Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

This textbook in the Illustrated Color Text series offers an integrated treatment of sociology and psychology for medical students. It is presented in a much more colorful and graphic format than is usual for books on these two subjects. This integration reflects the tendency to teach these two subjects together as “behavioral science”, with an increased stress on the place of medicine in society, and on illness as a product of psychological and social circumstances rather than merely a biological phenomenon. The book reflects these trends and has been successful and popular with students.