Medical sociology books

This collection draws upon a range of thematic and regional case studies and uses the right to health as a normative...  Read More >>

Employing Deleuzo-Guattarian orientations to assemblage and feminist approaches to care, this book offers a critique...  Read More >>

This volume unearths the emerging pattern of consumption of opium in colonial Assam and the creation of drug-dependency...  Read More >>

Clarke, Cundy and Yakeley have brought together a group of researchers and experts in this collection who draw attention...  Read More >>

Qualitative Research in Health and Illness provides a highly accessible, pragmatic approach to conducting qualitative...  Read More >>

This book explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments,...  Read More >>

The first volume in the Lucy Cavendish College Lecture Series, Coercion and Trust, provides a unique multi-disciplinary...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates how culture matters for the understanding of cannabis use. It stems from the growing body...  Read More >>

The first full-length study to bring together the fields of Health Humanities and German studies, this book features...  Read More >>

Showcasing conceptually innovative work and cutting-edge methods related to the study of families, this volume presents...  Read More >>

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Racism is a public health crisis – and we can do something about it. 'A work of towering importance that will...  Read More >>

The book explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on nations across the globe since early 2020. It hosts a...  Read More >>

Drawing upon intersectionality theory, it explores a range of issues regarding everyday experiences of disability...  Read More >>

Racism is a public health crisis – and we can do something about it. 'A work of towering importance that will...  Read More >>

This textbook blends key social work competencies with an anti-oppressive, antiracist, trauma informed, clinical...  Read More >>

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This handbook will raise awareness about the importance of health and well-being of people with disabilities in...  Read More >>

This textbook blends key social work competencies with an anti-oppressive, antiracist, trauma informed, clinical...  Read More >>

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The Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies is an authoritative and challenging guide to the breadth and...  Read More >>

Drawing on participant observations, in-depth interviews and content analysis of online materials, Lai investigates...  Read More >>

This book explores two public sector scandals in the UK, drawing on Max Weber’s thought on ‘the iron cage’ to understand...  Read More >>

This assessment of Britain’s influential 14 day rule governing embryo research explores how and why it became the...  Read More >>