The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

Edited by William C. Cockerham

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Names: Cockerham, William C., editor.

Title: The Wiley Blackwell companion to medical sociology / edited by William C. Cockerham.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2021] |

Series: Wiley Blackwell companions to sociology | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020043079 (print) | LCCN 2020043080 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119633754 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119637585 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119633785 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119633761 (epub) | ISBN 9781119633808 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Social medicine.

Classification: LCC RA418 .W445 2021 (print) | LCC RA418 (ebook) | DDC 362.1—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043079

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1 Cover

2 Title page THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO Medical Sociology EDITED BY WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM

3 Copyright

4 List of Contributors

5 Preface

6 PART I INTRODUCTION1 Medical Sociology and Its Changing Subfields2 Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory3 Research Methods in Medical Sociology4 Health and Culture in the Global Context5 Bioethics: A Study in Sociology

7 PART II THEORETICAL APPROACHES6 The Sociology of the Body7 Biomedicalization Revisited8 Health Lifestyles: Bringing Structure Back9 The Life Course Perspective10 Social Capital and Health

8 PART III HEALTH AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY11 Health and Social Class12 Health and Gender13 Health, Ethnicity, and Race14 African American Health15 Latinos and Equity in Health Care Access in the US16 Social Policies and Health Inequalities