Nursing Sociology Books

New and Published Books

1. Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

   Edited by Caragh Brosnan, Bryan S. Turner

   The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century....

   Published March 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Practice-based Evidence for Healthcare

   Clinical Mindlines

   By John Gabbay, Andrée le May

   This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions. Firmly rooted in real practice while drawing lucidly on a great breadth of theoretical frameworks, it examines afresh how clinicians use knowledge. Evidence-based practice has recently become a key part of the...

   Published November 16th 2010 by Routledge
3. Anger Management

   A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition

   By Adrian Faupel, Elizabeth Herrick, Peter M. Sharp

   Do you work with angry children? Are you wondering why young people don’t listen when they are angry? Are you exhausted from trying to understand angry behaviour? Anger Management is a practical guide that will help you to stay calm in the face of angry outbursts from children and young people....

   Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge
4. Life After Cancer in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

   The Experience of Survivorship

   By Anne Grinyer

   Adolescence and young adulthood is often a difficult enough time without serious illness. However, research has shown that cancer, and surviving cancer, at this age presents distinctive problems medically, socially and psychologically. This important work offers a glimpse into a previously...

   Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
5. Sociology and Health

   An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Morrall, Peter Morrall

   This lively, introductory text provides students and health practitioners with the foundations of a sociological understanding of health issues. Written for anyone who is interested in health and disease in contemporary global society, this book engages the reader to act upon their occupational and...

   Published February 16th 2009 by Routledge
6. Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies

   By Gail Landsman

   Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "normal" and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives...

   Published August 19th 2008 by Routledge
7. Emotional Labour in Health Care

   The unmanaged heart of nursing

   By Catherine Theodosius

   Series: Critical Studies in Health and Society

   Do nurses still care? In today’s inflexible, fast-paced and more accountable workplace where biomedical and clinical models dominate health care practice, is there room for emotional labour? Based on original empirical research, this book delves into personal accounts of nurses' emotion expressions...

   Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge
8. The Logic of Care

   Health and the Problem of Patient Choice

   By Annemarie Mol

   **Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2010**What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore, creating more opportunities for patient choice will not improve health...

   Published May 23rd 2008 by Routledge
9. Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills

   Pharmaceutical Companies and the Medicalisation of Normal Life

   By Jörg Blech

   This is a highly accessible and reassuring account of how the pharmaceutical industry is redefining health, making it a state that is almost impossible to achieve. Many normal life processes – states as natural as birth, ageing, sexuality, unhappiness and death – are systematically being...

   Published June 14th 2006 by Routledge
10. Mainstreaming Midwives

    The Politics of Change

    Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Christine Barbara Johnson

    Providing insights into midwifery, a team of reputable contributors describe the development of nurse- and direct-entry midwifery in the United States, including the creation of two new direct-entry certifications, the Certified Midwife and the Certified Professional Midwife, and examine the...

    Published March 27th 2006 by Routledge