Handbook of Social Studies in Health & Medicine

"The collection will offer a unique range of work, both in terms of topics and of theoretical perspectives, written by leading scholars from around the world. It will be an essential resource for teaching and research." "I've wanted a handbook like this on my desk for a long time -- one with broad coverage and extensive bibliographies. This is one of those books that you point to when a graduate student asks: 'How do I get started in ...'' The coverage of the 33 chapters is really impressive: from an exposition on the use of ethnographic case studies to a discussion of the globalization of health care; from a discussion of how people experience illness to a discussion of how best to measure health status and quality of life variable" --H. Russell Bernard, University of Florida The FIRST International and INTERDISCIPLINARY Handbook About Health and Medicine Is HERE! No Other Volume in the Marketplace Has the Range, Depth and Relevance of this Handbook Three sections contain specially commissioned chapters designed to examine the vital conceptual, methodological, practice and policy issues. * You'll receive not only a complete survey of social science, health and medicine in one volume, but also an authoritative guide to methodologies, key concepts, central theoretical traditions and an agenda for future research and practice. * The Handbook offers researchers and scholars the best guide to what the leading figures in the field are thinking and doing. It also pinpoints the focal issues of research and debate in one volume. * The Handbook answers the need, expressed by social scientists and medical practitioners, for an authoritative, inter-disciplinary study which demonstrates the contribution and promise of social science disciplines in the crucial and rapidly changing field of health and medicine.Albrecht, Gary is the author of 'Handbook of Social Studies in Health & Medicine ', published 1999 under ISBN 9780761942726 and ISBN 0761942726.