Research in the Sociology of Health Care: Necessary Changes for Providers of Care, Consumers and Patients

by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld

Overview

Research in the Sociology of Health Care covers health, health care services, and sociological concerns. Each volume addresses an issue of importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world. 
Previously covered topics include:

• Research on social inequalities 
• Social disparities 
• Chronic diseases 
• Population health 
• Research on access, quality and utilization of health care services 

Theoretical, qualitative and quantitative papers deal with complex understandings of macro system issues in the following areas:

• The impact of the patient and individual factors on health and health care 
• The impact of the provider and interaction between providers and patients 
• Gender, race and poverty as sources of inequality in modern societies

Articles vary greatly in their coverage, with some focusing on the US as a whole, and others on specific sections of the US or subgroups within the population such as African American women or the elderly. Other articles focus on issues from an international or comparative perspective.  
Each volume includes information that is essential reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762302444
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	05/06/1997
Series:	Research in the Sociology of Health Care , #14
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors. Introduction (J.J. Kronenfeld). Changing Models of Health Care: Impact on Quality, Planning and Access Concerns. Medical uncertainty, medical collegiality, and improving quality of care (M. Rosenthal). Developing a patient-responsive model of hospital care (E. Kahana et al.). How alternative medicine is changing the way consumers and practitioners look at quality, planning of services, and access in the United States (M. Gouldner). Citizen participation in health planning: a case study of changing delivery systems (H. Perlstadt et al.). Medicare, Medicaid, and Planning: Quality and Access Issues. Using a model to evaluate the impact of managed care on Medicaid-eligible moms and their children in a rural population (R. Riportella-Muller). Is the content of parental care for teens less adequate in Medicaid managed care settings? (B.D. Gifford). Financial incentives under Medicare's prospective payment system: a study of readmissions (E.G. Gay et al.). Challenges of Planning for Long-Term Care. Preparing for an uncertain future: assessing the service environment and the challenges of providing long-term care (D. Zablotsky et al.). Long-term care and "managed" Aids: the challenge we face (R.D. Moremen). Changing in Nursing, Midwifery, and Rural Health Care: Examples of Linkages to Quality, Access, and Planning. The profession of nursing as a complex, adaptive system: strategies for change (J.W. Begun, K.R. White). Access to the new midwifery in Ontario: integrating midwifery versus integrating midwives (I.L. Bourgeault). Rural hospital survival: a case study of the shaping and effect of communityperceptions (W.A. McIntosh et al.).