Medical sociology books

An insightful work on rural health in the United States that examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America...  Read More >>

This book explores the moral and representational issues associated with engaging young people with popular media...  Read More >>

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Combining critical research with memoir, essay, poetry and creative biography, this insightful volume sensitively...  Read More >>

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Focusing on the world of Norwegian opioid substitution treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms,...  Read More >>

Through an ethnohistorical chronicling of the emotionally-laden treatment of selected suicide media-events, this...  Read More >>

Regulating the End of Life is a collection of cutting-edge chapters on assisted dying and euthanasia, written by...  Read More >>

This comprehensive, encyclopedic review compiles and curates the latest scholarship, research, and debates on the...  Read More >>

Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy: Critical Reflections on Foundations and Practices is a collection of 15 collaboratively...  Read More >>

This book explores the personal value of healthy behavior, arguing that our modern tendency to praise or blame individuals...  Read More >>

This innovative book explores the dynamic and contested interactions- including the mutually constitutive relationship-...  Read More >>

With a focus on five major regions globally (UK, US, Europe, Canada and Australia) Identifying and Managing Risk...  Read More >>

Drawing on the knowledge and experiences of world-renowned scientists and healthcare professionals, this important...  Read More >>

Attention and Responsibility in Global Health shows the construction of health through what is neglected and how...  Read More >>

This book investigates how graphic medicine enables sufferers of mental illness to visualize the intricacies of...  Read More >>

This book examines how CCTV cameras expose the patient body inside the mental health ward, especially the relationship...  Read More >>

The questions addressed in the book revolve around the public nature of health as an asset and the rights associated...  Read More >>

Investigating the reality and significance of racial categories, Remapping Race in a Global Context examines the...  Read More >>

Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social...  Read More >>

This book explores how person-centred health care could be refined to help persons alleviate pain-related distress...  Read More >>

Based on a study of the London Borough of Newham, this book aims to show how the selective licensing tool available...  Read More >>

This innovative volume exposes dementia as a condition that the aging prison population is increasingly facing....  Read More >>

This book is a critical response to a range of problems, some theoretical, others empirical, that shape questions...  Read More >>