Sociology of Health and Medicine

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Theories and Methods in Sociology of Health and Medicine Sociology of Health and Medicine ........3 Health and its Dimensions .........10 Scope of Sociology of Health and Medicine .........31 Approaches in Health and Medicine .........47 Methodologies in Health and Medicine ......84 2. Concept and management in Health Care Social and Preventive medicine .........107 Public Health: Concept and Vital Statistics ..........118 Community Health and Medicine ..............133 Social Epidemiology : Cause of Diseases and their Changing Patterns .........145 Determinants and Promotions of Health .....162 Risk management, Perception and Communication in Healthcare ..........181 3. Systems of Medicine, Hospital and Social Relationship Systmes of Medicine and Medical Pluralism in India ..........197 Hospital as a Social System .....222 Physician- Patient relationship..............235 Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Health care in India ..........251 4. Health Delivery systems in India Delivery of Public Health care in India ............265 Rural Health care in India ........281 Urban Health care in India ............290 Privatization of Health care in India .............301 NGOs and Social Work in Health Care .............319 5. Health policy, Planning and Development History of Health care in India............... 335 Health policy in India : Retrospect and Prospect ..........346 Health Inequalities in Social Groups ..............362 Globalization and Health Care ............373 Indian Constitution and Health Rights .............389 Ethics in Health care ...............404 6. Emerging issues in Health care Reproductive health care ...........421 Environment and Health ...........438 Food, Nutrition and Health ..........449 Technology in Medicine and Health Care ..........467 Health Insurance ......480 Medical and Health Tourism in India ..........491