Medical sociology books

First Published in 1963, Sex in Marriage presents down to earth, practical guidance on the emotional and physical...  Read More >>

The development of health across an individual’s life depends on many factors, but social determinants play a vital...  Read More >>

Based on fieldwork in Washington D.C, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance analyses the use...  Read More >>

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Als Bereich der Entwicklung und Verwendung von Nanotechnologien zur Heilung von Krankheiten ist die Nanomedizin...  Read More >>

Based on fieldwork in Washington D.C, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance analyses the use...  Read More >>

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Raimund Pousset gives in this essential a concise account of senicide, the modern form of cultural killing of the...  Read More >>

This book offers a novel examination of the relations, actions, and practices of healthcare workers, analysed in...  Read More >>

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This book examines sex, sexuality, gender and health in the Pacific with a focus on three key sets of issues: young...  Read More >>

While many xenotransplantation practices resonate with a security approach that renders uncertainty an inherent...  Read More >>

This book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion...  Read More >>

This book argues that neoliberal changes in health and social care go beyond resource allocations, priority setting,...  Read More >>

Seit der COVID19-Pandemie werden die Pflegeberufe in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung in neuer Form wertgeschätzt und...  Read More >>

Writing against the prevailing narrativization of suicide in terms of why it happened, Whitehead turns instead to...  Read More >>

This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United...  Read More >>

Writing against the prevailing narrativization of suicide in terms of why it happened, Whitehead turns instead to...  Read More >>

This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United...  Read More >>

Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation...  Read More >>

Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation...  Read More >>

How and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetorical—and harmful—power. In Why Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch...  Read More >>

The book is intended to be a reference in global urban health for research libraries and faculty collections. It...  Read More >>

COVID-19: Individual Rights and Community Responsibilities provides critical insights into the tensions between...  Read More >>