The Sociology of Health and Illness by Peter F. Conrad, Valerie Leiter
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Description This anthology for Medical Sociology courses brings together a collection of readings from the scholarly literature on health, medicine, and health care. covering some of the most timely health issues of our day,
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The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives brings together a collection of readings from the scholarly literature on health, medicine, and health care. Edited by two leading experts in the field, the Eleventh Edition of this anthology for medical sociology courses covers some of the most timely health issues of our day, including eating disorders, the effects of inequality on health, how race, class, and gender affect health outcomes, the pharmaceutical industry, health information on the Internet, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author Biography
Peter Conrad is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Brandeis University. His work focuses on the sociology of health and illness, deviance, medicalization, new genetics, and the sociology of ADHD. He has published over 100 articles and a dozen books, including The Medicalization of Society (2007), and most recently, coedited Global Perspectives on ADHD (2018). He received the Lee Founder's Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems (for lifetime contributions) and the Leo G. Reeder Award for "outstanding contributions to medical Sociology" from the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.Valerie Leiter is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Simmons College. She received the Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies. Much of her work focuses on children and youth with disabilities, including her book, Their Time has Come: Youth with Disabilities on the Cusp of Adulthood (Rutgers University Press). She has two current projects, one focused on individuals′ experiences with autoimmune conditions, and the other on the Food and Drug Administration′s regulation of women′s health medical devices. Her teaching addresses health and illness, disability, children and youth, and sociological methods.
Details ISBN 1071850822 ISBN-13 9781071850824 Title The Sociology of Health and Illness Author Peter F. Conrad, Valerie Leiter Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 864 Edition 11th Publisher SAGE Publications Inc GE_Item_ID:143992802; About Us
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