The Sociology of Health and Illness - Critical Perspectives (Paperback, 11th Revised edition)

The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives brings together a collection of readings from the scholarly literature on health, medicine, and health care. Edited by two leading experts in the field, the Eleventh Edition of this anthology for medical sociology courses covers some of the most timely health issues of our day, including eating disorders, the effects of inequality on health, how race, class, and gender affect health outcomes, the pharmaceutical industry, health information on the Internet, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.