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Medicine and society. Social medicine. Medical sociology

  • Achieving Cultural Competencyby Lisa Hark; Horace DeLisser

    Wiley 2009; US$ 82.95

    Achieving Cultural Competency: A Case-Based Approach to Training Health Professionals provides the necessary tools to meet the ever-growing need for culturally competent practitioners and trainees. Twenty-five self-study cases cover a variety of medical topics, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurology, oncology, hematology, immunology, and... more...

  • Advances in Contemporary Indigenous Health Careby Eileen Willis; Vicki Smye; Maria Rameka

    eContent Management Pty Ltd 2006; US$ 126.50

    This special issue focuses on building Indigenous health capacity through examining the roles of community, traditional, social, clinical and nursing care, current practices, historical constraints and new opportunities. Guest edited by Eileen Willis, Maria Rameka and Vicki Smye, approaches to partnerships, self management and/or best practice in mental... more...

  • Against Healthby Jonathan M. Metzl; Anna Kirkland

    NYU Press 2010; US$ 65.00

    You see someone smoking a cigarette and say,“Smoking is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose body size you deem excessive, and say, “Obesity is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are lazy, unsightly, or weak of will.”... more...

  • The Age of the Inquiryby Jill Manthorpe; Nicky Stanley

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 58.95

    The plethora of inquiry reports published in the fields of health and welfare in the 1990s covered the full range of user groups, individuals and institutions. What similarities or differences were there between these inquiries? How effective were they in bringing about change? Whose interest did they best serve? These are some of the questions ... more...

  • Anthropology and International Healthby Mark and Mimi Nichter

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 46.95

    Recognizing the significance of cultural aspects in the practice of medicine, this book places a strong emphasis on the social structure, customs, and history of the indigenous population and its ramifications on health care providers. The book also considers the econo-cultural influences on the way medicine is practiced. By including chapters that... more...

  • At Risk in Americaby Lu Ann Aday

    Wiley 2002; US$ 85.00

    This updated second edition of At Risk in America provides a detailed analysis of those key population groups most vulnerable to disease and injury in the United States today-including homeless persons, refugees and immigrants, people living with AIDS, alcohol and substance abusers, high-risk mothers and infants, victims of family or other violence,... more...

  • Attacking Inequality in the Health Sectorby Abdo S. Yazbeck

    World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 29.99

    The last 10 years have seen a resurgence in interest and research around inequalities in the health sector. While a disproportionate share of the new research has focused on measuring inequality in the health sector, work is emerging on how to understand the causes of inequality and on identifying successful approaches for tackling the problem. This... more...

  • Ausbildungsguideby Barbara Kneitschel; Sabine Philbert-Hasucha

    Springer 2008; US$ 23.99

    Hier geht?s lang ? Sie befinden sich in der Ausbildung zur Altenpflegerin oder zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegerin? Sie haben den ersten Schritt geschafft und einen Ausbildungsplatz gefunden? Doch wie geht es nun weiter? Dieser informative und kurzweilige Ausbildungsführer hilft Ihnen, die Hürden der Ausbildung besser zu nehmen. Die Autorinnen geben... more...

  • The Benefits of Learningby Tom Schuller; John Preston; Cathie Hammond; Angela Brassett-Grundy; John Bynner

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 57.95

    How do education and learning really impact on people's lives? The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, family lives and participation in civic life, revealing... more...

  • Bodies and Languageby Vaidehi Ramanathan

    Channel View Publications 2009; US$ 29.95

    Focusing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, this book draws on a range of critical theories to contest collectively assembled notions of 'abnormality,' 'disability' and 'impairments' and ways in which they emerge through language. more...