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BL
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Record Number
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971640
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b726010
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Title & Author
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Health and health care as social problems /\ edited by Peter Conrad and Valerie Leiter.
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Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littlefield,, ©2003.
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Series Statement
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Understanding social problems
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (vi, 369 pages).
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ISBN
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1417503459
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: 9781417503452
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction Peter Conradand Valerie Leiter; PART I: MEDICALIZATION; 1 Deviant Drinking as Disease: Alcoholism as a Social Accomplishment Joseph W. Schneider; 2 Primum Non Nocere: Chemical Execution and the Limits of Medical Social Control Herb Haines; 3 From Hyperactive Children to ADHD Adults: Observations on the Expansion of Medical Categories Peter Conradand Deborah Potter; PART II: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH PROBLEMS; 4 The ""Discovery"" of Child Abuse Stephen J. Pfohl.
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15 Sick Doctors: The Social Construction of Professional Deviance Carol Klaperman Morrow16 Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability Michael Betz and Lenahan O'Connell; 17 Changing Medical Practice and Medical Malpractice Claims Stephen L. Fielding; Sources; Index; About the Editors.
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5 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a Medical Research Problem since 1945 Michael P. Johnson and Karl Hufbauer6 Officer Ugg, Mr. Yuk, Uncle Barf ... Ad Nausea: Controlling Poison Control, 1950-1985 Robert S. Broadhead; PART III: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; 7 Silence, Death, and the Invisible Enemy: AIDS Activism and Social Movement ""Newness"" Josh Gamson; 8 Dynamics of Black Mobilization against AIDS in New York City Ernest Quimby and Samuel R. Friedman; 9 Racing for the Cure, Walking Women, and Toxic Touring: Mapping Cultures of Action within the Bay Area Terrain of Breast Cancer Maren Klawiter.
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PART IV: GENDER10 The Politics of Menopause: The ""Discovery"" of a Deficiency Disease Frances B. McCrea; 11 Accounting for Cosmetic Surgery: The Accomplishment of Gender Diana Dull and Candace west; 12 The Emergence of Premenstrual Syndrome as a Social Problem C. Amanda Rittenhouse; PART V: RACE, CLASS, AND HEALTH CARE; 13 Race versus Class in the Health Care of African-American Elderly Steven P. Wallace; 14 Lessons in Control: Prenatal Education in the Hospital Elizabeth M. Armstrong; PART VI: MEDICAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
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Abstract
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This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems.
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Subject
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Social medicine.
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Subject
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.
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Subject
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Health Care Issues.
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Subject
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MEDICAL-- Diseases.
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Subject
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MEDICAL-- Health Care Delivery.
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Subject
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MEDICAL-- Health Policy.
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Subject
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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Subject
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Social medicine.
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Subject
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Social Medicine.
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Dewey Classification
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362.1
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LC Classification
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RA418.H3865 2003eb
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NLM classification
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2003 N-818
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WA 31H43403 2003
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Added Entry
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Conrad, Peter,1945-
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Leiter, Valerie,1965-
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