The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care
Download or Read eBook The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care PDF written by Rose Weitz and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rose Weitz |
| Publisher | : Wadsworth Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 506 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : IND:30000076377955 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care by : Rose Weitz
Book excerpt: 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 textbooks. Weitz, instead, adopts a critical perspective, sometimes challenging medical perspectives, sometimes raising broader issues beyond those of interest to the medical world. This perspective, which is more thoroughly sociological, is now more common among instructors than the older medical perspective.
