Guenter Lueschen 
Gesundheit und Krankheit in der BRD und den USA / Health and illness in America and Germany [PDF ebook] 
Comparative sociology of health conduct and public policy

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 — Sociology on Medicine: Understanding Medical Sociology’s Critical Standpoint — Chapter 2: Results and Method of a Comparative Project — Social Stratification, Health Welfare and Health Culture — Health Lifestyles: A Comparative Approach to the Culture of Health Concept — A Comparison of Psychological Distress in America and West Germany — Statuskristallisation und psychischer Streß — Sample-Planung und Sample-Realisierung bei Telefonumfragen — Einstellung und Rollenverhalten von Telefoninterviewern in einer medizinsoziologischen Studie — 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 — Strukturreform oder Weiterentwicklung des gegliederten Sozialleistungssystems der Bundesrepublik — Recent Social Changes and Their Consequences for the Health Care System in the Federal Republic of Germany — The U.S. Health Care System in the 21st Century — Access to Health Care Services in the USA: Results and Methods — Chapter 4: Health Policy, Promotion and Intervention Research — Gesundheitspolitik zwischen Versorgung und Intervention — Gesundheitsförderung – Gesundheitserziehung in asymmetrischen Dienstleistungsgesellschaften — Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Lower Socio-Economic Groups: A Note on Causes and Consequences — Einfluß familienzentrierter Betreuung auf die Überlebenszeit beim groß- und kleinzelligen Bronchialkarzinom — Enhanced Primary Health Care: An Approach to More Effective Health Services — AFTERWORD. Medical Humanities and Social Sciences: The Introduction of Socio-Medicine into the Medical Education Curriculum — Classified Bibliography of Comparative Medical Sociology of Two Countries — Author Index — Subject/Sachindex