The sociology of health and illness has a long history. Over the last 100 years many concepts, theories, findings have been explored for the better understanding of health behavior of human being and the role of the society. Majority theories and approaches relating to the health and illness have been originally propounded by the western sociologists only. Even today researchers in developing c...

*Direct all correspondence to Rosalind Berkowitz King, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 8B07, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510, e-mail: [email protected]; to Jenifer L. Bratter, Department of Sociol...

The concept of individualism in the field of sociology was introduced by the empirical scheme of one's position in society. The growing importance of the attention to this pattern affected by social changes has been rapid and rough. Cultural and social processes of modernization and modern age always create new conditions and stimulus leading to changes and verities in methods of individualizat...