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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication Page -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Preface to the second edition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical considerations -- 3 The rise of medicine: the pre-scientific era -- 4 Technical and political process in the rise of scientific medicine -- 5 The subordination of midwifery -- 6 The limitation of optometry -- 7 The exclusion of chiropractic -- 8 Conclusion -- Postscript: the politics of medical dominance -- Methodological appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The nature of sociological explanation -- 3. Sociology's place in the academy -- 4. The sociological imagination -- 5. Structure and crtique -- 6. The social and the biological world -- 7. Theory and method -- 8. Doing sociology.

An informal research project with high local relevance was developed for a first-year sociology course at an Australian rural university campus. The project developed students' sociological insight by challenging them to investigate "truths" about their own region, rather than immediately pushing them to comprehend new and different societyscapes. Classroom sessions elicited debate over the adequacy of social theories about rural and urban life, centering on the question, "How do you know?" This morphed into debate about "How can you find out, sociologically?" With interest piqued, many students volunteered to participate in investigating the proportion of empty shops in their own or nearby towns, as one measure of rural well-being. Classroom analysis and reflection on the results—what they meant and limits in how well this measured rural districts and rural town existence—greatly enhanced the introductory sociology learning experience for the core group and, to a lesser extent, the "audience" members of class.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- 1 The Ingredients Needed to Perform Clinical Research Successfully -- 2 Observed Parameters of Efficacy -- 3 The Randomised Controlled Trial -- 4 Objectivism and Subjectivism -- Tables -- 1 Alternative Economic Analyses for Health and Health Care Evaluation -- 2 Some Utilities for Health States -- 3 Issues in the Measurement of Utility and CUA -- 4 Essential Design Features for Studies Evaluating the Efficacy of a Diagnostic Test -- 5 Relative Risk Reduction -- 6 Components of Decline in Coronary Heart Disease -- 7 National Estimates of Physical Limitations and Social Conditions by Age and Sex (%) -- 8 Advantages and Limitations of Three Major Field Approaches -- 9 Advantages and Limitations of Three Major Field Approaches, Given the Impairment and Attitudes of the Oldest Old -- 10 The Focus of Various Methods of Social Research -- 11 Reported Illness Among Male Respondents, Denmark, 1952-4 -- 12 The Association Between Stress and Anxiety Estimated Using Both Simultaneous and Sequential Data Collection Methods -- 13 The Association Between Stress and Anxiety (1) -- 14 The Association Between Stress and Anxiety (2) -- 15 Initial Elicitation Question (random Sample) -- 16 Initial Elicitation Question (down's Syndrome Cases) -- 17 Cardiologists' Reasons for Ordering the Test -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Problem as We Saw It -- Part I: Issues of Policy -- 1 The Perspective of the Policy Maker on Health Care Research and Evaluation -- 2 Cost-Utility Analyses in Health Care: Present Status and Future Issues -- Part II: the Randomised Controlled Trial -- 3 Randomised Controlled Trials in Health Care Research -- 4 The Impact of Clinical Research on Clinical Practice.