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Medical Sociology on the Move

by William C. Cockerham
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Overview

... medicalization become lost in the very large picture. I will say more about biomedicalization later. Sometimes ... deviance, medicalization is more of a conceptual framework with interconnected observations and ideas than a full ...

Synopsis

This book provides readers with a single source reviewing and updating sociological theory in medical or health sociology. The book not only addresses the major theoretical approaches in the field today, it also identifies the future directions these theories are likely to take in explaining the social processes affecting health and disease. Many of the chapters are written by leading medical sociologists who feature the use of theory in their everyday work, including contributions from the original theorists of fundamental causes, health lifestyles, and medicalization. Theories focusing on both agency and structure are included to provide a comprehensive account of this important area in medical sociology.

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Book Details

Published
April 3, 2013
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Pages
271
ISBN
9789400761933

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