Medical sociology books

Based on fieldwork in Washington D.C, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance analyses the use...  Read More >>

The development of health across an individual’s life depends on many factors, but social determinants play a vital...  Read More >>

Based on fieldwork in Washington D.C, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance analyses the use...  Read More >>

This book critically appraises the field of Arts in Health in the light of the recent public health crisis and so-called...  Read More >>

Raimund Pousset gives in this essential a concise account of senicide, the modern form of cultural killing of the...  Read More >>

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Das Virus SARS-CoV-2 und die dadurch ausgelöste Coronapandemie haben die Gesellschaft in einen Krisenmodus versetzt:...  Read More >>

This book examines the experiences of global healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shines a light...  Read More >>

This book examines sex, sexuality, gender and health in the Pacific with a focus on three key sets of issues: young...  Read More >>

This book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion...  Read More >>

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This book argues that neoliberal changes in health and social care go beyond resource allocations, priority setting,...  Read More >>

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This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse historical and cultural settings with contributions from anthropologists,...  Read More >>

Writing against the prevailing narrativization of suicide in terms of why it happened, Whitehead turns instead to...  Read More >>

"This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United...  Read More >>

"This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United...  Read More >>

Writing against the prevailing narrativization of suicide in terms of why it happened, Whitehead turns instead to...  Read More >>

Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation...  Read More >>

"How and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetorical—and harmful—power. In Why Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch...  Read More >>

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The book is intended to be a reference in global urban health for research libraries and faculty collections. It...  Read More >>

COVID-19: Individual Rights and Community Responsibilities provides critical insights into the tensions between...  Read More >>

Focusing on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease, and their five shared main...  Read More >>

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