Medical Sociology

Suggested Readings -- References -- PART III SEEKING HEALTH CARE -- 8 The Sick Role -- Illness as Deviance -- The Functionalist Approach to Deviance -- The Sick Role -- Medicalization -- Criticism of the Sick Role -- Labeling Theory -- Sickness as Social Deviance? -- Being Sick and Disabled -- Stigma -- Summary -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- References -- 9 Doctor-Patient Interaction -- Models of Interaction -- Misunderstandings in Communication -- Communication and Class Background -- Male Physicians and Women Patients -- Women Physicians -- Cultural Differences in Communication -- Patient Compliance -- The Future of Doctor-Patient Relations -- Doctor-Patient Relations and New Technology -- The New Genetics -- Summary -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- References -- PART IV PROVIDING HEALTH CARE -- 10 Physicians -- The Professionalization of the Physician -- The Control of Medical Education -- The Socialization of the Physician -- Osteopaths -- The Power Structure of American Medicine -- Summary -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- References -- 11 The Physician in a Changing Society -- Social Control of Medical Practice -- Countervailing Power -- Government Regulation -- Managed Care -- The Coming of the Corporation -- The Changing Physician-Patient Relationship -- The Deprofessionalization of Physicians -- The Evolution of the Organization of Medical Practice -- Summary -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- References -- 12 Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives -- Nursing: Past and Present -- Nursing: Future Trends -- Physician Assistants -- Pharmacists -- Midwives -- Summary -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Suggested Readings -- References -- 13 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) -- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)