Research in the Sociology of Health Care -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Section I: Social Factors Leading to Differences in Health and Health Care -- Chapter 1. Social factors leading to differences in health and health care: The influence of factors such as race/ethnicity, geography, and gender -- Differences and disparities in health and health care -- Race/ethnicity and SES -- Gender -- Geography and neighborhood -- Review of organization of the book -- References -- Section II: Racial and Ethnic Factors in Differences in Health and Health Care -- Chapter 2. Racial disparities in knowledge of hepatitis C virus (HCV) -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Methods -- Findings and discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3. Medicare and racial disparities in health: Fee-for-service versus managed care -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4. How much time do Americans spend seeking health care? Racial and ethnic differences in patient experiences -- Background -- Data -- Measures -- Results -- Discussion -- Limitations and future directions -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 5. Can the behavioral model explain immigrant status and ethnic differences in U.S. adults' COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM) use? -- Introduction -- Theoretical and empirical background -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6. Class and race health disparities and health information seeking behaviors: The role of social capital -- Socioeconomic and racial health disparities and chronic conditions -- Cost increases and changing demographics -- Demographic differences in health information seeking behaviors -- Social capital and health -- The current study -- Methodology -- Results -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Chapter 7. Racial disparities in stillbirths -- Introduction -- Perspectives on inequality in stillbirth -- Data -- Measures -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Section III: Geographic and Community Factors in Differences in Health and Health Care -- Chapter 8. Habilitative therapy among preschool children: Regional disparities in the early intervention population -- Introduction -- Background -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9. Consumer-directed health insurance vs. managed care: analysis of healthcare utilization and expenditures incurred by employees in a rural area -- Introduction -- Material and methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Section IV: Gender Differences in Health and Health Care -- Chapter 10. Some considerations regarding gender when a healthcare interpreter is helping providers and their limited English proficient patients -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 11. Hidden gender inequalities in old age: Equal treatment does not mean equal results -- Introduction -- A gender analysis of Medicare services -- Disability and gender -- Gender, disability, and the oldest old: 85 and over -- The need for a gender analysis -- Bringing gender into the policy analysis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Section V: Life Course Factors in Differences in Health and Health Care -- Chapter 12. Mothers' perspectives on enhancing consumer engagement in behavioral health treatment for maternal depression -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13. Mediating hospice care: mapping relations of ruling in the interdisciplinary group meeting -- Introduction -- The interdisciplinary group meeting -- Institutional ethnography.

Hospice: from discourse to institution -- Analytical methodology -- Observing the IDG -- Summary of phase two findings -- Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References.