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Occupational Stress and Health

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Toward a New Definition of Health

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Mental Health ((CTMH))

Abstract

There has been a growing concern with health problems in the United States, not the least of which is the burgeoning national expenditure on medical care. The failure of accelerating expenditures in medical care to produce proportionate gains in life expectancy or other indicators of the quality of health and life has called into question our society’s tendency to equate quality of health with quality of medical care. Although improvements in the quality, cost-effectiveness, and distribution of medical care are important and necessary, this equation of health with medical care results in vast amounts of money and energy being directed toward increasingly complex institutions to care for the sick, often at the expense of preventive programs aimed at maintaining the health of the nonsick (Task Force Report, 1973).

Preparation of this chapter has been supported by Public Health Services Research Grant RO1-MH28902 from the National Institute of Mental Health, as has our current research, which is described briefly here.

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  1. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106, USA

    James S. House

  2. Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27706, USA

    Mark F. Jackman

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  1. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S Office of International Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Paul I. Ahmed (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer) (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer)

  2. Department of Health Education, University College, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

    Paul I. Ahmed (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer) (Public Health Advisor, Lecturer)

  3. National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    George V. Coelho (Senior Social Scientist, Office of the Assistant Director for Children and Youth) (Senior Social Scientist, Office of the Assistant Director for Children and Youth)

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House, J.S., Jackman, M.F. (1979). Occupational Stress and Health. In: Ahmed, P.I., Coelho, G.V. (eds) Toward a New Definition of Health. Current Topics in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2991-6_7

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