Medical sociology books

3623 books were found.

Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary

Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary
Author: Christos Lynteris ISBN: 9780367338145 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Nested in debates among anthropologists, philosophers, social theorists and STS scholars, this book argues that... Read More >>

Exploring Grief: Towards a Sociology of Sorrow

Exploring Grief: Towards a Sociology of Sorrow
Author: Michael Hviid Jacobsen , Anders Petersen ISBN: 9780367192464 Format: Hardback	$305.00
This book explores grief as a social emotion. Thematically organised, it considers the historical changes in our... Read More >>

Mythenbilder Und Mentalitat in Athen Von Kleisthenes Zu Den Perserkriegen: Ein Versuch Zur Historischen Psychologie Der Griechen

Mythenbilder Und Mentalitat in Athen Von Kleisthenes...
Author: Tonio Holscher ISBN: 9783447112505 Format: Paperback	$92.40
Die Jahrzehnte um und nach 500 v.Chr. waren im antiken Griechenland mit der Einrichtung einer fruhen 'demokratischen'... Read More >>

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological and Ethnographic Approaches

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological...
Author: Helen Macdonald , Ian Harper ISBN: 9781138314283 Format: Paperback	$83.99
Drawing on ethnographic case studies the volume considers the relationship between global and national policies... Read More >>

The Normalization of the HIV and AIDS Epidemic in South Africa

The Normalization of the HIV and AIDS Epidemic in South...
Author: Katinka de Wet (University of the Free State. South Africa) ISBN: 9780367193553 Format: Hardback	$305.00
This book explores the normalization of HIV and AIDS, reflecting upon the intended and unintended consequences of... Read More >>

Promises and perils of emerging technologies for human condition: Voices from four postcommunist Central and East European countries

Promises and perils of emerging technologies for human...
Author: VEDA , Peter Sýkora ISBN: 9783631775127 Format: Hardback	$95.74
The volume presents the views of ten authors from four PostCommunist Central and East European countries (Czech... Read More >>

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological and Ethnographic Approaches

Understanding Tuberculosis and its Control: Anthropological...
Author: Helen Macdonald , Ian Harper ISBN: 9781138314276 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice

Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social...
Author: May Friedman (Ryerson University) , Carla Rice ISBN: 9781138580039 Format: Paperback	$98.99
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Between Sickness and Health: The Landscape of Illness and Wellness

Between Sickness and Health: The Landscape of Illness...
Author: Christopher D. Ward (University of Nottingham, UK) ISBN: 9781138592865 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Beginning with an individual’s subjective experience of ill health, this text looks at how this feeling relates... Read More >>

Commercialisation of Medical Care in China: Changing Landscapes

Commercialisation of Medical Care in China: Changing...
Author: Rama V. Baru (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) , Madhurima Nundy (Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, India) ISBN: 9781138625099 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Arts, Health and Well-Being: A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice

Arts, Health and Well-Being: A Critical Perspective...
Author: Norma Daykin ISBN: 9780367404178 Format: Hardback	$110.00
This important book develops a critical understanding of the bridging of arts and health domains, drawing on models... Read More >>

Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice

Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social...
Author: May Friedman (Ryerson University) , Carla Rice ISBN: 9781138580022 Format: Hardback	$326.00
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Personalized Daily Cares: This Book is Regarding ________ ( add person's name)

Personalized Daily Cares: This Book is Regarding ________...
Author: CHRISTINA SCHINDLER ISBN: 9781543981056 Format: Paperback	$16.99
Personalized Daily Cares is designed to fill-in valuable information regarding a loved one of all ages and on a... Read More >>

Citizenship Inclusion and Intellectual Disability: Biopolitics Post-Institutionalisation

Citizenship Inclusion and Intellectual Disability: Biopolitics...
Author: Niklas Altermark (Lund University, Sweden) ISBN: 9780367431006 Format: Paperback	$105.00
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The Medicalisation of Incest and Abuse: Biomedical and Indigenous Perceptions in Rural Bolivia

The Medicalisation of Incest and Abuse: Biomedical and...
Author: Carolina Borda-Niño-Wildman (Carolina Borda Nino, University of St Andrews, UK) ISBN: 9780367431037 Format: Paperback	$105.00
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Health Inequalities: Persistence and change in European welfare states

Health Inequalities: Persistence and change in European...
Author: Johan Mackenbach (Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands) ISBN: 9780198831419 Format: Paperback	$115.95
The world we live in is hugely unequal. People in a better socioeconomic position do not only lead more comfortable... Read More >>

Social Injustice and Public Health

Social Injustice and Public Health
Author: Barry S. Levy (Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine) ISBN: 9780190914646 Format: Paperback	$110.95
""An invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health"" -New England Journal of MedicineAN ESSENTIAL WORK ON... Read More >>

A History of Intoxication: Opium in Assam, 1800–1959

A History of Intoxication: Opium in Assam, 1800–1959...
Author: Kawal Deep Kour ISBN: 9780367417703 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Egg Freezing, Fertility and Reproductive Choice: Negotiating Responsibility, Hope and Modern Motherhood

Egg Freezing, Fertility and Reproductive Choice: Negotiating...
Author: Kylie Baldwin (De Montfort University, UK) ISBN: 9781787564848 Format: Paperback	$54.31
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read... Read More >>

Assembling Therapeutics: Cultures, Politics and Materiality

Assembling Therapeutics: Cultures, Politics and Materiality...
Author: Suvi Salmenniemi (University of Turku, Finland) , Johanna Nurmi (University of Turku, Finland) ISBN: 9780815377979 Format: Hardback	$305.00
This volume examines the ways in which people engage with therapeutic practices, such as life coaching, mindfulness,... Read More >>

Social Injustice and Public Health

Social Injustice and Public Health
Author: Barry S. Levy (Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine) ISBN: 9780190914653 Format: Hardback	$212.95
""An invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health"" -New England Journal of MedicineAN ESSENTIAL WORK ON... Read More >>

Incorporating Patient Knowledge in Japan and the UK: A Study of Eczema and the Steroid Controversy

Incorporating Patient Knowledge in Japan and the UK:...
Author: Miho Ushiyama (Keio University, Japan) ISBN: 9781138339071 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Ushiyama takes the case of eczema as a case study in how patient knowledge has come to affect change in medical... Read More >>

Towards a Sociology of Nursing

Towards a Sociology of Nursing
Author: Ricardo A. Ayala ISBN: 9789811388866 Format: Hardback	$194.04
Towards a Sociology of Nursing offers fresh insights from recent research into the nursing profession. Nurses represent... Read More >>

Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues of Violence and Control

Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues...
Author: Camilla Pickles , Jonathan Herring ISBN: 9781138335493 Format: Hardback	$305.00
This book is inspired by a statement released by the World Health Organization directed at preventing and eliminating... Read More >>

Stories of Resilience in Nursing: Tales from the Frontline of Nursing

Stories of Resilience in Nursing: Tales from the Frontline...
Author: Michael Traynor (Middlesex University, UK) ISBN: 9781138485136 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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