Medical sociology books

2811 books were found.

Soziologie von Gesundheit und Krankheit

Soziologie von Gesundheit und Krankheit

Author: Matthias Richter ,  Klaus Hurrelmann
ISBN: 9783658421021
Format: Paperback
$118.77

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Working in Public Health: Choosing the Right Career

Working in Public Health: Choosing the Right Career...

Author: Fiona Sim (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) ,  Jenny Wright
ISBN: 9781032169743
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This practical and accessible book maps out comprehensively the range of exciting and varied options open to those...  Read More >>

Exploring End of Life Experience: Facing Death

Exploring End of Life Experience: Facing Death

Author: Helen Besemeres
ISBN: 9781032490847
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The groundbreaking contribution made by this unique book draws on the experiences recorded by five people who are...  Read More >>

Working in Public Health: Choosing the Right Career

Working in Public Health: Choosing the Right Career...

Author: Fiona Sim (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) ,  Jenny Wright
ISBN: 9781032560687
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This practical and accessible book maps out comprehensively the range of exciting and varied options open to those...  Read More >>

Health Without Bodies: Health Claims and Scientific Evidence on the European Market

Health Without Bodies: Health Claims and Scientific...

Author: Kim Hendrickx
ISBN: 9789819949496
Format: Hardback
$258.72

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Freedom, Responsibility, and Value: Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer

Freedom, Responsibility, and Value: Essays in Honor...

Author: Taylor W. Cyr (Samford University, USA) ,  Andrew Law (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032288628
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume celebrates the career of John Martin Fischer. It gathers new essays by leading scholars on some of the...  Read More >>

Bioethics, Healthcare and the Soul

Bioethics, Healthcare and the Soul

Author: Henk ten Have (Duquesne University, USA) ,  Renzo Pegoraro (University of Padua, Italy)
ISBN: 9781032076034
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This thought-provoking book explores the connections between health, ethics, and soul. It analyzes how and why the...  Read More >>

A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology

A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine...

Author: Cecilia Coale Van Hollen (Georgetown University) ,  Nayantara Sheoran Appleton (Victoria University of Wellington)
ISBN: 9781119845348
Format: Hardback
$306.95

Provides fresh perspectives on the past, present and future-facing contributions of the anthropology of reproduction....  Read More >>

The Law and Regulation of Public Health: Global Perspectives on Hong Kong

The Law and Regulation of Public Health: Global Perspectives...

Author: Eric C. Ip
ISBN: 9780367491383
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Public health law has been a subject of much controversy and contestation especially since the COVID-19 pandemic...  Read More >>

The Law and Regulation of Public Health: Global Perspectives on Hong Kong

The Law and Regulation of Public Health: Global Perspectives...

Author: Eric C. Ip
ISBN: 9780367491376
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Public health law has been a subject of much controversy and contestation especially since the COVID-19 pandemic...  Read More >>

The Politics of Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences: South/African Perspectives

The Politics of Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences:...

Author: Jonathan Jansen ,  Jess Auerbach
ISBN: 9783031319129
Format: Hardback
$422.37

In the wake of the decolonization movement in South Africa and around the world, this edited work presents fresh...  Read More >>

Reinventing the Good Life: An Empirical Contribution to the Philosophy of Care

Reinventing the Good Life: An Empirical Contribution...

Author: Jeannette Pols
ISBN: 9781800086036
Format: Paperback
$77.63

By analysing contemporary care practices for patients with chronic disease in the Netherlands, Reinventing the Good...  Read More >>

Reinventing the Good Life: An Empirical Contribution to the Philosophy of Care

Reinventing the Good Life: An Empirical Contribution...

Author: Jeannette Pols
ISBN: 9781800086043
Format: Hardback
$116.44

By analysing contemporary care practices for patients with chronic disease in the Netherlands, Reinventing the Good...  Read More >>

Life As We Knew It: the extraordinary story of Australia's pandemic

Life As We Knew It: the extraordinary story of Australia's...

Author: Aisha Dow ,  Melissa Cunningham
ISBN: 9781761380037
Format: Paperback
$35.00

The gripping inside account of Australia's extraordinary pandemic story. It was never part of the plan that Australia...  Read More >>

Contemporary Physician-Authors: Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write

Contemporary Physician-Authors: Exploring the Insights...

Author: Nathan Carlin (UT Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, USA)
ISBN: 9781032131610
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write--the...  Read More >>

Weight Bias in Health Education: Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice

Weight Bias in Health Education: Critical Perspectives...

Author: Heather Brown ,  Nancy Ellis-Ordway
ISBN: 9781032112169
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that it causes. Health...  Read More >>

Compulsive Body Spaces

Compulsive Body Spaces

Author: Diana Beljaars
ISBN: 9780367626099
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Compulsive Body Spaces presents a spatial understanding of compulsion. Providing a compelling account of the lives...  Read More >>

Football, Gambling, and Everyday Life in Zimbabwe

Football, Gambling, and Everyday Life in Zimbabwe

Author: Manase Kudzai Chiweshe (University of Zimbabwe)
ISBN: 9781032578866
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book provides a holistic analysis of football gambling in Zimbabwe, exposing its impact on the everyday lives...  Read More >>

The Skills and Ethics of Professional Touch: From Theory to Practice

The Skills and Ethics of Professional Touch: From Theory...

Author: Taina Kinnunen ,  Jaana Parviainen
ISBN: 9789819948697
Format: Paperback
$103.47

This book introduces readers to the ethical and goal-oriented functions of touch in professional practice. Touch...  Read More >>

School Food Politics in Mexico: The Corporatization of Obesity and Healthy Eating Policies

School Food Politics in Mexico: The Corporatization...

Author: José Tenorio (University of Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9781032410999
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Intertwining policy analysis and ethnography, José Tenorio examines how, and why now, the promotion of healthy lifestyles...  Read More >>

Eating Religiously: Food and Faith in the 21st Century

Eating Religiously: Food and Faith in the 21st Century...

Author: Nir Avieli (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) ,  Fran Markowitz (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
ISBN: 9781032551616
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book, the first of its kind, critically analyzes the conjunctions of 21st century food, faith and society....  Read More >>

Risk and Responsibilisation in Public Communication: The Global Challenges of COVID-19 and Climate Change

Risk and Responsibilisation in Public Communication:...

Author: Antoinette Fage-Butler
ISBN: 9781032483399
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the connections between risk and responsibilisation in official communication to the public about...  Read More >>

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