William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and is Distinguished Professor
of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also Co-Director of the UAB Center for Social Medicine
and holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health. He is the recipient of the UAB Connors Prize in
the History of Ideas and the Ireland Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Currently, he is serving as the President
of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and is on the Editorial
Board of the American Sociological Review. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic
journals and is author or editor of fourteen books. His most recent books published by Pearson include Medical
Sociology, 12th edition (2012) and the Sociology of Mental Disorder, 8th edition (2010).
Summary
For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing.
Offers a comprehensive overview of the most current issues in medical sociology.
The standard text in the field, this best-selling introduction to medical sociology presents the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings. It contains first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers. It is based on a worldwide review of the literature and provides the most recent health statistics, data, and studies available while identifying the most important trends and issues.
Table of Contents
Pt. I Introduction
1 Medical Sociology
2 Epidemiology
3 The Social Demography of Health: Gender, Age, and Race
4 Social Demography of Health: Social Class
Pt. II Health and Illness
5 Social Stress and health
6 Health Behavior And Lifestyles
7 Illness Behavior
Pt. III Coping With Illness
8 The Sick Role
9 Doctor - Patient Interaction
10 Healing Options
Pt. IV Providing Health Care
11 Physicians
12 The Physician in a Changing Society
13 Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives
14 The Hospital in Society
Pt. V Health Care Delivery Systems
15 Health Care Delivery and Social Policy in the United States
