Disease and Social Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

by Horacio Fabrega and Horacio Fábrega Jr.

Book Overview

This volume examines behavioral aspects of human disease, drawing on the perspectives of the social and biological sciences. Dr. Fabrega, a physician with research experience in the social sciences, has witnessed the growth and integration of the social sciences within the field of medicine and sees in these developments a medical revolution of sorts. However, he contends that not enough attention has been given to fundamental aspects of how the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262560208
• ISBN13: 9780262560207
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.