Medical Sociology

This valuable and insightful study into chronic pain and its treatment advances a striking analysis of the complex phenomenon of chronic pain, also...

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to prod...

During the twentieth century, genes were considered the controlling force of life processes, and the transfer of DNA the definitive explanation for...

This book reviews the political significance of COVID-19 in the context of earlier pandemic encounters and scares to understand the ways in which i...

Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genet...

This edited collection offers interdisciplinary perspectives on some of the key health challenges faced by individuals, communities, and government...

This innovative, practical guide introduces researchers to the use of the video reflexive ethnography in health and health services research. This ...

Despite noteworthy exceptions, nursings literature largely disregards the ways in which social and sociological theory permeates, guides and shapes...

A unique and innovative collection, Critical Perspectives in Public Health Feminisms gives space to chronically underrepresented voices in public h...

This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity ...

In 1970, the best-seller Our Bodies Ourselves was published. The focus of the authors, the Boston Health Collective, was on the youthful female bod...

This book looks at a sample of female drug addicts seeking recovery in Narcotics Anonymous (NA). Through working the Twelve Steps and by attending ...

This book explores the possibilities and difficulties of living with HIV and ARVs, or antiretroviral treatment, today. It draws on HIV-positive peo...

Fusing the disciplines of health care, spiritual care, and social services, this book examines the relationship between chronic illness and spiritu...

COVID-19: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations provides critical insights into the impact of the pandemic on the relationship between cult...

In this groundbreaking contribution to the field of culture and medicine, twenty-five professionals in medicine, nursing, and the social sciences h...

Step into the captivating world of Fascinating Fringes of Medicine: From Oddities to Innovations, a compelling anthology authored by Dr Campion Qui...

This book examines the biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of challenges related to ageing in India. It does so by widely referrin...

Step into the captivating world of Fascinating Fringes of Medicine: From Oddities to Innovations, a compelling anthology authored by Dr Campion Qui...

Reflects the most significant and fundamental shifts in the experience of disability in human history With the release of its eighth edition, thi...

The scope of this book focuses on how information technology may assist in achieving goals and in providing solutions to problems such as a pandemi...

This is the first book to clearly and fully demonstrate the process of using theory to guide nursing research and professional practice. It describ...