Medical sociology
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Medical sociology
Hardback. Seeks to understand the relationship between HIV, medical technologies, and ideas about the body. This book is suitable for those who are engaged in questions of the social and ethical dimensions of biomedicine, biotechnology, and genomics. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MBS; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989594
- ISBN
- 9780295989594
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Condition: New
€ 138.90
€ 138.90
Paperback. Seeks to understand the relationship between HIV, medical technologies, and ideas about the body. This book is suitable for those who are engaged in questions of the social and ethical dimensions of biomedicine, biotechnology, and genomics. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MBS; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989426
- ISBN
- 9780295989426
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705489
- ISBN
- 9781501705489
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Condition: New
€ 24.34
€ 24.34
Paperback. Offers productive insight into the field of medical anthropology and its future, as viewed by some of the world's leading medical anthropologists Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Wentzell, Emily A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506. Histories, Activisms, and Futures. 328 pages, 9 illustrations. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Wentzell, Emily A. Offers productive insight into the field of medical anthropology and its future, as viewed by some of the world's leading medical anthropologists. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: MBS; PSXM. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight: 506.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352709
- ISBN
- 9780822352709
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.21
€ 41.99
€ 37.21
Paperback. Takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present). Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; JFSL9; JHMC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282940
- ISBN
- 9780520282940
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBS; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138390
- ISBN
- 9780231138390
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.20
€ 30.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473982086
- ISBN
- 9781473982086
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€ 47.99€ 47.56
€ 47.99
€ 47.56
Hardcover. In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces "traditional" religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples.. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 10. Weight in Grams: 394. A Sociological Investigation. 188 pages, black & white illustrations. In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces "traditional" religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 10. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453396
- ISBN
- 9780857453396
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Condition: New
€ 163.63
€ 163.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Braun, Kathrin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837617474
- ISBN
- 9783837617474
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.28
€ 46.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. An argument for a cultural bioethics that recognizes and attempts to address the greater vulnerability to exploitation experienced by groups including African Americans and women in medical and legal contexts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL; MBDC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349174
- ISBN
- 9780822349174
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
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Paperback. An exploration of the symbolic role that the illicit drug user fulfills for the neoliberal state and of counterpublic health measures that do not cast health as antithetical to pleasure. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSK; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345015
- ISBN
- 9780822345015
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.75
€ 37.99
€ 33.75
paperback. This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It argues that focusing on research-informed ideas usefully draws attention to the centrality of values, politics and advocacy for public health debates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPP; JPQB; MBN; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439263
- ISBN
- 9781349439263
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Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142050
- ISBN
- 9780691142050
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.85
€ 43.99
€ 30.85
Hardback. Featuring the work of several up-and-coming scholars working to deepen theoretical perspectives on addiction and its relationship to social control and deviance, this volume fills a gap in addiction studies by offering critical perspectives that interrogate and challenge traditional and/or mainstream understandings of addiction. Editor(s): Netherland, Julie. Series Editor(s): KatzRothman, Barbara. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780529301
- ISBN
- 9781780529301
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Condition: New
€ 216.25
€ 216.25
Hardback. This topical and authoritative book examines how the regulation of doctors has been modernised by the introduction of the quality assurance process medical revalidation. In doing so, it questions if there indeed is evidence to support the argument that revalidation serves the public interest by ensuring individual doctors are fit to practice. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447325444
- ISBN
- 9781447325444
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Condition: New
€ 48.90
€ 48.90
Paperback. Migraine is a disabling, and painful disorder that affects over 36 million Americans. Nevertheless, it is frequently dismissed, ignored, and delegitimized. The author argues that this general dismissal of migraine can be traced back to the gendered social values embedded in the way we talk about, understand, and make policies for people in pain. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 halftones, 3 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226179155
- ISBN
- 9780226179155
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Impact of Demographics on Health and Healthcare: Race, Ethnicity and O...
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Ed.)
Hardback. Focuses on differences in health and health care as linked to important social factors. This title includes six articles looking at racial disparities on a variety of topics such as: knowledge of hepatitis C Virus; health services received and patients' experiences in seeking health care; use of CAM services; and, more. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781849507141
- ISBN
- 9781849507141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.85
€ 134.85
Care for Major Health Problems and Population Health Concerns: Impacts...
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Ed.)
Hardback. Deals with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving provision of health care as related to major health problems. This work examines social, demographic and structural problems, and a variety of health problems including chronic illnesses, mental illness, serious acute health problems, and disabilities that require health care. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514. Impacts on Patients, Providers and Policy. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. 200 pages, illustrations. Deals with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving provision of health care as related to major health problems. This work examines social, demographic and structural problems, and a variety of health problems including chronic illnesses, mental illness, serious acute health problems, and disabilities that require health care. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP; MBS. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight: 514.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848551602
- ISBN
- 9781848551602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.51
€ 121.51
Social Determinants, Health Disparities and Linkages to Health and Hea...
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Ed.)
Hardback. This volume looks at the key links between social determinants, health disparities and health and health care. There is a particular focus on macro-level systems and micro-level issues, including the examination of issues for patients, carers and providers of care. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 425 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH; MBP; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 425
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781905876
- ISBN
- 9781781905876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.97
€ 264.97
Hardback. The 30th Anniversary volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care looks at the important links between major social factors and health and health care. The four main factors analysed in the book are race/ethnicity, immigration, Socioeconomic Status (SES) and gender. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: MBP; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781901243
- ISBN
- 9781781901243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.56
€ 216.56