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Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction 4ed
Paperback,
03/10/2016,
£27.99
£25.19
Up-to-date with key policy and research, and including case studies and exercises to critically engage the reader, Understanding the Sociology of Health shows how sociology can answer complex questions about health and illness, such as why health inequalities exist.
Caring for Health 3ed
7,
01/09/2001,
£14.99
£13.49
Considers the historical development of health care since 1500. While focusing primarily on the United Kingdom, this work also traces the impact of European systems of health care on the colonial territories in the past, and its echoes in the relationship between the advanced economies and the developing world.
Medicine and Social Justice: Essays on the Distribution of Health Care
Paperback,
13/08/2012,
£68.00
£61.20
This unique and comprehensive second edition of an important volume presents writing from renowned authors about achieving social justice in medicine. Each of the 42 chapters addresses continuing and emerging policy challenges facing medicine. They deepen our understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of issues in the contemporary debate.
Status Syndrome: How Your Place on the Social Gradient Directly Affects Your Health
Paperback,
10/09/2015,
£10.99
£9.89
Critical Perspectives on Health
Paperback,
08/12/2006,
£33.99
£30.59
Explores the nature of health, and how understandings of the concept relate to professional backgrounds and academic experience. The author maintains a dialogue with the reader, encouraging them to challenge arguments and extend their thinking.
Governing Medicine
Paperback,
01/07/2004,
£22.99
£20.69
Since New Labour's institution of clinical governance through its White Paper in 1997, there has been a good deal of debate on history, theory and practice of Clinical Governance and the governance of clinical care. This book contains sections on: Medicine, autonomy and governance; Evidence, science and medicine; and Realizing clinical governance.
Health
Paperback,
01/02/1990,
£27.99
£25.19
A comprehensive, accessible introduction to the sociology of health and illness. Aggleton contrasts bio-medical and sociological perspectives, linking these with their implications for health care and policy.
Health The Foundations of Achievement 2ed
7,
24/05/2001,
£21.99
£19.79
Provides the philosophical backbone to countless courses for health professionals. This book poses two fundamental questions - "What is health?" and "How can more health be achieved?" - and answers them. It shows that these questions lie at the heart of health practice, and explains why all health workers should ponder them deeply.
Public Health Mini-Guides: Obesity
Paperback,
03/01/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
Presents key themes relating to this challenge, including the means of measuring obesity, the most recent prevalence and trends, the health consequences and causes of obesity along with approaches to counter obesity both at an individual and a population level.
Practice Teaching in Healthcare
Paperback,
16/02/2010,
£22.99
£20.69
This book addresses all the necessary requirements for fulfilling the practice teacher role effectively in healthcare.
Key Concepts in Healthcare Education
Paperback,
29/10/2010,
£26.99
£24.29
A handy book which provides snapshot guides to the main theories and issues in healthcare education.
Health Studies: An Introduction 3ed
Paperback,
23/04/2015,
£32.99
£29.69
Health Studies: an Introduction is a comprehensive introduction to health and illness, approaches to healthcare, and the psychological, social and environmental factors that influence public and personal health. This thoroughly revised edition includes new chapters on geography & physiology, and increased coverage of global health issues.
Legal Aspects Of Death
Paperback,
01/11/2007,
£22.50
£20.25
Provides information about the laws which apply to death. This book guides the reader through a complex area of law, and covers a range of topics from the details of how a body should be laid out and the different religious practices, to the laws relating to resuscitation, the coroner's court and intended changes following the Shipman Reports.
Creative Destruction of Medicine: How Digital Revolution will better Health Care
Paperback,
11/04/2013,
£11.99
£10.79
We can force medicine to undergo its biggest shakeup in history by agitating for access to our medical data and becoming early adopters of practices such as genomic sequencing. This book shows us how. It argues that radical innovation and a true democratization of medical care are within reach, but only if we consumers demand it.
Study Skills For Health And Social
Paperback,
22/06/2012,
£16.99
£15.29
A guide to study skills for students on health and social care foundation degree programmes.
History of Global Health: Interventions into the Lives of Other Peoples
Paperback,
02/09/2016,
£26.00
£23.40
Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices.
Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine
Paperback,
02/03/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
A unique insight into how and why medicine can go wrong: combines Daniel Kahneman with Atul Gawande to explain the science behind our health
Intergrated Contraceptive and Sexual Healthcare: A Practical Guide
7,
01/06/2006,
£21.95
£19.76
Bringing together the information required for a practitioner working in sexual and reproductive health, this book is a resource for use in day to day practice. It provides an integrated educational resource for nurses. It also highlights the need for training and education programmes to be developed with the concept of integrated care in mind.
Sociology of Health & Health Care
Paperback,
05/04/2007,
£19.99
£17.99
Sociology and its applications are key components of the core foundation programme taught to all nursing students on degree and diploma courses.
Sociology of Health
Paperback,
18/01/2008,
£19.99
£17.99
Offers an introduction to the key issues, perspectives and debates within the field of medical sociology. This book helps readers understand how sociological approaches are crucial to understanding the impact that health and illness have on the behaviour, attitudes, beliefs, and practices, of an increasingly health-aware population.
Talking About Spirituality in Health Care Practice
Paperback,
28/03/2006,
£19.99
£17.99
Gillian White draws on her experiences and proposes that multi-professional health care teams should talk about spirituality in challenging but safe environments to develop shared understanding of it, and to increase their confidence about integrating spiritual care into their daily practise.
Healing Images
Paperback,
15/06/2002,
£29.50
£26.55
Includes 22 chapters that discusses theory, research, and clinical applications. This book presents a brief history of the use of imagery for healing in both Eastern and Western traditions, a review of research that deals with the physiological consequences of imagery and related approaches, and an explanation of how images lead to bodily changes.
Professions, State and the Market: Medicine in Britain, the United States and Russia
Hardback,
24/06/2015,
£95.00
£85.50
Sexualities in Health and Social Care
Paperback,
01/07/2000,
£17.99
£16.19
Offers an introduction to human sexuality in the context of health and social care practice. Drawing on research in the social sciences, cultural studies and social policy, this book presents a summary of theories of sexual orientation, discusses the growth of contemporary lesbian and gay communities, and reveals the prejudice and discrimination.
Unequal lives: Health & Socioeconomic Inequalities
Paperback,
01/09/2007,
£23.99
£21.59
The book introduces the non-specialist to key concepts like health inequalities and health inequities, social class and socioeconomic position, social determinants and life course, as well as to the key indicators of health and socioeconomic position.
Integrating Spirituality in Health and Social Care
Paperback,
01/03/2006,
£21.95
£19.76
Considers the concept of spiritual care as an explicit component of holistic health and social care. This practical guide focuses on integrating spirituality in healthcare as a whole, rather than limiting it to any particular care environment. It is useful for health and social care professionals, including nursing and medical staff.
Physical Activity and Health 2ed
Hardback,
01/03/2012,
£77.99
£70.19
Designed for final year students and graduates studying kinesiology, exercise science, physical education, public health, preventive medicine and human biology, this title looks at the health benefits associated with a physically active lifestyle and a moderate level of fitness versus the potential deleterious consequences of physical inactivity.
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Paperback,
27/03/2008,
£8.99
£8.09
Explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections and examines the influence of money on modern medicine.
Concepts of Epidemiology: Integrating the Ideas, Theories, Principles, and Methods of Epidemiology
Paperback,
29/09/2016,
£32.99
£29.69
Describes and illustrates epidemiology and its applications to policy making, health service planning, and health promotion. The book emphasises interactive learning, with each chapter including learning objectives, theoretical and numerical exercises, questions and answers, and a summary.
Career Opportunities in Health Care
Paperback,
15/11/2007,
£16.95
£15.26
Health care jobs demand people with talents and skills of various types, and offer many possibilities to those interested in joining this field. This work profiles more than 80 specific jobs in 18 key branches of this field, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, administration, clinical laboratory services, therapy, geriatrics, and radiology.
Measuring Health and Wellbeing
Paperback,
13/02/2013,
£22.99
£20.69
This book will show public health students how to use information to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of their population.
Rise of the Reluctant Innovator
Paperback,
18/11/2013,
£12.99
£11.69
A book of innovation and entrepreneurship case studies, all related to work in developing countries.
Middle Age
Paperback,
07/03/2013,
£9.99
£8.99
A vet turns forty and discovers sound - and surprising - zoological evidence that he's about to experience the best years of his life
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