Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals (Hardcover, Second Edition)

Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals examines various social and behavioral factors that affect health and illness, with a particular focus on how these phenomena inform clinical practice. The book introduces interdisciplinary insights from fields like sociology, psychology, and epidemiology to elucidate important and often problematic features of patient care routinely confronting physicians, nurses, and other allied health practitioners. Each chapter provides clear learning objectives and is organized around core concepts to facilitate clinicians' abilities to think in new and expanded ways about health and illness, as well as patient and professional interactions. The content explores the implications of a shifting epidemiological landscape; the critical roles of social factors as fundamental causes of health and disease; health disparities; the medicalization process and resulting changes in diagnostic patterns and expectations of practitioners; understandings of the illness experience of patients; interpersonal and interprofessional collaboration; clinical bioethics and the social psychology of ethical decision-making; and the significance of health system design and health policy. As a result, the book represents an important resource for improving patient care, particularly at a time when health is more intricately linked to social and behavioral conditions than ever before.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2019
Authors:	Brian P. Hinote • Jason Adam Wasserman
Dimensions:	267 x 184 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	370
Edition:	Second Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-2783-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General
LSN:	1-5381-2783-0
Barcode:	9781538127834

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