The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

484 Index
alcohol use
Australia, 436
cultural differences, 30
Denmark, 303
eastern Europe, 17
as explanation for health inequalities, 69, 77,
87, 101, 103, 105
Finland, 311
as focus of health promotion, 173
France, 263, 265, 267, 269, 270, 271,
304±5
gender differences in, 101, 103, 105
gene theory, 152
Hungary, 304±5
Iceland, 304, 311
Israel, 419
as lifestyle choice, 12
migrants, 30, 135, 137
Norway, 304, 311
Poland, 338, 339, 340, 342
Portugal, 304±5
preventive health behavior, 29, 30
Russia, 17, 323, 325, 326
Sweden, 303, 304, 306, 311±12
Turkey, 304
Alcorso, C., 436
Aldis, William L., 468
AlegrõÂa, M., 183, 186
Alexander, Jeffrey C., 27±8
Alexandrov, O. A., 322
Alexandrova, V. Y., 321
Algeria, 368
demographic/health characteristics, 396
distinctive niche in Arab world, 394
gender differences in mortality, 102
health expenditure, 397
medical schools, 403, 404
social characteristics, 395
Allardt, Erik, 68
Allsop, Judith, 253
Alma Ata declaration (1978), 367, 401, 465
Almada Bay, Ignacio, 214, 223
Aloyan, N., 320
Altecruse, Joan M., 150
alternative medicine, 35, 153, 404
Australia, 434±5
British research, 151
France, 273
Israel, 420, 423
Poland, 344
United States, 183
see also acupuncture; chiropractic; herbalism;
homeopathy; osteopathy
altruistic suicide, 6
Alubo, S. O., 366, 367, 371
Alvarez Klein, Lourdes, 221
American Journal of Public Health, 28
American Medical Association, 181, 183
Amish sect, 400
AmuchaÂstegui, Ana, 225
ANAES, 274
AnchingLocal History Editorial Committee,
463
Andersen, Ronald, 308, 309, 310
Anderson, Gerard F., 167, 169
Anderson, James G., 169, 173
Anderson, Katherine, 419
Anell, A., 309
Anesaki, Masahira, 441, 446, 447, 450
anesthesia, 181, 446
Angermeyer, Matthias, 292
angina, 263
angiograms, 50
Angola, 368
Angus, Douglas E., 207
Anjos, Luiz, 220
Annandale, Ellen, 9, 15, 87, 97±8, 250, 255
anomic suicide, 6
Anson, Ofra, 412, 416, 418, 419, 421, 424
anthrax, 181
anthropology, and culture, 23, 25, 26, 28
antibiotic-resistant bacterial
infection, 184
antiseptics, 181
Antonovsky, Anton, 130, 135, 139
anxiety, 105, 116, 136
apartheid, 366, 373, 375
Appels, A., 118
Arab World, 393±408
allocation of health resources, 401±2
education, 395, 397
elderly, 394±7
factors contributingto ill health, 399±401
fertility, 394, 396, 397, 415
healingtraditions, 35, 404
life expectancy, 394±7
medical education/schools, 402±6
medical sociology, 406±8
private health sector, 401±2
sick role, 397±9
social/demographic/health
characteristics, 394±7
women, 397, 405±6
see also individual countries
Arabic language, 393, 404±5
Araujo, Jose Duarte de, 234
Arber, Sara
gender differences in access to care, 106
gender differences in morbidity, 105
gender role and life course, 100, 101
livingconditions at home, 87
occupational social class, 72, 75
structural inequalities in health, 107, 108
women as care-givers, 99
Archer, Margaret, 18
Arches, Joan, 147
Argentina, 237, 415
Armstrong, David, 14, 46, 152, 154
Armstrong, Pat, 204, 206, 209
Arnold, M., 288
arteriosclerosis, 263
arthritis, 207