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Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings by Megan McCullough 9781785330285
RRP: $54.50$44.03In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume... -
Pregnancy in Practice: Expectation and Experience in the Contemporary US by Sallie Han 9781782387923
RRP: $54.50$44.03Babies are not simply born-they are made through cultural and social practices. Based on rich empirical work, this book examines the everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in the US today, such as reading pregnancy advice books, showing ultrasound... -
Thai <i>in Vitro</i>: Gender, Culture and Assisted Reproduction by Andrea Whittaker 9781782387329
RRP: $193.05$155.67In Thailand, infertility remains a source of stigma for those couples that combine a range of religious, traditional and high-tech interventions in their quest for a child. This book explores this experience of infertility and the pursuit and use of... -
The Cult and Science of Public Health: A Sociological Investigation by Kevin Dew 9781782385189
RRP: $46.70$38.01In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that... -
Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Mesure of Meanings by Megan McCullough 9781782381419
RRP: $193.05$155.67In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume... -
Battered Women as Survivors by Lee Ann Hoff 9781138673632
RRP: $70.18$61.80First published in 1990, this book is based on a field study of domestic abuse victims and their social network members. In a life history perspective, using values and network analysis, it uncovers the social context of a 'secret' crime against women... -
Grow and Hide: The History of America's Health Care State by Colleen M. Grogan 9780199812233
RRP: $44.83$38.92A sweeping history of the American health care state that reveals the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US government has always invested federal, state and local dollars in public health protection and... -
Environmental Justice: An Issue for Social Work Education and Practice by Sondra J. Fogel 9781138669765
RRP: $263.25$228.70What is environmental justice? Why is it important to social work? Social work has a long history with the term "environment" as part of our guiding Ecological Framework. Yet frequently, the assessment of the environment is left out or seen as... -
Violence: A Guide for the Caring Professions by R. Glynn Owens 9781138671294
$178.62First published in 1985, this book is designed to help professionals in caring professions understand and deal with the problem of violent behaviour. It explains how theoretical ideas may be translated into practical strategies for the reduction or... -
Violence: A Guide for the Caring Professions by R. Glynn Owens 9781138671300
RRP: $48.73$42.53First published in 1985, this book is designed to help professionals in caring professions understand and deal with the problem of violent behaviour. It explains how theoretical ideas may be translated into practical strategies for the reduction or... -
Reciprocal Relationships and Well-being: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy by Carol Munn-Giddings 9781138645073
RRP: $263.25$228.70A sense of participation and opportunities to share and participate in activities or groups that are important to them are crucial factors in human wellbeing. This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its... -
A Theory of Cancer Care in Healthcare Settings by Carol Cox 9781138643765
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book provides healthcare professionals with a practice theory for the care and management of patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. It explores what patients experience and how healthcare professionals can assist them in dealing with their... -
Wit And Its Relation To The Unconscious by Sigmund Freud 9781138875586
RRP: $101.38$88.12First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138875586Author Sigmund FreudFormat PaperbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 476g -
Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and its Consequences by Audrey Begun 9781138572881
RRP: $263.25$229.48'Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences' is one of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare's Grand Challenges for Social Work, a programme launched in 2012. This book reports on the work of many social work and allied... -
Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning in Social Work: Current Issues and Future Direction by Paul A. Kurzman 9781138572287
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book focuses on the present development, gradual evolution, and current status of social work continuing education. The contributors demonstrate the rapidly growing importance of continuing education (CE) in the social work profession; look closely... -
Time for Dying by Graham McAleer 9781138539693
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book has been written for those who must work with and give care to the dying. Our discussion is not simple narrative or description; it is a "rendition of reality," informed by a rather densely woven and fairly abstract theoretical scheme... -
Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine by Edward Shorter 9781138540682
RRP: $263.25$229.48This book describes how women's physical experience historically has affected the whole constellation of values that represents womanliness, and the constellation of power relationships that binds men and women together. It explores the role of herbs and... -
Welfare Medicine in America: A Case Study of Medicaid by Rosemary A. Stevens 9781138540415
RRP: $263.25$229.48The present study was undertaken for three reasons: Medicaid is a vital program-in the early 1970s it provided care for over one tenth of the American population. It is a huge program-in the same period it consumed over nine billion dollars of public... -
The Dying Patient by Orville Brim 9781138535251
RRP: $224.25$193.75"Recommended for the provocative questions it raises concerning the effect on the patient of the structure of medical care, concerning the important decisions regarding policy facing the medical profession, the hospital administrator, and the... -
Recent Health Policy Innovations in Social Security by Xenia Scheil-Adlung 9781138531543
RRP: $169.63$148.08The debate about health care reform has gone on for many years. The debate has generated often innovative ideas for reform that transcend national boundaries. For example, proposals have been made for an extension of health insurance with a framework of... -
The Public-private Health Care State: Essays on the History of American Health Care Policy by Rosemary A. Stevens 9781138516816
RRP: $105.28$92.18The distinctive mixing and continuous remixing of public and private roles is a defining feature of health care in the United States. The Public-Private Health Care State explores the interweaving of public and private enterprise in health care in the... -
A Visual History of HIV/AIDS: Exploring The Face of AIDS film archive by Elisabet Bjorklund 9781138503243
RRP: $263.25$228.70The Face of AIDS film archive at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, consists of more than 700 hours of unedited and edited footage, shot over a period of more than thirty years and all over the world by filmmaker and journalist Staffan Hildebrand. The... -
Decolonised and Developmental Social Work: A Model from Nepal by Raj Yadav 9781138333444
RRP: $263.25$228.70This is the first book to cover existing debates on decolonising and developmental social work whilst equipping readers with the understanding of how to translate the idea of decolonisation of social work into practice. Using new empirical data and an... -
Healthcare Innovation: Shaping Future Models Of Delivery by Mona Seyed Esfahani 9781800614185
RRP: $175.50$152.45Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic global healthcare services faced the need to reshape healthcare delivery models in order to meet escalating demand, whilst maintaining quality of care and equity of access. What are the key factors that enable these... -
Squandering Billions: Health Care in Canada by Gary Bannerman 9780888396020
RRP: $40.93$27.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888396020Author Gary BannermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
Disability: The Basics by Tom Shakespeare 9781138651388
RRP: $185.23$160.58Disability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in... -
Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain by Eugene Schneller 9781119908449
RRP: $146.25$138.86A systems approach to understanding the needs of today’s healthcare supply chain Strategic Management of the Healthcare Supply Chain offers a big-picture overview and a proven strategic framework for supply chain management in healthcare. It also... -
How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: A Practical Guide by Tijn Kool 9781119862727
RRP: $87.73$83.93HOW TO REDUCE OVERUSE IN HEALTHCARE Reduce low-value care with this practical guide Low-value care harms patients, overburdens healthcare professionals, threatens healthcare systems and damages the climate. How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a... -
Social Work & Received Ideas by Chris Rojek 9781138467651
RRP: $234.00$202.82Social Work and Received Ideas examines the language of both traditional and radical social work as forms of power, arguing that the will to help and care for people unintentionally results in new types of dependency, control and domination.Book... -
Managers: Personality & performance by Kenn Rogers 9780415753593
RRP: $95.53$83.19Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of... -
Social Work Practice and End-of-Life Care by Heather Richardson 9780367592905
RRP: $76.03$66.73This book draws together the learning of a wide range of social workers and other professionals engaged in end of life care who recognise that dying is essentially a social experience and want to tailor a personal, professional and societal response... -
Edge-AI in Healthcare: Trends and Future Perspectives by Sonali Vyas 9781032154480
RRP: $169.63$147.30Provides comprehensive research ideas about Edge-AI technology that can assist doctors in making better data-driven decisions and will provide insights to researchers about healthcare industry, trends and future perspective. Examines how healthcare... -
Human Relations and Hospital Care by Ann Cartwright 9781032543123
RRP: $179.38$156.39Originally published in 1964, this book describes the hospital service as it is seen by patients. It is based mainly on interviews with a random sample of patients and discusses the relationships between patients and between them and hospital doctors,... -
Combating Women's Health Issues with Machine Learning: Challenges and Solutions by D. Hemanth 9781032455198
RRP: $224.25$194.53Examines the fundamental concepts and analysis of machine learning algorithms Reviews the methods to apply the Machine learning algorithm to diagnose various disease Provides innovative, new approaches for Machine learning in medical healthcare with its... -
Digital Platforms and Transformation of Healthcare Organizations: Integrating Digital Platforms with Advanced IT Systems and Work Transformation by Rajiv Kapur 9781032432786
RRP: $243.75$211.11COVID-19 accelerated healthcare’s transition towards digital technology since it helped expand the capacity of healthcare organizations (HCOs) through extended patient access and isolation. In addition to HCOs, this transition was adopted by other... -
Ends and Means in Social Work: The Development and Outcome of a Case Review System for Social Workers by E. Matilda Goldberg 9781032051840
RRP: $54.58$47.35Originally published in 1979, Ends and Means in Social Work was the first book to provide research-based evidence on what social workers actually do, what they were aiming to achieve, and what sense their activities made, both in terms of their own... -
Health Disparities, Disasters, and Crises: Approaches for a Culture of Preparedness by Roland J. Thorpe Jr. 9780367677312
RRP: $128.68$111.13Uses case studies to draw on “best practices” from different countries to truly integrate the concept of community for local, national, and international stakeholders; Emphasizes non-traditional approaches to dealing with the health disparities and... -
Sexuality, Sexual and Gender Identities and Intimacy Research in Social Work and Social Care: A Lifecourse Epistemology by Priscilla Dunk-West 9780367591793
RRP: $76.03$66.73Until now, sexuality has been treated as a specialist topic or area of specialist social work practice. This book cuts across all areas of the discipline. It examines the relationship between sexuality, sexual identities and intimacies and the life... -
Service User Involvement in Social Work Education by Hugh McLaughlin 9780367592790
RRP: $76.03$66.73In 2006, Social Work Education produced the first special edition (vol. 25, no. 4) on service user and carer involvement in social work education, with all of the articles coming from the United Kingdom. In 2015, a mixed group of service users and social... -
6G-Enabled IoT and AI for Smart Healthcare: Challenges, Impact, and Analysis by Ashish Kumar 9781032343457
RRP: $224.25$193.75Offers the fundamentals, history, reality, and the challenges faced in the smart healthcare industry. Discusses the concepts, tools, and techniques of smart healthcare as well as the analysis used.Details the role that Machine Learning-based Deep...