Medical sociology on the move : new directions in theory / William C. Cockerham, editor.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dordrecht : Springer, [2013]Description: x, 267 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9789400761926 (hardback) :
- 9789400761926
- 306.461 COC
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rise of theory in medical sociology / William C. Cockerham -- Modern symbolic interaction theory and health / Kathy Charmaz, Linda Liska Belgrave -- Social construction and health / Sigrun Olafsdottir -- Statecraft and soulcraft: Foucault on prolonging life / Alex Dumas, Bryan S. Turner -- Marx, critical realism, and health inequalities / Graham Scambler, Sasha Scambler -- Fundamental cause theory / Jo C. Phelan, Bruce G. Link -- Bourdieu and an update of health lifestyle theory / William C. Cockerham -- Gender theory and health / Ellen Annandale -- Theories and the rise and fall of the medical profession / Bernice Pescosolido -- Medicalization: changing contours, characteristics, and contexts / Peter Conrad -- Reflexive modernity and the sociology of health / Brian P. Hinote, Jason Adam Wasserman -- Social capital and health / Lijun Song.
This text 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.