Reference and Research Resources for Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, and Health Psychology

Understanding human health and healthcare provision is one of the most relevant issues today.The fields of medical sociology, medical anthropology, and health psychology offer unique approaches to studying human healthcare issues and their interconnections with medical, behavioral, socioeconomic, cultural, and international issues, among others.Here, Spencer Acadia provides detailed descriptions of these fields and suggests several books for inclusion in a variety of library types.He also describes the content available on the websites of many important organizations and institutions.In addition to a background in library science, Mr. Acadia has studied sociology and psychology through the master' s and doctoral levels.He has taught college courses in the social and behavioral sciences and currently works as research librarian in sociology, psychology, and anthropology at the University of Texas at Tyler.