Medical sociology

First published in 1998, Reproducing Narrative sets out to interrogate a number of medico-legal reproductive discourses.

This book explores the phenomenon of anti-femail genital mutilation (FGM) social media activism.

As world populations continue to age, the incidence of very common, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative diseases (some of medicine's most puzzling illnesses) will increase exponentially.

Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science.

Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology.

This book offers a novel approach to understanding the complexities of communication in culturally and linguistically diverse health care contexts.

Since the AIDS epidemic was recognized, information on safer sex has been assumed to be the most crucial means of preventing further spread of the disease.

The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses.

This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare.

This volume brings together academics, activists, social work practitioners, poets, and artists from different parts of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This book focuses on the paradoxical effect of social crises on mental health.

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine.

This book examines how pacemakers and defibrillators participate in transforming life and death in high-tech societies.

This book examines the relationship between social class and mental illness in Northern Europe during the 20th century.

This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for elevating a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults.

This new addition to the Fast Facts series delivers the core information for orienting novice nurses or nursing students to the challenging field of pediatric nursing.

Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women's health has become the focus of increased concern.

Natural disasters have long been seen as naturally generated events, but as scientific, technological, and social knowledge of disasters has become more sophisticated, the part that people and systems play in disaster events has become more apparent.

Meaningful touch is an essential part of truly person-centred dementia care, yet its value is often viewed as secondary to its perceived risks.

This eight-volume encyclopedia brings together a comprehensive collection of work highlighting established research and emerging science in all relevant disciplines in gerontology and population aging.

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Museums, Children and Social Action examines the role that museums play in reaching, teaching and inspiring children as global citizens of the world and, looking to the future, argues that the sustainability of museums will come from strengthening relationships with young visitors.

This book demonstrates the political potential of mainstream theatre in the US at the end of the twentieth century, tracing ideological change over time in the reception of US mainstream plays taking HIV/AIDS as their topic from 1985 to 2000.

HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time.

First published in 1998, the three main themes of the book are representation (images and symbols which depict the body), regulation (the social control of bodies) and resistance (strategies which challenge dominant representation and regulation).

The rising cost of illness and disability benefits are one of today's biggest social and labour market challenges.

This book examines performance practices that involve people in recovery from addiction, theorising such practices as recovery-engaged.

When originally published in 1988, this book presented new evidence of inequalities in health found among communities in different areas of the North of England.

First published in 1998, this volume examines how women in general and how the socio-economic and cultural factors affect the health and nutritional status of the mother, reproductive status, utilisation of health services, awareness of health services, health care behaviour, cultural practices associated with childbirth, lactation and more.

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.

A concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care in contemporary society, Society and Health is written for all health professionals undergoing basic training.

Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex.

Exposing Men examines how ideals of masculinity have long skewed our societal--and scientific--understanding of one of the pillars of male identity: reproductive health.

This book provides an introduction to food policy in the United Kingdom, examining policy development, implementation, influences and current issues.

This fascinating collection shines a social epidemiological spotlight on the key public health issues affecting sub-Saharan Africa today.

'Race', Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Health provides a resource that addresses 'race' and racism in an accessible way by contextualizing theory with practical evidence-based examples drawn from global geographical and cultural settings.

Using real life case studies of people experiencing mental illness, this book identifies how bodily presentation of patients may reflect certain aspects of their 'lived experience'.

The health humanities are widely understood as a way to cultivate perspective, compassion, empathy, professional identity, and self-reflection among health professional students.

This is the first transnational history of IVF and assisted reproduction.

What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community?

Today, the general public craves information on food and agriculture with an unprecedented passion.

A successful vaccine for the prevention and/or immunotherapy against HIV/AIDS is one of the prominent challenges of the 21st century.

This book analyzes the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death.

The book Mental, Emotional, and Behavioural Needs of Specific Populations following COVID-19 in India: Findings from Qualitative and Quantitative Studies reviews quantitative and qualitative research, conducted during and post-pandemic, on economic, social, psychological, and health factors across diverse, specific populations in India.

The Routledge Handbook of Law and Death provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary scholarship on the intersections of law and death in the 21st century.

Despite the recent history of violence and destruction, Bosnia-Herzegovina holds a positive place in history, marked by a continuous interweaving of different religious cultures.

The early 2020s marked the fortieth anniversary of the first confirmed cases of AIDS and a new wave of historical interest in the ongoing epidemic.

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families.

Presenting a series of empirical studies by scholars working with approaches from ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, Medical and Healthcare Interactions studies real-life work and training encounters among medical and healthcare professionals and trainees or between professionals and patients.