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In this exciting new book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and

In this exciting new book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc

This stimulating book has become a go-to text for understanding the role that social factors play in the experience of health and many diseases. This extensivel

The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United Sta