As populations throughout the world grow older, the health of older people becomes more and more important for policy makers and the public alike. This book reflects on how our understanding and experience of health at later ages interacts with social and bio-medical developments
This book highlights the dilemmas faced in providing comprehensive, integrated care to individuals living with HIV disease. It provides both an unders..
Modern organizations are characterized by multiple kinds of observations and systems, rather than clear hierarchies. Explores how this polycontextural..
Disability is a widespread phenomenon, indeed a potentially universal one as life expectancies rise, yet it is often dismissed as a niche market. This..
Drawing on three main disciplines, geography, sociology, and epidemiology, author Tony Gatrell makes strong connections between these areas of inquiry..
Offers a range of accounts of how people in ethnic minority groups perceive and manage their illnesses. Illnesses discussed include: sickle-cell disor..
A practical and detailed guide to all aspects of conducting a research project in health. The book encourages a systematic approach and emphasises the..
Sexuality, Health and Human Rights surveys the rapid changes taking place at the start of the twenty-first century in the social, cultural, political ..
This book explores the challenging issues associated with CAM in the context of the social, political and cultural influences that shape people's heal..
This book explores the effects that social and economic differences have on our health as individuals and as whole societies. Richard Wilkinson argue..
Exploring the theoretical, conceptual and historical issues surrounding the topic of sex research and sex therapy, this book examines the influential ..
This book is a learning resource for students in health and social care. It provides an overview of foundational issues and core themes in the field a..
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 cr..