Social and Community Medicine for Students presents an extensive examination of the application of medical sociology to community treatment. It discusses the principles behind the scope and methods of epidemiology. It addresses studies in attitudes and illness.
Some of the topics covered in the book are the sick role in Western Societies; sickness behavior in a traditional society; statistics vital to social medicine; geographical pathology of cancer; scope and methods of epidemiology; possibilities and limitations of health education; and health in industry and external disability. The definition and description of social provisions for health and welfare are fully covered. An in-depth account of the common features and development of social medicine are provided. The epidemiology of the cancer of the esophagus is completely presented. A chapter is devoted to description and diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease. Another section focuses on the practical applications of social medicine.
The book can provide useful information to doctors, students, and researchers.
Inhalt
Preface
Chapter I Introduction. Some Common Features of Social Medicine, Past and Present
Chapter II Medical Sociology I. The Sick Role in Western Societies
Chapter HI Medical Sociology II. Sickness Behavior in a Traditional Society
Chapter IV Statistics Vital to Social Medicine
Chapter V The Scope and Methods of Epidemiology
Chapter VI Descriptive Epidemiology: the Geographical Pathology of Cancer
Chapter VII The Epidemiology of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Chapter VIII The Epidemiology of Mental Illness: Problems of Definition and Method
Chapter IX Attitudes and Illness
Chapter X The Possibilities and Limitations of Health Education
Chapter XI Children at Risk
Chapter XII Health in Industry and Disability outside It
Chapter XIII Social Provisions for Health and Welfare
Bibliography
Index