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The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. A much greater number of first person accounts and updated examples are added to the new fourteenth edition. Other updates include:
· Coverage of Zika, Ebola, MERS, and updates on other pandemics
· Expanded discussion of obesity as a disease
· Coverage of the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor
· New information on the decline of life expectancy among American white women, especially those who live in rural counties
· New material on biomarkers, gene–environment interaction, and stress
· Analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum in medical schools
· Exiting the Affordable Care Act
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“Cockerham’s Medical Sociology is an outstanding text due to its in-depth and comprehensive treatment of the growing field of medical sociology. It conveys the essence of the scholarly work in this field to my students better than any text on the market. Add Cockerham’s engaging writing style and this text stands out among the competition.”
Dr. J.B. Watson, Jr., Stephen F. Austin State University
“I believe this book is very thorough and includes all of the necessary topics for an undergraduate medical sociology course. Students will come away from this book with a clear and broad understanding of the field.”
Dr. Christine Caffrey, Miami University
Writing Style and Readability
“I like the fact that Cockerham makes this area accessible and interesting at the undergraduate level. Most of my students come into the class not having any real idea what the course will cover; the author deliberately and carefully immerses his readers in the content and in the process they get interested.”
Dr. Deborah Helsel, California State University, Fresno
About the Author
William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. He holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health and is recipient of the Frederick W. Connor Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the History of Ideas and the Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Award for Scholarly Distinction. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and formerly was on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Currently, he is on the Editorial Boards of Social Currents and Society and Mental Health. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of 18 books. His most recent books from Routledge include Sociology of Mental Disorder 10E (2017).
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Medical sociology (Prentice-Hall series in sociology)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prentice-Hall, 1982. Second Edition. William C Crockerman. VG hardcover textbook. No DJ as issued. No physical damage other than small scratch to fores edge of back cover. No other damage. 013573410x. Packaged using bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard box. Tracking number provided for no extra cost. Thank you for supporting our small town, family owned book store. Seller Inventory # ICS05061400939
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