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Medical sociology

Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; MBN; MBS; MQC; MQCB; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349283187
ISBN
9781349283187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.51

Paperback. An examination and comparison of the regulation of innovative pharmaceuticals in the US and the EU-wide system of marketing new drugs. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBN; MBS; MMG; TDCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349284177
ISBN
9781349284177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.75

Paperback. Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma, methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction, providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; JHB; JPQB; LNTM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349286041
ISBN
9781349286041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.36

Paperback. This book presents a history of AIDS control in Uganda, from the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s up until 2005. Uganda is well known internationally as an AIDS 'success story', both for its bringing down HIV incidence and prevalence over the 1990s, and for its innovative approach to scaling up the provision of antiretroviral therapy. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM; JPA; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349288755
ISBN
9781349288755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

paperback. Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This bookexamines the ways in whichordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators." Editor(s): Wathen, N; Wyatt, S; Harris, R. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBPC; MBS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2008
SKU
V9781349299386
ISBN
9781349299386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Paperback. TheNeonatal Intensive Care Unit isa sitewherehi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved." Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBS; MJW; PSAD; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349303663
ISBN
9781349303663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.64

Paperback. This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis.It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'." Editor(s): Rich, E.; Aphramor, Lucy. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JN; JPQB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349308248
ISBN
9781349308248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Paperback. This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement. Editor(s): Hockey, J.; Komaromy, Carol. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM; JHMC; JPQB; MBS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349309108
ISBN
9781349309108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. An authoritative, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together international experts to examine the key issues and core debates related to gender and healthcare. A vital resource for a wide range of academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Ellen; Annandale, Ellen. Num Pages: 503 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPQB; MBS; VFD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 737.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349311354
ISBN
9781349311354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.08

Paperback. Why do people enter total institutions places that confine and control them around the clock and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement." Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JMS; MBNH9; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349312412
ISBN
9781349312412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Williams, O. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; JPS; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349315864
ISBN
9781349315864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMS; MBNH9; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349317486
ISBN
9781349317486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

paperback. Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JHB; JPA; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320516
ISBN
9781349320516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.99

Paperback. This book explore assumptions underpinning contemporary health policy discourses that emphasize personal responsibility for health, consider how they attach to changing information technologies, and discuss their influence on emerging forms of health 'work'. Editor(s): Harris, Roma; Wathen, Nadine; Wyatt, Sally. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBS; VFD; VSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321582
ISBN
9781349321582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Paperback. How could something as seemingly transcendental as the human mind have arisen from far simpler material beginnings? This book provides a comprehensiveoverview of evolution from pre-life andearly life forms through increasing complexity to advanced cognitive systems using a new framework based ondynamic systems theory." Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMBT; JMM; JMR; MBS; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349322114
ISBN
9781349322114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.62

Paperback. Empirical studies of life science research and biotechnologies in Asia show how assemblages of life articulate bioethics governance with global moralities and reveal why the global harmonization of bioethical standards is contrived. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM; JPQB; MBS; MQW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349324606
ISBN
9781349324606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

paperback. This book explores the possibilities and difficulties of living with HIV and ARVs, or antiretroviral treatment, today. It draws on HIV-positive people's stories from both the UK and the South African epidemics and offers a deep understanding of the continuing difficulties of living with HIV and the effective strategies for coping that have evolved. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; MBS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349329397
ISBN
9781349329397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Hans; Williams, O. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCM; KCP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329762
ISBN
9781349329762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--London School of Economics and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFS; JHB; MBS; PDR; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337637
ISBN
9781349337637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

Paperback. With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, the volume develops a sustained analysis of the complex, virtual and topological dimensions of the expectations, ethics and evidence that surround the innovation of PrEP. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JPQB; MBS; MQW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337705
ISBN
9781349337705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

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