title: Reflections on the health social sciences--then and now.
abstract: After its beginnings in the United States, medical sociology started to take hold in Germany in 1958 with a conference that resulted in the first book on medical sociology published in Germany. From uneasy marginality, the field has grown to include disciplines other than sociology--anthropology, economics, and political economy. Today, the field might best be called the "health social sciences." The main body of work employs the consensual perspective, but work done using a class conflict perspective is increasingly significant.
authors: relling58@hotmail.com
authors: Ray
authors: R
authors: Elling
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012803:Sick Role; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history; D012962:Sociology, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States