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Abstract
A theoretical framework centering on four classes of self-referent constructs is offered as a device for integrating the diverse areas constituting medical sociology. Guidance by this framework sensitizes the researcher to the occurrence of parallel processes in adjacent disciplines, facilitates recognition of the etiological significance of findings from other disciplines for explaining medical sociological phenomena, and encourages transactions between sociology and medical sociology whereby each informs and is informed by the other.Mesh:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17583268 PMCID: PMC2859428 DOI: 10.1177/002214650704800201
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Soc Behav ISSN: 0022-1465