Self-Referent Constructs and Medical Sociology: In Search of an Integrative Framework

Author: Kaplan, Howard B.

Source: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Volume 48, Number 2, June 2007 , pp. 99-114(16)

Publisher: American Sociological Association

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Abstract:

A theoretical framework centering on four classes of self-referent constructs is offered as a device for integrating the diverse areas constituting medical sociology. Guidance by this framework sensitizes the researcher to the occurrence of parallel processes in adjacent disciplines, facilitates recognition of the etiological significance of findings from other disciplines for explaining medical sociological phenomena, and encourages transactions between sociology and medical sociology whereby each informs and is informed by the other.

Document Type: Research article

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