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Tobacco and public health: Science and policy

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This book comprehensively covers the science and policy issues to one of the major public health disasters of modern times. It pulls together the aetiology and burden of the myriad of tobacco-related diseases with the successes and failures of tobacco control policies. The book …

Biopolitics: an advanced introduction

by Lemke, Thomas

fromBiopolitics

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The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of "bio-politics" has been linked to everything from r…

A reader in medical anthropology: theoretical trajectories, emergent realities

by Good, Byron J.

fromBlackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology

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A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors' comprehensive introductions evaluate t…

Health & society: critical perspectives

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"Bringing together fourteen original chapters written by Canadian experts, Health and Society: Critical Perspectives provides a compelling introduction to the field of health studies. Taking a critical social sciences approach, the text extends beyond a biomedical perspective to…

Western medicine as contested knowledge

by Cunningham, Andrew, Andrews, Bridie

fromStudies in imperialism

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Examines the range of non-Western responses to Western medicine across the spectrum of Western imperialist influence, from Japan in the East to the Navajo of North America in the West. The text aims to make a contribution to the debate about the relationship between knowledge an…

Global mental health: anthropological perspectives

fromAnthropology and global public health

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While there is increasing political interest in research and policy-making for global mental health, there remain major gaps in the education of students in health fields for understanding the complexities of diverse mental health conditions. Drawing on the experience of many we…

Global mental health: anthropological perspectives

fromAnthropology and global public health

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While there is increasing political interest in research and policy-making for global mental health, there remain major gaps in the education of students in health fields for understanding the complexities of diverse mental health conditions. Drawing on the experience of many we…

Interdependency and care over the lifecourse

by Bowlby, S. R., (Sophie R.)

fromRelationships and resources

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This book focuses on the 'informal care' provided by family members, neighbours and friends, exploring the ways in which it is woven into the organization of people's everyday lives.

Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body

by Lupton, Deborah

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Lupton's newest edition of Medicine as Culture is more relevant than ever. Trudy Rudge, Professor of Nursing, University of Sydney A welcome update of a text that has become a mainstay of the medical sociologist's library. Alan Radley, Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology, Lo…