Mental Health, Social Mirror
Published 1 January 2007
William R. Avison, Jane D. McLeod, Bernice A. Pescosolido
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In 2004, the discipline of sociology celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Sociological Association. In 2005, the Section on Medical Sociology celebrated 50 years since the
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