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Sociology for Physiotherapists and Nurses Dibyendunarayan Bid, Thangamani Ramalingam A

CHAPTER 1:Introduction to Sociology
- SOCIOLOGY
CHAPTER 2:Social Factors in Health and Disease
- MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
- SOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS
  - Medical Care Facility
- HEALTH AND ILLNESS
  - Gender Differences in Health Problem
  - Social Construction
CHAPTER 3:Socialization
- MEANING AND NATURE OF SOCIALIZATION
- GOALS
- TYPES OF SOCIALIZATION PROCESS
- STAGES
- AGENCIES
CHAPTER 4:Social Security
- INTRODUCTION
- EVOLUTION
- NEED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
- PURPOSE AND CONTINGENCIES
- SOCIAL SECURITY STRATEGY IN INDIA
  - Social Security in India
  - Social Security for Disabled Persons in India
- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES
- SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS FOR THE DISABLED PERSONS IN INDIA
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 5:Social Problems
- POPULATION EXPLOSION AND POPULATION CONTROL
- IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH
- POVERTY
- UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
- BEGGARY
- JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
  - Concept of Juvenile Delinquency
  - Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
- PROSTITUTION
- ALCOHOLISM
CHAPTER 6:Social Change
- MEANING AND NATURE OF SOCIAL CHANGE
- ASPECTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE
- THREE BASIC SOURCES OF SOCIAL CHANGE
- FACTORS OF SOCIAL CHANGE
- OBSTACLES TO SOCIAL CHANGE
- PLANNED SOCIAL CHANGE
- SOCIAL CHANGE AND HUMAN ADAPTATION
- Social Change and Health Programs
- SOCIAL PLANNING
CHAPTER 7:Social Work
- MEANING AND NATURE OF SOCIAL WORK
- PRINCIPLES
- METHODS
- ROLES
- MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
  - Role of Medical Social Worker
  - Functions of Medical Social Worker
CHAPTER 8:Culture and Health
- CONCEPT OF CULTURE
- DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE
- CHARACTERISTICS
- SEVEN FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE
- HIGH AND LOW CULTURE
- CULTURE AND BEHAVIOR
- CULTURAL MEANING OF SICKNESS
- CULTURE AND HEALTH DISORDERS
CHAPTER 9:Social Groups
- REASON OF SOCIAL GROUPS
- MEANING and nature OF SOCIAL GROUPS
- DEFINITION OF SOCIAL GROUPS
- CHARACTERISTICS
- WHY GROUPS ARE FORMED?
  - Essential Conditions for the Formation of Social Groups
- FUNCTIONS
- GROUP CLASSIFICATION
- INGROUPS AND OUTGROUPS
CHAPTER 10:Rural Community
- DEFINITION OF VILLAGE
- FEATURES OF RURAL COMMUNITY
- HEALTH HAZARDS OF RURALITES
  - Promotion of Health Education in Rural Areas
    - Main Functions of Health Centers
CHAPTER 11:Urban Community
- URBAN GROWTH AND URBANIZATION
- HEALTH HAZARDS OF URBANITES
CHAPTER 12:Family
- DEFINITION
- CHARACTERISTICS
  - Some Important Features of Indian Family
- TYPES
  - Changes in Family Patterns Worldwide
- SOCIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- FUNCTIONS
- CHANGING FAMILY PATTERNS IN INDIA
- INFLUENCE OF FAMILY ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS
  - Meaning of the Illness
- A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 13:Problems of Employment and Health of Women
- WORKING WOMEN IN THIRD WORLD NATIONS
- WOMEN AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 14:Sociology of Nutrition
- AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND THEIR CONNECTION TO HUNGER
- DISTRIBUTION OF MALNUTRITION IN INDIA
- NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS IN INDIA
CHAPTER 15:Sociology of Stress
- DEFINITION OF STRESS
- REACTIONS TO STRESS
- HOMEOSTASIS: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
  - Real/Symbolic Threats
  - Physiological Responses to Stress
- SOCIAL FACTORS AND STRESS
CHAPTER 16:Sociology of Aging
- AGING AND THE LIFE CYCLE
CHAPTER 17:Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction
- ABERRANT BEHAVIOR
- BASIC CONCEPTS
- NATURE AND IMPACT OF ABUSABLE DRUGS
- EXTENT AND NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE
  - Predisposing Factors of Drug Usage
  - Motivations in Drug Usage
    - Causes of Drug Abuse
    - Role of Family and Peer Group in Drug Abuse
- MEASURES TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING, TREATING ADDICTS AND PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE
CHAPTER 18:Social Control
- MEANING AND NATURE OF SOCIAL CONTROL
- DEFINITIONS
- RELATED CONCEPTS
  - Concept of Self-control
  - Socialization
- GOALS
- METHODS
  - Informal Social Control
  - Formal Social Control
- MECHANISMS, MEANS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL CONTROL
CHAPTER 19:Sociology of Education
- DEFINITIONS
- FUNCTIONs OF EDUCATION
CHAPTER 20:Question Bank
- LONG ESSAYS
- SHORT ESSAYS
- SHORT ANSWERS

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