《醫學社會學》(Medical sociology)

《醫學社會學》(Medical sociology)[第9版](影印版)/(美)威廉.科克勒姆(William C. Cockerham).——北京大學出版社2005年出版
索書號：R-05/C666/9E
本書是北京大學出版社培文書系•社會科學英文影印系列書籍之一。書中主要介紹了醫學社會學的基本理論和最新的思想、內容、主題、觀點和爭論以及該領域邊緣學科的相關研究成果，例如從健康人口學和流行病學的大量研究結果中探索影響人類健康的因素，從對緊張、健康和患病行為的討論中推論出導致人類疾病的社會學成因，從對病人角色、醫患關係的論述中概括出患病行為的模型等等。本書還特別關注世界各國的衛生保健體系，對各種體系進行了歸納比較，尤其對美國衛生保健體系驚醒了深入剖析，另外，還從社會學角度深入討論了醫療費用上漲，醫療服務質量等公眾關心的問題。書中包括了病人、醫生以及其他醫學領域從業者及相關人士以第一人稱方式進行的講述，並從世界範圍內進行有關資料文獻的收集，保證最新醫學統計資料和數據的提供，同時對不同主題進行多角度探討，提供了多樣化的觀點。本書自1978年問世以來，深受美國各大學學生歡迎，被視為美國醫學社會學的經典教科書，第九版增加與補充了許多新內容，例如關於生物恐怖主義、新遺傳學理論、護理體系的發展，以及關於醫療成本持續增長的探討等。
本書適用於社會學專業以及公共健康、醫學、藥理學和護理等專業的研究與教學。
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2005.8.31

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Medical sociology is the study of individual and group behaviors with respect to health and illness. Thus "medical" is a little simplistic, as the focus is not only on medical professionals or their behaviours, but also focuses on human behavioural responses to health and illness.

Medical sociology is concerned with individual and group responses aimed at assessing well-being, maintaining health, acting upon real or perceived illness, interacting with health care systems, and maximising health in the face of physiologic or functional derangement. It also analyses the impact of the psychological conditions resulting from our environment on our health.

Talcott Parsons is often considered the father of medical sociology because of his description of the 'Sick Role'. This describes the difference between the role of a sick person as opposed to the 'Social Role' of a healthy person. He defines the sick role as defining the motivation of the patient. Curiously enough, Parsons makes no mention of the role of the doctor or other medical institutions. The sick role comprises four aspects: (1) exemption from normal social role responsibilities, (2) the privilege of not being held responsible for being sick, (3) the desire to get better and (4) the obligation to find proper help and follow that advice.

The field of medical sociology is usually taught as part of a wider sociology, clinical psychology or health studies degree course, or on dedicated Master's degree courses where it is sometimes combined with the study of medical ethics/bioethics

社會因素是致病及治病都離不開的重要因素之一.