This title provides a systematic and accessible introduction to medical sociology, beginning each 1500 word entry with a definition of the concept, then examine

"A doctor can damage a patient as much with a misplaced word as with a slip of the scalpel." In this statement, from Lawrence J. Henderson, a famous physician w

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

Originally published in 1987, this book builds bridges between medical sociology and mainstream theory. It does so by demonstrating in new and important ways ho

The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness