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Medical sociology

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

€ 30.99
€ 29.42

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.39

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

€ 105.87

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

€ 171.59

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.13

Hardcover. There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine-as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes-across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tibetan medicine is not only known as a scholarly medical tradition among other Asian medical systems.. Editor(s): Adams, Vincanne; Schreempf, Mona; Craig, Sienna R. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRAM3; JHM; MBS; MX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457587
ISBN
9781845457587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.60

Hardback. From September 1990 to June 1991, the UK deployed 53,462 military personnel in the Gulf War. After the end of the conflict anecdotal reports of various disorders affecting troops who fought in the Gulf began to surface. This mysterious illness was given the name Gulf War SyndromeA" (GWS). Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS3; MBS; MMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455262
ISBN
9781845455262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.71

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.05

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

€ 215.58

hardcover. A multidisciplinary exploration of Canada's experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic. Editor(s): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; MBNS; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774822121
ISBN
9780774822121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.37

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.48

Paperback. Fourteen essays open important dialogue in the emerging field of culture and medicine. Editor(s): Waugh, Earle H.; Szafran, Olga; Crutcher, Rodney A. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645326
ISBN
9780888645326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.14
€ 40.81

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

€ 137.98
€ 95.53

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

€ 190.33
€ 130.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 986.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120778078
ISBN
9788120778078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 31.82

Editor(s): Kopnina, Helen; Keune, Hans. Num Pages: 301 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608762163
ISBN
9781608762163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.29
€ 117.83

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; MBP; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474415
ISBN
9780801474415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.82

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