Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care

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• This Reader introduces students of sociology and health care to the changing fields of medical knowledge and medical work. Provides a chronicle of res... Lees meer

Partners In Health, Partners In Crime

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• * Brings together papers on the border between crime and health care. * Considers the work of forensic health care providers, law enforcement agents a... Lees meer

Health and Media

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• This book is a collection of the best contemporary studies on health and the media. A collection of the best contemporary studies on health and the me... Lees meer

Sexual Contract

Carole Pateman

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• Carole Pateman is one of the foremost political theorists writing in English today. In this outstanding new work, she presents a major reinterpretatio... Lees meer

Sociol of Medicl Sci

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• Contributors examine the relationship between science and clinical practice; the development, assessment and regulation of health care technologies; a... Lees meer

Pharmaceuticals and Society Pharmaceuticals and Society

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• Drawing on the latest international sociological research, this monograph takes a critical look at contemporary developments, discourses, and debate o... Lees meer

Health and the Sociology of Emotions

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• Health and the Sociology of Emotions offers an appraisal of the current lively debates which challenge the contribution of the sociology of emotion to... Lees meer

Sociological Perspectives on the New Genetics

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• With the advent of the Human Genome Project, the new genetics has moved to the cutting edge of science and medicine. The development and use of such g... Lees meer

From Health Behaviours to Health Practices

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• A wide range of international contributions draw on theoretical and empirical sources to explore whether alternatives exist to both conceptualise and ... Lees meer

Medicine, Health and Risk

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• The sociology of risk has only recently started to influence work in the area of health, illness and medicine and has considerable explanatory potenti... Lees meer

The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality

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• The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality presents a series of research-informed readings on the sociological contributions of technologies, prac... Lees meer

The Sociology of Health Inequalities

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• Leading researchers in the social sciences describe and explain the unequal chances of long and healthy life between social groups, ethnic groups, men... Lees meer

Social Movements in Health

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• This book represents the first collection of research on health social movements. Demonstrates that health social movements are an innovative and powe... Lees meer

Rationing Constructed Realitie

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• This volume contributes to the ongoing debate about healthcare rationing by bringing together case studies of resource allocation at different levels ... Lees meer

Understanding and Managing Uncertainty in Healthcare

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• Through one theoretical paper and empirical studies of contemporary examples of healthcare related uncertainties and their management, this collection... Lees meer

Children, Health and Well-Being

Geraldine Brady, Pam Lowe, Sonja Olin Lauritzen

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• This book brings together new and leading scholars, who demonstrate the importance of research with children and from a child perspective, allowing fo... Lees meer

Ethnicity, Health and Health Care

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• This volume considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to... Lees meer

Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health

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• Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health is a collection of original papers introducing new ways of thinking sociologically about the terrain of ment... Lees meer

Communication in Healthcare Se

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• This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developme... Lees meer

The Social Organisation of Healthcare Work

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• This book presents an international snapshot of the social organisation of healthcare. Papers describe major trends in healthcare in Australia, Canada... Lees meer