TY - BOOK AU - Weitz, Rose, TI - The sociology of health, illness, and health care : : a critical approach SN - 9781305583702 AV - RA418.3.U6 W45 2017 PY - 2017///] CY - Australia : PB - Cengage Learning, KW - Social Medicine KW - methods KW - Disease KW - Socioeconomic Factors N1 - Part I: SOCIAL FACTORS AND ILLNESS.1. The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care.2. The Social Sources of Modern Illness.3. The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States.4. Illness and Death in Less Developed Nations.Part II: THE MEANING AND EXPERIENCE OF ILLNESS.5. The Social Meanings of Illness.6. The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness.7. The Sociology of Mental Illness.Part III: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, SETTINGS, AND TECHNOLOGIES.8. Health Care in the United States.9. Health Care around the Globe.10. Health Care Settings and Technologies.Part IV: HEALTH CARE, HEALTH RESEARCH, AND BIOETHICS.11. The Profession of Medicine.12. Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care Providers.13. Issues in Bioethics.Glossary.References.Subject Index ER -