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The Relevance of Social Science for Medicine

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    Chapter 1 Clinical Social Science
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    Chapter 2 An Informal Appraisal of the Current Status of ‘Medical Sociology’
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    Chapter 3 Physical Health and the Social Environment: A Social Epidemiological Perspective
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    Chapter 4 Social Network Influences on Morbid Episodes and the Career of Help Seeking
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    Chapter 5 Sickness and the Sickness Career: Some Implications
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    Chapter 6 The Sickness Impact Profile: The Relevance of Social Science to Medicine
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    Chapter 7 Cultural Influences on Illness Behavior: A Medical Anthropological Approach
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    Chapter 8 The Meaning of Symptoms: A Cultural Hermeneutic Model for Clinical Practice
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    Chapter 9 A Cultural Prescription for Medicocentrism
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    Chapter 10 Attributions: Uses of Social Science Knowledge in the ‘Doctoring’ of Primary Care
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    Chapter 11 Structural Constraints in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: The Case of Non-Compliance
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    Chapter 12 Doctor-Patient Negotiation and Other Social Science Strategies in Patient Care
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    Chapter 13 The Social Labeling Perspective on Illness and Medical Practice
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    Chapter 14 The Double-Bind between Dialysis Patients and Their Health Practitioners
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    Chapter 15 A Marxist Analysis of the Health Care Systems of Advanced Capitalist Societies
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    Chapter 16 Importance of the Economy to the Nation’s Health
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Title
The Relevance of Social Science for Medicine
Published by
Springer, Dordrecht, January 1981
DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-8379-3
ISBNs
978-9-02-771185-4, 978-9-40-098379-3
Editors

Leon Eisenberg, Arthur Kleinman

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Country Count As %
Japan 1 2%
Unknown 48 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 18%
Researcher 6 12%
Professor 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Student > Master 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 30 61%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 11 22%
Arts and Humanities 2 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 2%
Linguistics 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 30 61%