Health, Illness and Use of Care: The Impact of Social Factors

ISBN-13: 9780762307401 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 308 str.

J. J. Kronenfeld; Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld; Jacobs Kronenfeld Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld

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Hardbound. Volume 18 in this series 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.Health, Illness and Use of Care 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 current diversity within the field of Medical Sociology.