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<p><p>First published in 1981, <I>The Sociology of Health and Illness&#58; Critical Perspectives</I> has become an essential resource for anyone interested in health and health care.Fully updated, the eighth edition includes an all new section on the uninsured as well as 10 new readings examining topics such as the failures of health care reform, new trends in medicalization, the growing power of the drug industry and the determinants of media attention to disease. Provocative and wide-ranging, <I>The</I> <I>Sociology of Health and Illness</I> continues to provide students with an integrated analysis of the most important issues regarding health care today. <p><p></p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>A text that brings a critical and conceptual sociological orientation to bear on the issues underlying the current health care crisis and on proposed changes in the health system. This edition incorporates ten new sections that examine important health issues, including social disadvantage and mortality, anorexia, compliance, and health care reform. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)</p>

Author

Conrad, Peter, 1945-

Publisher

Brand: Worth Publishers; Worth Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429205580

Subjects

Medical, Medicine