Health & Illness Books

New and Published Books

1. Child Protection in Development

   Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. Life and Death Decisions

   The Quest for Morality and Justice in Human Societies

   By Sheldon Ekland-Olson

   Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

   Issues of Life and Death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time and who makes those decisions? Based on the author’s award-winning and hugely...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Health Care and Immigration

   Understanding the Connections

   Edited by Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Alejandro Portes

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This pioneering volume represents the culmination of state-of-the-art research whose purpose was to investigate the relationship between health care and immigration in the USA - two broken systems in need of reform. This volume sets out to answer the question: how do medical institutions...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. Child Protection in Development

   Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Dimensions of Pain

   Humanities and Social Science Perspectives

   Edited by Lisa Folkmarson Käll

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

   Pain research is still dominated by biomedical perspectives and the need to articulate pain in ways other than those offered by evidence based medical models is pressing. Examining closely subjective experiences of pain, this book explores the way in which pain is situated, communicated and formed...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. Global Public Health Vigilance

   Creating a World on Alert

   By Lorna Weir, Eric Mykhalovskiy

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health. This book explores a remarkable period of conceptual innovation during which infectious disease,...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
7. Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology

   Edited by Graham Scambler

   Series: Critical Studies in Health and Society

   Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness. Encouraging students and researchers to use mainstream sociological thought to inform and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the...

   Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge
8. The International Migration of Health Workers

   Edited by John Connell

   Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

   This volume provides the first detailed overview of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers. The contributors focus on who migrates, why they migrate, what the outcomes are for them and their extended families, what their experiences in the workforce are, and...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. Productive Engagement in Later Life

   A Global Perspective

   Edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ada Mui

   Productive Ageing is the involvement of older adults in society through employment, volunteering, caregiving, education and skill building. In 2020 there will be 248 million people in China aged 60 and over. At the same time, the birth rate continues to drop and family structures are being...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. How Ethical Systems Change: Tolerable Suffering and Assisted Dying

    By Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Elyshia Aseltine

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering? This dilemma formed the foundation for a powerful right-to-die movement and a counterbalancing concern over an emerging culture of death. What are the qualities of a life worth...

    Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge