Medical sociology books

Drug addiction and abuse is a major socio-economic and political problem in India – both at the national level in...  Read More >>

This edition includes several new gender-focused chapters, addressing local level initiatives based on the recommendations...  Read More >>

I have tried to put the organism as the principal protagonist of the story, firmly in an historical focus which...  Read More >>

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Hawksley and Georgeou bring together scholars and practitioners from across the region to analyse the main effects...  Read More >>

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This book examines the challenges of communicating risk and crisis messages during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of the best scientific research presented during the First International Conference of...  Read More >>

The gripping inside account of Australia's extraordinary pandemic story. It was never part of the plan that Australia...  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Alcohol, Social Work and Helping provides coherent and imaginative advice on how to counsel...  Read More >>

This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors which have shaped the modern public...  Read More >>

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This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation, offering...  Read More >>

With a focus on the case of Poland, this book considers the ways in which the experience of ageing is shaped by...  Read More >>

This collection of essays explores cultural narratives of care in the contexts of ageing and illness  Read More >>

Interdisciplinary in approach, this book offers an analysis of contemporary forms of suffering, including depression,...  Read More >>

Governing Human Lives and Health in Pandemic Times looks into the instruments and the type of reasoning involved...  Read More >>

Culture, Consolation, and Continuing Bonds in Bereavement presents Dennis Klass’s most important contributions to...  Read More >>

Critically analysing the specific security threat posed by COVID-19 to global society, the contributors to this...  Read More >>

Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that it causes. Health...  Read More >>

"Using a qualitative, interview-based approach, Kim investigates how conflicting identities and social marginalization...  Read More >>

The Social Exclusion of Incarcerated Women with Cognitive Disabilities presents a theoretical and practical exploration...  Read More >>

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This edited collection brings together social scientists working on race and ethnicity to address the question of...  Read More >>

This volume explores the tension between the dietary practice of veganism and the manifestation, construction, and...  Read More >>