Forthcoming Medical Sociology Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives

   By Venla Oikkonen

   Series: Transformations

   Since the early 1990s, evolutionary psychology has produced widely popular visions of modern men and women as driven by their prehistoric genes. In Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives, Venla Oikkonen explores the rhetorical appeal of evolutionary psychology by viewing it...

   To Be Published May 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Politics of Bioethics

   By Alan Petersen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications. The mapping of the human genome, advances in cloning techniques, the harvesting of embryonic stem cells for research, increasing use of...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Assa Doron, Alex Broom

   Series: Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series

   Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Governance of HIV/AIDS

   Making Participation and Accountability Count

   Edited by Sophie Harman, Franklyn Lisk

   Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

   Nearly thirty years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, confusion over effective mechanisms of controlling and eradicating the illness remain prevalent. This book highlights the need for comprehensive approaches to governance, as responses to HIV/AIDS become increasingly focused upon the health...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. International Perspectives on Women and HIV

   Edited by Samuel A MacMaster, Brian E Bride, CINDY DAVIS

   Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women’s health has become the focus of increased concern. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2004) reports that almost 20 million women and girls are living with HIV globally, accounting for nearly half of all people living with HIV...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Practising Social Inclusion

   Edited by Ann Taket, Beth R. Crisp, Melissa Graham, Lisa Hanna, Sophie Goldingay, Linda Wilson

   Practising Social Inclusion presents what we know about what works, and why, in promoting social inclusion and practising in a socially inclusive way. Contributing to the growing debates on social inclusion, this book moves beyond discussion of who it is that is socially excluded and the processes...

   To Be Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
7. Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems

   The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures

   By Jim Orford, Guillermina Natera, Alex Copello, Carol Atkinson, Jazmin Mora, Richard Velleman, Ian Crundall, Marcela Tiburcio, Lorna Templeton, Gwen Walley

   What difference does culture make? Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems: The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures aims to deepen and extend understanding of the experiences of family members trying to cope with the excessive drinking or drug taking of a...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
8. Sars

   Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities

   Edited by Deborah Davis, Helen F. Siu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Gene, the Clinic, and the Family

   Diagnosing Dysmorphology, Reviving Medical Dominance

   By Joanna Latimer

   Series: Genetics and Society

   While some theorists argue that medicine is caught in a relentless process of ‘geneticization’ and others offer a thesis of biomedicalization, there is still little research that explores how these effects are accomplished in practice. Joanna Latimer, whose groundbreaking ethnography on acute...

   To Be Published June 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing

    Social Justice as Praxis

    Edited by Paula N. Kagan, Marlaine C. Smith, Peggy L. Chinn

    Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

    This anthology presents the philosophical and practice perspectives of nurse scholars whose works center on promoting nursing research, practice, and education within frameworks of social justice and critical theories. Social justice nursing is defined by the editors as nursing practice that is...

    To Be Published June 30th 2013 by Routledge