Medical sociology books

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Drawing on new empirical case studies of psychological diagnoses, including depression and ADHD, and employing both...  Read More >>

This book explores how best practice for acute stroke care was developed, translated and taken up in medical practice...  Read More >>

It focuses on pertinent key issues in global pharmaceutical policy including medicines safety, generic medicines,...  Read More >>

This book calls into question the complexity of social, political, cultural, and technological aspects of the health...  Read More >>

This book offers valuable insights into the psychosocial characteristics of patients interested in cosmetic surgery....  Read More >>

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

Comparing the development of disease control in Britain and the United States, from the 1793 yellow fever outbreak...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1977, Health Care and Health Knowledge presents some of the best new work being done in...  Read More >>

Bringing together more than over 120 expert contributors from otolaryngology, general surgery, endocrinology, and...  Read More >>

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This book examines artistic representations of the brain after the rise of the contemporary neurosciences. Engaging...  Read More >>

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This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally....  Read More >>

Data and metrics play an unmistakably powerful role in today’s society. Over the years, their use has expanded to...  Read More >>

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This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally....  Read More >>

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

This volume examines what it meant to live healthily in the Enlightenment in the context of those non-naturals,...  Read More >>

This book critiques the connection between Western society and madness, scrutinizing if and how societal insanity...  Read More >>

Childlessness in the Age of Communication draws on a range of disciplines and fields including sociology, health,...  Read More >>

Social Theory, Health and Education brings together major new work in health and education that utilises social...  Read More >>

Studying the interaction of gender, class, race/ethnicity, and aging in the depression of older women provides a...  Read More >>

Studying the interaction of gender, class, race/ethnicity, and aging in the depression of older women provides a...  Read More >>