Medical sociology
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Medical sociology
Hardcover. Part of the "Research in the Sociology of Health Care" series, this title deals with both macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving access to care, factors that impact access, patients as partners in care and changing roles of health providers. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 331 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857247155
- ISBN
- 9780857247155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473982086
- ISBN
- 9781473982086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.71
€ 46.99
€ 46.71
Hardcover. More than fifty years ago, Thomas Szasz showed that the concept of mental illness - a disease of the mind - is an oxymoron, a metaphor, a myth. In this book, he argues that his writings belong to neither psychiatry nor antipsychiatry. They stem from conceptual analysis, social-political criticism, and common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MBS; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609438
- ISBN
- 9780815609438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Paperback. Fourteen essays open important dialogue in the emerging field of culture and medicine. Editor(s): Waugh, Earle H.; Szafran, Olga; Crutcher, Rodney A. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645326
- ISBN
- 9780888645326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.57
€ 54.99
€ 39.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Braun, Kathrin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837617474
- ISBN
- 9783837617474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.14
€ 45.99
€ 32.14
paperback. This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It argues that focusing on research-informed ideas usefully draws attention to the centrality of values, politics and advocacy for public health debates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPP; JPQB; MBN; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439263
- ISBN
- 9781349439263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBS; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138390
- ISBN
- 9780231138390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.75
€ 29.99
€ 21.75
Paperback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBPM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478963
- ISBN
- 9780801478963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Now in paperback, with an additional chapter updating key changes affecting climate change and health through 2015, culminating with UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon's hopeful comment "What was once unthinkable is now unstoppable". Editor(s): Butler, Colin. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MBS; RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780648583
- ISBN
- 9781780648583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
Hardcover. This volume brings together new research from key international academics, who contribute a range of linguistic, sociological, and professional views on communication in surgical practice. Editor(s): White, Sarah-Jane; Cartmill, John A. Num Pages: 410 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; MBDC; MBS; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781781790502
- ISBN
- 9781781790502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.28
€ 140.28
Paperback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479410
- ISBN
- 9780801479410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.17
€ 44.99
€ 39.17
Hardback. Featuring the work of several up-and-coming scholars working to deepen theoretical perspectives on addiction and its relationship to social control and deviance, this volume fills a gap in addiction studies by offering critical perspectives that interrogate and challenge traditional and/or mainstream understandings of addiction. Editor(s): Netherland, Julie. Series Editor(s): KatzRothman, Barbara. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780529301
- ISBN
- 9781780529301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.39
€ 132.39
Paperback. Culture and Health offers an overview of different areas of culture and health, building on foundations of medical anthropology and health behavior theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470283554
- ISBN
- 9780470283554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.02
€ 94.02
Paperback. 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
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287488
- ISBN
- 9780520287488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
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
€ 91.86€ 70.74
€ 91.86
€ 70.74
Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142050
- ISBN
- 9780691142050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.58
€ 38.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138123458
- ISBN
- 9781138123458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.21
€ 57.21
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
Hardback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705489
- ISBN
- 9781501705489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Hardback. Drawing on ecosystem thinking, complexity and postnormal science, Ecological Health offers a radical new way of thinking about the health issues of the 21st Century. This volume reflects on recent social scientific engagement with Ecosystem Health research and practice and sets out a vision for the future. Editor(s): Gislason, Maya K. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781903230
- ISBN
- 9781781903230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.11
€ 152.11
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
€ 103.33€ 102.37
€ 103.33
€ 102.37
Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-2...
. Ed(S): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W.
hardcover. A multidisciplinary exploration of Canada's experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic. Editor(s): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; MBNS; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822121
- ISBN
- 9780774822121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.90
€ 110.90
Hardcover. Drawing on rich, ethnographic and historiographic material, this volume represents the emergent field of anthropological inquiry that links Africanist ethnography to recent concerns with science, the state, and the culture of late capitalism in Africa. Editor(s): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Molyneux, Sassy. Num Pages: 452 pages, 32 ills. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM; MBGR; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450920
- ISBN
- 9780857450920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.40
€ 210.40
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
€ 51.77
€ 51.77