Medical sociology
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Medical sociology
Hardback. Exploring the connections between sociological, psychological and biological theories of exhaustion, this book examines how exhaustion manifests in the rise of burnout, depression and chronic fatigue, and analyses the interplay between mental health diagnoses, socio-cultural transformations and individual illness experiences. Editor(s): Schaffner, Anna Katharina; Neckel, Sighard; Wagner, Greta. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; MBS; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319528861
- ISBN
- 9783319528861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.35
€ 197.35
Paperback. Fusing the disciplines of health care, spiritual care, and social services, this book examines the relationship between chronic illness and spirituality. Contributors include professionals working in traditional, holistic and integrative clinical settings, as well as religious studies scholars and spiritual practitioners. Editor(s): Stoltzfus, Michael J.; Green, Rebecca; Schumm, Darla. Num Pages: 321 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAC; JHB; MBPC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349468805
- ISBN
- 9781349468805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.10
€ 186.10
Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Tech...
. Ed(S): Wathen, N; Wyatt, S; Harris, R
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
€ 63.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349686360
- ISBN
- 9781349686360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Paperback. Regenerative medicine, encompassing stem cells and tissue engineering, has attracted huge interest within commercial, clinical and government circles, and promises to change medicine itself. This book provides the first detailed examination and critical assessment of the field to be made by social science. Editor(s): Webster, A. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPQB; MBGR; MBS; TCBG; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439249
- ISBN
- 9781349439249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Paperback. The first detailed and comprehensive analysis of the implications of new health technologies for society, the delivery of health care, and the very meaning of health itself. It is based on new, critical social science research integrated according to core themes, making it accessible and engaging to both students and researchers. Editor(s): Webster, A. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JPQB; MBGR; MBS; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349542727
- ISBN
- 9781349542727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.73
€ 132.73
paperback. From bandage to the bioreactor, this book looks at five different device technologies from inception to healthcare practice, drawing on medical sociology, science and technology studies and political science. It examines 'evidence', regulation and governance processes, and diverse stakeholders in innovating the technologies that shape health care. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPQB; MBGR; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- SKU
- V9781349280087
- ISBN
- 9781349280087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Foster, A.; Wynn, L. L. Num Pages: 341 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JPQB; JPS; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349287277
- ISBN
- 9781349287277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 102.37
€ 104.22
€ 102.37
Paperback. Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique window into popular formations of AIDS and gender conflict in Africa. The first book on the subject to draw primarily on such narratives, this book shows how they provide rich insights into the struggles of people living in an era of social upheaval. Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458370
- ISBN
- 9781349458370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173580
- ISBN
- 9780691173580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138067226
- ISBN
- 9781138067226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 27.35
€ 45.99
€ 27.35
paperback. Drawing on insights from international organization and securitization theory, the author investigates the World Health Organization and how its approach to global health security has changed and adapted since its creation in 1948. He also examines the organization's prospects for managing global health security now and into the future. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; JPSN; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349350438
- ISBN
- 9781349350438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.05
€ 122.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBG; MBNH; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138243675
- ISBN
- 9781138243675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.82
€ 55.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Longman Pub Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405858496
- ISBN
- 9781405858496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83
Paperback. This book explores the social, political and theoretical underpinnings of the men's health field. Written by experts in the field, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between cultural understandings and health-related issues. Editor(s): Broom, Alex; Tovey, Philip. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 169 x 13. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470516560
- ISBN
- 9780470516560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.07
€ 62.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFF; MBS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509560
- ISBN
- 9781349509560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269613
- ISBN
- 9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBS; MFKC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169912
- ISBN
- 9780231169912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.01
€ 36.99
€ 27.01
Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBS; MFKC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169905
- ISBN
- 9780231169905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.91€ 78.11
€ 101.91
€ 78.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JMQ; MBS; MMJT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405272
- ISBN
- 9781137405272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.70
€ 111.70
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501323300
- ISBN
- 9781501323300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Hardcover. The first scholarly history of food poisoning, telling of the discovery of food poisoning as a public health problem in the 1880s, of the discovery of pathways of infection and of the Salmonella family, and of the realisation that these organisms are deeply embedded in human and animal food chains and the subsequent importance of food hygiene. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBN; MBS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198704973
- ISBN
- 9780198704973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.58
€ 165.58
Paperback. Jutel's innovative, open approach and engaging arguments will find support among medical sociologists and practitioners and across much of the medical system. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415741
- ISBN
- 9781421415741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFC; JFD; JFSR; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445271
- ISBN
- 9781349445271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06