Social epidemiology is the study of how the social world influences ― and in many cases defines ― the fundamental determinants of health. This link was substantiated in the first edition of Social Epidemiology, and the generation of research that followed has fundamentally changed the way we understand epidemiology and public health. This much-awaited second edition elevates th...(展开全部)

The authors of this excellent text define social epidemiology as the epidemiologic study of the social distribution and social determinants of states of health, implying that the aim is to identify socio-environmental exposures which may be related to a broad range of physical and mental health outcomes. In the first systematic account of this field, they focus on methodologica...(展开全部)

The thoroughly revised and updated Third Edition of the acclaimed Modern Epidemiology reflects both the conceptual development of this evolving science and the increasingly focal role that epidemiology plays in dealing with public health and medical problems. Coauthored by three leading epidemiologists, with sixteen additional contributors, this Third Edition is the most compre...(展开全部)

This book shows how practitioners in the emerging field of 'cultural epidemiology' describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease. It uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe past and present collaborations between anthropology and epidemiology. Interpreting epidemiology as a cultural practice ...(展开全部)

This book shows how practitioners in the emerging field of 'cultural epidemiology' describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease. It uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe past and present collaborations between anthropology and epidemiology. Interpreting epidemiology as a cultural practice ...(展开全部)

Demonstrating how practitioners in the emerging field of "cultural epidemiology" describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease, this book uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe interdisciplinary collaborations. Interpreting epidemiology as a cultural practice helps to reveal the ways in whic...(展开全部)

罗伯特•K.默顿（1910—2003）美国著名社会学家、科学社会学奠基人、结构功能主义流派代表人物之一，出生于费城，1931年获坦普尔大学学士学位，随后进入哈佛大学，师从社会学名家索罗金、帕森斯及科学史家萨顿，1936年获得社会学博士学位，先后在哈佛大学、图兰大学和哥伦比亚大学任教，曾任美国社会学学会主席（1956—1957），并当选美国科学院院士，代表著作有《十七世纪英国的科学、技术与社会》（1938/1970）、《大众信念》（1946）、《社会理论和社会结构》（1949/1968）、《在巨人的肩膀上》（1965）、《论理论社会学》（1967）、《科学社会学》（1973）、《社会学的矛盾选择及其他文集》（1976）、《科学社会学散忆》（1979）、《社会研究与从事专门职业》（1982）等。

罗伯特•K.默顿（1910—2003）美国著名社会学家、科学社会学奠基人、结构功能主义流派代表人物之一，出生于费城，1931年获坦普尔大学学士学位，随后进入哈佛大学，师从社会学名家索罗金、帕森斯及科学史家萨顿，1936年获得社会学博士学位，先后在哈佛大学、图兰大学和哥伦比亚大学任教，曾任美国社会学学会主席（1956—1957），并当选美国科学院院士，代表著作有《十七世纪英国的科学、技术与社会》（1938/1970）、《大众信念》（1946）、《社会理论和社会结构》（1949/1968）、《在巨人的肩膀上》（1965）、《论理论社会学》（1967）、《科学社会学》（1973）、《社会学的矛盾选择及其他文集》（1976）、《科学社会学散忆》（1979）、《社会研究与从事专门职业》（1982）等。

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)