1. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e
James M. Henslin
Chapter Nineteen: Medicine and Health
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2. Sociology and the Study of Medicine and Health
Role of Sociology in the Study
Study Influence of Self-Regulation, Bureaucracy, and Profit Motive
Study How Illness is More than Biology
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3. Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Role of Culture in Defining Health and Illness
The Components of Health
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4. The Functionalist Perspective
The Sick Role
Elements of the Sick Role
Ambiguity of the Sick Role
Gatekeepers to the Sick Role
Gender Differences in the Sick Role
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5. The Conflict Perspective
Effects of Global Stratification on Health Care
Establishing a Monopoly on U.S. Health Care
The Professionalism of Medicine
The Monopoly of Medicine
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6. Historical Patterns of Health
Physical Health
Leading Causes of Death
Were Americans Healthier in Past?
Mental Health
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7. Issues in Health Care Medical Care: Right or Commodity?
Social Inequality
Malpractice Suits and Defensive Medicine
Medical Incompetence
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8. Issues in Health Care Depersonalization: The Medical Cash Machine
Conflict of Interest
Medical Fraud
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9. Issues in Health Care Sexism in Medicine The Medicalization of Society
Medically Assisted Suicide
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10. Curbing Costs: Issues in Health Insurance
HMOs—Health Maintenance Organizations
Diagnosis Related Groups
National Health Insurance
Rationing Medical Care
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11. Threats to Health HIV/AIDS Origin of AIDS Transmission of AIDS
Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and AIDS
Stigma of AIDS
Is there a Cure?
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12. Threats to Health Obesity Drugs Disabling Environments Alcohol
Nicotine
Disabling Environments
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13. Threats to Health Misguided, Foolish, and Callous Experiments
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Cold War Experiments
Playing God
Globalization of Disease
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14. The Search for Alternatives
Treatment or Prevention?
Alternative Medicine
Health Care in Global Perspective
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15. The Future of Medicine In U.S.—Continued Fee-For-Service
Cigarette Smoking Decrease
Increased Knowledge of Genes
Increased Technology
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