Duke University Press The Social Medicine Reader, Volume II, Third Edition: Differences and Inequalities

The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling Social Medicine Reader provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers with writings by scholars in medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities. Review "A must-read for health care professionals, these readings are provocative and invite critical social and moral analysis among health care professionals. Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."--B. A. D'Anna "Choice" (10/1/2019 12:00:00 AM) Review “The new Third Edition of The Social Medicine Reader is absolutely essential reading for those who seek to understand the core issues that determine health, disease, and medical care in our current times. The essays collected here direct critical attention to the social forces that produce disease or protect health, the meanings of disease and their impact on patients, and the complex ethical and political issues confronting patients and providers. This is a must-read for anyone interested in disparities in health, access to quality of care, and justice in our ability to effectively and compassionately address the needs of patients and populations.” Author: Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University From the Author Jonathan Oberlander is Professor and Chair of Social Medicine and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mara Buchbinder is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Larry R. Churchill is Professor of Medical Ethics Emeritus at Vanderbilt University. Sue E. Estroff is Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Nancy M. P. King is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Barry F. Saunders is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ronald P. Strauss is Professor of Dental Ecology and Professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rebecca L. Walker is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. About the Author Jonathan Oberlander is Professor and Chair of Social Medicine and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mara Buchbinder is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Larry R. Churchill is Professor of Medical Ethics Emeritus at Vanderbilt University. Sue E. Estroff is Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Nancy M. P. King is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Barry F. Saunders is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and holds adjunct appointments in Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ronald P. Strauss is Dental Friends Distinguished Professor of Dental Ecology and Professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rebecca L. Walker is Professor of Social Medicine, Core Faculty in the Center for Bioethics, and holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Philosophy, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.