Medical sociology books

3623 books were found.

Alcohol, Tobacco and Obesity: Morality, Mortality and the New Public Health

Alcohol, Tobacco and Obesity: Morality, Mortality and...

Author: Kirsten Bell (University of British Columbia, Canada) ,  Darlene McNaughton
ISBN: 9780415820066
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This cutting edge collection of essays explores recent developments in alcohol, tobacco and obesity in comparative,...  Read More >>

Public Health and Social Justice: A Jossey-Bass Reader

Public Health and Social Justice: A Jossey-Bass Reader...

Author: Martin T. Donohoe (Portland State University, OR)
ISBN: 9781118088142
Format: Paperback
$167.95

The author explores the role of social and economic injustices as root causes of the uneven distribution of disease...  Read More >>

Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920

Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine...

Author: Akwasi P. Osei ,  Kalala Ngalamulume
ISBN: 9781433114991
Format: Hardback
$187.57

Focusing on yellow fever, cholera, and plague epidemics as well as on sanitation in the context of urban growth...  Read More >>

Bioethics: Methods, Theories, Domains

Bioethics: Methods, Theories, Domains

Author: Marcus Düwell
ISBN: 9780415609913
Format: Hardback
$315.00

""This is a book that embraces neither a single ethical theory nor a pragmatic melange of just-so-principles. It...  Read More >>

International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing

International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing...

Author: Katie Wright
ISBN: 9780230248281
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws...  Read More >>

Critical Perspectives on Addiction

Critical Perspectives on Addiction

Author: Julie Netherland ,  Barbara KatzRothman
ISBN: 9781780529301
Format: Hardback
$261.95

Featuring the work of several up-and-coming scholars working to deepen theoretical perspectives on addiction and...  Read More >>

Cosmetic Surgery Narratives: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women's Accounts

Cosmetic Surgery Narratives: A Cross-Cultural Analysis...

Author: Debra Gimlin
ISBN: 9780230579385
Format: Hardback
$116.41

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Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine

Author: Antje Kampf (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany) ,  Barbara L. Marshall (Trent University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415699389
Format: Hardback
$326.00

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging...  Read More >>

The Question of Competence: Reconsidering Medical Education in the Twenty-First Century

The Question of Competence: Reconsidering Medical Education...

Author: Brian D. Hodges ,  Lorelei Lingard
ISBN: 9780801450495
Format: Hardback
$163.55

Experts from the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands explore medical competency from different perspectives...  Read More >>

Health Information Seeking

Health Information Seeking

Author: Gary L. Kreps ,  J. David Johnson
ISBN: 9781433118258
Format: Hardback
$506.88

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Work-Based Learning in Clinical Settings: Insights from Socio-Cultural Perspectives

Work-Based Learning in Clinical Settings: Insights from...

Author: Viv Cook ,  Caroline Daly
ISBN: 9781846194955
Format: Paperback
$124.00

This ground-breaking volume brings together the work of pioneering...  Read More >>

Dignity and Health

Dignity and Health

Author: Nora Jacobson
ISBN: 9780826518620
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Examines the processes and structures of dignity violation and promotion, traces their consequences for individual...  Read More >>

Dignity and Health

Dignity and Health

Author: Nora Jacobson
ISBN: 9780826518613
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Examines the processes and structures of dignity violation and promotion, traces their consequences for individual...  Read More >>

Responding to Men in Crisis

Responding to Men in Crisis

Author: Brian Taylor
ISBN: 9780415654067
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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