| MARKET ANAYSIS FOR HEALTH STUDIES READERS (tan) AND TEXTS (blue) |
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| HEALTH STUDIES READERS( A - G, sorted by Amazon sales rank) |
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Title (links are to Amazon) |
Cost (pp.) |
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Readings in Medical Sociology (2nd ed.) |
$66 (383) |
223,464 |
Cockerham |
Prentice Hall |
2001 |
Amazon.com description: . . . current readings by leading, medical sociologists & their colleagues in other fields, reflecting the most recent & relevant ideas, concepts, themes, & research . . . presents research findings & critical discussions that define the interests of medical sociologists, health practitioners, & policy makers.
How does this title differ: Reprints of articles aimed only at medical sociology. |
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Annual Editions: Health 08/09 (29th ed.) |
$26 (224) |
400,941 |
Daniel |
McGraw-HiIl |
2007 |
Amazon.com description: . . . current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; an instructor’s resource guide with testing materials, practical guide for instructors, student website.
How does this title differs: Reprints, light readings from non-academic sources (e.g., Psychology Today, NY Times). |
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The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology |
$52 (518) |
679,564 |
Cockerham |
Blackwell |
2004 |
Amazon.com: . . . 26 original essays by leading medical sociologists from all over the world. . . organized both topically & by region to provide thorough coverage of the concerns, issues, & future directions of the discipline. Part I covers the substantive areas of medical sociology. . .Part II then applies those subjects to individual countries & societies in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, & Africa to provide a comparative reference. . . .
How does this title differ: Aimed only at medical sociology. |
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Health & Disease (3rd ed.) |
$42 (480) |
700,656 |
Davey |
Open Univ Pr |
2001 |
Amazon.com: . . . interdisciplinary collection of articles which reflect the varied & sometimes controversial perspectives within these debates. Drawn from a wide range of sources, including the biomedical & social sciences, history, literature & lay accounts, these articles address all aspects of health & disease. . . .
How does this title differ: Contains primarily reprints of published articles.
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Readings in Medical Sociology |
$70 (468) |
1,016,335 |
Matcha |
Allyn & Bacon |
2000 |
Amazon.com: . . . cross-cultural analysis of medical sociological concepts while including articles that examine the effects of gender, age, social class, & race & ethnicity as they relate to the topics at hand. Organized around fourteen topics & containing 42 readings, the selections represent a variety of sources. Each chapter provides an American perspective, a developed world perspective, & a developing world perspective. . . .
How does this title differ: Only aimed at medical sociology (with an emphasis on cross-cultural analysis). |
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Medical Work, Medical Knowledge & Health Care |
$35 (504) |
1,911,271 |
Annandale |
Wiley-Blackwell |
2005 |
Amazon.com description: . . . chronicles research in the fields of medical knowledge, medical work & health care over the past 25 years. . . . an overview of the major changes in the delivery of health care over this period, & in the way that social scientists & health care providers have conceptualised medical knowledge & practice.
How does this title differ: Dated reprints (pre-2000) from a single journal in sociology; only focused on sociology. |
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Health Studies: A Critical & Cross-Cultural Reader |
$110 (392) |
2,521,046 |
Samson |
Wiley-Blackwell |
1999 |
Amazon.com description: . . . brings together key readings of significant moments in the understanding of health. It goes beyond the often superficial literature-review style of medical sociology texts.
How does this title differ from Understanding Health & Illness: Pricey; reprints of “famous” articles past & present (e.g., by Foucault, Sontag, etc.) aimed at medical sociology & medical anthropology. |
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| HEALTH STUDIES TEXTBOOKS (1 - 12, sorted by Amazon sales rank) |
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Title (links are to Amazon) |
Cost (pp.) |
Amazon
sales rank |
Author |
Publisher |
Year |
1 |
Introduction to Public Health (2nd ed.) |
$74 (550) |
6,378 |
Schneider |
Jones Bartlett |
2006 |
2 |
The Sociology of Health & Illness (7th ed.) |
$54 (595) |
24,173 |
Conrad |
Worth |
2005 |
3 |
Medical Sociology (10th ed.) |
$73 (432) |
32,992 |
Cockerham |
Prentice Hall |
2007 |
4 |
The Sociology of Health, Illness, & Health Care (4th ed.) |
$102 (486) |
37,720 |
Weitz |
Thompson Wordsworth |
2007 |
5 |
Handbook of Social Studies in Health & Medicine |
$70 (546) |
98,849 |
Albrecht |
Sage |
2000 |
6 |
Handbook of Urban Health |
$90 (599) |
250,665 |
Galea |
Springer |
2005 |
7 |
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology |
$46 (280) |
635,365 |
Gabe |
Sage |
2004 |
8 |
Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology (3rd ed.) |
$45 (548) |
1,285,195 |
Germov |
Oxford U. |
2005 |
9 |
The Sociology of Health, Healing, & Illness (5th ed.) |
$10 (116) |
1,405,746 |
Weiss |
Prentice Hall |
2006 |
10 |
The Sociology of Health and Illness |
$33 (327) |
1,605,154 |
Nettleton |
Polity Press |
2006 |
11 |
Health Studies: An Introduction (United Kingdom) |
$47 (352) |
2,313,023 |
Naidoo |
Palgrave |
2001 |
12 |
Sociology & Health Care |
$53 (280) |
2,693,233 |
Sheaff |
Open Univ Pr |
2005 |
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