Health & Society

Three Dimensional Ethics..

This book looks at how troubles can be transformed into specific diseases and dysfunctions, identifiable by professionals. Old, new, controversial, and dissenting approaches will be represented in contributions that address the experience of troubles and problematized identities in childhood and ado..

This book develops a new overarching framework to understand loss and grief, taking into account both pathological and wellbeing approaches to the subject. It highlights four common themes of loss, which are then used to develop a practice framework for structuring assessment and intervention system..

This title was first published in 2000:  The first book to examine stress in doctors’ families in the UK, this study analyzes both qualitative and quantitative research, presents a literature review of stress in the medical profession and outlines some individual and organizational stress management..

In Understanding Treatment Without Consent, key contributors examine the work of the UK Mental Health Act Commission. Based on a research project funded by the Department of Health, the book also offers a broader exploration of mental health provision in both historical and contemporary contexts, di..

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Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big business internationally in particular with regards to a range of women’s health issues. This book constitutes a valuable and timely resource for those looking to understand, initiate and expand CIM research and evidence-based debate with r..

This second edition of a popular and established text offers healthcare students and professionals a basic understanding of health beliefs and practices in world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, and Judaism. It explores how various religious traditions v..

This second edition of a popular and established text offers healthcare students and professionals a basic understanding of health beliefs and practices in world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, and Judaism. It explores how various religious traditions v..

This book presents an innovative and critical perspective on young people and health promotion. The book explores the limits and possibilities of traditional health behaviour change models and their focus on reason, risk and rationality. It examines the aesthetic and affective dimensions of young pe..

This book focuses on how pervasive social networking technologies contribute to drinking cultures. It brings together international contributions from leading researchers to explore how new technologies are reconfiguring the key themes, traditional interests, practices and concerns of alcohol relate..