Medical sociology
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Medical sociology
Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 262 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453007
- ISBN
- 9780801453007
Condition: New
€ 158.19
€ 158.19
Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; MBP; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474415
- ISBN
- 9780801474415
Condition: New
€ 50.66
€ 50.66
Hardcover. 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, Andrew. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBGR; MBS; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026545
- ISBN
- 9781137026545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardcover. 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: HRLP5; JKS; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351364
- ISBN
- 9781137351364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.07
€ 187.07
Hardcover. This wide-reaching handbook offers a new perspective on the sociology of health, illness and medicine by stressing the importance of social theory. Examining a range of classic and contemporary female and male theorists from across the globe, it explores various issues including chronic illness, counselling and the rising problems of obesity. Editor(s): Collyer, Fran. Num Pages: 744 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355614
- ISBN
- 9781137355614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 275.78
€ 275.78
Hardcover. Global Health involves, among many things the intensified travelling of people, resources, technologies, knowledge, standards, and ideas. This book describes what happens when innovations are transferred to new settings: What work is needed to make them work, but also how they change the setting into which they are introduced. Editor(s): Engel, Nora; Hoyweghen, Ine van; Krumeich, Anja. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456021
- ISBN
- 9781137456021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nixon, Kari; Servitje, Lorenzo. Num Pages: 317 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; MBS; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521408
- ISBN
- 9781137521408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.21
€ 197.21
In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular - and largely unexamined - idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it. Remaking the American Patient explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of age at exactly the same time. Series: Studies in Social Medicine. Num Pages: 560 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469622774
- ISBN
- 9781469622774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28
€ 59.28
Hardback. After examining competing philosophical approaches to disability, this volume goes on to address such themes as the complex interplay between disability and quality of life, questions of social justice, and the personal dimensions of disability. Editor(s): Ralston, D. Christopher; Ho, Justin. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFG; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048124763
- ISBN
- 9789048124763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Paperback. After examining competing philosophical approaches to disability, this volume goes on to address such themes as the complex interplay between disability and quality of life, questions of social justice, and the personal dimensions of disability. Editor(s): Ralston, D. Christopher; Ho, Justin. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFG; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400705210
- ISBN
- 9789400705210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.67
€ 135.67
Hardcover. With comprehensive coverage of current policy, as well as developing practice, in regulating the medical profession, this book provides a welcome and sociologically informed discussion of both historical and contemporary issues in medical regulation. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBD; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400748958
- ISBN
- 9789400748958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Hardcover. This book examines the use of sociological theory in medical or health sociology. It discusses major theoretical approaches and identifies new directions in theory that provide explanatory models of the social processes affecting health and disease today. Editor(s): Cockerham, William C. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761926
- ISBN
- 9789400761926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.93
€ 186.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSF; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811004261
- ISBN
- 9789811004261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811019043
- ISBN
- 9789811019043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. The first book to address the fundamental nexus that binds poverty and income inequality to soaring health care utilization and spending, Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform is a must-read for medical professionals, public health scholars, politicians, and anyone concerned with the heavy burden of inequality on the health of Americans. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76, 76 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCQ; MBN; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420226
- ISBN
- 9781421420226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. Applying the latest social theory from science and technology studies, this book offers a novel rethinking of the dynamics of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. It demonstrates how political struggles, poverty, and specific policy and health promotion practices have materially shaped the South African HIV epidemic in specific and often very damaging ways. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBA; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505002
- ISBN
- 9781137505002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardback. Drawing on social and political history as well as the history of science and popular culture, this book examines how American ideas about dietary reform mirror broader thinking about social reform. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; MBNH3; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275478
- ISBN
- 9780520275478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.67€ 70.74
€ 92.67
€ 70.74
Hardback. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFGR; JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118909713
- ISBN
- 9781118909713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.00
€ 110.00
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTB; MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319325637
- ISBN
- 9783319325637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.48
€ 133.48
Hardback. Series: Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138024502
- ISBN
- 9781138024502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.75
€ 156.75
Paperback. Addressing the enormous potential of interventions from medical and public health professionals to alter these patterns of human behavior over time, Introduction to Biosocial Medicine brings necessary depth and perspective to medical training and education. Num Pages: 216 pages, 38, 2 black & white halftones, 36 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418605
- ISBN
- 9781421418605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.10
€ 50.99
€ 42.10
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€ 21.72
€ 29.99
€ 21.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Johnson, Erika. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; MBS; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319514864
- ISBN
- 9783319514864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Paperback. Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. Editor(s): Geissler, P. Wenzel; Molyneux, Catherine. Num Pages: 452 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335006
- ISBN
- 9781785335006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.62
€ 52.62