Medical sociology books

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The Social Context of Ageing: A Textbook of Gerontology

The Social Context of Ageing: A Textbook of Gerontology...

Author: Christina Victor (University of Reading, UK)
ISBN: 9780415221405
Format: Paperback
$94.99

Gerontology is a multidisciplined science concerned with the study of ageing, which integrates biological, psychological...  Read More >>

The Social Context of Ageing: A Textbook of Gerontology

The Social Context of Ageing: A Textbook of Gerontology...

Author: Christina Victor (University of Reading, UK)
ISBN: 9780415221399
Format: Hardback
$399.00

This book focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at...  Read More >>

Objects of Desire: Consumer Behaviour in Shopping Centre Choices

Objects of Desire: Consumer Behaviour in Shopping Centre...

Author: C. Dennis
ISBN: 9781349507849
Format: Paperback
$145.17

What determines where people shop? Why would shoppers visit one shopping centre rather than another? Developers,...  Read More >>

Drug Treatment: What Works?

Drug Treatment: What Works?

Author: Philip Bean (formerly Loughborough University, UK) ,  Teresa Nemitz (Midlands Centre of Criminology, UK)
ISBN: 9780415268172
Format: Paperback
$120.00

Featuring contributions from some of the leading figures in the field, this text is a cutting-edge survey of the...  Read More >>

Drug Treatment: What Works?

Drug Treatment: What Works?

Author: Philip Bean (formerly Loughborough University, UK) ,  Teresa Nemitz (Midlands Centre of Criminology, UK)
ISBN: 9780415268165
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Featuring contributions from some of the leading figures in the field, this text is a cutting-edge survey of the...  Read More >>

Men and Maternity

Men and Maternity

Author: Rosemary Mander
ISBN: 9780415275804
Format: Hardback
$231.00

This book argues that the beneficial contribution of men has been taken for granted. Certain changes to childbearing...  Read More >>

Men and Maternity

Men and Maternity

Author: Rosemary Mander
ISBN: 9780415275873
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This book argues that the beneficial contribution of men has been taken for granted. Certain changes to childbearing...  Read More >>

Identity and Health

Identity and Health

Author: David Kelleher ,  Gerard Leavey
ISBN: 9780415307925
Format: Paperback
$103.00

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Genetic Databases: Socio-Ethical Issues in the Collection and Use of DNA

Genetic Databases: Socio-Ethical Issues in the Collection...

Author: Oonagh Corrigan (University of Plymouth, UK) ,  Richard Tutton (University of Nottingham, UK)
ISBN: 9780415316804
Format: Paperback
$103.00

There has been a proliferation of genetic databases and biobanks which promise to increase scientists' understanding...  Read More >>

Identity and Health

Identity and Health

Author: David Kelleher ,  Gerard Leavey
ISBN: 9780415307918
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Genetic Databases: Socio-Ethical Issues in the Collection and Use of DNA

Genetic Databases: Socio-Ethical Issues in the Collection...

Author: Oonagh Corrigan (University of Plymouth, UK) ,  Richard Tutton (University of Nottingham, UK)
ISBN: 9780415316798
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Genetic Databases offers a timely analysis of the underlying tensions, contradictions and limitations of the current...  Read More >>

Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses: Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care

Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses: Breaking...

Author: Maureen A. Coombs
ISBN: 9780415301923
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Through observations in three intensive care units, this book draws on the reality of practice to explore how nurses...  Read More >>

Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses: Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care

Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses: Breaking...

Author: Maureen A. Coombs
ISBN: 9780415301930
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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The Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria

The Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria

Author: Mary Adekson (St. Bonaventure University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415945806
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This work examines the counselling approaches and techniques used by Yoruba traditional healers of Nigeria. It also...  Read More >>

Motherhood and Disability: Children and Choices

Motherhood and Disability: Children and Choices

Author: O. Prilleltensky
ISBN: 9781349509645
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book explores the intersection between motherhood and physical disability. It is based on a study that focused...  Read More >>

Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury...

Author: David Howe (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Mike McNamee (University of Swansea, UK)
ISBN: 9780415247306
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Drawing upon cutting-edge research findings, David Howe develops a theory of the link between medicine, the body...  Read More >>

Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury...

Author: David Howe (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Mike McNamee (University of Swansea, UK)
ISBN: 9780415247290
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Drawing upon cutting-edge research findings, David Howe develops a theory of the link between medicine, the body...  Read More >>

Self-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness

Self-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping...

Author: Christopher Ziguras
ISBN: 9780415300582
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This work examines the widespread cultural and political consequences of the proliferation of popular health advice....  Read More >>

Sexual Cultures in East Asia: The Social Construction of Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Time of AIDS

Sexual Cultures in East Asia: The Social Construction...

Author: Evelyne Micollier
ISBN: 9780415308717
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Using case studies from East and Southeast Asia, this text examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the...  Read More >>

Imperial Hygiene: A Critical History of Colonialism, Nationalism and Public Health

Imperial Hygiene: A Critical History of Colonialism,...

Author: A. Bashford
ISBN: 9781137429216
Format: Paperback
$310.47

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Gender, Identity & Reproduction: Social Perspectives

Gender, Identity & Reproduction: Social Perspectives...

Author: S. Earle ,  G. Letherby
ISBN: 9781349508297
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Through a consideration of the representation of reproductive identities and experiences, the book highlights difference...  Read More >>

Access to Health Care

Access to Health Care

Author: Martin Gulliford ,  Myfanwy Morgan
ISBN: 9780415275460
Format: Paperback
$103.00

This text addresses current concerns in health services and investigates whether it is possible to offer truly...  Read More >>

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