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Medical sociology
paperback. Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JHB; JPA; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320516
- ISBN
- 9781349320516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Paperback. Addressing the enormous potential of interventions from medical and public health professionals to alter these patterns of human behavior over time, Introduction to Biosocial Medicine brings necessary depth and perspective to medical training and education. Num Pages: 216 pages, 38, 2 black & white halftones, 36 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418605
- ISBN
- 9781421418605
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.10
€ 50.99
€ 42.10
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
€ 132.51
€ 132.51
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501323225
- ISBN
- 9781501323225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8-page insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780770437565
- ISBN
- 9780770437565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Hardcover. Editor(s): Modi, Ishwar; Benko, Zsuzsanna; Tarko, Klara. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 310 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; JMH; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319332567
- ISBN
- 9783319332567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.27
€ 176.27
Paperback. Bringing together international research in social work, this book examines key concepts including the social determinants of health (SDoH) and human rights approaches to LGBT health. Editor(s): Fish, Julie; Karban, Kate. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447309680
- ISBN
- 9781447309680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.31
€ 55.31
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
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
paperback. This book explores the possibilities and difficulties of living with HIV and ARVs, or antiretroviral treatment, today. It draws on HIV-positive people's stories from both the UK and the South African epidemics and offers a deep understanding of the continuing difficulties of living with HIV and the effective strategies for coping that have evolved. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; MBS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349329397
- ISBN
- 9781349329397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardback. This book explores the possibilities and difficulties of living with HIV and ARVs, or antiretroviral treatment, today. It draws on HIV-positive people's stories from both the UK and the South African epidemics and offers a deep understanding of the continuing difficulties of living with HIV and the effective strategies for coping that have evolved. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFFH2; MBP; MBS; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284234
- ISBN
- 9780230284234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
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
€ 185.45€ 126.37
€ 185.45
€ 126.37
Paperback. Global Health involves, among many things the intensified travelling of people, resources, technologies, knowledge, standards, and ideas. This book describes what happens when innovations are transferred to new settings: What work is needed to make them work, but also how they change the setting into which they are introduced. Editor(s): Engel, Nora; Hoyweghen, I. Van; Krumeich, Anja; Hoyweghen, Ine van. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JHM; JHMC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349498314
- ISBN
- 9781349498314
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Global Health involves, among many things the intensified travelling of people, resources, technologies, knowledge, standards, and ideas. This book describes what happens when innovations are transferred to new settings: What work is needed to make them work, but also how they change the setting into which they are introduced. Editor(s): Engel, Nora; Hoyweghen, Ine van; Krumeich, Anja. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456021
- ISBN
- 9781137456021
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Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
paperback. Drawing on insights from international organization and securitization theory, the author investigates the World Health Organization and how its approach to global health security has changed and adapted since its creation in 1948. He also examines the organization's prospects for managing global health security now and into the future. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; JPSN; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349350438
- ISBN
- 9781349350438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.05
€ 122.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KFFH; KJM; KNP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349246236
- ISBN
- 9781349246236
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Condition: New
€ 186.81
€ 186.81
Paperback. This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340217
- ISBN
- 9781349340217
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. A study of the existing and future research on the intersections between law and materiality, leading to the illumination of both. Editor(s): Faulkner, Alex; Lawless, Christopher. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 247 x 7. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444361520
- ISBN
- 9781444361520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.66
€ 28.66
Hardback. Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This book examines the ways in which ordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators. Editor(s): Wathen, Nadine; Wyatt, Sally; Harris, Roma. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201200
- ISBN
- 9780230201200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Tech...
. Ed(S): Wathen, N; Wyatt, S; Harris, R
paperback. Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This bookexamines the ways in whichordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators." Editor(s): Wathen, N; Wyatt, S; Harris, R. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBPC; MBS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349299386
- ISBN
- 9781349299386
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Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18