Medical sociology books

This edited collection problematizes trajectories of health promotion across the lifespan. It provides a distinctive...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest theory and practice on Patient and Public Involvement...  Read More >>

Written for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary research...  Read More >>

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This book focuses on the clinical, social and psychological aspects of HIV among gay men and examines the complex...  Read More >>

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This seminal exploration of the sociology of health, illness, and medicine gives students an accessible and thorough...  Read More >>

Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy: Critical Reflections on Foundations and Practices is a collection of 15 collaboratively...  Read More >>

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This book presents important fields of research in public healthcare in India from an interdisciplinary and health...  Read More >>

This open access book explores how young people engage with chemical substances in their everyday lives. It builds...  Read More >>

A comparative European overview focusing upon the main areas of social construction as it relates to health and...  Read More >>

Published in 1975, A Constant Burden was truly ground-breaking in the field of medical sociology as a study of families...  Read More >>

This book explores the ethical dilemma clinicians may face when disclosing a diagnosis of atypical sex. Attempting...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Street Culture integrates and reviews current scholarship regarding the history, types,...  Read More >>

This edited volume brings the concept of immobility to the forefront of social studies of medicine to explore how...  Read More >>

Representing a diverse array of health concerns ranging across chronic and infectious diseases and including research...  Read More >>

Health geographers are increasingly turning to a diverse range of interpretative methodologies to explore the complexities...  Read More >>

As a response to real or imagined subordination, popular culture reflects the everyday experience of ordinary people...  Read More >>

Although efforts have been made to integrate disability into the discourse analysis and conversation analysis canon,...  Read More >>

A rigorous, critical examination of the promises of genomics to transform the economics and delivery of medicine,...  Read More >>

This book brings together some of the most promising work in the sociology of health and illness originating in...  Read More >>

Using the image of the royal child in texts, images and public celebrations, Catriona Murray explores the promotion...  Read More >>

This book constitutes the first publication to utilise a range of social science methodologies to illuminate diverse...  Read More >>