Medical sociology books

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This intimate book explores the experiences of two psychoanalysts during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read More >>

A complete, highly readable and student orientated introduction. Comprehensive coverage of all the key theories,...  Read More >>

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The volume brings together 16 newly-commissioned studies from leading experts in health studies, in particular:...  Read More >>

This book examines the complexities of the colonization of the territory that is now Brazil and its shaping of psychological...  Read More >>

This collection of essays explores cultural narratives of care in the contexts of ageing and illness  Read More >>

This open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding...  Read More >>

This open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding...  Read More >>

This is the first transnational history of IVF and assisted reproduction.  Read More >>

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This book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at some of the issues,...  Read More >>

This book investigates various experiences of teaching sexual and reproductive health to adolescents with disabilities....  Read More >>

"This book examines the discourse of a ""post-AIDS"" culture, and the medical-discursive shift from crisis and death...  Read More >>

This book examines the legal, ethical and regulatory debates surrounding the rise of the cosmetic procedures industry....  Read More >>

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In Personal Identity and Resurrection, leading philosophers and theologians present an indispensable resource for...  Read More >>

This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness,...  Read More >>

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This book addresses the over-prescribing of antidepressants in people with mostly mild and subthreshold depression....  Read More >>

Navigating Digital Health Landscapes explores how users navigate the internet when searching for health information....  Read More >>

The book unpacks this type of ‘sequence-speech’ in engaging detail, adopting a personal, social, cultural, and bio-political...  Read More >>

This book is ideal not only for migration scholars, science and technology studies scholars, policymakers, and university...  Read More >>

This book provides a solid basis to understand two centuries of bodily measurement practices and their scientific...  Read More >>

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