This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting social welfare and older people.
This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting ...
This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting social welfare and older people.
This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting ...
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the complex issues surrounding the regulation of the medical profession. It offers up-to-date information on the current legislative framework and institutional arrangements surrounding the regulation in the United Kingdom. Well organized and written in an accessible way, it offers an insight into key sociological theories surrounding medical regulation. It gives a historically situated analysis of the contemporary relationship between medicine, the state and the public, and an overview of relevant social scientific research. Case studies...
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the complex issues surrounding the regulation of the medical profession. It offers up-to-date inform...
This book provides a lively, concise and definitive introduction to the study of the causes of crime. Authoritative yet accessible, it offers a guide to the historical development of criminology as an academic discipline and in doing so:
presents an overview of a range of different theories of crime, including classical, biological, psychological and sociological approaches analyses the strengths and weaknesses of each theory discussed provides chapter overview boxes and key summary points helps you to take your studies further with self-study tasks and...
This book provides a lively, concise and definitive introduction to the study of the causes of crime. Authoritative yet accessible, it offers a guide ...
Medical sociology has traditionally been focused on the governance of troublesome social groups, including the unwell, the deviant, and the criminally insane. But recently the discipline has also begun to explore how the state ensures the public is protected from acts of medical malpractice, negligence, and criminality. Against the background of a series of high-profile scandals including the case of Dr. Harold Shipman, who murdered over two hundred of his patients this topical and authoritative book examines how the regulation of doctors has been modernized by the introduction of a quality...
Medical sociology has traditionally been focused on the governance of troublesome social groups, including the unwell, the deviant, and the criminally...
This book critically explores from a comparative international perspective the role medicine plays in constructing and managing natural and social risks, including those belonging to modern medical technology and expertise. Drawing together chapters written by professional practitioners and social scientists from the UK, South America, Australia and Europe, the book offers readers an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of how modern medicine has transformed our understanding of both ourselves and the world around us, but in so doing has arguably failed to fully recognize and account...
This book critically explores from a comparative international perspective the role medicine plays in constructing and managing natural and social ...
