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Dr. Brian P. Hinote serves as professor and associate vice provost for data analytics and student success at Middle Tennessee State University. In addition to clinical and research experience in areas as diverse as pediatrics, neurology, and cell biology, Dr. Hinote’s interdisciplinary work appears in multiple books and peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences, nursing, and medicine. His most recent work focuses on the various ways that social and behavioral science perspectives intersect and inform health care delivery and policy, clinical practice, and the work of various health professions. As a researcher and experienced educator, Dr. Hinote possesses valuable expertise working with students in various health fields as well as with health professionals already in the workforce.
Dr. Jason Adam Wasserman is associate professor of foundational medical studies and pediatrics at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, where he teaches bioethics and medical sociology. He also chairs the admissions committee for the medical school and serves as faculty advisor on professionalism. His scholarly work focuses on clinical ethics decision making, medical professionalism, the medicalization of homelessness, and the sociological impacts of the epidemiological transition on medicine. His first boo, At Home on the Street, explored sociological phenomena surrounding street homelessness.
Part I. Foundations of Social Science and Health
Chapter 1. Introduction to Health and the Sociological Imagination
Chapter 2. The Shifting Landscape of Health and Medicine: Past, Present, and Future
Chapter3. The Logic and Methods of Empirical Research
Part II.Social Epidemiology and Determinants of Health
Chapter 4. Social Class and Health
Chapter5. A Matrix of Health Inequalities
Chapter 6. Health Behavior and Lifestyles
Part III. Social Science in Clinical Practice
Chapter 7.Power, Medicalization, and Clinical Practice
Chapter 8. The Illness Experiences of Patients and Families
Chapter 9. The Social Dynamics of Clinical Communication
Chapter 10. Health Professions and Interprofessional Teamwork
Chapter 11. Bioethics, Social Science, and Clinical Practice
Part IV. Health Systems and Policy
Chapter 12. Health Care Systems and Policy
Chapter 13. Conclusion
Special Features of Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals: - Presents a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to various social and behavioral aspects of health.
- Emphasizes the clinical implications of various social and behavioral science insights for health, illness, and patient care.
- Addresses multiple dimensions of health and disease, from social conditions to disease epidemiology to the social psychology of illness experience and interpersonal communication.
- Each chapter provides clear learning objectives that emphasize critical content.
- Responds to the changing expectations in medical, nursing, and allied health education, which increasingly require training in the social and behavioral aspects of health and illness.
- The Instructor’s Manual includes a detailed grid that maps each chapter to the core competencies of various health care fields including medicine, nursing, physician assistant, dentistry, and more. A sample course syllabus is also included.