Medical sociology books

Using a variety of evidence the author documents the rise of general management, the application of new techniques...  Read More >>

Drawing on the disciplines of sociology, politics and epidemiology, the author analyses Governmental and other policies...  Read More >>

This unique work assesses both the demand-reducing impacts and the political costs and benefits of every major federal...  Read More >>

The results of a survey of doctors qualifying from British medical schools during the period 1974 to 1983. This...  Read More >>

Until now little attention has been paid by sociologists to health policy issues. The Sociology of the Health Service...  Read More >>

In this work, the author examines the interaction of wartime bureaucracy, the academic medical establishment, and...  Read More >>

Treating Drug Abusers provides a clear, practical guide to current approaches. Written by practitioners for practitioners,...  Read More >>

This significant volume provides broad coverage of the spectrum of problems confronted by patients with developmental...  Read More >>

""Must be judged as a landmark in medical sociology.""—Norman Denzin, Journal of Health and Social Behavior ""Profession...  Read More >>

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Fifteen years ago, hospital remuneration was switched to a DRG flat-rate system (DRG: Diagnosis Related Groups)....  Read More >>

Discover how new technologies and medical advances are shaping the future of organ donation with this comprehensive...  Read More >>

This book draws on evidence from inclusive health services to identify and conceptualise the active ingredients...  Read More >>

""This book examines a wide diversity of patients and healers--and interactions between them--in Niamey, Niger through...  Read More >>

This approach, and the contradictions that it reveals, will enable anyone with an interest in medical education...  Read More >>

This agenda-setting volume highlights the contributions that artists and art historians can make to developments...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the conflicts between Chinese medicine and western medicine in modern Chinese society. It is...  Read More >>

This volume critically interrogates the dominant understanding of ‘addiction’ and ‘addicts’. It examines the proliferation...  Read More >>

This volume offers innovative contributions to the climate-migration-health nexus and the role of regional governance...  Read More >>

This book traces the transnational history of blind education and tactile literacy in East Asia from the late nineteenth...  Read More >>

The book highlights the centrality of language practices and language ideologies in how professionals, individuals,...  Read More >>

The book highlights the centrality of language practices and language ideologies in how professionals, individuals,...  Read More >>

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