Medical sociology books

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

Departing from the scholarly treatment of addiction as a form of rhetoric or discursive formation, Wasted: Performing...  Read More >>

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

Drawing on the principles, approaches and style of non-representational theory, Gavin J. Andrews sets out a new...  Read More >>

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

This book examines the United States as a destination for international consumers of assisted fertility services,...  Read More >>

Presenting a comparative study of the UK and Germany, this volume increases our knowledge of a broad spectrum of...  Read More >>

This volume presents an interdisciplinary perspective on end-of-life matters, covering themes such as patients’...  Read More >>

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

The book provides a geographical lens on questions of reproduction, fertility and birth in a world where procreation...  Read More >>

This book examines the role of the ‘fun camps’ for children recovering from life-threatening illnesses, exploring...  Read More >>

The dominance of ‘illness narratives’ in narrative healing studies has tended to mean that the focus centres around...  Read More >>

Focusing on France but incorporating studies from further afield, this collection of essays marks an important new...  Read More >>

St Paul's Cathedral stood at the centre of religious life in medieval London and this investigation of its chantries...  Read More >>

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

This book examines the social construction of sexual health in India through an analysis of HIV and AIDS messages....  Read More >>

This collection brings together experts on healthcare ethics to discuss and reflect on the work of Professor Alastair...  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 >>

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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 >>

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