Sociálny kontext zdravia a choroby: východiská a možnosti skúmania
Social Context of Health and Illness: Starting Points and Facilities of Investigation

Summary/Abstract: Social Context of Health and Illness: Starting Points and Facilities of Investigation. The paper reviews historical development and present state of sociology of medicine and introduces works and ideas of several foreign and native scholars in the field of sociology of medicine. It outlines thematic width of sociological studies of social aspects of health and illness and stresses the significance of patient - doctor relationship studies. It justifies the usefulness of joining efforts of sociology and clinical pharmacology in explaining the effects of non-pharmacological factors in therapeutic process.

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