Zbirka: Medicinska sociologija
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Egg Freezing, Fertility and Reproductive Choice(2019) BALDWIN, KYLIE (DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY, UK)The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book explores the experiences of some of the pioneering users of social egg freezing technology in the UK and the USA.Vezava: Mehka39,90 € -
Personalised Cancer Medicine(2021) KERR, ANNE,CHEKAR, CHOON KEY,ROSS, EMILY,SWALLOW, JULIA,CUNNINGHAM-BURLEY, SARAHBringing the experiences of patients, carers and practitioners to the fore, this book explores how individual and collective futures are crafted through their work and care. The authors chart the different kinds of care and work involved in efforts to perVezava: Trda53,46 € -
Embodiment and Everyday Cyborgs(2021) HADDOW, GILLImplanting the human body with human/animal organs or implantable devices not only changes what you are but also changes who you are. -- .Vezava: Trda53,46 € -
Medical Doctors in Health Reforms(2022) DENIS, JEAN-LOUIS (UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL),GERMAIN, SABRINA (CITY ST GEORGE’S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON),REGIS, CATHERINE (UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL),VERONESI, GIANLUCA (UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL)Health and legal experts from England and Canada consider the influence of medical doctors on reforms in this comparative study. With reflections on participation since the inception of publicly-funded healthcare systems, they show how the status of doctoVezava: Trda137,81 € -
River of Consciousness(2017) SACKS, OLIVERThe River of Consciousness is a remarkable culmination of a lifetime's research into the way the brain works by the celebrated late neurologist Oliver Sacks.Vezava: Trda31,59 € -
Power, Policy and the Pandemic(2022) CALNAN, MICHAEL (UNIVERSITY OF KENT, UK),DOUGLASS, TOM (UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UK)Providing a sociological analysis of the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, this study places particular analytical emphasis on the interplay between powerful structural interests and the influence on the development of COVID-19 policy.Vezava: Trda83,99 € -
Caring for and Understanding Latinx Patients in Health Care Settings(2020) PIGOZZI, LAURA MARIAThis timely and instructive guide informs and improves healthcare professionals' cultural competency when working with Latino patients. Building knowledge and understanding of Latino culture and addressing sensitivities that need to be adhered to, it helpVezava: Mehka52,21 € -
Health Information Seeking(2012) JOHNSON, J. DAVID,CASE, DONALD O.A study of health information seeking has become increasingly important in recent years due to the growing emphasis on the consumer/client relationship in the health arena. It provides a comprehensive treatment of these issues appropriate for advanced undVezava: Mehka56,40 € -
Intellectual Disability Nursing(2020) GATES, BOB (UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON, UK),GRIFFITHS, COLIN (TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND),ATHERTON, HELEN L. (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK),MCANELLY, SU (NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY, UK),KEENAN, PAUL (TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND),FLEMING, SANDRA (TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND),DOYLE, CARMEL (TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND),CLEARY, MICHELLE (MUIRIOSA FOUNDATION, IRELAND),SUTTON, PAUL (UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON, UK)This unique monograph, based on empirical research, used the oral history approach to explore the careers of 31 intellectual disability nurses from England and the Republic of Ireland; each with at least 30 years' experience.Vezava: Mehka80,49 € -
On Vulnerability(2021) BROWN, PATRICK (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS)On Vulnerability maps out an array of perspectives for critically examining the nature of vulnerability, its unequal patterning across different social groups, alongside the everyday social processes which make us vulnerable – interactions, identity and gVezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Illness(2018) CAREL, HAVIWhat is illness? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? Can there be well-being within illness? Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own illness with reflections drVezava: Mehka64,61 € -
Covid-19 Reader(2020)This reader offers the most important writing to date from the science of COVID-19 and what science says for its spread and social implications. With carefully selected chapters for an introductory or graduate student readership by a distinguished medicalVezava: Mehka38,48 € -
Socio-gerontechnology(2022)Outlining the basic principles of a new academic field, Socio-gerontechnology, this book explores common conceptual, theoretical and methodological ideas that become visible in the critical scholarship on ageing and technology at the intersection of Age SVezava: Mehka73,49 € -
Medical Humanities and Medical Education(2016) BLEAKLEY, ALAN (PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY, UK)Making sense of the new wave of medical humanities in medical education scholarship that calls for a ‘critical medical humanities’, this book incorporates a range of case studies and illustrative and practical examples to aid integrating medical humanitieVezava: Mehka78,74 € -
Selling Our Souls(2016) REICH, ADAM DALTONHealth care costs make up nearly a fifth of U.S. gross domestic product, but health care is a peculiar thing to buy and sell. Both a scarce resource and a basic need, it involves physical and emotional vulnerability and at the same time it operates as bigVezava: Mehka40,39 € -
Sexual Violence in Intimacy(2022)Integrating interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis, this volume advances our understanding of sexual violence in intimacy through the development of more nuanced and evidence-based conceptual frameworks.Vezava: Mehka75,24 €
