William C. Cockerham - The Social Causes of Health and Disease

1 Cover

2 Dedication Dedication To Cynthia

3 Title Page The Social Causes of Health and Disease Third Edition William C. Cockerham polity

4 Copyright

5 Preface

6 1 The Social Causation of Health and Disease Coronavirus Smoking The Biomedical Model Elements of Proof Diabetes HIV/AIDS Social Determinants of Disease: Fundamental Cause Theory Measuring Structural Effects Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

7 2 Theorizing about Health and Disease The Rise and Fall of Structural-Functionalism The Fall of Conflict Theory and Repackaging of Marxism The Rise of the Agency-Oriented Paradigm American Medical Sociology British Medical Sociology Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

8 3 Health Lifestyles Lifestyle: Health as an Achievement Methodological Individualism in Health Lifestyle Research The Agency–Structure Debate Health Lifestyle Theory Class circumstances Age, gender, and race/ethnicity Collectivities Living conditions Socialization and experience Life choices (agency) Life chances (structure) Choice and chance interplay Dispositions to act (habitus) Completing the model Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

9 4 The Power of Class Class and Heart Attack Survival Class Structure and its Components Class schemes Weber: status groups The End of Class? The Social Gradient in Mortality Confirming the Relationship Medical Care as an Intervening Variable? Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

10 5 Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship Class, Health, and Medical Care in the United States Class, Health, and Medical Care in the United Kingdom Stress Income Inequality Culture Smoking Obesity Conclusion: Social Causation or Social Selection? Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

11 6 Age Age Stratification Theory Life Course Theory Cohort Effects of Age Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

12 7 Gender The Gender Health and Mortality Paradox Gender Differences in Physical and Mental Health Gender Differences in Health Practices LGBT Health Another Look at Smoking Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

13 8 Race and Ethnicity Ethnicity Race and Physical Health Hispanics and Immigration Racism as a Fundamental Cause Race and Health in Britain Race and Mental Health Summary Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

14 9 Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage Unhealthy Places Health and Neighborhood Disadvantage in Britain Physical Health and Neighborhood Disadvantage in the US Mental Health and Neighborhood Disadvantage in the US Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

15 10 Health and Social Capital Robert Putnam: Bowling Alone Nan Lin: Social Capital as Structure Pierre Bourdieu: A Social Form of Capital Robert Sampson: Collective Efficacy Research Applications of Social Capital Conclusion Critical Thinking Questions Suggested Further Reading

16 Concluding Remarks The Return of Structure Structure–Agency Interface Policy Implications Conclusion

17 References

18 Name Index

19 Subject Index

20 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1The direct effects of social factors on health and disease

2 Chapter 3 Figure 3.1Health lifestyles paradigm

1 Chapter 4 Table 4.1Percentage of British civil government employees dying over a 10-year period …

2 Chapter 5 Table 5.1Health insurance coverage for persons under 65 years of age by Hispanic origin …

3 Chapter 7 Table 7.1Life expectancy at birth by sex, United States, 1930–2017

4 Chapter 8 Table 8.1Life expectancy at birth by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, United States, … Table 8.2Age-adjusted mortality rates for selected causes of death by race, United States, …

1 Cover

2 Table of Contents

3 Dedication Dedication To Cynthia

4 Title Page The Social Causes of Health and Disease Third Edition William C. Cockerham polity

5 Copyright

6 Preface

7 Begin Reading

8 Concluding Remarks

9 References

10 Name Index

11 Subject Index

12 End User License Agreement

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