Social Causes of Health and Disease

Author: William Cockerham
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0745635873
Category: Medical

Social Causes of Health and Disease

In this exciting new book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. Download Social Causes of Health and Disease medical books for free.
He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness.

Noting a new emphasis upon social structure in both theory and multi-level research techniques, he argues that a paradigm shift is now emerging in 21st century medical sociology, which looks beyond individual explanations for health and disease.


As the old gives way to the new in medical sociology, the field is headed toward a fundamentally different orientation. William Cockerham's clear and compelling account Get Social Causes of Health and Disease our bestseller medical books.

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