Medical sociology books

In the postmodern era, when the interface of bodies, biologies and technologies increasingly challenges the very...  Read More >>

This book examines people's risk perception and perceived trustworthiness of sources and channels of information...  Read More >>

In this book, Professor Ole Jacob Madsen analyses the implications of Scandinavia's current concern for the mental...  Read More >>

Der Sammelband stellt aus multidisziplinärer Perspektive der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften gesellschaftliche...  Read More >>

COVID Societies presents a compelling and accessible overview of sociocultural theories that help us make sense...  Read More >>

COVID Societies presents a compelling and accessible overview of sociocultural theories that help us make sense...  Read More >>

This book untangles the relationship between expert categorisations of risk and the on-the-ground experiences of...  Read More >>

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The book addresses the issue of disease diffusion across the geographical span of India during the colonial period....  Read More >>

Governing Human Lives and Health in Pandemic Times looks into the instruments and the type of reasoning involved...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unequal impact on individuals, communities, and countries...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unequal impact on individuals, communities, and countries...  Read More >>

This book takes up the challenge of examining women’s understandings of eating disorders and child sexual abuse...  Read More >>

This volume reflects on how anthropologists have engaged in medical education and aims to positively influence the...  Read More >>

Selling Immunity: Self, Culture and Economy in Healthcare and Medicine studies the ways immunity shapes life. Through...  Read More >>

This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines....  Read More >>

Selling Immunity: Self, Culture and Economy in Healthcare and Medicine studies the ways immunity shapes life. Through...  Read More >>

What if philosophy could solve the psychological puzzle of trauma? Embodied Trauma and Healing argues that one must...  Read More >>

What if philosophy could solve the psychological puzzle of trauma? Embodied Trauma and Healing argues that one must...  Read More >>

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This book shares the stories of frontline health workers – told in their own words - during the second wave of COVID-19...  Read More >>

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Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the...  Read More >>