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Emotions, Stress, and Well-Being

WEBThe experience of stress creates both an increase in general arousal in the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and another, even more complex, system of physiological …

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Health and Illness in the United States

WEBWhen we examine health and illness in the United States, there is both good news and bad news. The good news is considerable. Health has improved steadily over the last …

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Understanding Health, Medicine, and Society

WEBThe Functionalist Approach. As conceived by Talcott Parsons (1951), Parsons, T. (1951). The social system.New York, NY: Free Press. the functionalist perspective on health …

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Chapter 13 Health and Health Care

WEBThe Functionalist Approach. As conceived by Talcott Parsons (1951), Parsons, T. (1951). The social system.New York, NY: Free Press. the functionalist perspective emphasizes …

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Problems of Health in the United States

WEBBy the age of 9 months, poor children are already more likely to exhibit poor health and lower cognitive and socioemotional development. By age 3, poor children are two-thirds …

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Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care

WEBBefore discussing these perspectives, we must first define three key concepts—health, medicine, and health care—that lie at the heart of their explanations and of this …

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Medicine and Health Care in the United States

WEBU.S. Health Care and the Industrial World. Medicine in the United States is big business. Expenditures for health care, health research, and other health items and services …

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Global Aspects of Health and Health Care

WEBThe world’s nations differ dramatically in the quality of their health and health care. People in poor nations suffer from many health problems, and poor nations have very high …

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Improving Health and Health Care

WEBBecause hospital and emergency room care is so expensive, the prevention of hospital and emergency room visits through integrated care yields a significant savings in health care …

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Health and Health Care

WEBAccording to the news report, “Childhood poverty directly impacts children’s health. Children living in poverty are less likely to receive needed medical care, more likely to …

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Supply and Demand in Health-Care Markets

WEBFigure 15.3 Two Explanations for Why Health Care in the United States Is More Expensive Than in Europe. Supply and demand offers two possible explanations of high health …

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Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions About Analysis

WEBA good analysis starts with the right questions. To uncover your point of view, you need to identify the dilemma or confusion in the scenario. And then you need to ask a question …

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Insuring Your Health

WEBAs health care costs and insurance premiums rise, insurers add cost offsets to make their policies more affordable. Those offsets may include the following: …

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Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion

WEBHoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. In this chapter we will focus on attitude formation, attitude change, and the influence of attitudes on behavior. We will see that attitudes are an …

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Defining Sustainability Innovation

WEBGeneral Definition. Sustainability innovation The creative redesign of products and services that aligns business success with the viability of natural systems, human health, and …

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Recruiting, Motivating, and Keeping Quality Employees

WEBThe Grounds of a Great Work Environment. Howard Schultz has vivid memories of his father slumped on the couch with his leg in a cast. Introductory material on Howard …

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Perspectives on Aging

WEBTheoretical perspective. Major assumptions. Disengagement theory. To enable younger people to assume important roles, a society must encourage its older people to …

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Evaluating Choices: Time, Risk, and Value

WEBPV × (1 + r) t = FV.. In this case, 1,000 × (1.04) 1 = 1,040 and 1,000 × (1.04) 2 = 1,081.60.. Assuming there is little chance that your grandparents will not be able to give this gift, …

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Review and Practice

WEBThompson’s department store has a fleet of delivery trucks. The store also has a restaurant, a soda fountain, a babysitting service for parents shopping there, and an in-home …

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Individual or “Micro” Factors That Affect Financial Thinking

WEBKey Takeaways. Personal circumstances that influence financial thinking include family structure, health, career choice, and age. Family structure and health affect income …

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Social Problems: Continuity and Change

WEBChapter 4: Gender Inequality. Chapter Introduction. Understanding Sex and Gender. Feminism and Sexism. Dimensions of Gender Inequality. Violence against Women: …

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