Taking the Medical Sciences Seriously: Why and How Medical Sociology Should Incorporate Diverse Disciplinary Perspectives

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 543-562

  Perry, Brea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal; Illness Experience; Mental Health Outcome; Mental Illness; Social Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871567643     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7261-3_28     Document Type: Chapter

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