The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia Of Health, Illness, Behavior, And Society

Available online or as a five-volume print set, this is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness.

• Represents the most authoritative resource covering concepts, theories, and substantive topics relating to the study of health in our globalized, 21st-century world
• Published simultaneously online and as a five-volume print set; the online version will be regularly updated with new research and theoretical findings to ensure it remains a current and accurate resource for health researchers, academics, and students
• Brings together an experienced author team from across America, Asia, and Europe, who represent a variety of health-related disciplines
• Accessibly structured A to Z entries also benefit from brief bibliographies and cross-references for enhanced clarity
• Offers a definitive representation of each topic, combining different areas of the social scientific study of health in a way that reflects and promotes the interdisciplinary development of health research

William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His publications include Social Causes of Health and Disease, Second Edition (2013), Medical Sociology, 12th edition (2012), and The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Medicine (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist and part-time Professor at Nottingham Trent University. He has published widely on research in medicine, law, and science and technology and is a former editor ofSociology of Health and Illness.

Stella Quah is Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. She is author and editor of several books including Crisis Preparedness: Asia and the Global Governance of Epidemics (2007), Families in Asia: Home and Kin (2009), and International Encyclopedia of Public Health (co-edited with Harald Kristian Heggenhougen, 2008).