Medical sociology books

3623 books were found.

Depression and Narrative: Telling the Dark

Depression and Narrative: Telling the Dark

Author: Hilary Clark ,  Hilary Clark
ISBN: 9780791475690
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape

Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing...

Author: N. Wathen ,  S. Wyatt
ISBN: 9780230201200
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Health Care Expenditures, Innovation, and Demographic Change

Health Care Expenditures, Innovation, and Demographic...

Author: Roland Eisen ,  Yasemin Ilgin
ISBN: 9783631581544
Format: Paperback
$75.81

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Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first century

Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first...

Author: Christine Valentine (University of Bath, UK)
ISBN: 9780415457293
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms....  Read More >>

The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical Appearance

The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical...

Author: Bonnie Berry
ISBN: 9780754647584
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Is it true that 'better looking' people have more social power? This book provides a fascinating insight into the...  Read More >>

Healing the World's Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Health in the Twentieth Century

Healing the World's Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives...

Author: Cynthia Comacchio ,  Janet Golden
ISBN: 9780773534001
Format: Paperback
$86.99

A collection of essays, historical and contemporary, on the health and healing of children around the world. It...  Read More >>

Emotional Labour in Health Care: The unmanaged heart of nursing

Emotional Labour in Health Care: The unmanaged heart...

Author: Catherine Theodosius (University of Brighton, UK)
ISBN: 9780415409537
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Based on original empirical research and narratives from qualified nurses, this book introduces the concept of emotional...  Read More >>

Healing the World's Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Health in the Twentieth Century

Healing the World's Children: Interdisciplinary Perspectives...

Author: Cynthia Comacchio ,  Janet Golden
ISBN: 9780773533998
Format: Hardback
$250.80

A collection of essays, historical and contemporary, on the health and healing of children around the world. It...  Read More >>

Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean

Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested...

Author: Ian Whitmarsh
ISBN: 9780801474415
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Whitmarsh reveals how state officials and medical professionals make the international biomedical research part...  Read More >>

Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean

Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested...

Author: Ian Whitmarsh
ISBN: 9780801446863
Format: Hardback
$174.11

Whitmarsh reveals how state officials and medical professionals make the international biomedical research part...  Read More >>

About Face: 25 Women Write About What They See When They Look in the Mirror

About Face: 25 Women Write About What They See When...

Author: Annie Burt ,  Christina Baker Kline
ISBN: 9781580052467
Format: Paperback
$42.11

"Distinctive and unique, facial appearance is hugely important in every encounter we will ever have. From the concept...  Read More >>

Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective

Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective

Author: Herbert Gottweis ,  Alan Petersen (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415427388
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This groundbreaking book makes it clear that biobanks are a phenomenon that cannot be disconnected from considerations...  Read More >>

Global Health: Why Cultural Perceptions, Social Representations, and Biopolitics Matter

Global Health: Why Cultural Perceptions, Social Representations,...

Author: Mark Nichter
ISBN: 9780816525744
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical anthropologists, summarizes what more...  Read More >>

Body Knowledge and Curriculum: Pedagogies of Touch in Youth and Visual Culture

Body Knowledge and Curriculum: Pedagogies of Touch in...

Author: Stephanie Springgay
ISBN: 9781433102813
Format: Paperback
$129.10

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Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective

Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective

Author: Herbert Gottweis ,  Alan Petersen (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415427371
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This groundbreaking book makes it clear that biobanks are a phenomenon that cannot be disconnected from considerations...  Read More >>

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