Introduction - Gary L Albrecht, Ray Fitzpatrick and Susan C Scrimshaw PART ONE: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORKS OF ANALYSIS The History of the Changing Concepts of Health and Illness - Bryan S Turner Outline of a General Model of Illness Categories Social Theorizing about Health and Illness - David Armstrong Classification and Process in Sociomedical Understanding - Robert A Rubinstein, Susan C Scrimshaw and Suzanne E Morrisey Towards a Multilevel View of Sociomedical Methodology The Social Construction of Medicine and the Body - Deborah Lupton A Taxonomy of Research Concerned with Place and Health - Ralph Catalano and Kate E Pickett The Globalization of Health and Disease - Emily C Zielinski Guti[ac]errez and Carl Kendall The Health Transition and Global Change The Social Causation of Health and Illness - Johannes Siegrist Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health - Stephanie A Robert and James S House Integrating Individual-, Community-, and Societal-Level Theory and Research Gender and Health - Sandra D Lane and Donald A Cibula Critical Perspectives on Health and Aging - Carroll L Estes and Karen W Linkins The Social Context of the New Genetics - Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Mary Boulton PART TWO: THE EXPERIENCE OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS Cultural Variation in the Experience of Health and Illness - Ann McElroy and Mary Ann Jezewski Ethnography and Network Analysis - Robert T Trotter II The Study of Social Context in Cultures and Societies Personal Experience of Illness - Arthur Kleinman and Don Seeman Clinical Narratives and the Study of Contemporary Doctor-Patient Relationships - Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good and Byron J Good Accounting for Disease and Distress - Margaret Lock Morals of the Normal and Abnormal Experiencing Chronic Illness - Kathy Charmaz The Global Emergence of Disability - Gary L Albrecht and Lois M Verbrugge Reproduction and Assisted Reproductive Technologies - Hel[ac]ena Ragon[ac]e and Sharla K Willis Health-Care Utilization and Barriers to Health Care - Judith D Kasper Concepts and Measurement of Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life - Colleen A McHorney Health Behavior - Thomas R Prohaska, Karen E Peters and Jan S Warren From Research to Community Practice PART THREE: HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES The Medical Profession - David Coburn and Evan Willis Knowledge, Power, and Autonomy The Sociological Character of Health-Care Markets - Donald W Light Medical Uncertainty Revisited - Ren[ac]ee C Fox Alternative Health Practices and Systems - Sarah Cant and Ursula Sharma Comparative Health Sytems - Linda M Whiteford and Lois LaCivita Nixon Emerging Convergences and Globalization The Patient's Perspective Regarding Appropriate Health Care - Angela Coulter and Ray Fitzpatrick Consumer and Community Participation - Deena White A Reassessment of Process, Impact and Value An Expanded Conceptual Framework of Equity - Lu Ann Aday Implications for Assessing Health Policy Resources and Rationing - Stephen Harrison and Michael Moran Managing Supply and Demand in Health Care Reconfiguring Health Policy - Steven Lewis, Marcel Saulnier and Marc Renaud Simple Truths, Complex Solutions
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