Health, Illness, and Medicine in CanadaUsing four different sociological perspectives--structural-funcational, conflict, symbolic interactionist, and feminist--Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada 4e provides an essential study to the sociology of health. The text examines occupational diseases, environmental challenges, the inequalities of age, gender, class, race, and ethnicity, the experience of getting sick and going to the doctor, and the extensive and profit-motivated impact of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. |
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Page 147
... stress , emotional distress , social isolation , and information rather than for strictly medical reasons ( Barsky , 1981 ) . Some studies , for instance , show that 50 to 70 per cent of patient visits to primary - care providers ...
... stress , emotional distress , social isolation , and information rather than for strictly medical reasons ( Barsky , 1981 ) . Some studies , for instance , show that 50 to 70 per cent of patient visits to primary - care providers ...
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... Stress Inability. Box 7.1 It's good for you ! No it's not ! Yes it is ! There has been a lot of debate over the last ... stress - related effects of death are therefore more pronounced than those of marriage . ( 4 ) The ability to control ...
... Stress Inability. Box 7.1 It's good for you ! No it's not ! Yes it is ! There has been a lot of debate over the last ... stress - related effects of death are therefore more pronounced than those of marriage . ( 4 ) The ability to control ...
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... stress . A recent study of doctors , based on a national rep- resentative sample of 2,584 Canadian physicians , indicates a significant amount of stress associated with the profession ( Richardson and Burke , 1991 ) . Some two decades ...
... stress . A recent study of doctors , based on a national rep- resentative sample of 2,584 Canadian physicians , indicates a significant amount of stress associated with the profession ( Richardson and Burke , 1991 ) . Some two decades ...
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