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Health and Health Care In Developing Countries
In this seminal collection of articles on health care in the Third World, sociological perspectives are applied to medical issues in revealing ways. Fourteen essays (all but two of which are original to this volume) examine the social production of health, disease, and systems of care throughout the developing world. The volume covers a range of areas—central Africa, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nepal, China, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Mexico—and a broad scope of topics, from emergency care, the AIDS epidemic, and women's health care, to public health programs and national health care policies. Contributors address the central question of whether health systems in developi...
Global Perspectives on Health Care
For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology. This reader offers a contemporary view of the organization and functioning of health care systems around the world.
Deviance and Medicalization
A classic text on deviance is updated and reissued.
Society, Health, and Disease
Appropriate for courses in Medical Sociology, Health Behavior, Disease, and Health Care in departments of Sociology and Health. This collection of readings examines the interrelationship between health, disease and different social settings, increasing readers' awareness of the special health concerns and needs of developing countries. By studying social organization and social behavior, the authors illuminate the patterns and effects of health and disease on both the individual and the group.
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Educating for Faith and Justice
Catholic colleges and universities play a crucial role in handing on a rich faith tradition to young adults today. As these institutions have become more professional and pluralistic, many are asking how effective they are at carrying out the religious mission which is central to their identity: Are Catholic colleges and universities significantly different from less expensive state institutions or from other private colleges and universities? Are they still committed to the search for truth, which is really the search for God? Thomas Rausch, an eminent educator, is a Catholic priest long interested in Catholic theology as a work of the church, not just of the academy. He insists we must als...
