Medical sociology books

Nested in debates among anthropologists, philosophers, social theorists and STS scholars, this book argues that...  Read More >>

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This illuminating volume explores the challenges and possibilities for developing a social view of sickle cell,...  Read More >>

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Medical use of the human being can be described as the phenomenon of employing medical means to make use of humans...  Read More >>

This second edition, published in 1997 follows the original edition from 1981 which was the only published ethnography...  Read More >>

This book recognizes and legitimizes the significance of pet and animal loss by exploring the various expressions...  Read More >>

This book is inspired by a statement released by the World Health Organization directed at preventing and eliminating...  Read More >>

Giving Blood represents a new agenda for blood donation research. It explores the diverse historical and contemporary...  Read More >>

This volume examines the ways in which people engage with therapeutic practices, such as life coaching, mindfulness,...  Read More >>

Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive health in Northern India,...  Read More >>

Anthropology of Tobacco makes tobacco the centre of its own, contentious, global story in which, instead of a passive...  Read More >>

This book explores the normalization of HIV and AIDS, reflecting upon the intended and unintended consequences of...  Read More >>

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Revised edition of the award-winning account of the medical profession's successful domination of a wide range of...  Read More >>

This is a book on how home is made when care enters the lives of people as they grow old at home or in ‘homely’...  Read More >>

This book provides a contemporary and comprehensive examination of cancer in everyday life, drawing on qualitative...  Read More >>

This book provides a contemporary and comprehensive examination of cancer in everyday life, drawing on qualitative...  Read More >>

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

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

Terrorism, Violent Radicalization and Mental Health brings together distinct disciplinary and ideological narratives...  Read More >>

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of the Social Studies of Science...  Read More >>