Medical sociology books

Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality...  Read More >>

Bringing together leading academics and practitioners, this book offers a critical overview of mental health and...  Read More >>

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This book contributes to the nascent discourse on global health and biomedical research ethics involving Muslim...  Read More >>

This book celebrates and captures examples of the excellent scholarship that Palgrave’s Health, Technology, and...  Read More >>

This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare. It contextualises telecare within the...  Read More >>

A comprehensive collection by international contributors taking stock of the state-of-the-art in resilience theory,...  Read More >>

This is the first book to explore how religion, belief and spirituality are negotiated in hospice care. Specifically,...  Read More >>

This book analyses the way that HIV/AIDS is often narrativised and represented in contemporary world cultures, as...  Read More >>

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This book broadens the scope of intersex studies whilst adopting perspectives that turn the gaze of the liberal,...  Read More >>

The body and experiences of embodiment have generated a rich and diverse sociological literature. This unique anthology...  Read More >>

Based on the author's 20+ years' experience of treating combat veterans, Larry Dewey explores the war trauma and...  Read More >>

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How do the media represent obesity and eating disorders? How are these representations related to one another? And...  Read More >>

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Speaking for the Dead is an incisive examination of the controversial issues surrounding the use of human cadavers...  Read More >>

First published in 1997, this work makes a substantial reexamination of the social processes behind the labelling...  Read More >>

Over recent decades an increasing amount of attention has been paid to identifying and meeting the individual support...  Read More >>

With close attention to the contradictory nature of sport-related drinking, this book considers both 'the problem'...  Read More >>

Each year an estimated 44 million abortions occur causing around 47,000 deaths, virtually all in the developing...  Read More >>

This book explores the design, communication and implementation of social change programmes aimed at solving various...  Read More >>

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The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative...  Read More >>

This is a timely and comprehensive collection of essays on professions, mainly in the fields of law and medicine,...  Read More >>