Medical Sociology (Paperback, 16 ed)

Part I: Introduction??1. Medical Sociology? 2. Social Epidemiology? 3. The Social Causes, Impacts, and Responses to COVID-19? 4. The Social Demography of Health: Social Class? 5. The Social Demography of Health: Gender? 6. The Social Demography of Health: Age and Race??Part II: Health and Illness? 7. Social Stress and Health? 8. Health Behavior and Lifestyles? 9. Illness Behavior and the Sick Role? Part III: Providing Health Care??10. Physician-Patient Interaction? 11. Physicians? 12. The Physician in a Changing Society? 13. Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives? 14. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)? Part IV: Health Care Delivery Systems??15. Hospitals? 16. Health Care Reform and Health Public Policy in the United States? 17. Global Health Care