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• Title:Health, illness, and medicine in Canada / Juanne Nancarrow Clarke.
  
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• Author/Creator:Clarke, Juanne N. (Juanne Nancarrow), 1944-
  
• Published/Created:Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WA31 .C598h 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Social medicine--Canada.
  
• Medical Subjects:Social Medicine--Canada.
  Sociology, Medical--Canada.
  
• Edition:6th ed.
  
• Description:xx, 463 pages : ill., maps ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"Exploring the theories and issues of health and medical sociology in Canada, this sixth edition offers students an engaging, accessible, and authoritative introduction to the field. Balancing theoretical and practical concerns, the text provides a foundation to the field with coverage of the major sociological approaches before moving on to discuss key issues impacting Canadians, such as societal inequality, culture, disease, and death. A thorough analysis of the Canadian medical system and how it compares to other systems throughout the world prepares students to evaluate health care practices at home and abroad. Current, Canadian, and comprehensive, this sixth edition of Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada is essential reading for students of health and medical sociology."--pub. desc.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-455) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195443295 (alk. paper)
  0195443292 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Part I: Sociological Perspectives
  1. Ways of Thinking Sociologically about Health, Illness, and Medicine
  Structural Functionalism
  Conflict Theory
  Symbolic Interactionist Theory
  Feminist and Critical or Anti-racist Theories
  Sociology of Health in Canada
  Part II: Sociology of Health and Illness
  2. Disease and Death: Canada in International and Historical Context
  Life Expectancy
  Death, Disease, and Disability in Global Context
  Death, Disease, and Disability in Canadian Society
  Precursors to the Major Causes of Disease and Death in Canada
  3. Environmental and Occupational Health and Illness
  The Major Environmental Issues
  Air Pollution and Human Health
  Water Pollution and Human Health
  Land Pollution and Human Health
  Biodiversity
  Food Safety
  Occupational Health and Safety
  Other Accidents and Violence
  4. Social Inequity, Disease, and Death: The Social Determinants of Health
  Political Explanations for Inequality and Poor Health
  An Operating Model for the Social Determinants of Health
  The Social Determinants of Health: Evidence from Canada
  Social Theory, Economics, and Health
  5. Social Inequity, Disease, and Death in Canada: Age, Gender, Racialization, and Ethnicity
  Introduction: Social-Structural Positions and Health
  Age, Gender, and Life Expectancy
  Racialization, Ethnicity, and Minority Status
  Explanations for the Health Effects of Inequalities
  6. Some Social-Psychological Explanations for Illness
  Stress
  Social Support
  Sense of Coherence
  Religion and Health: Theoretical Views
  The Illness Iceberg
  Why People Seek Help 7. The Experience of Being Ill
  Illness, Sickness, and Disease
  Variations in the Experience of Being Ill
  Popular Conceptions of Health, Illness, and Disease
  The Insider's View: How Illness Is Experienced
  Case Study: Women and Cancer
  Part III: Sociology of Medicine
  8. The Social Construction of Scientific and Medical Knowledge and Medical Practice
  Introduction: The Sociology of Medical Knowledge
  Medical and Scientific Knowledge: Historical and Cross-Cultural Context
  Medical Science and Medical Practice: A Gap in Values
  Medical Science Reinforces Gender Role Stereotypes
  The Sociology of Medical Practice
  Doctor-Patient Communication
  9. Medicalization: The Medical-Moral Mix
  A Brief History of Western Medical Practice
  Medicalization: A Critique of Contemporary Medicine
  The Contemporary Physician as Moral Entrepreneur
  Uncertainty and Medicalization
  Medicalization and Demedicalization
  10. The History and Current State of Medicare in Canada
  Early Canadian Medical Organizations
  The Origins of the Contemporary Medical-Care System
  The Efforts of Early Allopathic Physicians to Organize
  A Brief History of Universal Medical Insurance in Canada
  The Impact of Medicare on the Health of Canadians
  The Impact of Medicare on Medical Practice
  The Impact of Medicare on Health-Care Costs
  11. The Medical Profession
  The 'Profession' of Medicine
  A Brief History of Medical Education in North America
  Medical Education in Canada Today
  The Process of Becoming a Doctor
  Getting Doctored
  Organization of the Medical Profession: Autonomy and Social Control
  The Management of Mistakes
  12. Nurses and Midwives in the Changing Health-Care System
  Nursing: The Historical Context
  Nursing Today: Issues of Sexism, Managerial Ideology, Hospital Organization, and Cutbacks
  Nursing as a Profession
  Midwifery
  13. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  Alternative, Complementary, and Allopathic Medicine
  Chiropractic
  Naturopathy
  Therapeutic Touch
  14. The Medical-Industrial Complex
  Drug Use
  Physicians and Prescribing Pharmacists
  The Pharmaceutical Industry
  Medical Devices and Bioengineering
  15. Health-Care Systems in International Context
  Globalization, Medicalization, and Health-Care
  A Brief History of the Worldwide Concern for Health
  Health-Care System Differences around the Globe
  Traditional Medicines in Global Context
  Health-Care in the United States
  Health-Care in Developing Countries
  Health-Care in Brazil