The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives

The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives
ISBN-10
1071850806
ISBN-13
9781071850800
Series
The Sociology of Health and Illness
Category
Social Science
Pages
783
Language
English
Published
2023-05-12
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Authors
Peter Conrad, Valerie Leiter

Description

This anthology for Medical Sociology courses, is edited by two leading experts in the field. It brings together readings from the scholarly literature on health, medicine, and health care, covering some of the most timely health issues of our day, including eating disorders, the effects of inequality on health, how race, class, and gender affect health outcomes, the health politics of asthma, the effects of health care reform, the pharmaceutical industry, health information on the Internet, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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