The Power of Clan: Influence of Human Relationships on Heart Disease
Autor Stewart Wolfen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 1998
The unique feature of the Roseto, Pennsylvania community was its remarkably low death rate from heart attacks, this in spite of the fact that such risk factors as smoking, lack of exercise, high fat and cholesterol diet were found to be just as prevalent in Roseto as in four nearby control towns. Roseto's traditional, family-oriented social structure, however, differed vastly from that of neighboring towns where materialistic values were predominant and where the individual, rather than the family, was considered to be the unit of society.
At the beginning of their study in the early 1960s, the authors noted indications of imminent social change toward a more Americanized system of values and behavior. Interviews with younger inhabitants revealed much respect for old-world traditions but not as much enthusiasm for living by them. The study's prediction that the abandonment of selfless, communal standards would undermine Rosetans relative immunity to heart disease was borne out as death rates from heart attack climbed to levels comparable to those of the control towns by 1975. The Power of Clan is the product of twenty-five years of continuous observation. The findings of its original study have been carefully examined and its predictions largely confirmed. It is a landmark volume in the longitudinal study of health in an advanced industrial society. It also constitutes a large step forward in the cooperation of medical and sociological researchers.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780765804495
ISBN-10: 0765804492
Pagini: 202
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0765804492
Pagini: 202
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Stewart Wolf (1914-2005) was professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and director of the Totts Gap Medical Research Laboratories. Before his tenure at Temple University, he headed the department of medicine at the University of Oklahoma. He authored, edited, or co-authored numerous books, including Social Environment and Health, The Stomach, and Educating Doctors.
Cuprins
1. The Medical Significance of the Social Environment 2. Roseto’s History: Turmoil, Cohesion, and Adaptation 3. A Medical Study of Neighboring Communities with Contrasting Social Patterns 4. Strategy of Inquiry: Subjects, Methods, and Hypothesis Testing 5. Mortality in Roseto and Adjacent Bangor, 1925-1985 6. Changing Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction, 1962-1985 7. Predictive Significance of Various Clinical and Behavioral Measures 8. Social Change, 1963-1988 9. Coda Photo Narrative. Roseto Evolving: A Century in America follows
Descriere
Medical sociologists have long recognized the importance of community and family structure in the health of individuals