The Relevance of Social Science for Medicine
The central purpose of this book is to demonstrate the relevance of social science concepts, and the data derived from empirical research in those sciences, to problems in the clinical practice of medicine. As physicians, we believe that the biomedical sciences have made - and will continue to make...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1981, 1981
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981 |
| Series: | Culture, Illness and Healing
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Clinical Social Science
- Section 1: How Academic Physicians View the Social Sciences
- 2. An Informal Appraisal of the Current Status of ‘Medical Sociology’
- Section 2: Social Supports: Influences on Health and Illness
- 3. Physical Health and the Social Environment: A Social Epidemiological Perspective
- 4. Social Network Influences on Morbid Episodes and the Career of Help Seeking
- Section 3: Illness Behavior
- 5. Sickness and the Sickness Career: Some Implications
- 6. The Sickness Impact Profile: The Relevance of Social Science to Medicine
- 7. Cultural Influences on Illness Behavior: A Medical Anthropological Approach
- Section 4: Culture, Meaning, and Negotiation
- 8. The Meaning of Symptoms : A Cultural Hermeneutic Model for Clinical Practice
- 9. A Cultural Prescription for Medicocentrism
- 10. Attributions: Uses of Social Science Knowledge in the ‘Doctoring’ of Primary Care
- 11. Structural Constraints in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: The Case of Non-Compliance
- 12. Doctor-Patient Negotiation and Other Social Science Strategies in Patient Care
- Section 5: Social Labeling and Other Patterns of Social Communication
- 13. The Social Labeling Perspective on Illness and Medical Practice
- 14. The Double-Bind Between Dialysis Patients and Their Health Practitioners
- Section 6: Sociopolitical and Socioeconomic Analyses
- 15. A Marxist Analysis of the Health Care Systems of Advanced Capitalist Societies
- 16. Importance of the Economy to the Nation’s Health
- List of Contributors
- Name Index