Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

In an era of increasingly patient-centered healthcare, understanding how health and illness play out in social context is vital.

The past decades have witnessed a surge of sociological interest in the body.

The sexual lives of people with disabilities are rarely discussed.

The sexual lives of people with disabilities are rarely discussed.

Risk analysis is not a narrowly defined set of applications.

Risk analysis is not a narrowly defined set of applications.

Based on qualitative research focused on literacy and health from three schools in coastal Kenya, this book examines country, school, and family contexts to develop a dual-generation maternal-child model for literacy learning and to connect local-specific phenomena with national and international policy arenas.

Based on qualitative research focused on literacy and health from three schools in coastal Kenya, this book examines country, school, and family contexts to develop a dual-generation maternal-child model for literacy learning and to connect local-specific phenomena with national and international policy arenas.

This book takes a unique approach to the examination of the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa (and bulimia).

This book takes a unique approach to the examination of the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa (and bulimia).

As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging.

Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage.

Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage.

War and Drugs explores the relationship between military incursions and substance use and abuse throughout history.

War and Drugs explores the relationship between military incursions and substance use and abuse throughout history.

A close look at black women's physical, mental, and social circumstances reveals harmful social disparities.

A close look at black women's physical, mental, and social circumstances reveals harmful social disparities.

For all the debates about black males and their role in American society, there has been little attention to a dangerous and growing trend: the overprescription of Ritalin and other behavioral drugs.

For all the debates about black males and their role in American society, there has been little attention to a dangerous and growing trend: the overprescription of Ritalin and other behavioral drugs.

Syracuse, New York, in the late 1980s led U.

Syracuse, New York, in the late 1980s led U.

EU Health Systems and Distributive Justice uses theories of distributive justice to examine tensions created by the application of the Internal Market rules to the provision of health care services within the European Union.

EU Health Systems and Distributive Justice uses theories of distributive justice to examine tensions created by the application of the Internal Market rules to the provision of health care services within the European Union.

This book addresses the history of harm reduction.

This book addresses the history of harm reduction.

The anxiety over death persists in everyday life- though often denied or repressed- lingering as an unconscious worry or intuition that typically seems to compromise one's feelings of well-being and experience in a range of areas; coming out often as malaise, depression, and anger in much conduct.

The anxiety over death persists in everyday life- though often denied or repressed- lingering as an unconscious worry or intuition that typically seems to compromise one's feelings of well-being and experience in a range of areas; coming out often as malaise, depression, and anger in much conduct.

First published in 1985, this book is designed to help professionals in caring professions understand and deal with the problem of violent behaviour.

First published in 1985, this book is designed to help professionals in caring professions understand and deal with the problem of violent behaviour.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

A critical investigation into how eugenic logics quietly animated twentieth century cancer rhetoric, reshaping cultural narratives of health, risk, and human worth.

Since the late 1970s, China has experienced an unprecedented pace of urbanization.

What makes us trust people?

What makes us trust people?

This book explores gaming culture, focusing on competent players and excessive use.

This book explores gaming culture, focusing on competent players and excessive use.

Exploring the value of photography and video as legitimate forms of social enquiry, An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction constitutes a guidebook for conducting applied visual sociology within health related or social science research projects, providing a full account of the visual research journey and presenting a tested template for conducting theoretically-driven, sociologically-informed research.

Exploring the value of photography and video as legitimate forms of social enquiry, An Applied Visual Sociology: Picturing Harm Reduction constitutes a guidebook for conducting applied visual sociology within health related or social science research projects, providing a full account of the visual research journey and presenting a tested template for conducting theoretically-driven, sociologically-informed research.

Biomedical patents have been the subject of heated debate.

Biomedical patents have been the subject of heated debate.

Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder.

Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder.

Disability studies has engaged with discourse analysis in key works both from the UK and the USA.

Current approaches to drugs tend to be determined by medical and criminal visions that emerged over a century ago; the concepts of addiction, on the one hand, and drug control on the other, having imposed themselves as the unquestionable central notions surrounding drug issues and discourses.

Current approaches to drugs tend to be determined by medical and criminal visions that emerged over a century ago; the concepts of addiction, on the one hand, and drug control on the other, having imposed themselves as the unquestionable central notions surrounding drug issues and discourses.

In this volume, contributors employ sociological and public health perspectives to offer insights into behaviours common at raves and nightclubs.

In this volume, contributors employ sociological and public health perspectives to offer insights into behaviours common at raves and nightclubs.

An inevitable and universal experience, dying is experienced by individuals in different ways, often related to the character of our relationships, family structures, gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and economic means.

An inevitable and universal experience, dying is experienced by individuals in different ways, often related to the character of our relationships, family structures, gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and economic means.