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Over a decade after medical sociologist Phil Brown called for a sociology of diagnosis, Putting a Name to It provides the first book-length, comprehensive framework for this …
How and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetorical—and harmful—power.In Why Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch examines why the concept of wellness holds such rhetorical power in …
Finalist, Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, British Sociological AssociationOver a decade after medical sociologist Phil Brown called for a sociology …
Changes in health care have dramatically altered the experience of dying in America.At the turn of the twentieth century, medicine's imperative to cure disease increasingly took …
How and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetorical-and harmful-power.In Why Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch examines why the concept of wellness holds such rhetorical power in …
Understanding human behavior is essential if medical students and doctors are to provide more effective health care.While 40 percent of premature deaths in the United States can be …
Proof that high health care spending is linked directly to poverty.In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues that US poverty and high health …
In American society, the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is considered dangerous, irresponsible, and in some cases illegal. Pregnant women who have even a single drink …
Proof that high health care spending is linked directly to poverty.In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues that US poverty and high health …
While 40 percent of premature deaths in the United States can be attributed to such dangerous behaviors as smoking, overeating, inactivity, and drug or alcohol use, medical …