Disease & Health Issues

Combining critical research with memoir, essay, poetry and creative biography, this insightful volume sensitively explores the lived experience of chronic pain. Confronting the language of pain and the paradox of writing about personal pain,...

'Empowerment' is a term in widespread use today and one that is often considered to be a self-evident good. Here, McLaughlin explores its emergence in the 1960s through to its rise in the 1990s and ubiquity in present day discourse and interrogates its...

Originally published in 1951, this title was the last book by Hermann Levy who died in 1949 before it was finished. Completed by his friend and fellow academic Rolf P. Lynton, this title looks alcohol as a drink, both economically and socially. Divided...

The collection examines state-society relations during the COVID-19 pandemic, from governance at the outset of the pandemic to vaccine rollouts, via a series of case studies from around the world. With a focus on the Global South, the book includes...

This innovative book explores the dynamic and contested interactions – including the mutually constitutive relationships – among sexualities, transnationalism, and globalisation. Bringing together contributors with a variety of disciplinary, geographic,...

Drawing on the knowledge and experiences of world-renowned scientists and healthcare professionals, this important book brings together academic, medical and health systems accounts of the impact of applying qualitative research methods to transform...

Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice, Lowe makes a compelling argument for how the medical humanities can help to go beyond the traditional biographical and...

This book explores how person-centred health care could be refined to help persons alleviate pain-related distress and construct pain as a potentially positive experience. Rethinking Pain in Person-Centred Health Care is a fascinating contribution to the...

This book argues that neoliberal changes in health and social care go beyond resource allocations, priority setting and privatisation, and manifest in an invidious erosion of the quality of our social relationships, including relationships between care...

Providing a sociological analysis of the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, this study places particular analytical emphasis on the interplay between powerful structural interests and the influence on the development of COVID-19 policy...

This highly topical and controversial book presents a lively re-appraisal of the current changes to the health service and analyzes their effects on the status and practice of health professionals.Modern medicine is a powerful institution. With the help...

Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information...

An innovative contemporary history that blends insights from a variety of disciplines to highlight how a storied African cancer institute has shaped lives and identities in postcolonial Uganda. Over the past decade, an increasingly visible crisis of...

COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distance explores the social and political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the sociological aspects of the spread of the virus, the role played by social distancing in virus mitigation,...

Since the pandemic, the lifespan of the average American has dropped by nearly two years - an unprecedented decline unseen since World War II. But even before Covid-19, U.S. health steadily declined relative to other countries. The complex answer to why...

-- Accessible introductory text to biomedical ethics and practice -- Utilizes clinical experience, personal narrative, and case studies to introduce ethical reflection and practice -- Timely and important text for a growing fieldBook InformationISBN...

This book explores health and care of the older population in Africa, focusing on policy and programmatic responses, gaps and future challenges related to health and care across the continent. The first part of the book sets the scene for the volume,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780367341503Author Carol-Ann FarkasFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint RoutledgePublisher RoutledgeWeight(grams) 159g

For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos to produce a multitude of fire-retardant products. As use of the mineral became more widespread, medical professionals discovered it had harmful effects on human health. Mining and...

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. With...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250849298Author Rupa MaryaFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 137g

What’ s been missing the past 30-years that prevented voters and leaders from hearing or acting upon the Gierach call — and the Civil Society call— for legalized, controlled and regulated drugs and drug markets? Why...

Do we want to perpetuate a Jim Crow health system?" A brilliant, idealistic physician asked that question in Alabama in 1966. Her answer was no—it led to her murder. Unearthing the truth of Jean Cowsert's life and death is a central concern of David...

Problems with alcohol and drugs differ for women and men in development, risk factors, negative consequences, metabolism, relapse triggers, and related issues. Left untreated, alcohol and other drug use disorders can have unwanted impacts on your...

Obesity is the public health crisis of the twenty-first century. Over 150 million Americans are overweight or obese, and across the globe an estimated 1.5 billion are affected. In A Big Fat Crisis , Dr. Deborah A. Cohen has created a major new work that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922332325Author Dr Kate DolanFormat PaperbackImprint Glass House BooksPublisher Interactive Publications

A comprehensive health care system consists of services that are coordinated and integrated along the full continuum of care. For HIV patients, this includes physical health care, infectious disease management, crisis care, mental health care, substance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975771068Author David NapoliFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint eContent Management Pty LtdPublisher eContent Management Pty LtdWeight(grams) 386g

Winner of the 2024 Donald W. Light Award for Applied Medical Sociology, American Sociological Association's Section on Medical Sociology One out of every six patients in the United States is treated in a Catholic hospital that follows the policies of the...

The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these challenges may be freshly visible to the public, they are...

Originally published in 1975, this book traces the problems which arise for families coping with a chronic childhood disease - cystic fibrosis. The discussion of these problems is important for the families of other seriously ill or disabled children,...

This transdisciplinary collection engages with key issues of social exclusion, inequality, power and knowledge in the context of COVID-19 for a more equitable and inclusive human future.Book InformationISBN 9781529223125Author Paul MartinFormat...

This lucidly written textbook covers the historical background of clinical sociology as a field and its developing trends around the world. It addresses the urgent need for sociologists to develop a clinical approach in their effort to improve society,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570674006Author Albert BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Book Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517911164Author Emma Bedor HilandFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota Press

'Threat Talk' exposes how US and Chinese scientists and policy-makers have understood and responded to the problem of internet addiction in their societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? American analysts like Lessig and Zittrain suggest that...

Longer life expectancy, the aging baby boom population, and increasing numbers of older adults with chronic health conditions who want to remain at home are generating an urgent need for providers who possess specialized knowledge and skills in home...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807008119Author Margaret PeacockFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807079614Author Phyllis VineFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 567g

The firsthand pandemic experiences of rural health-care providers-who were already burdened when COVID-19 hit-raise questions about the future of public health and health-care delivery. This volume comprises the COVID-19 pandemic experiences of...