Medical sociology
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Medical sociology
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; MBNH; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319315065
- ISBN
- 9783319315065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349686360
- ISBN
- 9781349686360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. BIC Classification: MBS. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349560592
- ISBN
- 9781349560592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JMQ; MBS; MMJT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405272
- ISBN
- 9781137405272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.25
€ 111.25
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.42
€ 161.42
Paperback. Social epidemiology is the study of how the social world influences - and in many cases defines - the fundamental determinants of health. This link was substantiated in the first edition of Social Epidemiology, and the generation of research that followed has fundamentally changed the way we understand epidemiology and public health. Editor(s): Berkman, Lisa F., Ph.D.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Glymour, M. Maria. Num Pages: 640 pages, 35 line illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199395330
- ISBN
- 9780199395330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.44
€ 162.44
Hardback. This book critically explores the urban governance of healthy lifestyles and the contemporary problematisations of the obesity, sedentarism and alcohol "epidemics". Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JHB; MBP; MBS; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 17. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426383
- ISBN
- 9781847426383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.90
€ 102.90
Paperback. This student-friendly textbook uses theoretical perspectives to bring to life social theories relating to health and illness. including binge drinking, obesity, the prominence of therapy and the search for happiness. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424013
- ISBN
- 9781847424013
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.03
€ 35.99
€ 35.03
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.04
€ 29.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269613
- ISBN
- 9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.40
€ 101.40
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.91
€ 33.99
€ 26.91
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
€ 135.72
€ 135.72
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
€ 151.79
€ 151.79
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
Paperback. Editor(s): Avgar, Ariel C.; Vogus, Timothy J. Series: LERA Research Volumes. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780913447123
- ISBN
- 9780913447123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.15
€ 34.15
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. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780822348627
- ISBN
- 9780822348627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. The fully revised edition of this highly respected textbook addresses the most important theoretical and empirical debates in the sociology of health and medicine. Chapter by chapter the book examines important issues such as the complexities surrounding health and identity, health inequalities, and the organization and provision of health care. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634616
- ISBN
- 9780745634616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.04
€ 79.04