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. 2007 Jun;48(2):99-114.
doi: 10.1177/002214650704800201.

Self-referent constructs and medical sociology: in search of an integrative framework

Howard B Kaplan  1
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Self-referent constructs and medical sociology: in search of an integrative framework

Howard B Kaplan. J Health Soc Behav. 2007 Jun.

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.

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