Medical sociology books

Health workers and academics join to distil the results of their efforts to understand, oppose and change health...  Read More >>

Gender, Health and Welfare discusses how, and why, gender was important in shaping modern welfare provision.  Read More >>

Managing productivity and profitability in retailing has taken on a particular role since the onset of the recession...  Read More >>

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Examines the nature of Rheumatoid Arthritis and the role of health care professionals in influencing an individual's...  Read More >>

Examines peoples experience of illness, their understanding of what it means to be healthy, and illuminates the...  Read More >>

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Issues examined include: sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation,...  Read More >>

Issues examined include: sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation,...  Read More >>

For all health professionals undergoing basic training. Explains social science concepts and theories and shows...  Read More >>

For all health professionals undergoing basic training. Explains social science concepts and theories and shows...  Read More >>

Looks at women's involvement in cosmetic surgery and raises the question of why women put themselves under the knife...  Read More >>

Considers the conflicts that arise between the values and assumptions of Western, scientific medicine and those...  Read More >>

This book combines the expertise of practitioners and researchers to address the wide range of debates currently...  Read More >>

This book combines the expertise of practitioners and researchers to address the wide range of debates currently...  Read More >>

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This volume examines the social and ethical issues raised in genetic counselling, testing and screening. With equal...  Read More >>

This volume examines the social and ethical issues raised in genetic counselling, testing and screening. With equal...  Read More >>

Provides a broad description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe and focuses...  Read More >>

Examines peoples experience of illness, their understanding of what it means to be healthy, and illuminates the...  Read More >>

International contributors present an important contribution to the debate about the most appropriate research method...  Read More >>

This study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the...  Read More >>

Investigates the many aspects of the current controversial debates regarding the care and provision for the elderly...  Read More >>

This scholarly and penetrating study of eugenics is a major contribution to our understanding of the complex relation...  Read More >>