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Book Synopsis''Punchily written He leaves the reader with a sense of the gross injustice of a world where health outcomes are so unevenly distributed'' Times Literary Supplement''Splendid and necessary'' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New StatesmanThere are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries. But this is not a simple matter of rich and poor.A poor man in Glasgow is rich compared to the average Indian, but the Glaswegian's life expectancy is 8 years shorter. The Indian is dying of infectious disease linked to his poverty; the Glaswegian of violent death, suicide, heart disease linked to a rich country's version of disadvantage. In all countries, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage, dramatically so. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals the better is their health. These health inequalities defy usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasised Trade ReviewSplendid and necessary -- Henry Marsh, author of 'Do No Harm' * New Statesman *Michael Marmot was one of the most impressive people I worked with in my time as Health Secretary. He points out, with patience and precision, that there is nothing inevitable about health inequalities. This important book is a rarity – an astute academic analysis that entertains as much as it informs * Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP *Michael Marmot reveals that the average person would have eight extra years of healthy life if they had the same opportunities as the richest in our society … It’s time to stop seeing health as a matter of lifestyle choice and start campaigning for justice – for all our sakes * Observer *Punchily written … He leaves the reader with a sense of the gross injustice of a world where health outcomes are so unevenly distributed -- Bee Wilson * Times Literary Supplement *The animating idea behind Marmot’s life work is that social injustice is bad for our health. His research over the years has generated a catalogue of shocking headline findings, which are collected in this book to devastating effect … But Marmot is no doom-monger. Quite the opposite … this is a fundamentally optimistic book * Independent *A vitally important book * Literary Journal *Dr. Marmot weaves a masterful treatise on world financial and trade policy * New York Journal of Books *I love books with a quietly revolutionary flavour. Michael Marmot’s The Health Gap is welcome as a stealth take-down of the UK’s passion for austerity ... Give it to any finance ministers you may know (or right-wing relatives) * New Scientist *

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Book SynopsisWith an emphasis on practical guidance, this is a thorough overview of Lifestyle Medicine covering the 6 pillars of mental wellbeing, social connection, healthy eating, physical activity, sleep and minimisation of harmful substances and behaviours. Complex clinical skills are explored and sample scripts and clinical assessments included.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book is a very valuable contribution… Highly recommended. -- Carol Joyce Blumberg * International Statistical Review *A well-written and thoughtful reflection on the doing of causal inference from one of causal inference’s noted experts. -- Jameson A. Quinn and Luke W. Miratrix * Journal of the American Statistical Association *The author’s voice is an important element in the book’s success. Rosenbaum is consistently clear and direct, and seems at times to be speaking directly to the reader. His excellent set of examples (twenty-five of them altogether) bring the more theoretical discussions to life. -- William J. Satzer * MAA Reviews *A treasure trove of considerations and strategies for making causal inferences from observational studies and experiments. The book is a joy to read and contains interesting material for readers at all levels of experience with causal inference. -- Dylan S. Small * Observational Studies *Rosenbaum is a gifted expositor, and as a result, this book is an outstanding introduction to the topic for anyone who is interested in understanding the basic ideas and approaches to causal inference. -- Joel B. Greenhouse and Edward H. Kennedy * Psychometrika *A researcher seeking instruction in the sophisticated use of [statistical significance] techniques may want to consult Observation and Experiment. -- James Ryerson * New York Times Book Review *Rosenbaum’s book is, as would be expected, a carefully and precisely written treatment of its subject, reflecting superb statistical understanding, all communicated with the skill of a master teacher. -- Stephen M. Stigler, author of The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as the people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, the author recounts a collection of illness stories.

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Book SynopsisProviding 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. Considering a range of actors, (including the government, scientific experts and the medical profession, the media, and the public) and the nature of their relationships with one another, the authors identify the key sociological aspects that have shaped, facilitated, challenged, or constrained COVID-19 policy in England. Drawing on published documentary material, the authors first examine government attempts to contain, delay, mitigate and suppress the spread of the coronavirus with non-pharmaceutical interventions in the absence of a vaccine (during the first wave) and then whilst vaccines were being gradually rolled out (during the second wave and third waves). The focus then shifts on to vaccination policy and the actors central in the design and implementation of the vaccination programme in England. The approach taken to the funding, development, and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines is also explored and furthermore considers vaccine coverage, vaccine passports, and vaccine nationalism. The authors conclude with a discussion of the overall impact of COVID-19 policy on health and between socio-economic groups and with reflections on the sociologies of pandemics and COVID-19. This book will appeal and be accessible both to policymakers and health service managers and to those studying for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the social, medical, and public health sciences. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Situating and Conceptualising Pandemics and Power Chapter 2. Stopping the Spread Chapter 3. The Vaccination Programme Chapter 4. Assessing Power and the Policy Response

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Book SynopsisHealth and illness are intensely personal matters. It seems self evident that health is a basic necessity of the ''good life'', though it is often taken for granted. Illness, on the other hand challenges our sense of security and may introduce acute anxiety into our lives. Health and Illness in a Changing Society provides a lively and critical account of the impact of social change on the experience of health and illness. It also examines the different sociological perspectives that have been used to analyse health matters. While some of the ideas developed in the last twenty years remain relevant to social research in health today, many are in need of urgent revision.Trade Review'An excellent guide. An extensive and distinguished teaching and research career gives Bury a unique vantage point from which to write this overview of the subject ... Bury charts a humane, scholarly and wise path through the complexities of social inequalities in health, relations between patients and their doctors and issues surrounding death and dying.' - Times Higher Education Supplement'This book is a simply structured, and thoughtful review of a discipline, written by someone who has taught it over the years ... in summarising the extensive literature, trends and debates of the 1990s (and incidentally by including italicised keywords and concepts), the book will be of great assistance to both the student and teacher of medical sociology.' - Sociology of Health and Illness'An ideal introduction to the sociology of health and illness, being clearly written and wide ranging.' - Medical Sociology News'Plenty of ideas and insights for all to investigate and reflect upon.' - Health MattersTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 From illness behaviour to health beliefs and knowledge; Chapter 3 Inequalities in health; Chapter 4 Doctors, patients and interaction in health care; Chapter 5 Chronic illness and disability; Chapter 6 Death and dying; Chapter 7 The body, health and risk;

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Book SynopsisIn this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization,Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself.Trade Review'Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization has been, without a shadow of a doubt, the most original, influential, and controversial text in this field during the last forty years. It remains as challenging now as on first publication.' -Roy PorterTable of ContentsIntroduction by David Cooper, Preface 1."Stultifera Navis" 2.The Great Confinement 3.The Insane 4.Passion and Delirium 5. Aspects of Madness 6.Doctors and Patients 7.The Great Fear 8.The New Division 9.The Birth of the Asylum, Conclusion, Notes

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Book SynopsisA radical new approach to health and caregiving in the age of COVID-19.Trade Review‘A powerful and beautiful tool for people and societies in movement. It helps us see how moments of crisis give rise to new forms of solidarity. It exemplifies what we as scholars, artists, and people in movements can do. Join this journey: you will be transformed' -- Marina Sitrin, editor of Pandemic Solidarity‘An imaginative intervention that proposes a collective model for health care as a process of political transformation. With the Covid-19 pandemic we have seen that the systems of care that prevail in capitalism do not work. 'The Hologram' offers an inspiring solution' -- Melanie Gilligan, artist and writer'What comes after Covid? How do we address the naked, class-based and racial inequalities exposed by the plague? Cassie Thornton proposes a healing hypothesis in 'The Hologram'. It could not come at a more necessary moment’ * Gregory Sholette, author of Dark Matter and Delirium and Resistance *Table of ContentsThe Fool Acknowledgments Foreword Preface: Artist’s Update 1. A Different Medicine is Possible: Visiting the Greek Solidarity Clinics 2. Is this the End or is this the Beginning? - A Four-Part Course in Social Holography Trust Wishes Time Patterns 3. The Practice 4. Wikipedia Entry from the Future 5. Feminist Economics and the People’s Apocalypse 6. Appendix I: Art, Debt, Health and Care: An Interview 7. Appendix II: Contextualizing The Hologram: Feminist Ethics, Post-Work Commons and Commons in Exile Notes The Ten of Swords

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1997, this volumeâs purpose is to understand and clarify the nature of implicit theories currently held about the mentally disordered offender by respondents who represent a range of agencies: the general lay population, Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Social Services.The significance of this research rests on the premise that a greater understanding of professional and lay perspectives towards the mentally ill offender will help elucidate conflicting assumptions between agencies which, by their very nature, may be seriously disrupting the effective implementation of a number of key criminological and clinical policy initiatives involving the care and management of the mentally ill. In particular, consideration is given to the impact such ideological differences may have with regard to the establishment of community-based psychiatric care programmes, the policy of diverting mentally ill offenders away from the Criminal Justice System and into care by HeTable of Contents1. A Review of the Literature. 2. Methodology. 3. Data Analysis and Presentation of the Results. 4. Discussion. 5. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisNever before have we had so much information available to us about food and health. There’s GAPS, paleo, detox, gluten-free, alkaline, the sugar conspiracy, clean eating... Unfortunately, a lot of it is not only wrong but actually harmful. So why do so many of us believe this bad science? Assembling a crack team of psychiatrists, behavioural economists, food scientists and dietitians, the Angry Chef unravels the mystery of why sensible, intelligent people are so easily taken in by the latest food fads, making brief detours for an expletive-laden rant. At the end of it all you’ll have the tools to spot pseudoscience for yourself and the Angry Chef will be off for a nice cup of tea – and it will have two sugars in it, thank you very much.Trade Review‘An entertaining exposé of the ‘bad science’ behind food fads.’ * Sainsbury’s Magazine *‘A terrific and…much-needed book: both heartfelt and thoughtful, often funny and, above all, utterly convincing.’ * James Walton, Daily Telegraph *‘One by one Warner demolishes popular food myths…this [is] a book that will allow you to enjoy food with less guilt; it might even save lives.’ * Guardian *‘If you’ve ever wondered why kale, avocado toast and sweet potatoes are ubiquitous, or if you tear your hair out over the “clean-eating” fad, then the Angry Chef is your man.’ * The Sunday Times *‘Funny and forensic.’ * Financial Times Summer Books 2017 *‘The Angry Chef deserves to be widely read. It covers all the bases with aplomb. The world needs a popular science book to help people tell the difference between science and opinion.’ * Spectator *‘Warner’s dismantling of the faddists’ fads, their gullibility and idiocy is precise, witty and more humane than I can find it in myself to be.’ * Michael Bywater, Literary Review *'As a restaurant critic, qualified chef and greedy person, I found the book fascinating...this is a thoughtful, forensically researched and referenced work on healthy eating and, more importantly, it's entertaining.' -- Lisa Markwell * Evening Standard *‘This is an important book, and a good one. It’s ambitious and well-researched and timely…Food science can be a dry topic, but Warner manages to make it an entertaining one.’ * Spectator *'Pragmatic, funny and most important of all, true.' -- Tom Parker Bowles * Mail on Sunday *‘Warner has simply and emphatically decided that the time has come to expose and question the false assertions and bogus science propounded by nutrition experts, dieticians and public-health gurus who, given half a chance, would force-feed us exclusively on kale smoothies, quinoa bowls, lemon water, green juices and coconut oil.’ * The Times *‘A tonic for those who’ve had their fill of the ‘clean-eating’ brigade.’ * Irish Independent *‘Paleo, GAPS, alkaline, detox… so many diets, but do any of them actually work? With scientific rigour and a generous helping of expletives, Warner takes on the food fads one by one, and asks why we’re so easily taken in by pseudoscience in the first place.’ * BBC Science Focus, 70 best science books you need to read in 2021 *‘The health food industry has gone mad, but finally there has been an awakening. The Angry Chef is at the forefront, spewing out facts and exploding the wellness bloggers’ “theories” with rock solid science.’ -- Gizzi Erskine‘The popular understanding of nutrition is clouded by superstitions, primitive intuitions, conspiracy theories, and old spouses’ tales. This irreverent and intelligent exposé brings sanity and good sense to one of life’s great pleasures.’ -- Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works‘If it wasn’t for the fact that there is no God, I’d thank him for bringing us the Angry Chef. In this brilliant book he systematically demolishes every single piece of food-related faddery, hack science, nutritional fakery and clean-eating cobblers in a manner that should make every so-called “wellness” and “nutrition” guru hang their heads in shame.’ -- Jay Rayner, journalist and broadcaster‘A wonderfully bracing and funny tirade against the harm and nonsense of food fads. If you’ve ever been tempted to go on “a detox” or try clean eating, you need this book. Yes, Angry Chef is angry, but he is also trying to get us back to the point beyond the crazy “superfoods” and guilt where eating is actually a joy.’ * Bee Wilson, author of This Is Not A Diet Book and First Bite *‘Thank God for the outspoken, intelligent, well-informed Anthony Warner. Someone had to say it (the Clean Gut cult is tosh) and he does – forcefully, amusingly and, convincingly.’ -- Prue Leith‘The Angry Chef provides a refreshing insight into the importance of academic and scientific rigour in the interpretation and communication of nutrition. I will reference examples from this text when teaching both students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics about the fickle, unquestioning nonsense appearing online and in the media.’ -- Kevin Whelan, professor of dietetics, King’s College London

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Book Synopsis''A magnificent opus ... extraordinary, spellbinding ... this book does what no other on autism has done'' Ann Bauer, Washington Post*Pulitzer finalist 2017*The stunning history of autism as it has been discovered and felt by parents, children and doctorsNearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism. In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of the world his diagnosis created - a riveting human drama that takes us across continents and through some of the great social movements of the twentieth century.The history of autism is, above all, the story of families fighting for a place in the world for their children. It is the story of women like Ruth Sullivan, who rebelled against a medical establishment that blamed refrigerator mothers for causing autism, of fathers who pushed scientists to dig harder for treatments, of parents who forceTrade ReviewDonvan and Zucker's generous yet sharp-eyed portraits of men, women, and children - most of them unknown until now - make it stunningly clear that we all have a stake in the story of autism. We come to understand that we are all wired differently, and that how we treat those who are different than most is a telling measure of who we truly are. This is the kind of history that not only informs but enlarges the spirit -- Susan Cain, author of QuietFast-paced and far-reaching... this is an important missing piece to the conversation about autism; no one trying to make sense of the spectrum should do so without reading this book -- Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree

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Book SynopsisLocating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available from the increasing number of permissive jurisdictions, this book provides a novel examination of the human rights implications of the prohibition on assisted suicide in England and Wales and beyond. Assisted suicide is a contentious topic and one which has been the subject of judicial and academic debate internationally. The central objective of the book is to approach the question of the ban's compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights afresh; freed from the constraints of the existing case law and its erroneous approach to the legal issues and selective reliance on empirical data. The book also examines the compatibility of the ban on assisted suicide with rights which have either been erroneously disregarded or not considered by either the domestic courts or the European Court of Human Rights. Having regard to human rights jurisprudence more broadlTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1:The Legal Status of End-of-Life Practices: A Comparative Introduction Chapter 2: Protecting Life and Assisting Death: Is Not Allowing Assisted Suicide a Violation of the Right to Life? Chapter 3: Freedom from Torture or Inhuman or Degrading Treatment: Does the Prohibition on Assisted Suicide Constitute Ill-Treatment? Chapter 4: The Right to Choose the Manner and Timing of One's Death: A Re-examination of the Proportionality of the Ban on Assisted Suicide Chapter 5: Justifying the Ban on Assisted Suicide: The Empirical Evidence Chapter 6: Differential Treatment of End-of-Life Practices: Discrimination under Article 14 of the ECHRConclusions

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2021 Growing numbers of women around the world are now accessing social egg freezing: a fertility extension technology which is enabling some women to extend their fertility and reproductive timelines when faced with age-related fertility decline. This book explores the accounts and experiences of some of the pioneering users of this technology in the UK and the USA. Drawing on theories and concepts across medical sociology and parenting culture studies, as well as literature from demography, anthropology, law, and bioethics, this book examines women’s motivations and experiences of social egg freezing in the context of debates surrounding reproductive choice and delayed motherhood. The book also delves into the broader sociological questions raised by this technology in relation to the gendered burden of appropriately timed parenthood, the medicalisation of women’s bodies in the reproductive domain and the further entrenchment of the geneticisation of society. It also considers the sexual politics underpinning the timing of parenthood, relationship formation and progression, and the way in which reproductive and parenting ideals, values and expectations can come in to conflict with the biological and relational realities of women’s lives.Trade ReviewBaldwin's book draws from an exploratory sociological research study which explored the accounts of 31 female users of "social egg-freezing". Her cohort was comprised of women who were either about to undergo social egg freezing or had attempted or completed the process. The term "social egg freezing" signals the socially constituted nature of this technology and demonstrates how women's use of egg freezing as a form of fertility extension and genetic conservation was inherently socially situated. She investigates the way in which users of this technology determine and negotiate their mothering desires, which are mediated and constrained not only by wider socio-political and market contexts but also by their intimate encounters with (non)reproductive partners. Baldwin reveals pressures and burdens that reproductive technology can place upon women to draw upon and navigate these technologies in the pursuit of greater reproductive choice and control and in the process of family building. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Contemporary Debates in Social Egg Freezing Chapter 3. Timing Motherhood Chapter 4. Performing Parenthood Chapter 5. Motivations for Social Egg Freezing Chapter 6. The Experience of Freezing Eggs for Social Reasons Chapter 7. Negotiating Parenthood: Men, Intimate Relationships and Childbearing Chapter 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is about emotions and reflexivity when doing field research in health and social care settings. Health and social care students often undertake field research in their own area of practice using observation and interviews. All contributing authors have a dual identity as researchers and health or social care professionals. Their chapters draw on research carried out in a number of fields including HIV related infertility and adoption, primary care in Africa, cancer and palliative care, infertility and excluded young people to explore issues relevant to emotions and reflexivity from the perspective of the researcher and research participants. The book was born of the two editors, who are experienced research supervisors, observing that many PhD students struggle to manage the emotions elicited in the field when researching. They identify three main causes - health and social care deals with painful topics; observation and interviews bring student into contact with powerful feelings which need processing; there is very little advice and discussion of how a PhD student manages emotions in the field and students therefore frequently struggle on their own. This insightful volume will be of great interest to scholars and students in all areas of academic study, but particularly to those who chose to study health and social care whether they are professionals or not.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction; Helen Allan and Anne Arber.- Chapter 2. Using a Research Diary for Reflexivity; Sarah Li.- Chapter 3. Emotions in the Field: Research in the Infertility Clinic; Helen Allan.- Chapter 4. Managing the Dual Identity: Practitioner and Researcher.- Chapter 5. Fieldwork in Other Cultures; Nicola Ayers.- Chapter 6. Fieldwork with Vulnerable Young People; Kit Tapson.- Chapter 7. Researching People Living with HIV-related Infertility; Tam Cane.- Chapter 8. Emotion Work in Ethnography; Ginny Mounce.- Chapter 9. Pulling it Together; Helen Allan and Anne Arber.

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Book SynopsisA wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge* inequalities and patterning of health and illness* professional and patient interaction* chronic illness and disability* evaluation and politics in health care. With a thorough introduction which sets the scene for the field as a whole, and section introductions which contextualize each chapter, the reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences.Table of Contents1. Health Beliefs and Knowledge 2. Inequalities and Patterning of Health and Illness 3. Professional and Patient Interactions 4. Chronic Illness and Disability 5. The Sociology of Evaluation and Politics of Health Care

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Mildred Blaxter's successful and highly respected book offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the key debates surrounding the concept of health today.Trade Review"A great text: revised and updated for students of health, whatever their discipline or background. Changes in science, technology and our understanding of the body are among the many important topics covered. Mildred Blaxter writes in a lucid style and has a command of her material that is second to none. Highly recommended." Mike Bury, Royal Holloway, University of London "Updated and with new material, this book provides a fascinating insight into the phenomenon of health and how it is defined, constructed, expressed and experienced. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is an indispensable resource for students and researchers in the health and social sciences." Ellen Annandale, University of Leicester "This fine book takes sociological perspectives of health as a point of departure, while at the same time increasing our understanding of illness. Students and professionals alike will benefit from Blaxter's clear and succinct presentation." Peter Conrad, Brandeis UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. How is health defined? Health as the absence of illness. Disease as deviance. Health as balance or homeostasis. Health as function. Health as state or status. The biomedical model. Contemporary biomedicine. The social model. Health, disease, illness and sickness. How is health measured? Health capital. 2. How is health constructed? Health as social construction. Constructions of history. Constructions of culture. Constructivism and feminism. Illness, labelling and stigma. Constructions of mental illness. Constructions of disability. The critique of relativism. Medicalisation and the constructions of medical practice. 3. How is health embodied and experienced? Embodiment. Lay definitions of health. Social representations of health. Self-rated health. Concepts of the causes of health and illness. Health histories and subjective health capital. Illness narratives. Limitations of narrative. The search for meaning. Health as moral discourse and metaphor. Responsibility for health. 4. How is health enacted? The rise and fall of 'illness behaviour'. Person to patient: help-seeking behaviour. The patient role. Control and concordance. Enacted behaviour. Behaving 'healthily'. Structure/agency: health as cultural consumption. Structure/agency: health as self-governance. 5. How is health related to social systems? A functional relationship. Responses to functionalism. Medicine and society. Health, economic development and social organization. The downside of economic development. The concept of inequality in health. The nature and extent of inequalities. The causes of inequality. The socio-biologic translation. Neo-materialistic explanations. Social capital. 6. Contemporary change in the meaning of health. Technology and postmodernity. Changing boundaries between ill and not-ill. Changing boundaries of life and death. Changing boundaries between self and not-self. Changing boundaries between therapy and enhancement. Information technologies and medical practice. Changing attitudes to health and medicine. New technologies and the risk society. Evolutionary medicine. Conclusion. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe role that the social and behavioural sciences play in the daily practice of dentistry is now an essential part of all dentistry training, but it can often seem distant from the reality of daily clinical practice.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Social Context of Oral Health and DiseaseChapter 2: Poverty, Inequality and Oral HealthChapter 3: Gender and Oral HealthChapter 4: Ethnicity and Oral HealthChapter 5: Oral Health in Later LifeChapter 6: Disability and Oral HealthChapter 7: Symptoms and Help-SeekingChapter 8: Adherence and Behaviour Change in Dental SettingsChapter 9: Stress and HealthChapter 10: Issues in Social PsychologyChapter 11: Pain and Dental AnxietyChapter 12: Communication in the Dental SurgeryChapter 13: The Dentist in SocietyReferences

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Book SynopsisThis third edition of a popular text introduces healthcare students and professionals to a wide range of health beliefs and practices in world religions. Chapters on various religions are written to offer an insider's view on the religion's historical development, key beliefs and practices, including ideas of health, sickness, death, and dying. The chapters include case studies, advice on what to do and what to avoid when caring for patients. Introductory chapters invite the reader to consider the broad context of patient care in pluralistic society and explore one's personal orientation to others from different religions. How we care for patients from different backgrounds and cultures insists on professional boundaries that the reader may have not yet examined. A new chapter explores the relationship between religion and public health in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, asking the reader to consider what morally appropriate balance is required if and when personal faith confTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. From conceptual to concrete. 3. Religion and Public Health. 4. American Indian religions. 5. Hinduism. 6. Buddhism. 7. Jainism. 8. Chinese religions. 9. Sikhism. 10. Islam. 11. Judaism. 12. Christianity. 13. Four distinctive Christian denominations

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Book SynopsisElements of Moral Experience in Clinical Ethics Training and Practice is a philosophical and professional memoir of the education, training and development of becoming a clinical ethics consultant. Trade ReviewElements of Moral Experience in Clinical Ethics Training and Practice: Sharing Stories with Strangers will be a significant and important contribution to the practice of clinical ethics consultation. Rather than merely tell readers what is relevant, Virginia Bartlett has invited them to engage with both the common and unique in clinical experiences. Professor Bartlett’s tolerance for the discomforts of taking a clear-eyed look creates this accessibility. With that careful eye and a generous voice, she provides opportunities for a reader to make their own assessment about the ways these stories match up with real life experiences in health care. Not only will the reader learn about the evident and the more subtle ways that a person working as an ethics consultant encounters people, questions, standpoints, even values, and so on, they will also learn about what actually happens in our very human experience of health care.- Mark J. Bliton, PhD, Director of Medical Bioethics at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. He is Editor, with Stuart G. Finder, PhD, of Peer Review, Peer Education, and Modeling in the Practice of Clinical Ethics Consultation: The Zadeh Project, Springer 2018."In this highly engaging and original work, Bartlett uses herself as an example to offer a deeply personal and realistic sense of what it actually is like to do ethics consultation, including the intellectual, emotional, and even physical experiences involved. In so doing, she exquisitely illuminates how clinical ethics practice is itself a kind of moral undergoing – one that entails far more than mastering and applying knowledge or rote skills."- Stuart G. Finder, Ph.D., Director, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Cedars-Sinai"In Elements of Moral Experience in Clinical Ethics Training and Practice, Dr. Bartlett shows practitioners of clinical ethics – and practitioners of being human - how to acknowledge their responsibility through the collective recollection of stories that help make sense of what it means to care for one another."- Joseph B. Fanning, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University"This book offers a unique, genre-bending text that would be useful to trainees, graduate students, instructors, and preceptors. There is a deficit of clinical ethics literature focused on the experience, to use the author’s own words, of “doing ethics.” The author’s use of stories from her training and career intermingled with reflection and theory is an innovative way to help students and trainees early in their career better understand the work of clinical ethics."Stephanie Larson, Lecturer in the Department of English at Case Western UniversityTable of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Elements of DiscoveryChapter 1: Seminar in StrangenessChapter 2: Clinical Attention as Surrender-and-CatchInterlude 1: Methods of Unknowing: Disruption and AttentionPart 2: Elements of LearningChapter 3: Self Reflection and Self Education in Clinical EthicsChapter 4: Affiliation and Attunement and Extra-Ordinary DiscourseInterlude 2: Methods for Learning with OthersPart 3: Elements of ExperienceChapter 5: Constituent Vulnerability, Constituent ResponsibilityChapter 6: Clinical Storytelling and Fragments of ExperienceContinuing When There is No Ending

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Book SynopsisThis book creates a scope for achieving mental wellbeing apart from the currently dominant mental health practices, critiqued for their damaging effects on individuals and families. By broadly drawing on salutary possibilities, it brings evidence of existing and emerging approaches to resolve mental distress. The unique volume brings several practices and testimonies together that can support peopleâs healing and recovery, focusing on the following key interventions: Different ways of looking at emotional suffering beyond psy-knowledge, which many doctors, social workers, disability scholars, legal or policy experts and psy-professionals advocate for The role of expressive arts employed by both professionals and peers Efficacy of peer engagement of a professional nature in India, the newest globally emerging phenomenon, often heralded as the future of mental health worldwide Deftly interwoven with patient and peer narratives in jargo

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Book SynopsisWhat is illness? Is it a physiological dysfunction, a social label, or a way of experiencing the world? How do the physical, social, and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? Can there be well-being within illness?In this remarkable and thought-provoking book, Havi Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own illness with insights and reflections drawn from her work as a philosopher. Carel's fresh approach to illness raises some uncomfortable questions about how we all whether healthcare professionals or not view the ill, challenging us to become more thoughtful. Illness unravels the tension between the universality of illness and its intensely private, often lonely, nature. It offers a new way of looking at a matter that affects every one of us.Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this groundbreaking volume includes a new chapter on organ transplantation. Illness: The CryTrade Review"This short, powerful and wise book by noted philosopher Havi Carel has much to offer all those affected by illness. Patients and healthcare professionals, as well as academics with an interest in the experience of illness, should all read this book." Rachel Cooper, University of Lancaster, UK. "Havi Carel's Illness: The Cry of the Flesh is a wonderful introduction to phenomenology of medicine. It is a clearly written and richly nuanced personal and philosophical account of living with uncertainty, progressive disability, and fear of early death. Epicurus, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and others are used as sources of ideas for living well – creatively and flexibly – with illness. This third edition is revised and updated throughout (including a new chapter on the meaning of organ transplantation), yet keeps the import and directness of the original 2008 edition. I look forward to using it in my Philosophy of Medicine classes." Miriam Solomon, Temple University, USA "Havi Carel weaves her own experience of breathlessness with lessons in the philosophy of health and illness. Combining analysis and memoir, her book shows how philosophy can provide a form of therapy to deal with the expectations and desires that an illness can destroy. The cry of Carel's flesh is philosophically moving and deeply human." David Teira, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, SpainPraise for previous editions:"One of the most profoundly moving (as well as academically worthwhile) books I have had the pleasure (if that is the correct word) to read. The book will be a useful addition on reading lists for modules that examine illness and disability and death and dying and it has the potential to generate excellent discussions about how both the individual and society deal with illness and disability." Times Higher Education Supplement"A thoroughly readable, engaging book which should be warmly welcomed, not only for the personal nature of the writing, but for its ambition to draw on the insights of philosophers to improve the lives of ill people. It is a truly commendable effort which showcases the practical relevance of philosophy by applying it to the concrete situation of illness. Illness reflects the distinctly Epicurean idea of philosophy as ‘medicine for the soul’." Philosophical Quarterly"This book achieves something rare among works of philosophy: it speaks with a heartfelt directness that instantly engenders an intimate connection between author and reader. It demands a level of personal engagement, both emotional and self-reflective, that is at times hard to bear, as the author courageously and persistently lays before us the painful details of her experiences of being ill and shares with us the philosophical insights that those experiences have informed or inspired. Despite its profoundly unsettling subject-matter, the book is eminently readable and engrossing; it exhibits a depth of humanity that is sadly lacking in much of the increasingly technical and jargon-laden products of contemporary philosophical discourse, and constitutes a vivid testament to the possibility of philosophical optimism in the face of potentially crushing adversity." International Journal of Philosophical Studies"Illness makes a powerful argument for exploring the experience of illness and the associated philosophical questions. Carel’s inclusion of herself in the book is often moving and shows well the power of bringing philosophy and personal life together." Philosophy in Review"This book offers an important contribution to the ongoing project of the phenomenology of illness, and offers a powerful argument for the inclusion of applied phenomenology in medical and healthcare training. One of the main strengths of this book is that it forces you to think, and to think philosophically. Carel neatly lifts philosophy off the page, and places it out there like a talisman in our everyday life. The book deserves to be read widely by the public, and I would suggest needs to be read widely by clinical practitioners as a point of reference for their own practice." Metapsychology"Illness offers us something that we all need to read and think about … If I were to write a book about illness, I would want it to be just like this one." Arena"a marvelous book … a very clear and detailed account of the phenomenology of illness and the contribution it could make to medical practice and research." Homeopathy"A masterpiece. Moving seamlessly between an unsparingly honest personal narrative and philosophical reflections on our condition as embodied subjects, Havi Carel has fashioned a uniquely authentic account of the lived experience of illness. It should be read – and reread – by everyone who is professionally involved with illness, who is ill, or is likely to become ill; which is to say, by all of us." Raymond Tallis, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and formerly Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester"A genuinely important philosophical work. Carel succeeds in offering a wide-ranging, original, wholly convincing and quite beautiful account of the phenomenology of illness. This is a remarkably insightful book about what it is to be human and how to live. Anybody who cares about who they are and how they live ought to read it." Matthew Ratcliffe, Professor of Philosophy, University of Durham"A tremendous achievement, as well as being a very moving personal document." Christopher Bertram, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, University of Bristol"This short, powerful and wise book by noted philosopher Havi Carel has much to offer all those affected by illness. Patients and healthcare professionals, as well as academics with an interest in the experience of illness, should all read this book." Rachel Cooper, University of Lancaster, UK"Havi Carel's Illness: The Cry of the Flesh is a wonderful introduction to phenomenology of medicine. It is a clearly written and richly nuanced personal and philosophical account of living with uncertainty, progressive disability, and fear of early death. Epicurus, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and others are used as sources of ideas for living well – creatively and flexibly – with illness. This third edition is revised and updated throughout (including a new chapter on the meaning of organ transplantation), yet keeps the import and directness of the original 2008 edition. I look forward to using it in my Philosophy of Medicine classes." Miriam Solomon, Temple University, USA "Havi Carel weaves her own experience of breathlessness with lessons in the philosophy of health and illness. Combining analysis and memoir, her book shows how philosophy can provide a form of therapy to deal with the expectations and desires that an illness can destroy. The cry of Carel's flesh is philosophically moving and deeply human." David Teira, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain"The first edition was a book about suffering, but the third, to me, reads like a book on the philosophical and psychological experience of hope and suffering. This is best encapsulated in the work's own closing words: I continue to ride my electric bike to work, go to yoga class, and see friends and family. I continue to walk my dog, listen to music, write. I continue to live. Sometimes my illness makes life hard. It often takes up more time and space than I would like it to. But it has also given me an ability to bew truly happy in the present, in being here and now. (p. 185) The shadow is overcome." - Alexander Westenberg, Metapsychology Praise for previous editions:"One of the most profoundly moving (as well as academically worthwhile) books I have had the pleasure (if that is the correct word) to read. The book will be a useful addition on reading lists for modules that examine illness and disability and death and dying and it has the potential to generate excellent discussions about how both the individual and society deal with illness and disability." Times Higher Education Supplement"A thoroughly readable, engaging book which should be warmly welcomed, not only for the personal nature of the writing, but for its ambition to draw on the insights of philosophers to improve the lives of ill people. It is a truly commendable effort which showcases the practical relevance of philosophy by applying it to the concrete situation of illness. Illness reflects the distinctly Epicurean idea of philosophy as ‘medicine for the soul’." Philosophical Quarterly"This book achieves something rare among works of philosophy: it speaks with a heartfelt directness that instantly engenders an intimate connection between author and reader. It demands a level of personal engagement, both emotional and self-reflective, that is at times hard to bear, as the author courageously and persistently lays before us the painful details of her experiences of being ill and shares with us the philosophical insights that those experiences have informed or inspired. Despite its profoundly unsettling subject-matter, the book is eminently readable and engrossing; it exhibits a depth of humanity that is sadly lacking in much of the increasingly technical and jargon-laden products of contemporary philosophical discourse, and constitutes a vivid testament to the possibility of philosophical optimism in the face of potentially crushing adversity." International Journal of Philosophical Studies"Illness makes a powerful argument for exploring the experience of illness and the associated philosophical questions. Carel’s inclusion of herself in the book is often moving and shows well the power of bringing philosophy and personal life together." Philosophy in Review"This book offers an important contribution to the ongoing project of the phenomenology of illness, and offers a powerful argument for the inclusion of applied phenomenology in medical and healthcare training. One of the main strengths of this book is that it forces you to think, and to think philosophically. Carel neatly lifts philosophy off the page, and places it out there like a talisman in our everyday life. The book deserves to be read widely by the public, and I would suggest needs to be read widely by clinical practitioners as a point of reference for their own practice." Metapsychology"Illness offers us something that we all need to read and think about … If I were to write a book about illness, I would want it to be just like this one." Arena"A marvelous book … a very clear and detailed account of the phenomenology of illness and the contribution it could make to medical practice and research." Homeopathy"A masterpiece. Moving seamlessly between an unsparingly honest personal narrative and philosophical reflections on our condition as embodied subjects, Havi Carel has fashioned a uniquely authentic account of the lived experience of illness. It should be read – and reread – by everyone who is professionally involved with illness, who is ill, or is likely to become ill; which is to say, by all of us." Raymond Tallis, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and formerly Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester"A genuinely important philosophical work. Carel succeeds in offering a wide-ranging, original, wholly convincing and quite beautiful account of the phenomenology of illness. This is a remarkably insightful book about what it is to be human and how to live. Anybody who cares about who they are and how they live ought to read it." Matthew Ratcliffe, Professor of Philosophy, University of Durham"A tremendous achievement, as well as being a very moving personal document." Christopher Bertram, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, University of BristolTable of ContentsPreface to the third edition. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The body in illness. 2. The social world of illness. 3. Illness as dis-ability and health within illness. 4. Fearing death. 5. Sewn open. 6. Living in the present. LAM: facts and figures. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a detailed and sensitive account of how parents experience different forms of baby loss, and subsequently make decisions about post-mortem examination. It also analyses some of the challenges professionals face when working in this highly sensitive field of medicine. It draws on data from an ESRC award-winning UK based study on the development of minimally invasive post-mortem to examine a range of sociologically pertinent issues relating to: ‘trauma’ ‘emotions’, ‘decisions’, ‘care’ ‘technology’ ‘memory’ and the role of ‘social and biological relationships’. By shedding light on this taboo aspect of healthcare, the book provides a highly original contribution to sociology, offering a comprehensive analysis of some of the most pressing concerns in the field to date.Trade Review'By shedding light on this taboo aspect of healthcare, the book provides a highly original contribution to the sociology of emotions, medical sociology, death and dying studies and science and technology studies. It is a book that I wholeheartedly recommend to further advance understanding of perinatal bereavement and post-mortem care.'Dr Kerry Jones, Senior Lecturer in End-of-Life Care, The Open University -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Trauma2 Decisions3 Technology4 Emotions5 Care6 Memory7 RelationshipsConclusion: Life after deathReferences

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Book SynopsisEvery month, groups of people from all over the United Kingdom decide what kind of research should be carried out on patients within the NHS. These groups – Research Ethics Committees (RECs) – made up of doctors, nurses, researchers, and members of the general public – help shape the future of medicine, and play a crucial role in the regulation of a wide range of research from social science to epidemiology, vaccine and drugs trials to surgery. Based on extensive observations, interviews, and archival research, this book provides an in-depth insight into RECs, one of the most crucial forms of regulation around medical research. In providing one of the first empirical examinations of this kind of regulation, this book challenges the impersonal, de-socialised, and mechanical models of REC decision-making.Table of ContentsIntroduction – On the margins of a trusting system1 Paper promises or written applications as trust warrants2 Trust, local knowledge, and distributed centralisation3 Facework, interaction, and the performance of trustworthiness4 Reviewing science, trusting the reviewersConclusion – Regulatory giraffes?Index

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Book SynopsisThis concise and instructive guide outlines the specific challenges faced by the Latinx population in US health care, including language barriers, unfamiliarity with the medical system, lack of insurance, access issues, monetary factors, and most importantly the fears surrounding undocumented immigrants.It shows how health care professionals and chaplains can support and care for this population in a way that acknowledges and understands the distinct characteristics of Latinx culture. It offers advice on sensitives within this culture, such as health disparities, the importance of the family, and spirituality and religion in Latinx culture. This inclusive guide improves cultural competency among non-Latinx care staff and offers case studies and practical tips to input straight into practice.Trade ReviewDr. Pigozzi offers insights for caregivers so they may consider with greater sensitivity and respect the cultural practices and beliefs of their Latino/a patients, especially those of Mexican ancestry. She provides observations, descriptions and explanations accompanied by examples from her original research and without resorting to oversimplifications or harmful stereotypes. -- Suzanne Rivera, Vice President for Research & Technology Management and Associate Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve UniversityThis is a must read for health providers who take care of Latinx patients. Dr. Pigozzi's extensive research brings forth the complexity of taking care of Latinx individuals and provides a guide on how to best understand and communicate with Latinx patients and how to utilize religion, folk, and cultural beliefs in providing the best care possible. Great resource! -- Dr. Ricardo Cruz, Primary Care Physician, Boston Medical CenterTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Who we are; 2. Cultural Beliefs; 3. Health Beliefs; 4. The Etiology of Diabetes: Case Study; 5. Botánicas: Case Study; 6. Religiosity, Spirituality, and Mental Health; 7. Communication; 8. Preferences for Message Delivery: Case Study; 9. Interpretation, Translation, and Localization

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Book SynopsisThrough the detailed examination of a large corpus of healthcare interactions collected from a range of settings over a 25 year period, Pilnick illustrates the ways in which there are good organisational and interactional reasons for what may look from a PCC perspective like bad' healthcare practice.

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Book SynopsisThis 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. We sought to understand motives for such long service to nursing practice. Some had worked in the intellectual disability hospitals of the 19th and 20th Centuries. In both jurisdictions these have almost closed and been replaced with smaller living configurations; subsequently few such nurses have experience of these institutions. This makes it important to hear their stories, which were digitally recorded; now forming a unique collection in the Royal College of Nursing's archives. These oral histories when synthesised with prevailing discourse of intellectual disability nursing from literature, and research put into perspective contemporary nursing workforce challenges faced by these nurses in both jurisdictions. Their stories are testament, amongst other things, to a strong 'sense of justice… doing the right thing and making a difference'. Some reported a 'very early interest in working with people with intellectual disabilities'. And at 'journey’s end' sadly, almost universally, they reported a sense of being 'undervalued'. Their narratives articulate enormous health and social care change witnessed over three decades or more. But above all else they give voice to commitment, dedication, and kindness to a vulnerable, and often marginalised people, those with intellectual disabilities, as such it gives voice to otherwise 'Untold Stories'.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Background literature and research Chapter 3. Method and methodological Issues Chapter 4. Findings Chapter 5. Discussion Chapter 6. Conclusions, limitations and observations

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In ancient times, epilepsy was a condition felt to be sacred. Early myths and mystique surrounding it led to persecution, demonisation, incarceration and social rejection. Only by the nineteenth century does epilepsy become accepted as a physical condition, and not a manifestation of madness or the result of a dangerous contagion. Why epilepsy became and continues to be so stigmatised can be best understood by observing the manner in which, over centuries, it has been presented in the arts and media. This book reviews how it has been portrayed in literature, paintings, in the cinema and on television, in music and the theatre, in newsprint and on social media. Here Sacred Lives takes a look at the lives of writers, painters, musicians and actors with epilepsy and analyses how they managed their condition and its impact on their art. Addressing the evidence on how others in society see those with epilepsy and why negative perceptions and misconceptions can result in stigmatisation, loss of opportunity and social isolation, this book concludes with a personal account on living with epilepsy as a parent, from diagnosis in childhood through to the pitfalls of adult life. It provides guidance, based on experience, to help other families and those with epilepsy on their journey.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a novel examination of the relations, actions, and practices of healthcare workers, analysed in terms of collective mobilisation. Based on successive surveys conducted over a twenty-year period in public and private hospitals, it brings a rich new conceptualisation of both social movements and care work. We’ve all witnessed the collective mobilisation at play in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. In such a structured, hierarchical environment, the parallel with social movements highlights the ethical and collective dimensions of care work, as well as the bonds of solidarity and identification with the collective. Yet, healthcare workers are often caught in a dilemma between fighting against underfunding and deteriorating working conditions on the one hand, and cooperating to keep the system standing and provide the best care possible for patients on the other. The author's approach in terms of consensual and conflictual mobilisations brings a fresh theoretical and empirical contribution to the literature on social movements, medical sociology, public health, and the sociology of labour, whilst in-depth case studies bring to light the experiences of healthcare workers and enrich the narrative throughout.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Structural limits and consensual mobilisation.- The roots of healthcare.- Institutional trade unionism.- Alternative models of caring and hesitant practices.- Spontaneous protest.- What if the hospitals were co-managed?.

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Book SynopsisTakes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present).Trade Review"Stevenson explores how care in Inuit communities is like a raven, a spiritual force that binds the living and the dead in ways that are not always straightforward or obvious." -- G. Bruyere CHOICE "This courageous humanistic work is well worth a close and critical read, for the simple reason that its author, Lisa Stevenson, addresses one of the most important contemporary healthcare issues in the Canadian North-that of suicide- and along the way challenges the reader through been termed welfare colonialism and continues to struggle with a bureaucratic legacy determined by historical state structure and policy." American AnthropologistTable of ContentsPrologue: Between Two Women Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Facts and Images 2. Cooperating 3. Anonymous Care 4. Life-of-the-Name 5. Why Two Clocks? 6. Song Epilogue: Writing on Styrofoam Notes References List of Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisComplementary and Alternative Medicine is a sociological investigation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in contemporary society, and an exploration of the forces throughout the globe, across different institutions, and within different therapeutic spaces, that constrain or foster alternative medicine.Drawing on 30 years of research, the book identifies the trends in the use of CAM and explores the scientific, political and social challenges that CAM faces in relation to orthodox medicine. The author examines the varieties of CAM practices and how they manifest in different institutional spaces including public inquiries, the orthodox medical practitioner's consulting room, medical journals and the homes of those who use CAM. It also compares unorthodox practices in different geo-political settings, namely the global north and the global south.This book is valuable reading for higher-level undergraduate and postgraduate social science students, Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to complemenatary and alternative medicine and therapeutic pluralismChapter 2: State medicine, regulating practices and the creation of alternativesChapter 3: Disciplining and integrating practicesChapter 4: Adjusting to statist medicine and the manipulation of chiropracticChapter 5: Transformation, continuity and the ebb and flow of Chinese medicineChapter 6: Empire, tradition and the many therapeutic faces of IndiaChapter 7: The unregulated CAM user and the expansion of therapeutic possibilities Chapter 8: The fraught use of CAM in cancer careChapter 9: Incoherent forces: the disciplining and the unruliness of complementary and alternative therapies

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Book SynopsisPerson-centred health care is increasingly endorsed as a key element of high-quality care, yet, in practice, it often means patient-centred health care. This book scrutinizes the principle of primacy of patient welfare, which, although deeply embedded in health professionalism, is long overdue for critical analysis and debate. It appears incontestable because patients have greater immediate health needs than clinicians and the patient-clinician encounter is often recognized as a moral enterprise as well as a service contract. However, Buetow argues that the implication that clinician welfare is secondary can harm clinicians, patients and health system performance.Revaluing participants in health care as moral equals, this book advocates an ethic of virtue to respect the clinician as a whole person whose self-care and care from patients can benefit both parties, because their moral interests intertwine and warrant equal consideration. It then considers how to move from values Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: The Need for Change2. Clinician Care of the Patient3. Patient Self-care4. Clinician Self-care5. Patient Care of the ClinicianPart 2: Moving Forward6. From Patient-Centred to Person-Centred Health Care7. Person-centred Health Care: Values and Virtues8. Implementing Person-Centred Health Care

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Book SynopsisThis classic book, first published in 1992 and again in 2003, has inspired three generations of childbearing people, birth activists and researchers, and birth practitionersâmidwives, doulas, nurses, and obstetriciansâto take a fresh look at the standard procedures that are routinely used to manage American childbirth. It was the first book to identify these non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals that enact and transmit the core values of the American technocracy, thereby answering the pressing question of why these interventions continue to be performed despite all evidence to the contrary. This third edition brings together Davis-Floyd's insights into the intense ritualization of labor and birth and the technocratic, humanistic, and holistic models of birth with new data collected in recent years. Trade Review"A magnificent contribution to our understanding of birthing in this country." Emily Martin, author of The Woman in the Body"Davis-Floyd is a respectful listener who has encouraged her subjects to speak honestly about a complex experience. Consequently, even skeptical readers of the fascinating stories she has gathered should be prompted to reflect on the meaning of their own or their partners' experience of birth … I admire, without reservation, the generous, critical, passionate spirit that animates this book." Sara Ruddick, New York Times Book Review"Davis-Floyd has done an excellent job of demonstrating the linkages between American core values concerning technology and scientific expertise and prevailing obstetric practices. I especially value her use of women's voices to convey the essence of their delivery experiences." Carolyn Sargent, author of Maternity, Medicine, and PowerTable of ContentsAuthor‘s Note about the Cover Images, Dedication, Figure, Tables, Acknowledgments, Preface to the Third Edition, Introduction: Birth as a Rite of Passage, 1. Ritual and Rite, 2. The Stages of Matrescence: The Pregnancy/Childbirth/Postpartum Rite of Passage, 3. The Industrial and Technocratic Models of Birth and Health Care, 4. The Humanistic Model of Birth and Health Care, 5. Birth Messages in the Hospital, 6. How the Messages Are Received: The Spectrum of Response, 7. Scars into Stars: The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience, 8. The Holistic Model of Birth and Health Care, 9. Birth Messages at Home: Homebirth as Holistic Ideology in Action,10. Technocracy in Birth and Life: Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future, 11. Holism in Birth and Life: Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future, Conclusion: Birth as an American Rite of Passage, References, Index

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Book SynopsisThis book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in disability studies, childhood studies, medicine and health sciences, and sociology. It also provides insights that will be of use and value to professionals working with disabled children and adolescents in education, health and in disability-specific services.Opening with four narratives that offer the reader a window into the lived experience of disabled children, adolescents and their families, subsequent chapters explore a range of issues facing disabled children from early childhood through to late adolescence. Topics include family life, early intervention, inclusive and post-secondary education, the right to play, digital participation, the effects of labelling and matters relating to agency and sexuality.With chapters discussing research from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK amongst others, this book:contributes to the exTable of Contents1.The Lives of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities: An Introduction. 2.Kia ora from Ralph. 3.Childhood: magic or misery? Childhood: happy or sad? 4.The Tale of the Dancing Eyes. 5.The Trouble with ‘Normal’: Finding hope through resistance. 6.Disabled Children’s Active Participation in Early Childhood Education: A story of love, rights and solidarity from Aotearoa New Zealand. 7.Positioning the Views of Children with Developmental Disabilities at the Centre of Early Interventions. 8.A Minority Within the Family: Disabled children and parental perceptions. 9.Nature Play for Disabled Children – Muddy puddles for all? 10.Disabled Children’s Recreational Uses of Digital Technologies in the Context of Children’s Digital Rights. 11.The Individual Education Programme: Who knows best? 12.Digital Participation and Competencies for Young People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities. 13.Autistic Youth as Active Agents for Societal Change. 14.'Normal, different, or something in between’. Young people with autism and Down syndrome and psycho-emotional disablism. 15.We are Sexual Too: Sexuality in the lives of disabled adolescents. 16.Challenges of the Somos Uno Más [We are one of the same] Programme in the Access to Higher Education and Preparation for Adulthood of Young Persons with Intellectual Disability in Mexico.

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