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The Demography of Health and HealthcareHealth and Healthcare: An Introduction

The Demography of Health and Healthcare: Health and Healthcare: An Introduction [Health demography focuses on the implications of population characteristics for health and healthcare. However, as central as these concepts are to our discussion, they are surprisingly difficult to define, despite the obsession of American society with both of these concepts. What constitutes health – and its counterparts sickness, and disease – depends on one’s frame of reference. Although the term health clearly refers to a condition of human individuals and populations, there is no consensus on a definition. Medical sociologists studying the meanings of these terms have had to settle for several definitions, each linked to a different explanatory model. The various definitions and the perspectives they represent will be discussed later in this chapter.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Demography of Health and HealthcareHealth and Healthcare: An Introduction

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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
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978-90-481-8902-1
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13 –36
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10.1007/978-90-481-8903-8_2
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[Health demography focuses on the implications of population characteristics for health and healthcare. However, as central as these concepts are to our discussion, they are surprisingly difficult to define, despite the obsession of American society with both of these concepts. What constitutes health – and its counterparts sickness, and disease – depends on one’s frame of reference. Although the term health clearly refers to a condition of human individuals and populations, there is no consensus on a definition. Medical sociologists studying the meanings of these terms have had to settle for several definitions, each linked to a different explanatory model. The various definitions and the perspectives they represent will be discussed later in this chapter.]

Published: Jun 5, 2012

Keywords: Healthcare System; Healthcare Delivery System; International Medical Graduate; Physician Extender; Baby Boom Cohort

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