Social causes of health and disease / William C. Cockerham.

By: Publication details: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2020.Edition: Third editionDescription: 264 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509540365 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • RA418 .C658 2020
Summary: William Cockerham assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness.
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Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

William Cockerham assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness.

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