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Medical sociology
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€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rl United States
- Edition
- Fourth
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248472
- ISBN
- 9781442248472
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Condition: New
€ 50.82
€ 50.82
Paperback. Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, the author takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today's doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion and spirituality. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922119
- ISBN
- 9780226922119
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.12
€ 33.99
€ 27.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.76
€ 45.99
€ 45.76
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
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Condition: New
€ 139.51
€ 139.51
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
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
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Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Drawing on the latest international sociological research, this monograph takes a critical look at contemporary developments and debate on pharmaceuticals and society. Key issues covered include pharmaceuticals and medicalization, constructions of pharmaceuticals in professional and popular culture, and pharmaceuticals and the Internet. Editor(s): Williams, Simon J.; Gabe, Jonathan; Davis, Peter. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190848
- ISBN
- 9781405190848
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Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
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
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.75
€ 41.99
€ 34.75
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
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. The author explores the role of social and economic injustices as root causes of the uneven distribution of disease across population groups according to class, race and gender. Series: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118088142
- ISBN
- 9781118088142
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Condition: New
€ 102.48
€ 102.48
Paperback. Offers a nuanced, empirically grounded picture of therapeutic culture. This title includes both an extended history and a series of critical interventions organized around keywords like pain, privacy, and narcissism. It will change the way we've been taught to see the landscape of therapy and self-help. Editor(s): Aubry, Timothy Richard; Travis, Trysh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226250137
- ISBN
- 9780226250137
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Hardcover. The first scholarly history of food poisoning, telling of the discovery of food poisoning as a public health problem in the 1880s, of the discovery of pathways of infection and of the Salmonella family, and of the realisation that these organisms are deeply embedded in human and animal food chains and the subsequent importance of food hygiene. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBN; MBS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198704973
- ISBN
- 9780198704973
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Condition: New
€ 171.59
€ 171.59
Hardback. If you're going to have an organ transplant, or a joint replacement, here's the key to getting the very best medical care: be a white, straight, middle-class male. This book takes on one of the few topics that haven't figured in the heated debate over health care reform - the largely hidden yet massive injustice of bias in medical treatment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFJ; MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049055
- ISBN
- 9780674049055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.68
€ 49.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173580
- ISBN
- 9780691173580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. In this stimulating book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNS; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661209
- ISBN
- 9780745661209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.70
€ 29.70
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
€ 166.96
€ 166.96
Paperback. The neurosciences are more than a collection of scientific practices - they offer up various ways of thinking about mind, body and society. This title casts light on the place, role and impact of neuroscience. It reflects on the insights the neurosciences have to offer sociology. Editor(s): Pickersgill, Martyn; Keulen, Ira Van. Series Editor(s): KatzRothman, Barbara. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBS; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780526324
- ISBN
- 9781780526324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.65
€ 58.65
Hardback. The neurosciences are more than a collection of scientific practices - they offer up various ways of thinking about mind, body and society. This title casts light on the place, role and impact of neuroscience. It reflects on the insights the neurosciences have to offer sociology. Editor(s): Pickersgill, Martyn; Keulen, Ira Van. Series Editor(s): KatzRothman, Barbara. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBS; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848558809
- ISBN
- 9781848558809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.42
€ 153.42
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
€ 31.18
€ 31.18