The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness by Gregory Weiss

The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness by Gregory Weiss

Covering inequality in health care access and practice, this leading textbook has been acclaimed by teachers as the most accessible of any available. This new edition significantly expands coverage of medical technology, end-of-life issues, and alternative and complementary health care.

Gregory L. Weiss earned his PhD from Purdue University and is now Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Roanoke College. During his career, he has been an honored teacher (winning numerous college, statewide, regional (SSS), and national (ASA’s Section on Teaching and Learning)) awards, a dedicated researcher and writer (author of Grass Roots Medicine and co-author of Experiencing Social Research and the ASA publication on Creating an Effective Sociology Assessment Program as well as dozens of scholarly articles), and active in the community in a variety of health- and animal-related organizations.

Denise A. Copelton, PhD, is Associate Professor of Sociology at The State University of New York (SUNY), College at Brockport. One of the first social scientists to study celiac disease and gluten-free eating, her work has been published in Social Science & Medicine, Sociology of Health & Illness, Advances in Gender Research, and Deviant Behavior, among others outlets. She is co-author (with Amy Guptill and Betsy Lucal) of Food & Society: Principles and Paradoxes, now in its second edition. She regularly teaches courses on introductory sociology, sociology of health and illness, sociology of families, and deviance. Her college-wide leadership was recognized in 2019 with the prestigious SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Service.

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ISBN 13	9780367253882
ISBN 10	0367253887
Title	The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness
Author	Gregory Weiss
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-08-12
Number of pages	498
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