PART Ⅰ．SOCIOLOGY 1
UNIT Ⅰ．ORIENTATION 1
1．The Social Setting of Nursing 1
What is Sociology？ 1
Divisions of Sociology 2
Social Situations 2
Social Function of the Nurse 6
Patient-Nurse Situations 8
Summary 11
Questions 12
Exercises 13
Readings 13
UNIT Ⅱ．HUMAN NATURE AND PERSONALITY 15
2．Personality and Heredity 15
Personality 15
Instincts and Reflexes 16
Feelings，Emotions and Sentiments 18
Autonomic Nervous System 20
Endocrine Glands 22
Introversion and Extraversion 24
Basic Desires 26
Intelligence 27
Individuality and Sociality 28
Questions 29
Exercise 30
Readings 30
3．Personality and Culture 31
Types of Culture 31
Folkways and Mores 33
Superstitions 36
The Universal Culture Pattern 37
Traits and Complexes 39
Origins of Culture 39
Culture Changes 41
Migration and Culture 43
Second Generation and Culture 50
Questions 51
Exercise 52
Readings 52
4．Personality and Attitudes 54
Nature of Atttiudes 54
Language 59
Status 60
Configuration of Personality 62
Leadership 64
Social Distance 65
Questions 66
Exercises 66
Readings 67
UNIT Ⅲ．THE MODERN FAMILY 68
5．The Family as a Social Institution 68
History of the Family 68
Types of Marriage 70
Courtship and Mate Selection 73
Questions 76
Exercise 76
Readings 76
6．Family Organization and Disorganization 78
Better Marriages 79
Marriage and Family Guidance Clinics 81
Child Guidance Clinics 82
Careers Versus Homes 84
Housing Problems 86
Questions 90
Exercises 90
Readings 90
7．Nursing Problems Connected with Family Situations 92
Economic Aspects 92
Psychological Aspects 97
Physiological Aspects 99
Social-Pathological Aspects 105
Questions 111
Exercises 112
Readings 112
UNIT Ⅳ．THE MODERN COMMUNITY 114
8．Community Organization 114
The Neighborhood 114
The Village 115
The Town and Small City 116
Composition of a City 118
The Large City 121
The Nation and Patriotism 122
Public Opinion 124
World Community 125
Questions 126
Exercise 126
Readings 127
9．A Typical City 128
Bird＇s-eye View of Piano City 128
Urban Institutions 130
Segregated Areas 132
Home Conditions 133
Churches 134
Schools and Libraries 135
Political Organization 135
Health Agencies 136
Questions 137
Exercise 138
Readings 138
10．Industrial Organization 139
History of Industry 139
Organization of Labor 142
Socialism 145
Cooperative Enterprise 147
World-Wide Aspects of Industry 149
Questions 150
Exercises 151
Readings 151
11．Recreational Organization 152
History of Recreation 152
The Playground Movement 153
The New Leisure 155
Commercialized Amusements 157
Motion Pictures 159
The Radio 160
Travel as a Leisure-Time Activity 161
Recreation for Nurses 163
Questions 164
Exercise 165
Readings 165
12．Religious Organization 166
Nature of Religion 166
Social Aspects of Religion 168
Socio-Religious Teachings 170
Spiritual Opportunities of the Nurse 172
Questions 173
Exercises 174
Readings 174
13．National and International Organization 175
The Nation and Nationalism 175
Individualism and Democracy 176
Totalitarianism Versus Democracy 178
Internationalism 181
Questions 184
Exercise 185
Readings 185
14．Social Disorganization 186
Poverty as a Phase of Social Disorganization 187
Crime and Delinquency as Phases of Social Disorganization 192
War as a Phase of Social Disorganization 196
Questions 197
Exercises 197
Readings 197
15．Social Reorganization and Health 199
Health Measures and Reorganization 199
Low Cost Medical Care 204
State Medicine 206
Social Insurance and Security 208
Questions 211
Exercises 212
Readings 212
16．Social Processes 214
Social Interaction 215
Social Conflict 217
Social Cooperation 218
Assimilation，Acculturation，and Socialization 219
Social Control 220
Questions 221
Exercise 222
Readings 222
17．Social Change and Control 223
The Nature of Social Change 223
Social Planning 224
Evolution and Revolution 225
Types of Controls 227
Propaganda and Censorship 229
Good Citizenship 231
Questions 231
Exercise 232
Readings 232
PART Ⅱ．SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN NURSING SERVICE 233
UNIT Ⅴ．THE INDIVIDUAL IN SICKNESS 233
18．The Individual in Sickness 233
The Individual in Sickness from the Physical Standpoint 234
The Individual in Sickness from the Psychological Standpoint 235
The Individual in Sickness from the Occupational Standpoint 240
The Individual in Sickness and His Family 246
The Individual in Sickness as a Member of the Community 249
Summary 251
Questions 252
Exercise 253
Readings 253
19．Medical-Social Problems of the Community and the Nurse 254
Poverty and Illness 255
Maternal and Child Welfare Problems 257
Childhood and Youth Problems 266
Diseases of Childhood 271
The Handicapped Child 272
Medical-Social Problems of the Adult 272
Cancer 273
Diabetes 273
Venereal Disease 274
The Aged as a Medical-Social Problem 277
Prevention of Mental Diseases 278
Rehabilitation of Service Men，a Medical-Social Problem 280
Medical-Social Case Work 281
Summary 284
Questions 285
Readings 286
20．Community Health Agencies 288
Classification of Agencies 288
Non-Official Agencies 293
Industrial Nursing 296
Aeronautical Nursing 299
The Community Chest 300
Professional Nursing Organizations 300
Summary 301
Readings 302
Index 303