Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

This book examines the history and evolution of Ayurveda and other indigenous medical traditions in juxtaposition with their encounter with colonial modernity.

The concept of deviance is complex, given that norms vary considerably across groups, times, and places.

The Routledge International Handbook of Global Therapeutic Cultures explores central lines of enquiry and seminal scholarship on therapeutic cultures, popular psychology, and the happiness industry.

This book addresses how to estimate substance use and thereby evaluate policies intended to reduce the harms caused by drugs and other substances.

This book addresses how to estimate substance use and thereby evaluate policies intended to reduce the harms caused by drugs and other substances.

Haemophilia in Aotearoa New Zealand provides a richly detailed analysis of the experience of the bleeding disorder of haemophilia based on longterm ethnographic research.

The concept of deviance is complex, given that norms vary considerably across groups, times, and places.

The Routledge International Handbook of Global Therapeutic Cultures explores central lines of enquiry and seminal scholarship on therapeutic cultures, popular psychology, and the happiness industry.

Haemophilia in Aotearoa New Zealand provides a richly detailed analysis of the experience of the bleeding disorder of haemophilia based on longterm ethnographic research.

Cessation of tobacco use is the need of the hour given that it is the single largest cause of disease and premature death in the world.

Cessation of tobacco use is the need of the hour given that it is the single largest cause of disease and premature death in the world.

Promoting Resilience offers a fresh perspective that views resilience through a sociological lens, emphasizing the significance of loss issues and highlighting a range of practice implications across a wide range of fields.

Promoting Resilience offers a fresh perspective that views resilience through a sociological lens, emphasizing the significance of loss issues and highlighting a range of practice implications across a wide range of fields.

Bringing together scholars from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, this multidisciplinary Handbook offers a comprehensive critical overview of intoxicants and intoxication.

Bringing together scholars from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, this multidisciplinary Handbook offers a comprehensive critical overview of intoxicants and intoxication.

This book considers the change in rhetoric surrounding the treatment of AIDS from one of crisis to that of 'ending AIDS'.

By focusing on quantitative and qualitative research in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, this book expands on the notion of "e;therapeutic culture.

This book considers the change in rhetoric surrounding the treatment of AIDS from one of crisis to that of 'ending AIDS'.

By focusing on quantitative and qualitative research in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, this book expands on the notion of "e;therapeutic culture.

Participatory Case Study Work shows academic co-researchers how to adapt and implement their methods so that data collection and analysis is authentically participatory.

Participatory Case Study Work shows academic co-researchers how to adapt and implement their methods so that data collection and analysis is authentically participatory.

As modern society's routine sequestration of death and grief is increasingly replaced by late-modern society's growing concern with existential issues and emotionality, this book explores grief as a social emotion, bringing together contributions from scholars across the social sciences and humanities to examine its social and cultural aspects.

As modern society's routine sequestration of death and grief is increasingly replaced by late-modern society's growing concern with existential issues and emotionality, this book explores grief as a social emotion, bringing together contributions from scholars across the social sciences and humanities to examine its social and cultural aspects.

This book investigates amaXhosa circumcision and the psychological processes involved.

Identifying the existing challenges and shortfalls of China's current HIV/AIDS programming, this book provides an understanding of the history of HIV/AIDS in China, comparing government responses to global best practice in prevention and treatment.

This book provides an account of the ethics of chronic illness.

This book explains how the U.

This book provides an account of the ethics of chronic illness.

This book explains how the U.

Identifying the existing challenges and shortfalls of China's current HIV/AIDS programming, this book provides an understanding of the history of HIV/AIDS in China, comparing government responses to global best practice in prevention and treatment.

This book investigates amaXhosa circumcision and the psychological processes involved.

This book explores the normalization of HIV and AIDS, reflecting upon the intended and unintended consequences of the multifarious "e;AIDS industry.

This book explores the normalization of HIV and AIDS, reflecting upon the intended and unintended consequences of the multifarious "e;AIDS industry.

This book is the first to provide evidence-based experience to showcase how stakeholder management can be applied within social marketing programs, as well providing contemporary discussions of social marketing research.

This book is the first to provide evidence-based experience to showcase how stakeholder management can be applied within social marketing programs, as well providing contemporary discussions of social marketing research.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach in its coverage of current drug issues, Maisto/Galizio/Connors' DRUG USE AND MISUSE, 9th Edition, weaves historical, social, psychological, cultural, biological and medical perspectives as it emphasizes the idea that a drug's effects depend not only on its properties, but also on the psychological and biological characteristics of its user.

Euphoric will guide you on your journey to an alcohol-free lifestyle, putting the focus on happiness, well-being and self-love to create the life you want.

An incredibly important and powerful look at how our culture treats the pain and suffering of women in medical and social contexts.

Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health?

With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice across the field it surveys, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is widely acclaimed by instructors as the most comprehensive of any available.

Erudite and wide-ranging, perceptive and provocative, lively and up-to-date Shane Blackman has produced a book with something to offer to just about anyone interested in drugs in contemporary society.

"e;Bennett and Holloway's Understanding Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime isthe best, most up-to-date and comprehensive examination for theUnited Kingdom of interactions among drugs, alcohol, and crime.

Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health?

Immunopathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of HPV induced Malignancies focuses on the human papilloma virus infection and associated cancers.

Written by a team of nationally recognized African American social work professionals with extensive and distinguished backgrounds of HIV/AIDS service, the book examines the crisis facing African American communities.

Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members between 1989 and 1997.

Throughout the 1980s, the issue of substance abuse testing became increasingly important to employers.

The prevailing neo-prohibitionist approach to reducing alcohol problems is generally ineffective, often counter-productive, and is doomed to failure.

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.

An estimated 17 million people are infected with HIV today, and it is estimated that in Africa alone there will be at least 70 million people infected in the next 25 years.