Medical Sociology - Tapa dura

For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses on Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing. The standard text in the field-around the world-this best-selling introduction to medical sociology presents the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings at the cutting-edge of the field. It contains first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers; is based on a worldwide review of the literature; provides the most recent health statistics, data, and studies available; and identifies the most important trends and issues.

WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM is Professor of Sociology, Medicine, and Public health; Chair of the Sociology Department; and Co-Director of the Program in Social Medicine at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.