Medical Sociology

William C. Cockerham (University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA)

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Routledge
02 April 2025

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Sociology; Anthropology; Medical sociology; Human biology

The most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health-care providers throughout the text. Since the book’s inception, its principal goal has been to introduce students to the field of medical sociology and serve as a reference for faculty by presenting the most current ideas, issues, concepts, themes, theories, and research findings in the field. This 16th edition is heavily revised, with updated data and important new additions.

New to this edition:

Updated chapter on the social causes, impacts, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (Chapter 3) Analysis of the widening ten-year gap in average life expectancy in American society between the wealthy and well-educated and the poor and less-educated (Chapter 4) Expanded discussion of the effects of racism on physical and mental health (Chapter 6) Additions to health lifestyle theory of pandemic behavior and the digitalization of society (Chapter 8) New developments in doctor–patient interaction, including the use of genomic data and artificial intelligence (AI) technology in medical care (Chapter 10) The endangered Affordable Care Act (Chapter 16) Review of key issues in different types of health-care delivery systems (Chapter 17)

By: William C. Cockerham (University of Alabama Birmingham USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 16th edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 920g
ISBN: 9781032907864
ISBN 10: 103290786X
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 02 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He previously held a joint appointment in sociology and psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association, and formerly served on the editorial boards of the American Sociological Review, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Society and Mental Health, Social Currents, and other journals. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of 20 books. His most recent books from Routledge include Sociology of Mental Disorder (2024), Sociological Theories of Health and Illness (2021), and The COVID-19 Reader: The Science and What It Says About the Social (2021).