Fundamental cause theory (FCT) was originally proposed to explain how socioeconomic
inequalities in health emerged and persisted over time. The concept was that higher …

Highlights•Health behaviors reflect interplay between people and contextual factors.•'Social
determinants' include societal institutions, ideologies, and inequalities.•Health behaviors …

Objectives To quantify the contribution variation in socioeconomic status in predicting the
distribution of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Methods Analyses used incidence data on daily …

This chapter examines the origins of the social model. It addresses the various debates that
have emerged since the late 1990s and argue that, without the social model of disability …

Few things make people react more strongly to the changes going on in health care than the
word standardization. Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while …

The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most
important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person …

Medicalization studies have changed dramatically in the past decade in part due to the
increased attention to the role of pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical industry in …

Background: Higher socioeconomic status is known to decrease the risk for poor mental
health overall. However, African American males of higher socioeconomic status (SES) are …

Minorities' Diminished Return theory suggests that health effects of socioeconomic status
(SES) are systemically smaller for racial and ethnic minorities compared to Whites. To test …

Working within the functionalist perspective that he did so much to develop, conceptualized
the physician-patient relationship according to a normative framework defined by the pattern …