Medicine: general issues
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Medicine: general issues
paperback. This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Editor(s): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528574
- ISBN
- 9780742528574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.25
€ 75.25
Paperback. Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, the author explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her 'parents' and family, and society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742529908
- ISBN
- 9780742529908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.70
€ 70.70
Hardback. Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. Editor(s): Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Readings in Bioethics. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532151
- ISBN
- 9780742532151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
hardcover. A medical ethicist offers a sober but ultimately encouraging assessment of the future of cloning, arguing ultimately that cloning will change the landscape of medicine and society in beneficial ways. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Hervorhebung
- SKU
- V9780742534087
- ISBN
- 9780742534087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.15
€ 32.99
€ 28.15
Hardback. Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742540699
- ISBN
- 9780742540699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.89
€ 154.89
Paperback. Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742540705
- ISBN
- 9780742540705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Paperback. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543713
- ISBN
- 9780742543713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Hardback. Considers the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine. This book offers a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. Series: Gender Lens Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBNH; MBNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102378
- ISBN
- 9780759102378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.15
€ 155.15
Hardback. Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, and the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs. Editor(s): Dundes, Lauren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102644
- ISBN
- 9780759102644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.68
€ 162.68
Paperback. Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs. Editor(s): Dundes, Lauren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102651
- ISBN
- 9780759102651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardback. Reveals the social inequalities that often represent significant threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, and women. This book defines an anthropology of policy concerned with decision-making and the impact of health policy on human lives. It is of interest to researchers and practitioners in medical anthropology. Editor(s): Castro, Arachu; Singer, Merrill. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 184 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759105102
- ISBN
- 9780759105102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBPM; MJT; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761809111
- ISBN
- 9780761809111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.76
€ 109.76
Hardback. This account of the history of US health policy pinpoints the lessons of what does and does not work in health care policy and implementation. The study is focused on the origins, development and demise of one of the Great Society programmes to ensure all Americans had access to medical advances. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817758
- ISBN
- 9780761817758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.38
€ 96.38
Hardback. Serves as a reference work on the philosophical, theological, and scientific aspects of medical missions. This study surveys the missions from their beginnings in the fifteenth century until the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX7; MB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 176 x 35. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761833192
- ISBN
- 9780761833192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
Hardback. This volume presents studies contributing to the enhancement of the outcomes research paradigm on public health by incorporating economic and social interactions within the health care delivery, clinical decision-making and outcomes systems. Editor(s): Farquhar, Irina; Summers, Kent; Sorkin, Alan L. Series: Research in Human Capital and Development. Num Pages: 468 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762306978
- ISBN
- 9780762306978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.78
€ 240.78
Hardback. The papers included in this volume may be categorized loosely into four sections about health care management, including theoretical perspectives, the role and impact of managed care, the evolution of the health professions, and enhancing health care organizational performance. Editor(s): Blair, John D.; Fottler, Myron D.; Savage, Grant T. Series: Advances in Health Care Management. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308026
- ISBN
- 9780762308026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.28
€ 189.28
Changing Consumers and Changing Technology in Health Care and Health C...
Jennie Jacobs . Ed(S): Kronenfeld
Hardback. This text deals with issues of growing importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world. Papers deal with a variety of topics, including a focus on consumers and the varying roles the play in the emerging and changing US health care system. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308088
- ISBN
- 9780762308088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.80
€ 218.80
hardcover. This volume is directed toward researchers and health professionals with an interest in the interstices of social networks and health. It consists of original papers that address critical themes in health-related social network research and disease prevention. Editor(s): Levy, Judith A.; Pescosolido, B.A. (Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA). Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762308811
- ISBN
- 9780762308811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.31
€ 204.31
Historical and Current Perspectives on Stress and Health
. Ed(S): Perrewe, Pamela L.; Ganster, Daniel ...
Hardback. The papers in this collection cover diverse disciplines in examining approaches to improve job stress research. The contributors explore historical and current perspectives on stress and its impact on health. Editor(s): Perrewe, Pamela L.; Ganster, Daniel C. Series: Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762309702
- ISBN
- 9780762309702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.51
€ 196.51
Community-based Interventions for Criminal Offenders with Severe Menta...
William H. . Ed(S): Fisher
Hardback. Criminal offenders with serious mental health problems pose a difficult problem for courts and the law enforcement industry. The contributors to this collection explore the key issues of the problem and discuss radical solutions like new community-based approaches for serving offenders. Editor(s): Fisher, William H. Series: Research in Community & Mental Health S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFS; JKVQ1; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762309726
- ISBN
- 9780762309726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.50
€ 195.50
Hardback. The 11 papers that comprise this volume cover managed care issues and organizational features, special groups of patients and health issues, lessons from countries around the world and broader policy concerns and health insurance reform. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310692
- ISBN
- 9780762310692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.36
€ 195.36
Hardback. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311477
- ISBN
- 9780762311477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.30
€ 172.30
Hardback. Offers cases with wide ranging policy implications regarding structural and functional changes institutions and organizations might consider, given the confines of context and resources, to improve the conditions of mentally ill offenders. Editor(s): Hartwell, Stephanie W. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVQ; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312313
- ISBN
- 9780762312313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.77
€ 167.77
Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Pop...
Jennie . Ed(S): Kronenfeld
Hardback. Discusses the overall issue of health care disparities and undeserved populations. This book focuses on issues that relate to gender and provides papers on some other specific examples of undeserved populations: those with mental health concerns, those with concerns related to emotional well being, the elderly population and sex workers. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312498
- ISBN
- 9780762312498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.41
€ 168.41