Sociological theories of health and illness / William C. Cockerham.

"A theoretical at its inception, the field of medical sociology has evolved to become one of the most theoretically active sociology fields. This is the first up to date-single author text to appear in many years. It is designed to be taught as a stand-alone text or assigned along with the author's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cockerham, William C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2021.
Subjects:
Social medicine.
Sociology.
Social Medicine.
Physical Description:340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory
  • 2. The Origin of Medical Sociology
  • 3. Medical Sociology and the Rise of Theory
  • 4. Classical Theory: Durkheim and Weber
  • 5. Classical Theory: Marx
  • 6. Symbolic Interaction and Labeling Theory
  • 7. Journey to Postmodernism
  • 8. The Stress Process
  • 9. The Social Construction of Gender and Race
  • 10. Health Lifestyle Theory
  • 11. Life Course Theory
  • 12. Fundamental Cause Theory
  • 13. The Medical Profession and Medicalization
  • 14. Theories of Social Capital.