Medical sociology books

Popular music has become increasingly embedded in complex and often contradictory discourses of wellbeing. For instance,...  Read More >>

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A rich examination of the neglect and abuses occurring to women in correctional facilities, Women, Incarceration,...  Read More >>

Counselling Ideologies draws on both academic experts and practitioners from the UK, USA and Australia, to represent...  Read More >>

Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive...  Read More >>

Wars cannot be fought and sustained without food and this unique collection explores the impact of war on food production,...  Read More >>

The role of capital punishment in America has been criticised by those for and against death penalty, by the judiciary,...  Read More >>

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Drawing on diverse theoretical and textual sources, The Gender of Suicide presents a critical study of the ways...  Read More >>

Presenting a kaleidoscope of informative views of death, dying and human response, this book reveals how different...  Read More >>

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Explores the phenomenon of Holocaust transfer, analysing the widespread practice of using the Holocaust and its...  Read More >>

Since the naming of hepatitis C in 1989, knowledge about the disease has grown exponentially. Associated with injecting...  Read More >>

Saving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular focus on seed saving. The...  Read More >>

This book highlights the dilemmas faced in providing comprehensive, integrated care to individuals living with HIV...  Read More >>

Commodified Bodies examines the social practice of organ transplantation and trafficking and scrutinises the increasingly...  Read More >>

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Over the past two decades, rates of adult and childhood obesity in the developed world have risen sharply. This...  Read More >>

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Recognizes a socio-cultural anxiety - the fear not merely of death but also of being forgotten - and identifies...  Read More >>

Somatechnics highlights the reciprocal bond between the sôma and the techné of 'the body' and the techniques in...  Read More >>

Focusing on the role of genre in the formation of dominant conceptions of death and dying, this title examines literary...  Read More >>