The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognised experts who cover the unprecedented impact onf AIDS on culture,…
This book focuses on the modelling of contemporary health and social problems, especially those considered a major burden to communities, governments and taxpayers, such as smoking, alcoholism, drug use, and heart disease. Based on a series of papers presented at a recent confer…
The sociology of health, illness, and health care : a critical approach, 8th edition covers both micro- and macro-level topics while exposing the sociological and ethical dilemmas of modern health care and asking students to question their previously held beliefs about health an…
"This book examines the central structures in medicine--medical knowledge, economics, technological innovation, and medical authority--from the perspective of an ethics of care. The author analyzes each of these structures in detail before considering the challenges they present…
"This book examines the central structures in medicine--medical knowledge, economics, technological innovation, and medical authority--from the perspective of an ethics of care. The author analyzes each of these structures in detail before considering the challenges they present…
