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Chapter 33 - Medical Sociology

from Part VII - Social Institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2017

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Guido Giarelli
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Kathleen Odell Korgen
Kathleen Odell Korgen
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William Paterson University, New Jersey
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Core Areas in Sociology and the Development of the Discipline
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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