Health & Society

As expressions of dissatisfaction, disquiet and failings in service provision, past complaining is a vital antidote to progressive histories of health care. This multidisciplinary book uses a critical humanities and social science perspective to explore what has happened historically when medicine g..

Complementary Medicine in Australia and New Zealand..

The historic growth in world trade, large container ships and information technology have triggered profound changes in international trade. A few years ago, customs officers at the border were meticulously checking goods and documents before releasing a shipment to the trader. A business could be c..

This book highlights the dilemmas faced in providing comprehensive, integrated care to individuals living with HIV disease. It provides both an understanding of existing efforts to integrate diverse systems of care, as well as insight into ways in which systems of care must be challenged in order to..

This book highlights the dilemmas faced in providing comprehensive, integrated care to individuals living with HIV disease. It provides both an understanding of existing efforts to integrate diverse systems of care, as well as insight into ways in which systems of care must be challenged in order to..

This title was first publihsed in 2000:  Confronting Icarus is the first book to bring together all of the original research that has been published to date on the psycho-social aspects of Haematological malignancies...

Connections Between Spirit and Work in Career Development..

This text explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness. Each chapter includes a critical introduction to the thinker’s central theses, ways in which their ideas might inform medical sociology and some examples of how they can be app..

This text explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness. Each chapter includes a critical introduction to the thinker’s central theses, ways in which their ideas might inform medical sociology and some examples of how they can be app..

Cost control invariably interacts with issues of quality and health care access and thus this volume deals not simply with costs but, more importantly, with value. Both macro and micro concerns are covered, including health care reforms, the implementation and effects of policy prescriptions and th..

Cost control invariably interacts with issues of quality and health care access and thus this volume deals not simply with costs but, more importantly, with value. Both macro and micro concerns are covered, including health care reforms, the implementation and effects of policy prescriptions and th..

The increasing proliferation of copayments is one of the most striking recent developments in the health sector. As debate over their nature and implementation rages on, this volume examines the influence of copayments on the choice of drugs...