Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

This edited collection of contributions from media scholars, film practitioners and film historians connects the vibrant fields of documentary and disability studies.

This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term 'incapable of work' over a hundred years (1911-present).

This book introduces a novel approach for examining language and communication in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - discourse and conversation analysis.

This book explores the academic processes of nursing education in times of uncertainty around healthcare policy and healthcare provision.

This book interrogates trends in training and employment of people with disabilities in the media through an analysis of people with disabilities' self-representation in media employment.

This book explores the profession of independent advocacy through a history of the practice, and provides an empirical study of its emergence in London.

This book looks at how hearing loss among adults was experienced, viewed and treated  in Britain before the National Health Service.

This book intends to harvest insights from the discipline of Psychology, in its broad understanding, for application to International Relations.

Drawing on well-respected authors in the field, this textbook is at the cutting edge of current debates about illicit drug use.

In this absorbing text by a leading writer and respected activist, theory, policy, historical background and personal experience are combined to give readers a rich and illuminating picture of the key issues raised by disability.

Between 1960 and 1980 various administrations attempted to deal with a rising tide of illicit drug use that was unprecedented in U.

Despite society's current preoccupation with interrelated issues such as obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and children's health, there has until now been little published research that directly addresses the place and meaning of physical activity in young people's lives.

Despite society's current preoccupation with interrelated issues such as obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and children's health, there has until now been little published research that directly addresses the place and meaning of physical activity in young people's lives.

Get crucial ethical and clinical knowledge as it relates to the legal system Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: in Forensic Settings comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings.

Get crucial ethical and clinical knowledge as it relates to the legal system Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: in Forensic Settings comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings.

Community development, planning and partnerships have become important terms in health promotion but, up until now, debate around these concepts have been discussed more in planning science than in public health literature.

Community development, planning and partnerships have become important terms in health promotion but, up until now, debate around these concepts have been discussed more in planning science than in public health literature.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

The Politics of Narcotic Drugs brings together leading experts on the drugs trade to provide an accessible yet detailed analysis of the multiple challenges that the contemporary trade in narcotic drugs and its prohibition pose, from the local to the international community.

The Politics of Narcotic Drugs brings together leading experts on the drugs trade to provide an accessible yet detailed analysis of the multiple challenges that the contemporary trade in narcotic drugs and its prohibition pose, from the local to the international community.

This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions.

This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage.

The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field.

The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field.

Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications.

Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications.

An inside look at the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on poor African American women Black Women's Risk for HIV: Rough Living is a valuable look into the structural and behavioral factors in high-risk environmentsspecifically inner-city neighborhoods like the Rough in Atlantathat

An inside look at the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on poor African American women Black Women's Risk for HIV: Rough Living is a valuable look into the structural and behavioral factors in high-risk environmentsspecifically inner-city neighborhoods like the Rough in Atlantathat

In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you'll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous drug users (IVDUs).

In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you'll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous drug users (IVDUs).

This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body.

This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body.

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!

Although drinking, smoking and obesity have attracted social and moral condemnation to varying degrees for more than two hundred years, over the past few decades they have come under intense attack from the field of public health as an 'unholy trinity' of lifestyle behaviours with apparently devastating medical, social and economic consequences.

Although drinking, smoking and obesity have attracted social and moral condemnation to varying degrees for more than two hundred years, over the past few decades they have come under intense attack from the field of public health as an 'unholy trinity' of lifestyle behaviours with apparently devastating medical, social and economic consequences.

Find out howand whylegislation has made economic rights more important than human rightsSince 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the success of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims.

Find out howand whylegislation has made economic rights more important than human rightsSince 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the success of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims.

In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand.

In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand.

The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstacles facing women and midwives who strive to achieve good birth.

The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstacles facing women and midwives who strive to achieve good birth.

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue.

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue.

The provision and use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing globally over the last 40 years.

The provision and use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing globally over the last 40 years.

Since nearly the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, activists have signaled the inadequacy of prevention strategies and drug protocols that have been developed from research done primarily on men.