Medical sociology books

COVID-19 and Governance focuses on the relationship between governance institutions and approaches to Covid-19 and...  Read More >>

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This book explores the ways in which Eastern and Western medical knowledge inform each other in the treatment of...  Read More >>

The chapters are written in an engaging style, and each chapter investigates the way societies think about the risk,...  Read More >>

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Implanting the human body with human/animal organs or implantable devices not only changes what you are but also...  Read More >>

This edited book showcases original research in the study of healthcare and health communication, while also providing...  Read More >>

Increasingly, pharmaceuticals are available as the solutions to a wide range of human health problems and health...  Read More >>

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

This timely edited collection presents a holistic and biopsychosocial analysis of LGBTQ People of Color well-being,...  Read More >>

This book explores established conceptualisations of wellbeing, providing an overview of the key debates and drawing...  Read More >>

Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. This edited collection...  Read More >>

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a sociological investigation of CAM in contemporary society, and an exploration...  Read More >>

Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. This edited collection...  Read More >>

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a sociological investigation of CAM in contemporary society, and an exploration...  Read More >>

This volume examines the shift towards positive and more accurate portrayals of mental illness in entertainment...  Read More >>

Beautyscapes is the first book to focus specifically on cosmetic surgery tourism. It draws on key themes of interest...  Read More >>

Locating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available...  Read More >>

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

Policing Prostitution examines the complex world of commercial sex in the late Russian Empire, investigating the...  Read More >>

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the need for a fresh look at health and health care. This book offers a philosophical...  Read More >>

In this unique and timely book, Nelly Oudshoorn argues that any discourse or policy assuming a passive role for...  Read More >>

This book explores the changing landscapes of commercialisation of medical care in China. First work of its kind,...  Read More >>