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- W2320813345 abstract "In the introduction to his textbook, Cockerham notes that when he started to write the first edition of his book, very few textbooks on medical sociology were available but that there has been a virtual since then (1989, p. vii). Maybe so, but the explosion seems to have fizzled. Diligent searching by the author and by two able secretaries (whose help was much appreciated) produced only five medical sociology textbooks currently in print. (Eight more texts of which this author is aware, published since 1977, are currently out of print, with no acknowledgment from the publishers that revisions are in progress.) Without knowing the maximum number of texts ever in print concurrently, one cannot say conclusively that the current number is lower than in the past, but this seems to be the case. This search, however, gave me the confidence to say that if any textbooks were missed by this review, they are not being marketed well. The five textbooks currently available are Cockerham (1989), Kurtz and Chalfant (1984), Mumford (1983), Twaddle and Hessler (1987), and Wolinsky (1988). (Henceforth I will refer to these textbooks by the author's name only.) Does this small number indicate a decreased demand for medical sociology courses? On the contrary; all indications are that the demand continues to increase, but perhaps it is a result of decreased demand for medical sociology textbooks. If this is the case, is it due to dissatisfaction with the textbook situation? If dissatisfaction prevails, what books are being used for these courses, if not textbooks? Alternatively, is the demand for textbooks becoming so standardized that this small number will suffice? Less startling, perhaps, is the impression of similarity that these texts convey. On superficial examination it seems that the topics included in these texts, and to a lesser extent the weight given to them, are quite similar. Each begins with a long section on general issues in the relationship of health and illness to society, as biological entities and as roles. Most of the texts then lead into discussions of health care workers, with several chapters on (primarily) physicians and nurses; then they present one or two chapters on hospitals and other health care delivery settings; they conclude with one or two chapters on aspects of the health care system. All of the books seem to come from, or at least to reflect, that American medical ethos which sees the system from the eyes of physicians and with great respect for them. They all emphasize the dominance of physicians within the health care system, both explicitly in their discussion of professional dominance and implicitly in several ways: by their extended discussion of physicians' training and (to a lesser extent) practice roles, by their short or nonexistent discussions of providers not approved by physicians (such as midwives or chiropractors), and by their equally short or nonexistent discussions of how the system could be different." @default.
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- W2320813345 title "A Review of Medical Sociology Textbooks" @default.
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