and illness, This first volume of devoted to an overall survey of the field. Future volumes will concern themselves with the most recent advances in the various areas of study.

Author : David L. Armstrong
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483183701

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An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine by David L. Armstrong Pdf

An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine, Third Edition provides an understanding of the origins, nature, and context of illness in society. This book discusses the relationship between health care and the society in which it occurs. Organized into 15 chapters, this edition begins with an overview of some deficiencies of the biomedical model of illness. This text then explores the traditional medical model, which holds that disease is a lesion inside the human body that produces two types of indicator of its presence, namely, the signs and symptoms. Other chapters consider the difference of perspectives between doctor and patients. This book discusses as well the presence of various biological causes of illness that is strongly influenced by social factors. The final chapter deals with the social significance of medicine. This book is a valuable resource for sociologists. Primary care physicians and specialists will also find this book extremely useful.

Author : Rosemary Gillespie,Graham Moon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781134836741

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Society and Health by Rosemary Gillespie,Graham Moon Pdf

A concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care in contemporary society, Society and Health is written for all health professionals undergoing basic training. It explains social science concepts and theories and shows their relevance to work in health settings. Each chapter is short and focused on key learning points. 'concept boxes' highlight the main themes and facilitate revision exercises and activities enable students to apply knowledge to practice assumes no previous knowledge ideal for common foundation programme guided further reading

Author : Graham Scambler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0415317819

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Medical Sociology: Social structures and health by Graham Scambler Pdf

Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475146124

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Social Science Research by Anol Bhattacherjee Pdf

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Author : William C. Cockerham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400761933

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Medical Sociology on the Move by William C. Cockerham Pdf

This book provides readers with a single source reviewing and updating sociological theory in medical or health sociology. The book not only addresses the major theoretical approaches in the field today, it also identifies the future directions these theories are likely to take in explaining the social processes affecting health and disease. Many of the chapters are written by leading medical sociologists who feature the use of theory in their everyday work, including contributions from the original theorists of fundamental causes, health lifestyles, and medicalization. Theories focusing on both agency and structure are included to provide a comprehensive account of this important area in medical sociology.

Author : William R. Rogers,David Barnard,Institute on Human Values in Medicine
Publisher : Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Medical education
ISBN : UCAL:$B310085

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Nourishing the Humanistic in Medicine by William R. Rogers,David Barnard,Institute on Human Values in Medicine Pdf

This book examines the relationships of the social sciences to medicine and the health sciences.

Author : Graham Scambler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137577399

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Sociology as Applied to Health and Medicine by Graham Scambler Pdf

A new edition of a seminal textbook that offers an up-to-date, concise and theoretically and empirically informed introduction to the core issues in the sociology of health and health care. It includes updated chapters on established themes of social aspects of health, disease and medical practice, social structures and the organisation of health services, as well as brand new chapters on contemporary topics such as globalisation, the sociology of the body and digital technologies. As proven by previous editions, this text has special salience for students of medicine and allied health programmes. Moreover, with increased attention to international perspectives and examples and an accessible writing style, it remains an ideal choice for undergraduate and postgraduate health modules on sociology courses across the world. New to this Edition: - Increased emphasis on global perspectives and international examples - All existing chapters thoroughly updated - New chapters on globalisation and health, re-conceptualising bodies and digital health and health care ensure that the book takes the latest developments in the discipline into account

Author : Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri,Abdullah Khamis Al-Kindi,Salim Said AlKindi
Publisher : Information Science Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Communication in education
ISBN : 152253878X

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Promoting Interdisciplinarity in Knowledge Generation and Problem Solving by Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri,Abdullah Khamis Al-Kindi,Salim Said AlKindi Pdf

"This book explores the nature of interdisciplinarity and why it is important; the potential benefits and opportunities provided by this approach, the challenges and difficulties typically faced and how these are overcome, and the role of interdisciplinary education"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004418530

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Social Medicine and Medical Sociology in the Twentieth Century by Anonim Pdf

Little attention has been paid to the history of the influence of the social sciences upon medical thinking and practice in the twentieth century. The essays in this volume explore the consequences of the interaction between medicine and social science by evaluating its significance for the moral and aterial role of medicine in modern societies. Some of the essays examine the ideas of both clinicians and social scientists who believed that highly technologized medicine could be made more humanistic by understanding the social relations of health and illness. Other authors interrogate the critical assault which social science has made upon medicine as a system of knowledge, organisation and power. The volume discusses, therefore, the relationship between social-scientific knowledge both in and of medicine in the twentieth century. Collectively the essays illustrate that the respective power of biology and culture in determining human behaviour and social transition continues to be an unresolved paradox.

Author : David Tuckett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781317833086

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An Introduction to Medical Sociology by David Tuckett Pdf

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1976 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Author : William Strunk Jr.
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781398833913

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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. Pdf

First published in 1918, William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style is a guide to writing in American English. The boolk outlines eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of 57 "words often misspelled". A later edition, enhanced by E B White, was named by Time magazine in 2011 as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.

Author : Una MacLean
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483182995

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Social and Community Medicine for Students by Una MacLean Pdf

Social and Community Medicine for Students presents an extensive examination of the application of medical sociology to community treatment. It discusses the principles behind the scope and methods of epidemiology. It addresses studies in attitudes and illness. Some of the topics covered in the book are the sick role in Western Societies; sickness behavior in a traditional society; statistics vital to social medicine; geographical pathology of cancer; scope and methods of epidemiology; possibilities and limitations of health education; and health in industry and external disability. The definition and description of social provisions for health and welfare are fully covered. An in-depth account of the common features and development of social medicine are provided. The epidemiology of the cancer of the esophagus is completely presented. A chapter is devoted to description and diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease. Another section focuses on the practical applications of social medicine. The book can provide useful information to doctors, students, and researchers.