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Traditionally, medical sociology texts have been written from a medical perspective, focusing primarily on health issues as they have been defined by doctors, and often reading much like health education...
Weitz (Arizona State University) presents a critical approach to the sociology of health, illness, and health care in this text for students in sociology, medicine, and nursing.
The author's discussions emphasize the effects of power and how social forces create illness, affect our ideas about the meaning of illness and disability, structure health care institutions, and impact the work and social position of ...
The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care: A Critical Approach
The first text to take a critical approach to our health care systems, it provides an analysis of the relationship between American social organizations/institutions and the medical care system.