Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts.

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts.

This is the first autobiography to be published by The Haworth Press.

This is the first autobiography to be published by The Haworth Press.

In this guidebook, People With HIV and Those Who Help Them, author Dennis Shelby uses the reported experiences of HIV-positive men to chart the course of living with HIV.

In this guidebook, People With HIV and Those Who Help Them, author Dennis Shelby uses the reported experiences of HIV-positive men to chart the course of living with HIV.

In Hospital Land USA, Wendy Simonds analyzes the wide-reaching powers of medicalization: the dynamic processes by which medical authorities, institutions, and ideologies impact our everyday experiences, culture, and social life.

In Hospital Land USA, Wendy Simonds analyzes the wide-reaching powers of medicalization: the dynamic processes by which medical authorities, institutions, and ideologies impact our everyday experiences, culture, and social life.

Questions of the social implications of biotechnology and biological exchange (the extraction of human tissues such as blood, skin and organs for testing, storage and/or distribution for therapeutic or research purposes) have recently been brought strongly to the analytical fore across the social sciences.

Questions of the social implications of biotechnology and biological exchange (the extraction of human tissues such as blood, skin and organs for testing, storage and/or distribution for therapeutic or research purposes) have recently been brought strongly to the analytical fore across the social sciences.

The last twenty years have seen a growth in multi-disciplinary work in the area of sexuality, culture and health.

There is considerable rhetoric and concern about weight and obesity across an increasing range of national contexts.

There is considerable rhetoric and concern about weight and obesity across an increasing range of national contexts.

The last twenty years have seen a growth in multi-disciplinary work in the area of sexuality, culture and health.

Deliver effective services to this growing population!

Deliver effective services to this growing population!

Go beyond traditional medical care to treat the whole person!

Go beyond traditional medical care to treat the whole person!

For many women, the advice "e;Use a condom!

For many women, the advice "e;Use a condom!

For much of its history, psychoanalysis has been strangely silent about sudden ruptures in the analytic relationship and their immediate and far-reaching effects for those involved.

For much of its history, psychoanalysis has been strangely silent about sudden ruptures in the analytic relationship and their immediate and far-reaching effects for those involved.

It is over 40 years since we began to reflect upon risk in a more social than technological and economic fashion, firstly making sense of the gap between expert and public assessment of risks, such as to our health and environment.

It is over 40 years since we began to reflect upon risk in a more social than technological and economic fashion, firstly making sense of the gap between expert and public assessment of risks, such as to our health and environment.

Ignorance is typically thought of as the absence or opposite of knowledge.

Ignorance is typically thought of as the absence or opposite of knowledge.

Most clinicians seek guidelines and indicators as to the effectiveness of their interventions with clients.

Most clinicians seek guidelines and indicators as to the effectiveness of their interventions with clients.

'The growth of public health courses aimed at undergraduates has created a new need for textbooks that are appropriate and stimulating.

'The growth of public health courses aimed at undergraduates has created a new need for textbooks that are appropriate and stimulating.

Globalisation is influencing not only patterns of health and disease worldwide, but how decisions on health are made and organised.

Globalisation is influencing not only patterns of health and disease worldwide, but how decisions on health are made and organised.

Food is a contentious and emotive issue, subject to critiques from multiple perspectives.

Food is a contentious and emotive issue, subject to critiques from multiple perspectives.

Religious institutions shaped the ways individuals, communities and societies responded to HIV and AIDS since the 1980s.

Religious institutions shaped the ways individuals, communities and societies responded to HIV and AIDS since the 1980s.

In recent years medicalization, the process of making something medical, has gained considerable ground and a position in everyday discourse.

In recent years medicalization, the process of making something medical, has gained considerable ground and a position in everyday discourse.

Modern societies and organizations are characterized by multiple kinds of observations, systems, or rationalities, rather than singular identities and clear hierarchies.

Modern societies and organizations are characterized by multiple kinds of observations, systems, or rationalities, rather than singular identities and clear hierarchies.

In this collection of articles spanning 65 years as a clinical psychologist, Nick A.

In this collection of articles spanning 65 years as a clinical psychologist, Nick A.

Social Work and the Courts is a collection of important and cutting-edge court decisions in the field of human services, now in its third edition.

Social Work and the Courts is a collection of important and cutting-edge court decisions in the field of human services, now in its third edition.

Interest in the history of the workplace is on the rise.

Interest in the history of the workplace is on the rise.

Health, Food and Social Inequality investigates how vast amounts of consumer data are used by the food industry to enable the social ranking of products, food outlets and consumers themselves, and how this influences food consumption patterns.

Health, Food and Social Inequality investigates how vast amounts of consumer data are used by the food industry to enable the social ranking of products, food outlets and consumers themselves, and how this influences food consumption patterns.

Social Justice and Counseling represents the intersection between therapy, counseling, and social justice.

This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness, uncovering and historicizing the complex negotiations among physical embodiment, emotional response, and communally-sanctioned behavior in Shakespeare's literary and material world.