Medical Sociology

In this intriguing book, Petrus C. van Duyne and Michael Levi introduce the reader to an ever-unfolding series of problems, from mind-influencing substances to the complications of international drug regulation and the interaction between markets..

Tranquillisers are prescribed to almost twice as many women as men yet little research has been has been carried out on the gendered character of drug use. A much needed introduction to a neglected area of study...

Habermas, Critical Theory and Health provides a key resource for medical sociologists committed to the discipline, and for those with more direct practical interests in health promotion and in good quality services and care...

Leading British and North American researchers show that determinants of health are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. Examines recent public health policy as well as focusing on social organization issues...

Presenting a comprehensive account of the development of policies and treatments, Heroin Addiction brings together the perspectives of policy makers, practitioners and social commentators...

This translation of The History of Madness in the Classical Age is the first English edition of the original, complete French text and includes important material that until now was unavailable...

This book looks at the relationship between health and illness, and the interplay between private and public identities...

Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection...

Breaking new ground, both substantively and stylistically, this book offers students, academics and researchers an accessible, engaging introduction and overview of the emerging field of sexuality studies...

Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1982 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection...

Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1974 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection...

Written by a selection of established and emerging scholars in the field, this volume embraces a breadth and range of methodological approaches to highlight not only developments in well-established areas of debate, but also tracing newly emerging areas of investigation, such as graphic medicine, ne..