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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

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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