Health, Illness and Use of Care: The Impact of Social Factors by Jennie Jacobs K

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Explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the providers of care.

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This text explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the providers of care. It also presents papers employing a variety of methodological approaches. In the range of illnesses discussed, the social factors under consideration, and the variety of methodological approaches, this volume represents the diversity within the field of medical sociology.

Table of Contents

Women's Health and Gender Issues in Health Care: Like I just got a death sentence - conditions affecting women's reactions to being told their HIV antibody test results and the impact on access to care, (D.J. Barnes et al.); Breast cancer - an examination of the social correlates relationship to diagnosis and treatment, (C.D. Edwards et al.); The social construction of sex categories as problematic to biomedical research - cancer as a case in point, (B. Hanson); Women, medicine and sociology - thoughts on the need for a critical feminist perspective, (D. Plechner). Socioeconomic Status and Race in Health and Health Care: Care seeking pattern and outcome of hospitalized pneumonia patients who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, (J.J. Shen et al.); Socioeconomic status and health behaviours among Californians, (J. Grzywacz); Race, socioeconomic status and risk of a catastrophic health condition in later life, (N.G. Kutner, D. Brogan); HIV/AIDS patient preferences regarding physician gender, sexual orientation and race/ethnicity, (K.J. Roberts). Health Care System Issues - Health Policy, Health Lifestyles and the Construction of Patients, Illness and Death: Constructing the "good patient" in conventional and unconventional medical settings - roles, relationships and unconventional medical settings, (M. Katz); Preventing hospitalization - home hospice nurses, caregivers and shifting notions of the good death, (J. Leich); Capital formation and the United States health care system - the relationship between the private and public sector, (B. Mintz, M. Schwatz); The influence of midlife adult status and functional health status on health lifestyles, (N. Chumbler et al.); Uncertainty - a key characteristic of chronic illness and a major problem for managed care, (A. Royer).

Details ISBN0762307404 Short Title HEALTH ILLNESS & USE OF CARE Series Research in the Sociology of Health Care Language English ISBN-10 0762307404 ISBN-13 9780762307401 Media Book Format Hardcover Subtitle The Impact of Social Factors DEWEY 362.10420973 Edition 1st Imprint JAI Press Inc. Place of Publication Bingley Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Series Number 18 Pages 308 DOI 10.1604/9780762307401 AU Release Date 2000-12-20 NZ Release Date 2000-12-20 US Release Date 2000-12-20 UK Release Date 2000-12-20 Author Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-12-20 Alternative 9781849500845 Edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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