This Handbook highlights the important role of social sciences in global public health.Social sciences such as medical sociology, medical anthropology and social psychology, are the disciplines that examine the sociocultural causes and consequences of health and illness. Major areas of investigation include the social/cultural determinants of health and disease, the social/cultural behaviour of patients and healthcare providers, the social and political functions of health organisations and institutions, the social/cultural patterns of the utilisation of health services, the relationship of...