Medical sociology books

3221 books were found.

Healthcare and Elderly Care in Europe: Institutions, Challenges, and Solutions for Better Coordination

Healthcare and Elderly Care in Europe: Institutions,...

Author: Thomas Bahle ,  Mareike Ariaans
ISBN: 9781802204063
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Given growing caseloads, limited funding and staff shortages, the need for coordination in healthcare and elderly...  Read More >>

The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

Author: Gregory Weiss ,  Denise Copelton
ISBN: 9781032418124
Format: Paperback
$71.99

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Der Einfluss des Neoliberalismus auf die deutsche Gesundheitspolitik: Das Beispiel der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung

Der Einfluss des Neoliberalismus auf die deutsche Gesundheitspolitik:...

Author: Michael Simon
ISBN: 9783658410988
Format: Paperback
$237.57

Darüber hinaus bietet es auch Akteuren der Gesundheitspolitik vielfältiges Material und Hintergrundwissen über die...  Read More >>

The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness

Author: Gregory Weiss ,  Denise Copelton
ISBN: 9781032418117
Format: Hardback
$263.00

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Technosleep: Frontiers, Fictions, Futures

Technosleep: Frontiers, Fictions, Futures

Author: Catherine Coveney ,  Michael Greaney
ISBN: 9783031305986
Format: Paperback
$100.29

This book draws on a variety of substantive examples from science, technology, medicine, literature, and popular...  Read More >>

The Metamorphosis of Greek Cuisine: An Ethnography of Deli Foods, Restaurant Smells and Foodways of Crisis

The Metamorphosis of Greek Cuisine: An Ethnography of...

Author: Nafsika Papacharalampous
ISBN: 9781032341811
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is an ethnography of the metamorphosis of rural foods and traditional dishes and of the making of cuisine...  Read More >>

Food in World History

Food in World History

Author: Jeffrey M. Pilcher
ISBN: 9781032351490
Format: Paperback
$75.99

Now in its third edition, Food in World History explores culinary cultures and food politics throughout the world,...  Read More >>

Food in World History

Food in World History

Author: Jeffrey M. Pilcher
ISBN: 9781032364513
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Now in its third edition, Food in World History explores culinary cultures and food politics throughout the world,...  Read More >>

A Poetic Language of Ageing

A Poetic Language of Ageing

Author: Olga V. Lehmann ,  Oddgeir Synnes
ISBN: 9781350256804
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Exploring the potential of poetry and poetic language as a means of conveying perspectives on later life, this book...  Read More >>

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural America

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural...

Author: Thurka Sangaramoorthy
ISBN: 9781469674179
Format: Paperback
$39.60

An insightful work on rural health in the United States that examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America...  Read More >>

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural America

Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural...

Author: Thurka Sangaramoorthy
ISBN: 9781469674162
Format: Hardback
$168.30

An insightful work on rural health in the United States that examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America...  Read More >>

Death as Entertainment: Young People and Death Awareness

Death as Entertainment: Young People and Death Awareness...

Author: Gareth R. Schott (University of Waikato, NZ)
ISBN: 9781032462561
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the moral and representational issues associated with engaging young people with popular media...  Read More >>

Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotion, and Flourishing

Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotion, and...

Author: Marci Cottingham ,  Rebecca Erickson
ISBN: 9781032196862
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This innovative book offers new empirical research and policy-relevant care practices from across the globe to understand...  Read More >>

Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author: Julia Simonson ,  Jenna Wünsche
ISBN: 9783658404864
Format: Paperback
$90.54

This Open Access Book contains reports on the situation of people in the second half of life during the first year...  Read More >>

Empowerment: A Critique

Empowerment: A Critique

Author: Kenneth McLaughlin
ISBN: 9781032569727
Format: Paperback
$81.99

‘Empowerment’ is a term in widespread use today and one that is often considered to be a self-evident good. Here,...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health

Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health...

Author: Richard Parker (Columbia University, USA; Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA), Brazil) ,  Jonathan García (Oregon State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032569963
Format: Paperback
$90.99

Significant debate exists about the possible solutions for nearly all of the most important global health challenges...  Read More >>

Reconsidering Dementia Narratives: Empathy, Identity and Care

Reconsidering Dementia Narratives: Empathy, Identity...

Author: Rebecca Bitenc (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032570624
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Reconsidering Dementia Narratives explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of understanding, interacting...  Read More >>

Spiritual, Religious, and Faith-Based Practices in Chronicity: An Exploration of Mental Wellness in Global Context

Spiritual, Religious, and Faith-Based Practices in Chronicity:...

Author: Andrew R. Hatala ,  Kerstin Roger
ISBN: 9781032077567
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book explores how people draw upon spiritual, religious, or faith-based practices to support their mental wellness...  Read More >>

Communicating Pain: Exploring Suffering through Language, Literature and Creative Writing

Communicating Pain: Exploring Suffering through Language,...

Author: Stephanie de Montalk
ISBN: 9781032570433
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Combining critical research with memoir, essay, poetry and creative biography, this insightful volume sensitively...  Read More >>

Marketisation, Ethics and Healthcare: Policy, Practice and Moral Formation

Marketisation, Ethics and Healthcare: Policy, Practice...

Author: Therese Feiler ,  Joshua Hordern
ISBN: 9781032569994
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This volume explores how ‘the market’continues to affect and redefine health professionals as moral beings and impact...  Read More >>

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