Medical sociology books

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

This uniquely accessible volume challenges professionals to understand—and help correct—health disparities, both...  Read More >>

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This book paints a comprehensive portrait of Mexico’s system of assisted reproduction first from a historical perspective,...  Read More >>

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In 1997, when the author began research in Peru, she observed a profound disconnect between the birth care desires...  Read More >>

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This collection provides a broad coverage of recent changes in medical and vocational rehabilitation in Northern...  Read More >>

This book critiques the popular claim that 'more information' equates to 'better health' and explores the potential...  Read More >>

The second decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed a surging interest in personalized medicine with the...  Read More >>

By examining the popular and vernacular discourse of stress, the book traces the ways in which stress became a ubiquitous...  Read More >>

Reconsidering Dementia Narratives explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of understanding, interacting...  Read More >>

This collection fills an important lacuna by acknowledging the importance of understanding both gender and age when...  Read More >>

This book focuses on justice and its demands in the way of providing people with medical care. The book then addresses...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers a remarkably clear overview of the analysis of identity in the...  Read More >>

Questioning framing of old age, this book unpacks the political and moral dimensions of scientific research on ageing....  Read More >>

These men produced compelling accounts of their emotional pain which belied notions of male inexpressiveness but...  Read More >>

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First published in 1997, this volume’s purpose is to understand and clarify the nature of implicit theories currently...  Read More >>

This book explores the realm of negative social phenomena – no-things, no-bodies, non-events and no-where places...  Read More >>

Food is a major health issue; the links between diet and health are dominant in nutrition discourse and practice....  Read More >>

As expressions of dissatisfaction, disquiet and failings in service provision, past complaining is a vital antidote...  Read More >>

Medical advances enable us to make our bodies available to others in an increasing number of ways, for instance,...  Read More >>

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