Main description:

Offering more than 700 entries across 20 sub-disciplines, this encyclopedia represents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness. * Represents the most authoritative resource covering concepts, theories, and substantive topics relating to the study of health in our globalized, 21st-century world * Brings together an experienced author team from across America, Asia, and Europe, who represent a variety of health-related disciplines * Accessibly structured A to Z entries also benefit from brief bibliographies and cross-references for enhanced clarity * Offers a definitive representation of each topic, combining different areas of the social scientific study of health in a way that reflects and promotes the interdisciplinary development of health research * Published simultaneously as a five-volume set and as an online reference work at www.healthandsocietyencyclopedia.com

Contents:

Editors vii Associate Editors viii Advisory Editors ix Contributors x Lexicon xxxi Timeline xli Introduction xlvi Volume I Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society A D 1 444 Volume II Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society E He 445 938 Volume III Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society He Me 939 1468 Volume IV Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society Me R 1469 2088 Volume V Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society S Z 2089 2512 Index 2513