Medical sociology
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Medical sociology
Paperback. This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond Medical Humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: AB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282606
- ISBN
- 9781137282606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.59
€ 34.59
hardcover. Offers an introduction to the sociology of diagnosis. This title presents articles that explore diagnosis as a process of definition that includes: labeling dynamics between diagnoser and diagnosed; boundary struggles between diverse constituents - both among medical practitioners and between medical authorities and others; and, more. Editor(s): McGann, PJ; Hutson, David; Rothman, Barbara Katz. Series Editor(s): Rothman, Barbara Katz. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: MBS; MJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857245755
- ISBN
- 9780857245755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.49
€ 162.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472922
- ISBN
- 9781137472922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.29
€ 111.29
Hardcover. Drawing on rich, ethnographic and historiographic material, this volume represents the emergent field of anthropological inquiry that links Africanist ethnography to recent concerns with science, the state, and the culture of late capitalism in Africa. Editor(s): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Molyneux, Sassy. Num Pages: 452 pages, 32 ills. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM; MBGR; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450920
- ISBN
- 9780857450920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.63
€ 205.63
Paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: MBN; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199898121
- ISBN
- 9780199898121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.49
€ 17.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. This thought-provoking study offers valuable insight into not only how medicalization got to this point but how it may continue to evolve. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885853
- ISBN
- 9780801885853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.64
€ 32.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. This third edition of Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology, thoroughly updated and including 17 new selections and articles written for this volume on such themes as Ebola, PTSD, autism, and obesity, remains the seminal textbook in the field. Editor(s): Brown, Peter J.; Closser, Svea. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBS; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629582917
- ISBN
- 9781629582917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.89
€ 93.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; MBP; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 9th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780134413310
- ISBN
- 9780134413310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.83
€ 138.83
Hardback. The first book to address the fundamental nexus that binds poverty and income inequality to soaring health care utilization and spending, Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform is a must-read for medical professionals, public health scholars, politicians, and anyone concerned with the heavy burden of inequality on the health of Americans. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76, 76 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCQ; MBN; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420226
- ISBN
- 9781421420226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.39
€ 40.99
€ 34.39
Paperback. Infectious disease pandemics are a rising threat in our globalizing world. This agenda-setting collection provides international analysis of the pressing sociological concerns they confront us with, from cross-border coordination of public health governance to geopolitical issues of development and social equity. Editor(s): Dingwall, Professor Robert; Hoffman, Lily M.; Staniland, Karen. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118553718
- ISBN
- 9781118553718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.29
€ 43.99
€ 43.29
Paperback. This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to health. It considering what the authors call the 'seven enigmas' facing the health practitioner, namely the enigmas of diagnosis; symptomology; causation; healing; prevention; intervention/treatment/therapy and finally rehabilitation. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415496667
- ISBN
- 9780415496667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rudberg, Lars. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: JKSG; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628087888
- ISBN
- 9781628087888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.60€ 129.19
€ 188.60
€ 129.19
Paperback. By putting debates around stem cell research in to conversation with debates about universal healthcare, People's Science challenges readers to move beyond a narrow focus on bioethics to account for the larger social context in which new biotechnologies are coming to market. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782975
- ISBN
- 9780804782975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. By putting debates around stem cell research in to conversation with debates about universal healthcare, People's Science challenges readers to move beyond a narrow focus on bioethics to account for the larger social context in which new biotechnologies are coming to market. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782968
- ISBN
- 9780804782968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMTD; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223677
- ISBN
- 9780230223677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Paperback. The role that the social and behavioural sciences play in the daily practice of dentistry is now an essential part of all dentistry training, but it can often seem distant from the reality of daily clinical practice. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBS; MMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654348
- ISBN
- 9780745654348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.77
€ 30.77
Hardcover. The role that the social and behavioural sciences play in the daily practice of dentistry is now an essential part of all dentistry training, but it can often seem distant from the reality of daily clinical practice. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBS; MMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654331
- ISBN
- 9780745654331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.70
€ 72.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kitto, Simon; Chesters, Janice; Thistlethwaite, Jill E.; Reeves, Scott. Num Pages: 225 pages, tables. BIC Classification: MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608768660
- ISBN
- 9781608768660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.73€ 94.53
€ 136.73
€ 94.53
Paperback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479410
- ISBN
- 9780801479410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardback. Medical Sociology is the among the largest and first subdisciplines in Sociology. This series presents issues and concerns in Medical Sociology. Editor(s): Chambre, Susan; Goldner, Melinda A.; Rothman, Barbara Katz. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848552142
- ISBN
- 9781848552142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.09
€ 139.09