Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Risky rhetoric Risky rhetoric J. Blake Scott xii, 281 p. : 24 cm OL13605755W
Evidence-based Health Communication Evidence-based Health Communication Brian Brown Provides a review of the field of health communication and the kinds of evidence that have been collected concerning effective communication. This book also critically evaluates the kinds of training… OL16936595W
Patients, consumers and civil society Patients, consumers and civil society Susan Maizel Chambré,Melinda Goldner xix, 299 pages ; 24 cm OL16940687W
Self, social identity, and physical health Self, social identity, and physical health Richard D. Ashmore,Richard J. Contrada xxiv, 269 p. : ;24 cm OL17904183W
From pathology to politics From pathology to politics James Bennett,Thomas DiLorenzo "Barely a day goes by without news of the latest public health threat from the American media. Some of us are told we live in a ""cancer cluster""--An area with a disproportionate number of cancer de… OL18441711W
History of medicine in India History of medicine in India Chittabrata Palit,Achintya Kumar Dutta Contributed articles grown out of a national seminar hosted by Corpus Research Institute in 2002, in the campus of Jadavpur University. OL18719517W
Second opinion Second opinion John Germov xii, 427 pages : 26 cm OL18951554W
Sociology for nurses Sociology for nurses Elaine Denny,Sarah Earle Focuses on the relevance of sociology to contemporary nursing practice. Clearly written, and carefully illustrated, the book uses jargon-free explanations of sociological theories and evidence to sho… OL19167752W
Handbook of gender, culture, and health Handbook of gender, culture, and health Michel Hersen,Richard M. Eisler "During the last few years, theory and research on the role of biobehavioral and sociocultural factors in the prevention of illness and the maintenance of health have increased exponentially. Researc… OL20142810W
Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada Juanne Nancarrow Clarke xvii, 446 p. : 23 cm OL20143713W
The Death Gap The Death Gap David A. Ansell MD xviii, 235 pages : 24 cm OL20156228W
Society and health Society and health Sol Levine,Diana C. Walsh How do some families create more healthful environments for their children? How do we explain the health status differences between men and women, blacks and whites, and different communities or cult… OL20801473W
Medical Nemesis Medical Nemesis Ivan Illich "The medical establishment has become a major threat to health. The disabling impact of professional control over medicine has reached the proportions of an epidemic. Iatrogenesis, the name for this … OL2848845W
Health studies Health studies Jennie Naidoo,Jane Wills This title provides a comprehensive volume of all the major disciplines, perspectives and methodologies in health studies and relates them to the real world through applied examples and coverage of c… OL28598913W
Psychosocial & behavioral aspects of medicine Psychosocial & behavioral aspects of medicine Hanno W Kirk,Jo A Weisbrod,Kay A Ericson This textbook is designed to provide aspiring health care professionals with an understanding of the psychosocial effects of illness on patients, and how to use that knowledge to effectively communic… OL31213129W
Medicine & culture Medicine & culture Lynn Payer Ein sehr lehrreiches und amüsant zu lesendes Buch über die Einflüsse der jeweiligen Volkskultur auf die jeweilige Sicht von Medizin und auf ihre Anwendung in den einzelnen Ländern. OL3283141W
Beyond health Beyond health Nick Fox,Nicholas J. Fox This study applies poststructuralist and postmodern ideas to issues of health and health care to provide a radical re-think of how health is to be understood. It offers a perspective in which health … OL3904861W
Rakkuʼs story Rakkuʼs story Sheila Zurbrigg Causes of rural ill-health in India; based on the authorʼs experiences in Tamil Nadu. OL5467422W
Health Care in America Health Care in America Susan Reverby,S. Reverby,David Rosner The essays in this collection have been written by a new generation of social historians who seek to ground the internal developments in medicine and health care in a political, social, and cultural … OL8553902W