LEADER 03059nam 22004935 450 001 9910252727303321 005 20200702194812.0 010 $a3-319-64950-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-64950-4 035 $a(CKB)4340000000223322 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-64950-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5589105 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000223322 100 $a20171103d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial Foundations of Behavior for the Health Sciences /$fby Ginny Garcia-Alexander, Hyeyoung Woo, Matthew J. Carlson 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 212 p. 52 illus.) 311 $a3-319-64948-5 330 $aThis textbook helps students in the health sciences prepare for the social foundations portion of the medical college entrance exam. It provides a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methodologies in sociology that the exam requires. This book offers a condensed overview of the sociological concepts covered during a 15 week semester. It helps students gain an understanding of the social foundations of behavior, and the social determinants of health within the professional context of medicine. Students are provided with the necessary basics in addition to case studies, learning and research activities, recommended external resources, and study questions. These are meant to develop pre-health students? understanding of the importance of the social factors that influence health outcomes. The featured activities contain various exercises using examples of sociology of health and medicine, including social factors shaping health, social relations between doctors and patients, and the health care system, among others. As a result, this book well informs not only those who wish to prepare for the medical college entrance exam to pursue a career in the health profession, but also anyone who is interested in social perspectives on health and medicine. 606 $aSociology 606 $aPublic health 606 $aSociology, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000 606 $aPublic Health$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H27002 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aPublic health. 615 14$aSociology, general. 615 24$aPublic Health. 676 $a610.76 700 $aGarcia-Alexander$b Ginny$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01063790 702 $aWoo$b Hyeyoung$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aCarlson$b Matthew J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910252727303321 996 $aSocial Foundations of Behavior for the Health Sciences$92534614 997 $aUNINA