Using Documents in Social Research offers a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research. The books argues that documents stand in a dual-relation to human activity, and therefore by transmitting ideas and influencing the course and nature of human activity they are integral to the research process.

Key features of the book include:

• Alerts students to the diversity of social scientific research documents.
• Outlines the various strategies and debates that need to be considered in order to...

This Reader introduces students of sociology and health care to the changing fields of medical knowledge and medical work.

• Provides a chronicle of reseach in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the past 25 years.
  
• Summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised over this period.
  
• Section introductions by the editors situate the articles within a wider body of literature.
  
• A valuable resource for student of sociiology, social...

Examines the organization of medical and social services for people with serious psychiatric disorders. This text focuses on the transition from hospital-centred to community-centred services and explores the rationales and consequences of this and other t

This set highlights the vital part that documents and records plays in all aspects of the research process within a variety of social research contexts.