Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

First published in 1989, Drugs and British Society (now with a new preface by Susanne MacGregor) provides information on the drugs problem in Britain in the 1980s, based on extensive research and experience, and places it in its international and historical context.

Get a wealth of information about the theory and practice of social work with older adults, their families, and their caregivers!

Get a wealth of information about the theory and practice of social work with older adults, their families, and their caregivers!

Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the one currently used by the courts, based on grading different categories of killing into a formalized justificatory defence.

Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the one currently used by the courts, based on grading different categories of killing into a formalized justificatory defence.

Meet the women behind the statistics!

Meet the women behind the statistics!

Focusing on the sociological embodiment of various "e;social actors"e;, the authors consider the subsequent links with the constraints of daily life i.

Focusing on the sociological embodiment of various "e;social actors"e;, the authors consider the subsequent links with the constraints of daily life i.

Examining the black churchs response to AIDS, Somebodys Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors, social workers, and health professionals with intervention strategies for parishioners or members of the community who have AIDS.

Examining the black churchs response to AIDS, Somebodys Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors, social workers, and health professionals with intervention strategies for parishioners or members of the community who have AIDS.

Welfare provision in the UK has undergone a period of restructuring and new developments since the 1980s.

Welfare provision in the UK has undergone a period of restructuring and new developments since the 1980s.

All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support.

All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support.

This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

From Thanksgiving to fast food to the Passover seder, Food in the USA brings together the essential readings on these topics and is the only substantial collection of essays on food and culture in the United States.

From Thanksgiving to fast food to the Passover seder, Food in the USA brings together the essential readings on these topics and is the only substantial collection of essays on food and culture in the United States.

A comprehensive account of HIV and AIDS, the management of the disease and potential vaccines.

A comprehensive account of HIV and AIDS, the management of the disease and potential vaccines.

What was once a lifestyle for a small number of gay men in big cities has become a way of life for many, and the gay gym is now a culture on its own.

What was once a lifestyle for a small number of gay men in big cities has become a way of life for many, and the gay gym is now a culture on its own.

Nearly 20% of all pregnancies in the U.

Nearly 20% of all pregnancies in the U.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR'I couldn't put it down.

This book explores contemporary club and dance cultures as a manifestation of aesthetic and prosthetic forms of life.

This book explores contemporary club and dance cultures as a manifestation of aesthetic and prosthetic forms of life.

Mother's Milk examines why nursing a baby is an ideologically charged experience in contemporary culture.

Mother's Milk examines why nursing a baby is an ideologically charged experience in contemporary culture.

Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe.

Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe.

Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health.

Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health.

This book about ecstacy users' lives is based on one of the biggest government-funded projects ever undertaken and gives voice to the chemical generation for the first time.

This book about ecstacy users' lives is based on one of the biggest government-funded projects ever undertaken and gives voice to the chemical generation for the first time.

Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration.

Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration.

Human progress is heading toward collapse.

Human progress is heading toward collapse.

As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal relations becomes crucial to the urgent questions of our time, notably in relation to environmental crisis, this collection explores the inner tensions within the relatively new and broad field of animal studies.

As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal relations becomes crucial to the urgent questions of our time, notably in relation to environmental crisis, this collection explores the inner tensions within the relatively new and broad field of animal studies.

From food punnets to credit cards, plastic facilitates every part of our daily lives.

From food punnets to credit cards, plastic facilitates every part of our daily lives.

By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, HIV and East Africa investigates the impact of the epidemic on people's lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades.

By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, HIV and East Africa investigates the impact of the epidemic on people's lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades.

Published in 1998, A Pragamatic Approach To Group Psychotherapy is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychotherapy.

Published in 1998, A Pragamatic Approach To Group Psychotherapy is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychotherapy.

This volume encourages and enables children who might have limited language to work through their feelings through play.

This volume encourages and enables children who might have limited language to work through their feelings through play.