Medical sociology

Caring for the Child with Complex Needs in Community Settings provides a valuable overview of the key factors relating to caring for children with complex and continuing care needs.

Facing Eugenics is a social history of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada.

Facing Eugenics is a social history of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada.

Getting older is not what it used to be.

Rising to the Challenge of Life After Cancer: Expert Advice for Finding Wellness is an easy-to-read self-help guide for people facing cancer diagnosis and treatment.

This ground breaking book draws on original research to critically examine the construction of eating disorders and disordered eating, in an analysis that encompasses psychiatry, cultural representations, and the politics of eating disorders.

Encyclopedic in scope, Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 2: The Effects of Environmental Pollutants on the Organ System draws deeply from clinical histories of thousands of patients.

6-page laminated chart includes: Major theories of child development Vital signs Pain assesment in children Lab values and nursing care of children Pediatric tips for practice Mnemonics for practice Medication administration children and procedures Fluid balance Level of consciousness Childhood immunizations Child abuse and neglect Growth and development Communicating with children Play

This book addresses the various forms of deviance and criminality found within the conventional food system.

After 9/11, forensic epidemiology emerged as a leading investigative tool, partnering public health officers with law enforcement like never before.

This important book draws together new research and theories about bereavement, on the one hand, and men and masculinities on the other, to increase our understanding of men's experience of loss and contribute towards improving support services for men following bereavement.

This handbook looks at cross-cultural work on harmful cultural practices considered gendered forms of abuse of women.

This handbook looks at cross-cultural work on harmful cultural practices considered gendered forms of abuse of women.

Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children is the ideal bench-side companion for the practising paediatrician and endocrinologist, bridging the gap between large reference books and short reviews of aspects of endocrinology.

'Splendid and necessary' - Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New StatesmanThere are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries.

This work provides an accessible case study approach to European health care systems, medicine and nursing.

The most positive approaches to women's health frequently emerge from women's own endeavours to achieve physical and mental balance in their lives.

Designing a successful retail business depends on relationships with four groups of people: customers, shareholders, employees and suppliers.

This book connects clinical sociology to the food justice movement through gardens in incarcerated settings.

Primary care, grounded in the provision of continuous comprehensive person-centred care, is of paramount importance in the delivery of accessible and effective health care around the world.

Primary care, grounded in the provision of continuous comprehensive person-centred care, is of paramount importance in the delivery of accessible and effective health care around the world.

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief.

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief.

Psychosis Under Discussion: How We Talk About Madness examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder.

Psychosis Under Discussion: How We Talk About Madness examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder.

"e;Embodiment"e; is a concept that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.

"e;Embodiment"e; is a concept that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.

It is a common assumption that sport is good for us and that participation in sport embodies public health benefits.

Are children playing less than they used to?

Are children playing less than they used to?

It is a common assumption that sport is good for us and that participation in sport embodies public health benefits.

Abortion remains one of the most complex and controversial issues in contemporary law and bioethics.

Abortion remains one of the most complex and controversial issues in contemporary law and bioethics.

Abortion politics are contentious and divisive in many parts of the world, but nowhere more so than in Ireland.

Abortion politics are contentious and divisive in many parts of the world, but nowhere more so than in Ireland.

Recent years have revealed the different experiences of abortion in the UK and the USA.

Recent years have revealed the different experiences of abortion in the UK and the USA.

This edited volume brings together leading scholars on the death penalty within international, regional and municipal law.

This edited volume brings together leading scholars on the death penalty within international, regional and municipal law.

In Bodies at Risk, Elizabeth Wheatley provides a fascinating ethnography of heart disease.

In Bodies at Risk, Elizabeth Wheatley provides a fascinating ethnography of heart disease.

Interest in environmental health research conducted with community participation has increased dramatically in recent years.

Interest in environmental health research conducted with community participation has increased dramatically in recent years.

This study explores the female experience of death in early modern England.

This study explores the female experience of death in early modern England.

The two volumes of Death, Dying, and the Ending of Life present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues.

The two volumes of Death, Dying, and the Ending of Life present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues.

Immunity is as old as illness itself, yet historians have only just begun to take up the challenge of reconstructing the modern transformation of attempts to protect against disease.

Immunity is as old as illness itself, yet historians have only just begun to take up the challenge of reconstructing the modern transformation of attempts to protect against disease.

There exists today a fast growing availability of personal genetic information.