Medical Sociology, Fourteenth Edition (14)

By: William C. Cockerham

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Synopsis: The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers throughout the text. A much greater number of first-person accounts and updated examples are added to the new fourteenth edition. Other updates include: - Coverage of Zika, Ebola, MERS, and updates on other pandemics - Expanded discussion of obesity as a disease - Coverage of the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor - New information on the decline of life expectancy among American white women, especially those who live in rural counties - New material on biomarkers, gene-environment interaction, and stress - Analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum in medical schools - Exiting the Affordable Care Act

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 456 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781138668324
Publisher:: Routledge
Date of Addition:: 12/03/24
Copyrighted By:: Taylor & Francis
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Reference, Health, Mind and Body, Study Guides, Psychology, Education, Medicine, Sociology
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Proofread By:: Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.