Gesundheit und Krankheit in der BRD und den USA / Health and illness in America and Germany

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis -- INTRODUCTION: Comparative Medical Sociology of Two Countries -- Chapter 1: Theoretical Problems in Medical Sociology -- The Comparative Evolution of Health Systems: Convergence, Diversity and Cross-Cutting Issues / Field, Mark G. -- Sociology on Medicine: Understanding Medical Sociology's Critical Standpoint / Gerhardt, Uta -- Chapter 2: Results and Method of a Comparative Project -- Social Stratification, Health Welfare and Health Culture / Lüschen, Günther / Cockerham, William C. / Kunz, Gerhard -- Health Lifestyles: A Comparative Approach to the Culture of Health Concept / Abel, Thomas / Kohlmann, Thomas -- A Comparison of Psychological Distress in America and West Germany / Cockerham, William C. / Kunz, Gerhard / Lüschen, Günther -- Statuskristallisation und psychischer Streß / Rütten, Alfred -- Sample-Planung und Sample-Realisierung bei Telefonumfragen / Schröder, Helmut -- Einstellung und Rollenverhalten von Telefoninterviewern in einer medizinsoziologischen Studie / Jeske-Müller, Birgit -- Chapter 3: Experiences and Policies in Two Health Care Systems -- The Evolution of the U.S. and West German Health Care System: Contrasts and Challenges / Roghmann, Klaus J. -- Strukturreform oder Weiterentwicklung des gegliederten Sozialleistungssystems der Bundesrepublik / Ferber, Christian von -- Recent Social Changes and Their Consequences for the Health Care System in the Federal Republic of Germany / Scheuch, Erwin . -- The U.S. Health Care System in the 21st Century / Anderson, James G. -- Access to Health Care Services in the USA: Results and Methods / Sudman, Seymour / Freeman, Howard -- Chapter 4: Health Policy, Promotion and Intervention Research -- Gesundheitspolitik zwischen Versorgung und Intervention / Süssmuth, Rita -- Gesundheitsförderung Gesundheitserziehung in asymmetrischen Dienstleistungsgesellschaften / Kunz, Gerhard / Cockerham, William C. / Lüschen, Günther -- Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Lower Socio-Economic Groups: A Note on Causes and Consequences / Siegrist, Johannes -- Einfluß familienzentrierter Betreuung auf die Überlebenszeit beim groß- und kleinzelligen Bronchialkarzinom / Georg, Werner / Riehl, Jürgen / Schmidt, Peter / Wirsching, Michael -- Enhanced Primary Health Care: An Approach to More Effective Health Services / Shimkin, Demitri . / Sorock, Gary S. -- AFTERWORD. Medical Humanities and Social Sciences: The Introduction of Socio-Medicine into the Medical Education Curriculum / Bloomfield, Daniel K. -- Classified Bibliography of Comparative Medical Sociology of Two Countries -- Author Index -- Subject/Sachindex

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Dr. Günther Lüschen ist Professor am Sozialwissenschaftlichen Institut III der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.