Illness & Addiction: Social Aspects

The first one thousand days of human life, or the period between conception and age two, is one of the most pivotal periods of human development. O...

The first one thousand days of human life, or the period between conception and age two, is one of the most pivotal periods of human development. O...

In No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States, Kristin Haltinner examines the institutional and ideological forces that...

Four decades have passed since reports of a mysterious gay cancer first appeared in US newspapers. In the ensuing years, the pandemic that would c...

Rethinking Black Motherhood and Drug Addictions: Counternarratives of Black Family Resilience offers a unique perspective on the complexities of be...

This is a terrific bookmoving, clear, and compassionate. It not only illustrates the way psychiatric illness is shaped by culture, but also suggest...

'STRIKING, ETHEREAL AND TRANSCENDENT' NEW YORK TIMES'THIS BOOK WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS' BRYN GREENWOODNo heart is safe on the savage side.Arcade ...

How We Hurt dives into the institutional and cultural dimensions of the ongoing opioid epidemic. In a detailed analysis of pain management, opioid ...

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the wide range and depth of sociological theory ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe chronic illness and one of the worlds most common genetic conditions, with 400,000 children born annually wit...

This interdisciplinary collection presents valuable discourse and reflection on the nature of a good death. Bringing together a leading judge and ...

An electric memoir that follows a young woman from chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink, through addiction and prison, to finally discovering her...

In 1993, aged twenty, Carmel Mc Mahon left Ireland for New York, carrying two suitcases and a ton of unseen baggage. It took years, and a bitter st...