Medical sociology

Health and Elite Sport is the first book to critically examine the relationship between participation in high performance sport and health outcomes.

This book is all about reproductive genetics, a sociological concept developed to define the use of DNA-based technologies in the medical management and supervision of reproduction and pregnant women.

This book is all about reproductive genetics, a sociological concept developed to define the use of DNA-based technologies in the medical management and supervision of reproduction and pregnant women.

In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities.

In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities.

Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century.

Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century.

This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing.

This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing.

The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk.

The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk.

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death.

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death.

Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced medical thought for centuries.

Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced medical thought for centuries.

Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people.

Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people.

Sex, Work and Professionalism examines what happens when professional concern is defined in terms of sex.

Sex, Work and Professionalism examines what happens when professional concern is defined in terms of sex.

This third edition of Food Policy in the United States offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the United States.

Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives.

Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives.

Topical and controversial The Tyranny of Health exposes the dangers of the explosion of health awareness for both patients and doctors, using straightforward language to explain the latest health statistics and research findings.

Topical and controversial The Tyranny of Health exposes the dangers of the explosion of health awareness for both patients and doctors, using straightforward language to explain the latest health statistics and research findings.

What do we mean by 'gender' and how does this relate to health?

What do we mean by 'gender' and how does this relate to health?

This international collection explores the relationships between society, place, gender and health, and how these play out in different parts of the world.

This international collection explores the relationships between society, place, gender and health, and how these play out in different parts of the world.

Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport?

Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport?

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important themes in German HIV/AIDS prevention and care from the beginning of the epidemic to the present.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important themes in German HIV/AIDS prevention and care from the beginning of the epidemic to the present.

Every year in the UK over 10,000 babies die before birth or shortly afterwards.

Every year in the UK over 10,000 babies die before birth or shortly afterwards.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education, health, criminal justice and social care systems of many countries, with current prevalence figures suggesting that one in a hundred children and young people have FASDs.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education, health, criminal justice and social care systems of many countries, with current prevalence figures suggesting that one in a hundred children and young people have FASDs.

In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as 'health care consumers'.

In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as 'health care consumers'.

This book is the first comprehensive study of rare disorders from a historical, political, and social perspective.

Britain, like almost everywhere else, has a burgeoning drug problem.

Britain, like almost everywhere else, has a burgeoning drug problem.

It has long been realised that the poorer countries of the south have paid for the unstoppable onward rush of globalisation in the exploitation of their natural and human resources.

It has long been realised that the poorer countries of the south have paid for the unstoppable onward rush of globalisation in the exploitation of their natural and human resources.

Despite the scope and sophistication of contemporary health care, there is increasing international concern about the perceived lack of compassion in its delivery.

Despite the scope and sophistication of contemporary health care, there is increasing international concern about the perceived lack of compassion in its delivery.

Though much has been written about twins, very little research has been done into their everyday lives, both postnatal and prenatal.

Though much has been written about twins, very little research has been done into their everyday lives, both postnatal and prenatal.

Since the development of modern medicine, men have become increasingly involved in childbearing as obstetricians and, more recently, as fathers.

Since the development of modern medicine, men have become increasingly involved in childbearing as obstetricians and, more recently, as fathers.

When it was first published in France in 1961 as Folie et Deraison: Histoire de la Folie a l'age Classique, few had heard of a thirty-four year old philosopher by the name of Michel Foucault.