Medical sociology books

This book develops a new multimodal theoretical model of contagion for interdisciplinary scholars, featuring contributions...  Read More >>

Despite the numerous vicious conflicts that scared the twentieth century, the horrors of the Western Front continue...  Read More >>

Excavations of medical school and workhouse cemeteries undertaken in Britain in the last decade have unearthed fascinating...  Read More >>

This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002)...  Read More >>

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Providing a fresh perspective on an aspect of early modern culture, this title focuses on the role of food and diet...  Read More >>

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Bringing together a range of case studies from nine European countries, this book provides a comprehensive examination...  Read More >>

Practices of cosmetic surgery have grown exponentially in both over-developed and developing worlds. This book reveals...  Read More >>

A collection to investigate together the law, political science and philosophical perspectives on the right and...  Read More >>

The industrialization of food preservation and processing has been a dramatic development across Europe during modern...  Read More >>

Drugs are considered to be healers and harmers, wonder substances and knowledge makers; objects that impact on social...  Read More >>

Brings together the best scholarship on the Solar Temple, including the selection of Solar Temple documents. This...  Read More >>

Presenting rich, interdisciplinary empirical studies of death rituals and practices across the globe, from the UK...  Read More >>

The eighteenth-century practitioners of anatomy saw their own period as 'the perfection of anatomy'. This book looks...  Read More >>

Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science. Over time...  Read More >>

A treasure box of over 100 drawings to help girls and women around the world feel that anything is possible. A book...  Read More >>

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Provides a broad description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe and focusses...  Read More >>

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Clare Bambra examines the social, environmental, economic and political causes of health inequalities, how they...  Read More >>

Why did certain domestic murders fire the Victorian imagination? In her analysis of literary and cultural representations...  Read More >>