Medical Sociology

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS or ME) is a problematic diagnosis which can be interpreted in conflicting ways by doctors, patients and others. Meani...

India's health failures remain visible and pronounced despite high rates of economic growth since the 1980s and more than six decades of democratic...

Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates the actions and practices of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry in the United...

Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates the actions and practices of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry in the United...

The volume focuses on the relationship between migration, health and illness in a global context from c.1820 to the present day. It takes a wide ra...

This volume presents an extended reflection on human dependency and the need to 'care' and be 'cared for'. Philosophers, theologians, social theori...

Through case studies, theoretical research and interviews with leading players in science and governance, this book introduces a new understanding ...

Empirical studies of life science research and biotechnologies in Asia show how assemblages of life articulate bioethics governance with global mor...

Affliction inaugurates a novel way of understanding the trajectories of health and disease in the context of poverty. Focusing on low-income neighb...

There is something unsettling, but also powerful, in the encounter with individual and collective experiences of human suffering. Intensive Media e...

With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, the volume develo...

Explore the fundamentals of biomedical engineering technologies with this thought-provoking introduction, framed around modern-day global cancer in...

In Life Beside Itself, Lisa Stevenson takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit h...

This book presents advanced methodologies for analyzing attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine across 10 countries spanning both the Northern and S...

The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Oakley's sociological ideas, placing t...

Completely up to date and featuring a friendly style, THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND HEALTH CARE: A CRITICAL APPROACH, 8th Edition delivers ...

Setting a case study of deaf peoples leisure practices in north-west England within a wider examination of communal deaf leisure across Britain, th...

In the 1970s it seemed infectious diseases had been conquered, but today global epidemics seem to pose a new, more sinister, threat. This fascinati...

This volume examines concepts of disability and wellness in Native American communities, prominently featuring the life's work of Dr. Carol Locust....

The announcement of a serious diagnosis is a solemn moment when directions shift, priorities change, and life appears in sharper focus. It is also ...

Medical error often results in disability, pain, and suffering, and it is the third leading cause of death in hospitals. Despite its frequency, med...

Epidemics know no borders and are often characterized by a high level of uncertainty, causing major challenges in risk governance. The author shows...

Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancemen...

What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea and what is ...

Anxious Geographies offers a unique perspective on social anxiety, framing it as both a social and spatial phenomenon. Through a meticulous explora...

Customer Experience is now the key differentiator as consumers and businesses alike decide among competing brands. The authors explore growing tren...

Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra argue that the obesity, insecurity, austerity and inequality that result from neoliberal (or 'market fundamentalist'...

Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra argue that the obesity, insecurity, austerity and inequality that result from neoliberal (or 'market fundamentalist'...

Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple...

Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading...

This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms wit...

Focussing on China's stem cell research, this book investigates how, over the last decade, Chinese scientists, ethicists and policy-makers have dev...

This book extends the critical scope of the previous volume, De-Medicalizing Misery, into a wider social and political context, developing the crit...

The past 50 years have witnessed a transformation in the structure and function of families and households. The social and demographic catalysts fo...

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK ...

Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique lens through which to discern popular formations ...