TY - BOOK AU - Cockerham,William C. TI - Medical sociology SN - 9780205054183 (alk. paper) AV - MED RA418 .C657 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Prentice Hall KW - Social medicine KW - Sociology, Medical N1 - Medical sociology -- Epidemiology -- Social demography of health : social class -- The social demography of health : gender, age, and race -- Social stress and health -- Health behavior and lifestyles -- Illness behavior -- The sick role -- Doctor-patient interaction -- Healing options -- Physicians -- The physician in a changing society -- Nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and midwives -- The hospital in society -- Health care reform and social policy in the United States -- Global health care ER -