Perceptions Of Illness and Medical Practice

Book : Perceptions Of Illness and Medical Practice

Author : * Stanley H. King

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : Amerika

Publish Date : 00 1968

Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 8289

INDEX

PREFACE BY GEORGE PACKER BERRY, M.D. 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 9
Part One
TRENDS AND CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 13
CHAPTER 2. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK-I 32
CHAPTER 3. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK-II 65
Part Two
DISEASE AND ITS INTERPRETATION
CHAPTER 4. SYSTEMS OF BELIEFS AND
ATTITUDES ABOUT DISEASE 91
CHAPTER 5. BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT MENTAL
DISEASE 13
Part Three
THE PEOPLE WH0 TREAT DISEASE
CHAPTER 6. THE PHYSICIAN 163
CHAPTER 7. DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS 207
CHAPTER 8. THE NURSE 240
CHAPTER 9. THE MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 279
Part Four
THE PLACE WHERE DISEASE ıs TREATED

CHAPTER 10. THE HOSPITAL: AN ANALYSIS IN
TERMS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE 307
CHAPTER 11. HOSPITAL CULTURE AND PATIENT EXPECTATIONS 349
INDEX 395
Tobles
I. Endorsement of Attitudinal Statements About Health, by
Rcspondents in Occupation, Incomc, and Education Groups,
NORc-HIF Study 124
2. Knowledge of Disease Symptoms, by Rcspondents in Occupa-
tion, Income, and Education Groups, NORC-HIF Study 126
3. Student and Faculty Ratings of Prestige of Specialties,
AAMG Study 185
4. Endorsement of Attitudinal Statements About Doctors, by
Rcspondcnts in Occupation, Incomc, and. Education Groups,
NORG-HIF Study 221