Health and Canadian Society: Sociological PerspectivesHealth and Canadian Society provides a comprehensive overview of social and political issues in health and health care in Canada. This third edition features contributions not only from sociologists but also from researchers and practitioners in disciplines ranging from history to medicine. Ninety-five per cent of the contributions are new to this edition. Recognized as the standard textbook on the sociology of health in Canada, Health and Canadian Society is an essential reference for sociologists, health care providers, and health administrators. |
Contents
Health Status and Health Care Costs | 23 |
Health Status of Canadians | 43 |
Social Factors in Health and Illness | 69 |
Low Income and Child Health in Canada | 102 |
Are Subarctic Indians Undergoing the Epidemiologic Transition? | 110 |
The Impact of Aboriginal | 131 |
Punctuality Pain and TimeOrientation among SicilianCanadians | 147 |
Ethnicity Ideology | 163 |
State Authority Medical Dominance and Trends in | 332 |
Toward a Conceptual Understanding of | 347 |
Professional Ideology in Canadian Pharmacy | 379 |
Public | 399 |
Hospitals | 417 |
Hospitals as Health Factories | 438 |
The Health Care System | 456 |
Too Close for Comfort | 485 |
Cultural Constructions of Menopausal | 187 |
Role Strains and Tranquillizer | 201 |
An Update | 214 |
Assessing Exposure and Vulnerability | 238 |
The Impact of Working Conditions Social Roles and Personal | 261 |
Exploring the Correlates of SelfProvided Health Care Behaviour | 278 |
A TwelveYear Study | 295 |
Health Care Providers or Caring | 308 |
Society Health and Health Care | 531 |
Producing Health Consuming Health Care | 549 |
Family Policy and Health | 580 |
The Politics | 597 |
The Sociology of Health in Canada | 619 |
About the Authors | 635 |
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Health and Canadian Society: Sociological Perspectives David Coburn,Carl D'Arcy,George Murray Torrance No preview available - 1998 |
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