Medical sociology Books
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Pflege: Systemrelevant – und nun?: Theorie und
Book SynopsisSeit der COVID19-Pandemie werden die Pflegeberufe in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung in neuer Form wertgeschätzt und als systemrelevant diskutiert. Der Pflegealltag hat sich seit der Corona-Pandemie durch kurzfristiges Krisenmanagement und langfristiger Ungewissheit der weiteren Entwicklung verändert. Diesen Spannungsbogen nimmt das Buch in den Blick und geht hierbei folgenden Fragen nach:Deckt sich die kollektive Aufwertung, die Pflege sei systemrelevant, mit der subjektiven Einschätzung der einzelnen Pflegefachkraft? Welche neuen Herausforderungen begegnen den Pflegefachkräften? Wie erleben sie ihren veränderten Berufsalltag? Wie gehen sie mit der permanenten Bedrohung durch Ansteckung bis hin zu einem erneuten Lockdown um? Darüber hinaus ist bislang unklar, inwieweit die COVID19-Pandemie Auswirkungen auf die Berufswahlentscheidung und -motivation nimmt.Table of ContentsZwischen persönlichem Idealismus und gesellschaftlichem Druck: Der Beitrag von MDK-Mitarbeitenden in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie.- Pandemieerfahrungen von intensivmedizinisch tätigen Pflegefachpersonen: Ergebnisse einer longitudinalen qualitativen Studie in der COVID-19-Pandemie.- Grenzen des Machbaren – Arbeitslast und -verdichtung in der stationären Langzeitversorgung von Pflegefachkräften in der Covid-19 Pandemie.- „wer hilft mir, wenn jetzt was ist?“.- Corona und die medizinische Pflege – Eine explorative Untersuchung zu psycho-sozialen Belastungen von Pflegekräften im ersten Pandemie-Jahr.- Perspektiven der Personalentwicklung als Element der Systemrelevanz.- Die Corona-Pandemie. Eine völlig neue Erfahrung auf vielen Ebenen.
£52.24
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Book SynopsisThis Open Access Book contains reports on the situation of people in the second half of life during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The analyses are based on the German Ageing Survey (DEAS) and they provide insights on four main areas of life: income and work, subjective health and well-being, social support and loneliness as well as societal participation.This book is useful for scientists as well as political actors by directing attention to the risk groups that have been hard hit by the pandemic while also highlighting the resilience and adaptive capacities of many people in the second half of life.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction.- Part II: I Material and the employment issues during the Corona Pandemic.- Part III: Active ageing and participation issues during the Corona Pandemic.- Part IV: Health and well-being issues during the Corona Pandemic.- Part V: Social issues during the Corona Pandemic and beyond.- Part VI: Conclusion and implications.
£31.49
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Eingliederung als Rechtfertigungsarbeit:
Book SynopsisDieses Open-Access-Buch analysiert Praktiken der Wiedereingliederung von Beschäftigten mit psychischen Erkrankungen in drei Unternehmen in der Schweiz. Ausgehend von den konkreten Handlungsproblemen der Akteurinnen und Akteure wird die These entwickelt, dass betriebliche Arbeitsintegration zu einem wesentlichen Teil „Rechtfertigungsarbeit“ bedeutet. Eingeschränkte Leistungsfähigkeit und Maßnahmen zur weiteren Beschäftigung werfen – gerade im Falle nicht direkt wahrnehmbarer Gesundheitsprobleme – Rechtfertigungsbedarf im Unternehmen auf. „Rechtfertigungsarbeit“ kann darin bestehen, die kooperative Haltung der Betroffenen gegenüber dem Betrieb zu bekräftigen oder plausibel zu machen, dass sie in ihrer Arbeitsstelle trotz der Erkrankung weiterhin leistungsfähig sein werden.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Erwerbsarbeit und Inklusion.- Betriebliche Arbeitsintegration psychisch Erkrankter.- Die Soziologie der Konventionen.- Forschungsdesign, Methoden und Daten.- Die Etablierung von Deutungen und Wiedereingliederungsperspektiven.- Eingliederung und Rechtfertigungsarbeit.- Eingliederung und Arbeitsorganisation.- Krankheit ohne Krankschreibung.- Krankheit und die Fairness von Personalmaßnahmen.- Krankheit und Kritik.- Konventionentheoretische Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- Schlussfolgerungen.
£40.49
Transcript Verlag Between Self-Determination and Social Technology:
Book SynopsisThe book critically examines how concepts such as self-determination, participation, ethics, or dialogue, developed not least by the feminist movement and directed against repression, heteronomy and professional paternalism, have been integrated into new contexts and transformed into new social technologies. Crossing a variety of fields from birthing, genetic counselling, living wills, hospital ethics, to population policies and politics of biomedicine, it shows that medicine and medicine-related policies and practices form crucial arenas of these transformations. What we see emerging is procedural management as a new set of social techniques. With a preface by William Ray Arney.
£31.49
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Medical Negligence: What Doctors, Patients &
Book SynopsisThis book covers the questions ranging from medical ethics and points of law to issues in medical negligence viewed from the standpoint of practically all specialities in the practice of medicine and surgery. The discussions are enlivened by reports on illustrative cases and human interest stories which would be of great interest to patients, practising doctors, hospitals, advocates and members of Consumer Fora. The chapters on almost every branch of Medicine and Surgery contains a wealth of up-to-date information on the current scientific understanding of the subject, which intends to present medical malpractice in the larger context of the admirable advances in medicine which have made life so much safer and better in the last few decades. The book contains detailed guidelines to the doctors, patients and hospitals in three different chapters with a concluding chapter on Medical Insurance. The book is written in a lucid style which would be understood not only by physicians and lawyers but also the general public.
£30.59
Brill Russian Cognitive Neuroscience: Historical and
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together an unprecedented compilation of papers from esteemed Russian psychophysiologists, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists. The contributors explain the disciplinary trajectories and theoretical foundations inspiring their experimental research, providing important intellectual contexts. Commentaries by editors Chris Forsythe and Gabriel Radvansky discuss the relationships between Russian, European, and American developments in cognitive science and neuroscience. This volume provides a detailed exposition of the distinctively Russian advances in neuropsychology and cognitive science from the late nineteenth century to the present.Table of ContentsContents Notes on Contributors IX Acknowledgements XI section 1: History and Tradition of Russian Neuroscience 1 Origins of Russian Cognitive Psychophysiology L. V. Sokolova 2 The Beginnings of Russian Cognitive Psychophysiology V. I. Shostak 3 Systemic Psychophysiology Yuri I. Alexandrov 4 Cognitive Activity from the Perspective of Functional Systems Theory K. V. Sudakov Section 1 Commentary: The Genesis and Development of Russian Experimental Neuroscience Gabriel A. Radvansky and Chris Forsythe section 2: Russian Research in Perceptual and Cognitive Processes 5 The Regulatory Role of an Unconscious Cognitive Set in the Perception of the Facial Expression of Emotion Eduard Arutunovich Kostandov 6 “Human–Neuron–Model”: A Spherical Model of Signal Discrimination in the Visual System C. A. Izmailov, A. M. Chernorizov, and V. B. Polyansky 7 Individual Characteristics of Brain Activity and Thinking Strategies Olga M. Razumnikova and Nina V. Volf Section 2 Commentary: Neuroscience of Cognitive Skills and Abilities Gabriel A. Radvansky and Chris Forsythe section 3: Russian Electrophysiological Research 8 Brain Oscillations and Personality from an Evolutionary Perspective Gennady G. Knyazev 9 Oscillatory Dynamics of Spiking Neurons and the Modeling of Memory Functions V. I. Nekorkin and V. B. Kazantsev 10 Frequency-Selective Generators of Oscillatory Brain Activity as Mapping Structure and Dynamics of Cognitive Processes N. N. Danilova 11 Oscillatory Self-Organization of Cyclic Synthesis of Sensory Information and Memory Content for Object Recognition Sergey A. Miroshnikov, Margarita G. Filippova, and Roman V. Chernov Section 3 Commentary: Models of Neural Dynamics Provide a Foundation for Neurocognitive Interventions Chris Forsythe and Gabriel A. Radvansky section 4: Russian Translational Neuroscience Research 12 Individual Alpha Activity Indices and Biofeedback Olga Mikhailovna Bazanova 13 The Psychophysiology of Combat Activity A. A. Bochenkov 14 The Use of Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Neural Networks to Predict the Professional Fitness of Operators of Technical Systems A. P. Bulka Section 4 Commentary: Neuroscience Applications Extending from the Clinical to the Professional to Everyday Domains Chris Forsythe and Gabriel A. Radvansky Index
£181.64
Brill Care and Pandemic
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Amsterdam University Press Chinese Cancer Villages : Rural Development,
Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of "cancer villages" has emerged in many parts of rural China, drawing media attention and becoming a fact of social life. However, the relationship between pollution and disease is often hard to discern. Through sociological analysis of several villages with different social and economic structures, the authors offer a comprehensive, historically grounded analysis of the coexistence between the incidence of cancer, environmental pollution and villagers’ lifestyles, as well as the perceptions, claims and responses of different actors. They situate the appearance of "cancer villages" in the context of social, economic and cultural change in China, tracing the evolution of the issue over two decades, and providing deep insights into the complex interactions and trade-offs between economic growth, environmental change and public health.Trade Review"This book is an important contribution to China studies and scholarly research on environmental health. Comprising 10 chapters, several of which were first published in 2013 in Chinese, the publication of this English-language edition provides a detailed and informative collection of reports on collective medical claims about China's rural population living in deteriorating environmental conditions."- Suvi Rautio, The China Journal, Volume 86, July 2021 "Impeccably researched and carefully crafted, this work offers a timely and sobering inquiry into collective claims of victimization associated with polluted water and air in rural China."- Jing Jun, Tsinghua University"Chinese "Cancer Villages" is a meticulously researched and emotionally charged book that makes important advances in the fields of China studies, environmental health, rural sociology and anthropology."- Bryan Tilt, Oregon State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface. Jennifer Holdaway and Wang Wuyi 1 Retrospective Thoughts on the 'Cancer Village' Phenomenon. Chen Ajiang 2 The Ins and Outs of a 'Cancer Village'. Chen Ajiang 3 A Subei 'Cancer Village'. Luo Yajuan 4 Environmental Change and Health Risks. Chen Ajiang 5 A Prosperous 'Cancer Village'. Cheng Pengli 6 Coexistence of Poverty and Cancer. Cheng Pengli and Li Caihong 7 Problematization and De-stigmatization. Li Caihong and Cheng Pengli 8 Behind 'High Incidence of Lung Cancer'. Li Qi and Chen Ajiang 9 Villagers' Perceptions of and Responses to the Relationship between Cancer and Pollution. Chen Ajiang and Cheng Pengli 10 Villagers Strategies for Mitigating Environmental Health Risks? Chen Ajiang and Cheng Pengli Index
£111.15
City University of Hong Kong Press Traditional Chinese Medicine: Professionalization
Book SynopsisChinese medicine has a rich history that has only been made more complex by its integration with `Western’ biomedicine. Legitimization of Chinese medicine in biomedicine-dominated health systems, such as that in Hong Kong, has posed significant issues. This anthology of articles explores relevant social issues related to various Chinese medicine treatments, including acupuncture and medicinal oils, as well as insight into practitioner licensing and public perception. Each chapter tackles a topic related to the complicated process of legitimizing knowledge and power within a specific social and historical context. Written by professors and researchers with extensive knowledge of Chinese medicine, government regulation, and sociology, this collection provides an overview of the challenges and current social context of Chinese medicine that affect students and practitioners of Chinese medicine, health and para-health biomedical professionals, and patients alike.Traditional Chinese Medicine is the first book in the Mediated Health Series, which focuses on the effects of media, lifestyle, doctor-patient communication, and the economy on health and aims to help inform medical decisions and enhance the wellbeing of individuals.
£36.05
City University of Hong Kong Press Social Inclusion: Theoretical Development and
Book SynopsisSocial inclusion is a key outcome measure for health intervention and social services initiatives. However, there is currently no universal global measure of social inclusion with proven validity and reliability. This prevents accurate cross-cultural comparisons of the impact of social services and policy changes.To fill this void, the authors describe the theory and development of the Social and Community Opportunities Prole (SCOPE) developed in the United Kingdom as a measure of social inclusion. The SCOPE has since been translated and applied in Hong Kong, Poland, and Brazil with proven success in providing empirical evidence of social inclusion among the general public, persons with mental health issues, and immigrants. The first of its kind, this book presents and compares these studies, moving forward social inclusion research and encouraging adoption in academia and by social service providers. The conclusions will also enlighten policy makers at national, regional, and local levels responsible for designing strategies to improve the well-being of disadvantaged groups in society.Social Inclusion: Theoretical Development and Cross-cultural Measurements is the second book in the Mediated Health Series, which focuses on the effects of media, lifestyle, doctor-patient communication, and the economy on health and aims to help inform medical decisions and enhance the well-being of individuals.Table of Contents Part I Social Inclusion Tools and Standards 1. Introducing the Social Inclusion Concept 2. Early Concept Mapping in the United Kingdom and the Need for a New Measure of Social Inclusion 3. The Gold Standard: Development of the Long and Short Social and Community Opportunities Profile (SCOPE) in the United Kingdom Part II Applications in Asia 4. Understanding Social Inclusion among Hong Kong People through Concept Mapping 5. Applying SCOPE-C to Measure Social Inclusion among Users of Mental Health Services in Hong Kong 6. Measuring Social Inclusion among Immigrants in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom 7. Understanding Social Inclusion among Singaporean Citizens through Concept Mapping Part III Applications Outside of Asia 8. Applying SCOPE-P to Measure Social Inclusion among Users of Mental Health Services in Poland 9. The Digital Divide and Social Inclusion among Users of Mental Health Services in Poland 10. Applying SCOPE-B to Measure Social Inclusion among Users of Mental Health Services in Brazil Part IV What These Studies Tell Us About Social Inclusion 11. Factors that Affect Social Inclusion: A Four-country Comparison 12. Conclusion and Future Perspectives
£24.76
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Environmental Cns Stimulation In Aging, Health
Book SynopsisSocial and environmental factors have profound impacts on health and diseases across the lifespan. Each year, hundreds of millions of animals are used in biomedical research. Yet many experimental studies utilize animals housed in standard conditions conferring minimal physical, social, and mental stimulation. Lacking appreciation of macroenvironment impacts on physiology and disease risks of the laboratory animals may not only hinder the use of appropriate animal models for human diseases, but also question the validity of preclinical assessments of therapeutic agents.This book summarizes our work on environmental enrichment, a housing condition for laboratory animals, recapitulating an active lifestyle by providing a complex physical, social, and cognitive stimulations. Environmental enrichment exerts a wide range of benefits on energy balance, cancer, immunity, stress, behavior, and healthy aging. One underlying mechanism is the activation of a specific neuroendocrine brain-adipocyte axis with brain-derived neurotrophic factor as the key brain mediator. This book integrates recent discoveries regarding mechanisms, mediators, and biomarkers of environmental enrichment, and discusses its translational potential.By providing a timely review and discussion of murine models, this book should be of interest to basic, translational, and clinical researchers, as well as psychologists, nutrition scientists, and students that have interest in cancer, obesity, aging, and genetic disorders.
£121.50
Springer Verlag, Singapore Sickness Work: Personal Reflections of a
Book SynopsisThis is the story of a professor of Medical Sociology, diagnosed with colon cancer. He undergoes the appropriate medical treatment. Passing through that trajectory, he realizes that things happen that he never read about in the professional literature. During his illness and rehabilitation he scribbles down notes about what is happening to him, what he is observing and what things do not tally with his knowledge of the sociological literature. This continuous connection of personal experience with academic literature is what makes this book such a powerful account of the ‘everyday’ life of a sick person. Recommended to teachers and students in the field of social health research; to everyone who works in health care, professionals as well as volunteers; and to men and women who themselves are experiencing a serious illness.Table of ContentsForeword.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Disruption.- 3. Incantation.- 4. Collective Disruption.- 5. Sickness Work.- 6. Control.- 7. The Outside World.- 8. Legitimation.- 9. Epilogue.- Notes.- Index.
£42.74
Springer Verlag, Singapore A Fine Line: Painkillers and Pleasure in the Age of Anxiety
Book SynopsisAre painkillers mundane medications safe for use to ease human suffering? Or are they drugs of abuse that cause addiction and death? Do they ameliorate pain, or do they cause it? This book explores growing interest among medical practitioners media outlets about the ‘misuse’ or ‘abuse’ of pharmaceutical pain medications. It contextualizes these emerging discourses of pharmaceutical ‘abuse’ within the social and political histories from which they have emerged by exploring the role of pleasure and pain in shaping individualized modes of medication consumption in a neoliberal age of anxiety.The book is divided into two parts: the first addresses the discursive construction of painkiller (ab)use as articulated in research and policy accounts; the second part provides an empirical investigation that draws on the lived experience of those who engage in non-medical consumption. This book argues that, contrary to the stereotype of the ‘seductive’ drug that coaxes its user into a life of dysfunction, there appears to be an intimate relationship between the motivations of pleasure seeking, health practice and productive citizenship among people who use painkillers for non-medical reasons.Table of ContentsForeword.- Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations.- Drug Glossary.- Preface.- Part One.- 1. Introduction: Understanding Painkiller Use in Contemporary Society.- 2. Drugs through Time: The History of the Regulation of Drug Consumption in Australia.- 3. 'Discovering' Non-Medical (Ab)Use: The Meaning and Measurement of Non-Medical Consumption.- 4. Problematizing Pain: Medical, Social and Commercial Approaches to Pain.- Part Two.- 5. Chilling Out: Recreational and Painkiller Use among Young People.- 6. Work Hard, Play Hard: Cycles of Restrain and Release in Painkiller Use.- 7. Chronic Pain and Dependence: Chronic Conditions, Opiates and Stigma.- 8. Beyond ‘Addiction’: Dependence, Injecting and Transitions in Opiate Use.- Conclusion.
£44.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Reliability and Survival Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book presents and standardizes statistical models and methods that can be directly applied to both reliability and survival analysis. These two types of analysis are widely used in many fields, including engineering, management, medicine, actuarial science, the environmental sciences, and the life sciences. Though there are a number of books on reliability analysis and a handful on survival analysis, there are virtually no books on both topics and their overlapping concepts. Offering an essential textbook, this book will benefit students, researchers, and practitioners in reliability and survival analysis, reliability engineering, biostatistics, and the biomedical sciences. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Reliability and Survival Analysis: Concepts and Definitions.- Chapter 2: Mean Lifetime and Residual Lifetime.- Chapter 3: Probability Distributions of Lifetimes (Uncensored).- Chapter 4: Censoring Mechanisms.- Chapter 5: Probability Distributions of Lifetimes under Censoring Schemes.- Chapter 6: Nonparametric Methods.- Chapter 7: Parametric Methods.- Chapter 8: Regression Models.- Chapter 9: Generalized Linear Models for Failure Times.- Chapter 10: Components and Systems.- Chapter 11: Reliability Functions and Ageing Properties.- Chapter 12: Models for Production System.- Chapter 13: Stochastic Models.- Chapter 14: Further Topics.- References.- Appendix - A: Statistical Tables.- Appendix - B: Data Sets.- Appendix - C: R-Packages and Programming Codes.- Index.
£94.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and
Book SynopsisCOVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distance explores the social and political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the sociological aspects of the spread of the virus, the role played by social distancing in virus mitigation, and the comparative effect of social proximity and distance on national anti-viral behavior. Peter Murphy discusses various public policy approaches to the pandemic and their successes and failures. In this engaging analysis, he investigates the way that contemporary societies think about risk, threat and harm, and how social mood affected the response to COVID-19.Table of Contents1. Social Distance.- 2. Public Policy.- 3. Social Mood.
£41.24
Springer Verlag, Singapore Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in
Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear and detailed examination of why it is so difficult to secure comprehensive political engagement and actionable, effective policy on sexual and reproductive health rights in sub-Saharan Africa. In an engaging analysis, Nana Poku employs expert knowledge to examine the prospects for large-scale improvements. He explores not only the full range of normative sensitivities, but also conceptual misunderstandings, legal difficulties and complex challenges of securing and maintaining adequate funding while AIDS remains a pandemic in the region. Up-to-date, succinct yet highly detailed, lucid and compelling in its diagnoses of highly complex issues, this book is a valuable, accessible study of a topic that is regional in focus but with clear global implications.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sexual and reproductive health and the human condition.- Chapter 1: The principle of Sexual and Reproductive Health and why it is central to broad advancements in human health and development in sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 2: Sexual and reproductive health as rights.- Chapter 3: Sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: normative developments, contexts and issues.- Chapter 4: Challenges, Progress and Prospect.
£44.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in
Book SynopsisThis book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion and integration from a health systems perspective. Tribal healing practices is an under-studied component in healthcare system, health policy and health systems research. The book consists of original research papers based on empirical studies done by anthropologists, sociologists, public health practitioners and research scientists in various parts of India. It discusses issues of non-codified folk healing, with a focus on the therapeutic ideas and practices of tribal communities, located in anthropological theory and methods. It has a balance of empirical papers, review and theoretical papers, not only explaining ‘what is inside the healing practices’ but also touching upon the question of ‘why’ and delving into ‘what should be’ looking into the possibility to apply it for a larger good i.e., health care for all. This book discusses several important issues related to legitimacy, evidence and efficacy, recognition, certification and integration, protection and preservation, bio-piracy and bioprospecting, benefit sharing and intellectual property rights, sustainable use of medicinal herbs and conservation of nature and natural resources, biodiversity and possibilities of mainstreaming tribal healing. It is of interest to students and researchers from medical anthropology, medical sociology, cultural geography, liberal studies, tribal studies, ecology, sustainability and development and public health.Table of ContentsIntroduction Sunita Reddy, Nemthianngai Guite, Bamdev Subedi Section 1: Ethnomedicine and Public Health Perspective in Traditional Medicine 2. Ethnomedicine as Public Health R.K. Mutatkar 3. Critical Medical Anthropology and Ayushisation: Practices and Praxis P. C. Joshi 4. Tribal Health Knowledge and Practices: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges from a Health Systems Perspective Ritu Priya Section 2- Traditional Healing Practices in Himalayan Region 5. Indigenous Healing Practices in the Himalaya: Use of Medicinal Plants and Health Development in Nepal Madhusudan Subedi 6. Ethnomedicine in Question: The Case of Tharu Healers and Healing Practices Bamdev Subedi 7. Amchi system in Ladakh: Challenges in the New World Tashi Smanla, Shalina Mehta 8. Health Care Systems among Broq-Pa Tribe, District Leh, (Jammu & Kashmir) Diskit Wangmo, Rita Kumari, Nutan Kumari Jha, A. K. Sinha Section 3- Traditional Healing Practices in North Eastern States 9. The Folk Healing Practices of the North East India Shailaja Chandra 10. Understanding the Etiology of Diseases among the Lepcha Community Tshering Lepcha 11. The nongai dawai Khasi healers of Meghalaya Sandra Albert, John Porter and Judith Green 12. Traditional Bone Setters in Manipur: A Case Study among the Meetei in Thoubal District Asem Tomba Meetei
£107.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Care Staff Mobilisation in the Hospital: Fight or
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?.
£33.24
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Artefacts of Digital Mental Health
Book SynopsisThe Artefacts of Digital Mental Health focuses on smartphone apps, wearables devices, and ingestible sensors, which are at the centre of research, development, and investment in mental health and digitalisation. The book aims to examine digital mental health through three artefacts that are defined by their ubiquity, everydayness, popularity, innovation and hype, and emergent qualities. It engages with theoretical approaches to technology, mental health, and wellbeing informed by Science and Technology Studies, sociological studies of health and mental health, and sociomaterialism. The book brings together different theories of mental health, subjectivity, the body, care, and digitalisation alongside biodigital artefacts as exemplars of transformations in digital mental health.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Artefacts in the making of digital mental health.- Apps and chatbots: The emergence of algorithmic subjectivity.- Wearable devices: Bodies living and becoming with vital artefacts.- Ingestible sensors: Embodied care with/for data.- Coda.
£33.24
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Skills and Ethics of Professional Touch: From
Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to the ethical and goal-oriented functions of touch in professional practice. Touch is both an increasingly visible topic today and a core skill in many professions, especially in health, education and social work. This book combines helpful theoretical discussions and practical information, offering a balanced and culturally-informed introduction to an issue that both students and professionals often find difficult to navigate. Chapters discuss the various functions of touch and its uses, giving readers a deeper understanding of the potential of tactile work practices. The authors offer clear legal and ethical guidance to empower learners. They discuss key issues such as harmful touch and the increasing digitisation of patient work. Activities, case studies and further readings promote learning and help readers reflect on their own relationship to touch. This book is an invaluable resource for students in undergraduate and graduate courses in healthcare, nursing, education and social work, and to practitioners looking for guidance on this topic.Table of Contents
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