- Industry: Printing & publishing
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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.
Industry:Sociology
A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.
Industry:Sociology
The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.
Industry:Sociology
A means of health maintenance using therapies in which the health care practitioner considers the person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics.
Industry:Sociology
Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.
Industry:Sociology
As defined by the World Health Organization, a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Industry:Sociology
Organizations that provide comprehensive medical services for a preestablished fee.
Industry:Sociology
The difference between births and deaths, plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants, per 1,000 population.
Industry:Sociology
The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.
Industry:Sociology
