The Social Causes of Health and Disease. William C. Cockerham

Suggested Further Reading

      Alexander-Garcia, Ginny, Hyeyoung Woo, and Matthew J. Carlson. 2017. Social Foundations of Behavior for the Health Sciences. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

      Written to provide a background in sociology for health sciences students planning to take the medical college entrance exam.

Hummer, Robert A. and Erin R. Hamilton. 2019. Population Health in America. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.

      Reviews the demography of health in the United States.

      Phelan, Jo C. and Bruce G. Link. 2015 . “Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health?” Annual Review of Sociology 41:311–30.

      Discusses key elements of fundamental cause theory and applies them to racism as a cause of health inequalities.