Social causes of health and disease / William C. Cockerham.
2013
306.461 C666s 2013
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Title
Social causes of health and disease / William C. Cockerham.
Author
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780745661193 (hbk)
074566119X (hbk)
9780745661209 (pbk.)
0745661203 (pbk.)
074566119X (hbk)
9780745661209 (pbk.)
0745661203 (pbk.)
Imprint
Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
vii, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
306.461 C666s 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)806198904
(OCoLC)806198904
(OCoLC)806198904
Summary
In this stimulating book, William C. Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors (such as stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions) have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. This engaging text will be indispensable reading for all students and scholars of medical sociology, especially those with the courage to confront the possibility that society really does make people sick.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-241) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
1.The Social Causation of Health and Disease
2.Theorizing about Health and Disease
3.Health Lifestyles
4.The Power of Class
5.Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship
6.Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables
7.Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage
8.Health and Social Capital.
2.Theorizing about Health and Disease
3.Health Lifestyles
4.The Power of Class
5.Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship
6.Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables
7.Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage
8.Health and Social Capital.
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