“By analyzing the social characteristics of patients, sociologists can explore, along dimensions that medical personnel might ignore, the extent to which medical findings and treatment procedures are broadly applicable. For example, Hunt, drawing on studies of the relationship between social class and mental illness, notes the finding that lower-class individuals are underrepresented among patients undergoing psychoanalysis.”
A comprehensive work, sponsored by the American Sociological Association, in which forty-one distinguished contributors explore the practical role of sociologists and sociology in virtually every area of modern life.
New York: Basic Books, 1967. Hardcover. Octavo. 902 pages. Dust jacket in good condition with edge wear and some tearing on spine—in protector. Boards clean with only bumping to corners. Binding tight and square. Pages slightly tanned. Wonderful copy.
