In this moving and controversial Quarterly Essay, doctor and writer Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases.
- A myth-busting, powerful insight into life with Social Anxiety Disorder, which affects up to 10% of the population- Reveals how SAD impacted one man''s life, from his education and career to relationships and parenthood – and how through trial and error he learnt to cope- The author has championed awareness of social anxiety through appearances on TV and radio shows such as C4's Steph's Packed Lunch with Steph McGovern and newspaper features.
The theme of this volume is an outgrowth of one of the Section sponsored sessions at the 2006 ASA meetings in Montreal; 'Children and Youth Speak for Themselves'.
In recent decades, sociological research has investigated the nature of the school institution and its uneven effects on the progress of families, societies, and the global community.
`Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction.
The pressing need to break the silence on non-consensual sex among young people an issue shrouded by denial, underreporting and stigma is self-evident.
The pressing need to break the silence on non-consensual sex among young people an issue shrouded by denial, underreporting and stigma is self-evident.
The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life.
The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life.
This powerful book analyses the vital dimensions of money, health, place, quality of life and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people, and between different groups of older people.
In the last decades of the 20th century, successive British governments have regarded adolescent pregnancy and childbearing as a significant public health and social problem.
With the growth of parental employment, leave policy is at the centre of welfare state development and at the heart of countries' child and family policies.
As the internet and new online technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, there are increasing questions about their social implications and consequences.
Specialist forms of housing with care are becoming increasingly popular in the United Kingdom, largely as a result of the ageing of the population and the relative wealth of the latest generation of older people.
The viability, quality and sustainability of publicly supported early childhood education and care services is a lively issue in many countries, especially since the rights of the child imply equal access to provision for all young children.
Human development is about the growth of agency, which is developed in interaction with their parents and families but if parental agency is insufficient, agency in the form of child welfare will be required to fill the gaps.
This book documents the first five years of life of the children of the influential Millennium Cohort Study, which is tracking almost 19,000 babies born in 2000 and 2001 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Children and families are at the heart of social work all over the world, but, until now Nordic perspectives have been rare in the body of English-language child welfare literature.
"e;Growing up with risk"e; provides a critical analysis of ways in which risk assessment and management - now a pervasive element of contemporary policy and professional practice - are defined and applied in policy, theory and practice in relation to children and young people.
