Medical sociology books

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The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives

The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives...
Author: Peter F. Conrad , Valerie Leiter ISBN: 9781544326245 Format: Paperback	$369.00
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Social Experiences of Breastfeeding: Building Bridges between Research, Policy and Practice

Social Experiences of Breastfeeding: Building Bridges...
Author: Sally Dowling , David Pontin ISBN: 9781447338499 Format: Hardback	$176.95
This edited collection brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to examine the social... Read More >>

Eradicating Blindness: Global Health Innovation from South Asia

Eradicating Blindness: Global Health Innovation from...
Author: Logan D. A. Williams ISBN: 9789811316241 Format: Hardback	$116.41
This book describes community ophthalmology professionals in South Asia who demonstrate social entrepreneurship... Read More >>

Painscapes: Communicating Pain

Painscapes: Communicating Pain
Author: EJ Gonzalez-Polledo , Jen Tarr ISBN: 9781349957811 Format: Paperback	$116.41
This book brings into dialogue approaches from anthropology, sociology, visual art, theatre, and literature to question... Read More >>

The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention

The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention...
Author: Ellen MacEachen ISBN: 9781138335318 Format: Paperback	$81.99
The Science and Politics of Work Disability Policy addresses social and political economic contexts driving state... Read More >>

The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention

The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention...
Author: Ellen MacEachen ISBN: 9781138335301 Format: Hardback	$305.00
The Science and Politics of Work Disability Policy addresses social and political economic contexts driving state... Read More >>

Researching Quality in Care Transitions: International Perspectives

Researching Quality in Care Transitions: International...
Author: Karina Aase , Justin Waring ISBN: 9783319872964 Format: Paperback	$284.60
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Care in Healthcare: Reflections on Theory and Practice

Care in Healthcare: Reflections on Theory and Practice...
Author: Franziska Krause , Joachim Boldt ISBN: 9783319870434 Format: Paperback	$116.41
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines the concept of care and care practices in... Read More >>

Health, Technologies, and Politics in Post-Soviet Settings: Navigating Uncertainties

Health, Technologies, and Politics in Post-Soviet Settings:...
Author: Olga Zvonareva , Evgeniya Popova ISBN: 9783319877358 Format: Paperback	$116.41
This book uses a variety of empirical cases on topics including drug development, egg donation, and governance of... Read More >>

Genetics and Gene Therapy

Genetics and Gene Therapy
Author: Sheila A.M. McLean ISBN: 9781138378261 Format: Paperback	$110.00
This book shows just how wide-ranging concern has become, ranging from regulation to cloning, with the fear of discrimination... Read More >>

Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology and Sociology in Conversation

Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology...
Author: Pink Dandelion , Douglas Gwyn ISBN: 9781138383418 Format: Paperback	$73.99
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Diffused Religion: Beyond Secularization

Diffused Religion: Beyond Secularization
Author: Roberto Cipriani ISBN: 9783319862774 Format: Paperback	$258.72
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Thinking Politically about HIV

Thinking Politically about HIV
Author: Kent Buse (UNAIDS, Switzerland) , Dennis Altman (La Trobe University, Australia) ISBN: 9781138383265 Format: Paperback	$71.99
This edited volume explores the unique political history of the AIDS response from a number of different perspectives.... Read More >>

Living with Frailty: From Assets and Deficits to Resilience

Living with Frailty: From Assets and Deficits to Resilience...
Author: Shibley Rahman ISBN: 9781138301214 Format: Paperback	$90.99
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Clinical Ethics on Film: A Guide for Medical Educators

Clinical Ethics on Film: A Guide for Medical Educators...
Author: M. Sara Rosenthal ISBN: 9783319903736 Format: Hardback	$142.29
This book discusses feature films that enrich our understanding of doctor-patient dilemmas. The chapter then situates... Read More >>

Becoming Anorexic: A sociological study

Becoming Anorexic: A sociological study
Author: Muriel Darmon ISBN: 9781138353336 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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Late Modern Subjectivity and its Discontents: Anxiety, Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease

Late Modern Subjectivity and its Discontents: Anxiety,...
Author: Kieran Keohane (University College Cork, Ireland) , Anders Petersen (Aalborg University, Denmark) ISBN: 9781138364448 Format: Paperback	$88.99
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Our Bodies Not Ourselves: WOMEN AGING FROM MENOPAUSE TO ONE HUNDRED

Our Bodies Not Ourselves: WOMEN AGING FROM MENOPAUSE...
Author: Kathryn A. Kirigin (Kathryn A. Kirigin is Professor Emerita at the University of Kansas, USA.) , Carol A.B. Warren ISBN: 9781138602380 Format: Paperback	$81.99
The book, an ethnography and Western cultural history of aging and gender, draws upon history, culture, and social... Read More >>

Abjectly Boundless: Boundaries, Bodies and Health Work

Abjectly Boundless: Boundaries, Bodies and Health Work...
Author: Trudy Rudge , Dave Holmes ISBN: 9781138367029 Format: Paperback	$96.99
Presenting a range of case studies drawn from care and nursing settings around the world, this book brings together... Read More >>

Living with Frailty: From Assets and Deficits to Resilience

Living with Frailty: From Assets and Deficits to Resilience...
Author: Shibley Rahman ISBN: 9781138301207 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Health, Culture and Society: Conceptual Legacies and Contemporary Applications

Health, Culture and Society: Conceptual Legacies and...
Author: Elizabeth Ettorre , Ellen Annandale ISBN: 9783319869339 Format: Paperback	$258.72
This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines.... Read More >>

Selective Reproduction in the 21st Century

Selective Reproduction in the 21st Century
Author: Ayo Wahlberg , Tine M. Gammeltoft ISBN: 9783319863528 Format: Paperback	$206.97
This book explores how conditions for childbearing are changing in the 21st century under the impact of new biomedical... Read More >>

Bioethics Beyond Altruism: Donating and Transforming Human Biological Materials

Bioethics Beyond Altruism: Donating and Transforming...
Author: Rhonda M Shaw ISBN: 9783319856865 Format: Paperback	$206.97
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The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma, and the Patient Experience

The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma,...
Author: Michelle Newhart , William Dolphin ISBN: 9781138320871 Format: Hardback	$368.00
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Hospice Care and Culture: A Comparison of the Hospice Movement in the West and Japan

Hospice Care and Culture: A Comparison of the Hospice...
Author: Teresa Chikako Maruyama ISBN: 9781138317482 Format: Hardback	$210.00
First published in 1999, Maruyama explores some significant difficulties and differences in bringing the western... Read More >>

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