Medical sociology books

3623 books were found.

The Social Worlds of the Unborn

The Social Worlds of the Unborn

Author: D. Lupton
ISBN: 9781137310712
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range...  Read More >>

The Inevitable Hour: A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America

The Inevitable Hour: A History of Caring for Dying Patients...

Author: Emily K. Abel (Professor Emerita, UCLA School of Public Health)
ISBN: 9781421409191
Format: Hardback
$58.99

A frank portrayal of the medical care of dying people past and present, The Inevitable Hour helps to explain why...  Read More >>

Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women's Shelters and Hospitals: Politicizing the Female Body

Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women's Shelters...

Author: Lori A. Brown
ISBN: 9781409437413
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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The Politics of Bioethics

The Politics of Bioethics

Author: Alan Petersen (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415851398
Format: Paperback
$118.00

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Studies in the Quality of Life in Victorian Britain and Ireland

Studies in the Quality of Life in Victorian Britain...

Author: Thomas E. Jordan
ISBN: 9789400761216
Format: Paperback
$131.87

This work examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

People's Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier

People's Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell...

Author: Ruha Benjamin
ISBN: 9780804782975
Format: Paperback
$39.95

By putting debates around stem cell research in to conversation with debates about universal healthcare, People's...  Read More >>

People's Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier

People's Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell...

Author: Ruha Benjamin
ISBN: 9780804782968
Format: Hardback
$137.95

By putting debates around stem cell research in to conversation with debates about universal healthcare, People's...  Read More >>

Chimes of Time

Chimes of Time

Author: Bruce Kirkcaldy
ISBN: 9789088900945
Format: Paperback
$79.20

This book is an ambitious project uniting various fields in a multidisciplinary venture drawing on academics and...  Read More >>

Fighting for Breath: Living Morally and Dying of Cancer in a Chinese Village

Fighting for Breath: Living Morally and Dying of Cancer...

Author: Anna Lora-Wainwright
ISBN: 9780824836825
Format: Hardback
$137.28

This book explores how people experience and understand cancer in a place where there is no agreement on its cause....  Read More >>

Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care

Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care

Author: D. Botterill ,  G. Pennings
ISBN: 9780230362369
Format: Hardback
$145.17

The phenomenon of transnational health care has grown rapidly over recent years and this book provides a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Towards a Social Science of Drugs in Sport

Towards a Social Science of Drugs in Sport

Author: Jason Mazanov (Univeristy of New South Wales, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415853149
Format: Paperback
$110.00

The role of drugs in sport is changing. This book gives an insight into how social science understands where drugs...  Read More >>

Medicine and the politics of knowledge

Medicine and the politics of knowledge

Author: Susan Levine
ISBN: 9780796923929
Format: Paperback
$40.70

Medicine and the Politics of Knowledge situates South Africa - including its history of stances and political formations...  Read More >>

Barcoding Nature: Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss

Barcoding Nature: Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an...

Author: Claire Waterton (University of Lancaster, UK) ,  Rebecca Ellis (University of Lancaster, UK)
ISBN: 9780415554794
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Informed both by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the anthropology of science, Barcoding Nature analyses...  Read More >>

Social Skills and Health (Psychology Revivals)

Social Skills and Health (Psychology Revivals)

Author: Michael Argyle
ISBN: 9780415837729
Format: Hardback
$210.00

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Changing Gay Male Identities

Changing Gay Male Identities

Author: Andrew Cooper
ISBN: 9780415643740
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Alzheimer's Disease, Media Representations and the Politics of Euthanasia: Constructing Risk and Selling Death in an Ageing Society

Alzheimer's Disease, Media Representations and the Politics...

Author: Megan-Jane Johnstone
ISBN: 9781409451921
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Drawing on extensive data this book explores the 'Alzheimerisation' of the euthanasia debate, examining the shift...  Read More >>

South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics

South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics...

Author: M. Mbali
ISBN: 9780230360624
Format: Hardback
$145.17

South Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism...  Read More >>

Native American Communities on Health and Disability: A Borderland Dialogues

Native American Communities on Health and Disability:...

Author: L. Lovern ,  C. Locust
ISBN: 9781349456062
Format: Paperback
$272.98

This volume examines concepts of disability and wellness in Native American communities, prominently featuring the...  Read More >>

Native American Communities on Health and Disability: A Borderland Dialogues

Native American Communities on Health and Disability:...

Author: L. Lovern ,  C. Locust
ISBN: 9781137308603
Format: Hardback
$272.98

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