From sgoold@umich.edu Mon Mar 2 07:54:44 1998 Received: from medsrv.med.umich.edu (medmail.med.umich.edu [141.214.232.15]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id HAA00459 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 07:54:41 -0700 (MST) Received: from SDGMain.im.med.umich.edu (host-83.subnet-72.med.umich.edu) by medmail.med.umich.edu (PMDF V5.1-7 #24049) with SMTP id <01IU6QKY59ZYB8LBPF@medmail.med.umich.edu> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:59:31 EDT Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 09:53:48 -0500 From: Susan Dorr Goold Subject: Re: looking for the data To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <34FAC7FC.6BCB@umich.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <34F8920D.571E0751@showme.missouri.edu> Soo-Yeon Cho wrote: > > Hello! I need some help to find the data. > Is there anyone who knows the data which include spending of household > on the health expenditure, such as nutritious food, check up for health, > excercise, .... > Thank you in advance! > -- > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Soo-Yeon Cho, Grad., Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia > c649885@showme.missouri.edu Visit : http://www.missouri.edu/~c649885 > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Check the national medical care expenditure survey, a national survey done on a regular basis. Susan Goold Univ of Michigan From Rosie.Stacy@newcastle.ac.uk Tue Mar 3 02:05:28 1998 Received: from cheviot.ncl.ac.uk (cheviot.ncl.ac.uk [128.240.233.51]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id CAA20154 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 02:04:18 -0700 (MST) Received: from pecan.ncl.ac.uk by cheviot.ncl.ac.uk id (8.7.6/ for ncl.ac.uk) with ESMTP; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:02:19 GMT Received: from PECAN/MAILQUEUE by pecan.ncl.ac.uk (Mercury 1.21); 3 Mar 98 09:02:17 GMT0BST Received: from MAILQUEUE by PECAN (Mercury 1.21); 3 Mar 98 09:01:51 GMT0BST From: "Rosie Stacy" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:01:41 GMT0BST MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Teaching materials X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Message-ID: <7271292209@pecan.ncl.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 09:09:46 +0100 Reply-to: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Myra Lewinter To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: Teaching materials X-To: "'MEDSOC@csf.colorado.edu'" Dear Myra I know it is a long time since you sent this message but I wonde r if you received any helpful replies to this request that were applicable to countries other than the USA? Please let me know if you did! Thanks I would like to ask group members if any of you are able to help me with the following three requests: 1. Course description for a course on Introduction to Medical Sociology for medical students. I have recently started teaching such a course and feel that it needs revision. Any ideas and experiences you have would be helpful. 2. Experiences in problem-based learning for medical students in medical sociology. Our medical school will be changing its curriculum and I would like to learn more about other people's experiences, eventually be able to visit other institutions. 3. Course description for a course on introduction to medical sociology for sociology students. There is currently interest in our department for such a course and it would be nice to learn what other people are doing. Thank you. Myra Lewinter Department of Sociology University of Copenhagen Linnesgade 22 1361 Copenhagen K Denmark e-mail: Myra.Lewinter@sociology.ku.dk Dr Rosie Stacy Lecturer in Medical Sociology Department of Primary Health Care School of Health Care Sciences University of Newcastle The Medical School Framlington Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH U.K. Direct dial 0191 222 7460 Fax 0191 222 7892 From r.s.kelly@uclan.ac.uk Tue Mar 3 02:16:37 1998 Received: from com1.uclan.ac.uk (com1.uclan.ac.uk [193.61.255.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id CAA20459 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 02:15:58 -0700 (MST) Received: from mail-gw.uclan.ac.uk by com1.uclan.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:08:44 +0000 Received: from MAS1/MAILQ by mail-gw.uclan.ac.uk (Mercury 1.31); 3 Mar 98 09:15:38 GMT+0 Received: from MAILQ by MAS1 (Mercury 1.31); 3 Mar 98 09:15:10 GMT+0 From: "r.s.kelly" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:09:35 GMT+0 Subject: Re: looking for the data X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.33) Message-ID: <6CB33F5E23@mail-gw.uclan.ac.uk> You asked: Hello! I need some help to find the data. Is there anyone who knows the data which include spending of household on the health expenditure, such as nutritious food, check up for health, excercise, .... Thank you in advance! -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Soo-Yeon Cho, Grad., Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia c649885@showme.missouri.edu Visit : http://www.missouri.edu/~c649885 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you want some European or Uk comparative information write to Dr. Eunice Taylor, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK. Dr. Taylor is our resident "expert" on Food and Health and currently offers postgraduate programmes in that specialised area. Russell Kelly Department of Health Studies Russell Kelly Department of Health Studies University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE, UK From Libbie.Chute@hi-line.net Wed Mar 4 07:24:59 1998 Received: from mothra.hi-line.net (mothra.hi-line.net [206.107.237.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id HAA26389 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 07:24:57 -0700 (MST) Received: from dialup12.hi-line.net (dialup12.hi-line.net [206.107.237.23]) by mothra.hi-line.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id HAA27139 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 07:24:55 -0700 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 07:24:55 -0700 Message-Id: <199803041424.HAA27139@mothra.hi-line.net> X-Sender: chute@hi-line.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Libbie Chute Subject: Depression Scale Would anyone have an accurate Depression Scale for elders in a nursing home. We are particularly interested in a scale that could be used with Alzheimer's patients. Thanks, Libbie Chute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elizabeth (Libbie) E. Chute Home Phone: 406-265-2686 1141 14th Avenue E-mail: Chute@hi-line.net Havre, MT 59501-4683 Affiliation: Department of Sociology SUNY Stony Brook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From akolker@osf1.gmu.edu Wed Mar 4 08:20:32 1998 Received: from osf1.gmu.edu (osf1.gmu.edu [129.174.1.13]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id IAA29679 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 08:20:30 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost by osf1.gmu.edu (5.65v4.0/1.1.8.2/07Sep94-1001AM/GMUv3) id AA29831; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:20:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:20:22 -0500 (EST) From: ALIZA KOLKER To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: call for papers In-Reply-To: <199803031330.GAA27166@csf.Colorado.EDU> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII For a special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist, papers are needed on the study of bioethical issues. Topics may include, but are not limited to, decisions about the beginning and end of life and about the allocation of scarce medical resources. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome, as are papers dealing with public policy issues. Papers should be 20-30 pages in length. The deadline for the completed paper is Oct. 1, 1998. Please send a detailed absract or prospectus (1-2 pages) by May 15, 1998 to: Dr. Aliza Kolker Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 Telephone: (703) 993-1444/1440 (o) or (703) 573-3512 (h) Fax: (703) 993-1446 (o) or (703) 573-1447 (h) From sbell@Bowdoin.EDU Mon Mar 30 09:13:23 1998 Received: from polar.bowdoin.edu (polar.bowdoin.edu [139.140.1.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id JAA08989 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:13:17 -0700 (MST) Received: by polar.bowdoin.edu (5.65v4.0/Bowdoin.1.1.10.6/30Jan98-0245PM) id AA32460; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:13:15 -0500 From: "Susan E. Bell" Message-Id: <199803301613.AA32460@polar.bowdoin.edu> Subject: leave replacement faculty position at Bowdoin To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:13:15 -0500 (EST) Cc: sbell@Bowdoin.EDU (Susan E. Bell) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please circulate this announcement. Thank you. Bowdoin College announces a one-year position for a Visiting Assistant Professor or Instructor in sociology, to commence Fall, 1998. We prefer candidates specializing in medical sociology and/or work and occupations. Two courses per semester. Courses to be taught will include Introduction to Sociology and Sociological Theory, as well as two courses from the successful candidate's areas of specialization. Ph.D. preferred; ABD considered. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to Susan E. Bell, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bowdoin College, 7000 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8470. Review of applications begins April 15, 1998. Bowdoin is a highly selective, coeducational, undergraduate liberal arts college located two and a half hours north of Boston on the Maine coast. Bowdoin College is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Susan E. Bell Professor of Sociology Bowdoin College From magee@chass.utoronto.ca Tue Mar 31 14:31:11 1998 Received: from bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (bebop.chass.utoronto.ca [128.100.160.4]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA07463 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:31:09 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (magee@localhost) by bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA24943 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:31:08 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: bebop.chass.utoronto.ca: magee owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:31:04 -0500 (EST) From: William Magee To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Subject: modernization & medicine: need help on concept Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi, I assigned Eugene Gallaghers' (1993) paper in Conrad & Gallagher _Health & Health Care in Developing Countries_ to my class, and am confused about how to explain the following paradox to my students (tomorrow). Any advice? My reading of Gallaghers' interpretation of Peter Bergers' take on modernization is that modernity results in (or maybe even is defined by) individuals concieving themselves as having "an inner biological uniqueness", as well as personal and moral uniqueness (p. 288). On the other hand, modern health care tranforms the patient from "a socially endowed and and identified person into a socially neutral, clinical case" (p 290). Does anyone know how this paradox is handeled in modernization theory? -- or should I take this to be a sign of the weakness of the theory (perhaps indicative of broader problems with the Functionalism from which the theory is derived)? Thanks, Bill Magee Univ. of Toronto From jcalabro@osf1.gmu.edu Tue Mar 31 15:35:31 1998 Received: from osf1.gmu.edu (osf1.gmu.edu [129.174.1.13]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id PAA10274 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:35:29 -0700 (MST) Received: from ppp108.dialup.gmu.edu by osf1.gmu.edu (5.65v4.0/1.1.8.2/07Sep94-1001AM/GMUv3) id AA08220; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:35:11 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980331173452.007f0100@osf1.gmu.edu> X-Sender: jcalabro@osf1.gmu.edu Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:34:52 -0500 To: William Magee From: "Jeanne A.B. Calabro" Subject: Re: modernization & medicine: need help on concept Cc: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" There have been different relationships between uniqueness or individual difference and social value (i.e., the difference between being socially worthwhile to being a clinical object or even being considered subhuman) in different periods of history. Although this may present with an ongoing dialectic, the tension may exist in the reality of institutional arrangements rather than the theory that tries to explain them. It is the old tension of the individual versus the institutions--sometimes individual perceptions conform to institutional tendencies, and sometimes they are a reaction against them. Theories do not always relate to situations of harmony, but you are right that usually when we think of functionalist theories, we equate equilibrium with harmony. Also interesting is this trend of market-driven health care to transform people into cases. This was the same trend (transforming people into cases) that German physicians cited as the reason why Nazi doctors could perform medical experiments on concentration camp residents. Anyway, about your class tomorrow--I have found it very enlightening to present anything I perceive to be a paradox to my classes for discussion. They have little loyalty to theories nor are they as entrenched in the sociological perspective and bring a lot of insight to bear in such discussions. Also it gives the teacher the chance to be the sociological voice to hopefully add to the student's understanding as well. Have a great class! Jeanne Calabro At 04:31 PM 3/31/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi, >I assigned Eugene Gallaghers' (1993) paper in Conrad & Gallagher _Health >& Health Care in Developing Countries_ to my class, and am confused about >how to explain the following paradox to my students (tomorrow). Any >advice? > >My reading of Gallaghers' interpretation of Peter Bergers' take on >modernization is that modernity results in (or maybe even is defined by) >individuals concieving themselves as having "an inner biological >uniqueness", as well as personal and moral uniqueness (p. 288). On the >other hand, modern health care tranforms the patient from "a socially >endowed and and identified person into a socially >neutral, clinical case" (p 290). Does anyone know how this paradox is >handeled in modernization theory? -- or should I take this to be a sign of >the weakness of the theory (perhaps indicative of broader problems with >the Functionalism from which the theory is derived)? > >Thanks, Bill Magee > Univ. of Toronto > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ Jeanne A.B. Calabro Home Phone: 703/450-5460 104 Norwood Place E-mail: jcalabro@osf1.gmu.edu Sterling, Virginia 20164-8503 Affiliation: Brandeis University ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Sociology changes the world." Personal opinion ___________________________________________________________________ From wholey+@andrew.cmu.edu Tue Mar 31 17:23:24 1998 Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu (PO7.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.107]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id RAA19160 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:23:21 -0700 (MST) Received: (from postman@localhost) by po7.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) id TAA05514 for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:23:17 -0500 (EST) Received: via switchmail; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:23:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from pcs34.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:22:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from pcs34.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:22:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.PC.3.2.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.pcs34.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.pcs34.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:22:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:22:23 -0500 (EST) From: Douglas Wholey To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: modernization & medicine: need help on concept In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980331173452.007f0100@osf1.gmu.edu> References: <3.0.5.32.19980331173452.007f0100@osf1.gmu.edu> Excerpts from mail: 31-Mar-98 Re: modernization & medicin.. by Jeanne A. Calabro@osf1.g > Also interesting is this trend of market-driven health care to transform > > people into cases. This was the same trend (transforming people into cases) > that German physicians cited as the reason why Nazi doctors could perform > medical experiments on concentration camp residents. This is quite an interesting analogy. Is there a citation for the argument that market-driven health care transforms people into cases in contrast to traditional, fee-for-service medicine (I assume that market-driven health care refers to managed care)? From jcalabro@osf1.gmu.edu Tue Mar 31 19:36:42 1998 Received: from osf1.gmu.edu (osf1.gmu.edu [129.174.1.13]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id TAA29667 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:36:38 -0700 (MST) Received: from ppp147.dialup.gmu.edu by osf1.gmu.edu (5.65v4.0/1.1.8.2/07Sep94-1001AM/GMUv3) id AA22936; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:36:36 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980331213634.007e5e20@osf1.gmu.edu> X-Sender: jcalabro@osf1.gmu.edu Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:36:34 -0500 To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu From: "Jeanne A.B. Calabro" Subject: Re: modernization & medicine: need help on concept In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980331173452.007f0100@osf1.gmu.edu> <3.0.5.32.19980331173452.007f0100@osf1.gmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This was really my own extension of someone else's argument that came pretty close. A Harvard historian wrote a paper (I don't have the reference readily available, but I can get it for you) about three-four years ago, discussing the context that would permit someone trained to preserve life and have compassion for sick people to subject anyone to the medical experimentation that occurred at the hands of German/Nazi doctors during WWII. She also brought that discussion up to the present by saying that we need to be wary about trends in modern medical practice that might also transform people into "cases". "Managed Care" could itself be viewed as an experiment in the field of medical care practice, with very high stakes for the welfare and health of whoever gets swallowed up in its path. Managed care also seems to give momentum to the trend to devalue anyone without perfect health, perhaps because they detract from the profit margins, or perhaps just because everyone has been converted into a "case" by the "case management" approach to giving care, and that the people most likely to suffer from this approach are those most subjected to it because they need care. The latter observation comes from experience and observation. In fee-for-service health care, people were spoken of as the subjects of medical care. Under managed care, they are spoken of as the recipients or objects of care. It does tend to make a difference, not only in the abstract, but in actual practice. Jeanne Calabro By the way, the reference I referred to is a brilliant analysis and really sparked my thinking, for sure. I will try to dig the paper out again (I've been moving back and forth between Massachusetts/Brandeis and Virginia/George Mason University and everything is in boxes still) and send you the reference. At 07:22 PM 3/31/98 -0500, you wrote: >Excerpts from mail: 31-Mar-98 Re: modernization & medicin.. by Jeanne A. >Calabro@osf1.g >> Also interesting is this trend of market-driven health care to >transform >> >> people into cases. This was the same trend (transforming people into cases) >> that German physicians cited as the reason why Nazi doctors could perform >> medical experiments on concentration camp residents. > > > >This is quite an interesting analogy. > >Is there a citation for the argument that market-driven health care >transforms people into cases in contrast to traditional, fee-for-service >medicine (I assume that market-driven health care refers to managed >care)? > > ___________________________________________________________________ Jeanne A.B. Calabro Home Phone: 703/450-5460 104 Norwood Place E-mail: jcalabro@osf1.gmu.edu Sterling, Virginia 20164-8503 Affiliation: Brandeis University ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Sociology changes the world." Personal opinion ___________________________________________________________________