Medical sociology books

Using an ethnography of an abortion clinic in Spain as its principal case study, Health Care during Economic Crisis...  Read More >>

Unequal Health examines why stark differences in health and well-being persist across demographic groups. The third...  Read More >>

Using an ethnography of an abortion clinic in Spain as its principal case study, Health Care during Economic Crisis...  Read More >>

In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed...  Read More >>

This book provides a unique and innovative perspective on the controversial phenomenon of ‘stem cell tourism’. A...  Read More >>

American healthcare is neither efficient nor available to all, and is also the most expensive in the world. This...  Read More >>

With expanded coverage of Fleck and a new section on ‘Transformations of the Medical Profession’, this updated Third...  Read More >>

With expanded coverage of Fleck and a new section on ‘Transformations of the Medical Profession’, this updated Third...  Read More >>

Authors offer practical and thoughtful discussions of emerging methodological and ethical dilemmas they encountered...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive account of how medical insight and folk psychology met in the courtroom, this book makes...  Read More >>

*** Awarded First Place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in two categories - ""History and Public Policy""...  Read More >>

Bringing together a range of authors from the multidisciplinary field of disability studies, this book uses disability...  Read More >>

An Ethnographic Account of Reiki Practice in Britain is the result of 14 months of ethnographic research. This study,...  Read More >>

Across the globe healthcare systems face the extremely complex and difficult challenge of reducing the cost of care...  Read More >>

Roe v. Wade came like a bolt from the blue, but support had been building for years. For many, the idea that life...  Read More >>

Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering?...  Read More >>

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Developing a multi-disciplinary theory of compassionate care, and underpinned by empirical examples of good practice,...  Read More >>

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Health and Other Unassailable Values sets out to examine health as a core cultural value. Taking ‘health’, ‘evidence’...  Read More >>

What is the value of social theory to nursing? What are the implications of overlooking or excluding the social...  Read More >>