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DISCUSSES THE EVOLUTION OF MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY IN EUROPE & AMERICA, 1950'S-60'S.

The purpose here is to examine the way in which medical sociology has developed in the New & the Old World. Intentions were: (1) to review the major tasks which medical sociologists have identified in their research, service, & teaching activities & to relate such activities to the work of other social scientists, medical practitioners, historians, etc, whose contributions are pertinent to the future development of medical sociology or have already had a significant impact upon the discipline, & (2) to comment upon neglected areas of research in medical sociology with special reference to the apparent disjunction between health & illness. The critical & reflexive nature of medical sociology in Europe stems from a radical orientation of the European intelligentsia whose roots are to be found in the nineteenth century, or even earlier. In contrast, American medical sociology developed without the support of an intelligentsia who were critical of the establishment, its philosophy & value structures. Only in recent years has medical sociology in the US developed a reflexive & critical posture. This lack of critical perspective toward medicine has led to an overconcentration upon MDs & a relative neglect of other health care practitioners & occupations. While nursing has been studied from a sociological perspective, the orientation or emphasis has often been on the relationship between MDs & nurses rather than the study of nursing per se. Studies of the impact of illness & disease on the general health status of the population are also relatively neglected, partially because of the overidentification of medical sociologists with MDs in the early stages of the development of the discipline. A new nexus of orientation is gradually emerging, emphasizing the role nutrition, improvement in standards of living, & increasingly effective environmental controls has had & is having on the health status of population. The contributions that other health care practitioners can make to improve the health status of populations--laboratory technicians, MDs' assistants, emergency medical technicians, etc--are now beginning to receive attention. Modified AA.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Value of Labour-Power and Health -- 2 Durkheim and Social Realism: An Approach to Health and Illness -- 3 Bodies of Knowledge: Foucault and the Problem of Human Anatomy -- 4 The Lost Subject of Medical Sociology -- 5 Parsons, Role Theory, and Health Interaction -- 6 Goffman, Interactionism, and the Management of Stigma in Everyday Life -- 7 Habermas and the Power of Medical Expertise -- 8 Rationalism, Bureaucracy, and the Organization of the Health Services: Max Weber's Contribution to Understanding Modern Health Care Systems -- 9 Political Science and Health Policy -- Index.