The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO Medical Sociology The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is an authoritative overview of the most recent research, major theoretical approaches, and central issues and debates within the field. Bringing together contributions from an international team of leading scholars, this wide-ranging volume summarizes significant new developments and discusses a broad range of globally-relevant topics. The Companion’s twenty-eight chapters contain timely, theoretically-informed coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and emerging diseases, bioethics, healthcare delivery systems, health disparities associated with migration, social class, gender, and race. It also explores mental health, the family, religion, and many other real-world health concerns. The most up-to-date and comprehensive single-volume reference on the key concepts and contemporary issues in medical sociology, this book: Presents thematically-organized essays by authors who are recognized experts in their fields Features new chapters reflecting state-of-the-art research and contemporary issues relevant to global health Covers vital topics such as current bioethical debates and the global effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemic Discusses the important relationship between culture and health in a global context Provide fresh perspectives on the sociology of the body, biomedicalization, health lifestyle theory, doctor-patient relations, and social capital and health The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is essential reading for advanced under­graduate and graduate students in medical sociology, health studies, and health care, as well as for academics, researchers, and practitioners wanting to keep pace with new developments in the field.

List of Contributors viii  Preface xix  Part I Introduction 1  1 Medical Sociology and Its Changing Subfields 3  Terrence D. Hill, William C. Cockerham, Jane D. Mcleod, and Frederic W. Hafferty  2 Medical Sociology and Sociological Theory 22  William C. Cockerham and Graham Scambler  3 Research Methods in Medical Sociology 45  Joseph D. Wolfe, Shawn Bauldry, and Cindy L. Cain  4 Health and Culture in the Global Context 62  Stella Quah  5 Bioethics: A Study in Sociology 82  Kristina Orfali and Raymond de Vries  Part II Theoretical Approaches 103  6 The Sociology of the Body 105  Sarah Nettleton  7 Biomedicalization Revisited 125  Adele E. Clarke, Melanie Jeske, Laura Mamo, and Janet K. Shim  8 Health Lifestyles: Bringing Structure Back 150  William C. Cockerham  9 The Life Course Perspective 171  Kim M. Shuey and Andrea E. Willson  10 Social Capital and Health 192  Lijun Song and Yvonne Chen  Part III Health and Social Inequality 215  11 Health and Social Class 217  Jarron M. Saint Onge and Patrick M. Krueger  12 Health and Gender 237  Ellen Annandale  13 Health, Ethnicity, and Race 258  Hannah Bradby and James Y. Nazroo  14 African American Health 279  Christy L. Erving and Lacee A. Satcher  15 Latinos and Equity in Health Care Access in the US 303  Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel  16 Social Policies and Health Inequalities 322  Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Jaunathan Bilodeau, and Kaitlin Conway  Part IV Health and Social Relationships 347  17 Health and the Family 349  Mieke Beth Thomeer and Kirsten Ostergren Clark  18 Health and Religion 370  Ellen Idler  19 Migration and Health 389  Elyas Bakhtiari  20 Mental Health 410  Teresa L. Scheid  Part V Health and Disease 431  21 Emerging Infectious Diseases 433  Ron Barrett  22 Beyond the Lost Self: Old Insights and New Horizons in the Sociology of Chronic Illness 447  Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski  Part VI Health Care Delivery 471  23 Health Professions and Occupations 473  Jason Adam Wasserman and Brian Philip Hinote  24 Doctor–Patient Relationship 495  Hyeyoung Oh Nelson  25 Complementary and Alternative Medicine 516  Eeva Sointu  26 American Health Care System: Reforms for Access, Outcomes, and Cost Amid Legal, Legislative, and Political Disputes 537  Bernice A. Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer  27 The British Healthcare System 556  Jonathan Gabe  28 The Chinese Health Care System 572  Lei Jin and Chenyu Ye  Author Index 590  Subject Index 605