Forthcoming Health and Social Care Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Politics of Maternity

   By Rosemary Mander, Jo Murphy-Lawless

   The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstacles facing women and midwives who strive to achieve good birth. This new book critically explores the complex issues surrounding contemporary...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Routledge International Handbook of Qualitative Nursing Research

   Edited by Cheryl Tatano Beck

   Qualitative research, once on the fringes, now plays a central part in advancing nursing and midwifery knowledge, contributing to the development of the evidence base for healthcare practice. Divided into four parts, this authoritative handbook contains over forty chapters on the state of the art...

   To Be Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Chinese State's Retreat from Health

   Policy and the Politics of Retrenchment

   By Jane Duckett

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   Over the post-Mao period, the Chinese state has radically cut back its role in funding health services and insuring its citizens against the costs of ill health. Using an analytical framework drawn from studies of state retrenchment in industrialized democracies and in post-communist Eastern Europe...

   To Be Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. China's One-Child Policy and Multiple Caregiving

   Raising Little Suns in Xiamen

   By Esther Goh

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book explores the effects of China’s one child policy on modern Chinese families. It is widely thought that such a policy has contributed to the creation of a generation of little emperors or little suns spoiled by their parents and by the grandparents who have been recruited to care for the...

   To Be Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Sport for Development

   What game are we playing?

   By Fred Coalter

   Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of ‘sport-for-development’, leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies...

   To Be Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
6. Psychosocial Impact of Lupus

   Social Work's Role and Function

   Edited by N. Beckerman, Charles Auerbach

   With Lupus affecting more than 1.5 million Americans, predominantly women of childbearing age, there are many complex psychosocial challenges for the health care provider, the patient and the family. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the psychosocial impact of Lupus as a range of...

   To Be Published April 18th 2013 by Routledge
7. Social Sustainability

   A Multilevel Approach to Social Inclusion

   Edited by Veronica Dujon, Jesse Dillard, Eileen M. Brennan

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   How can we raise the standard of living of the world’s poor and maintain high levels of social health and well-being in the developed world, while simultaneously reducing the environmental damage wrought by human activity? The social dimension of sustainability is becoming recognized as a necessary...

   To Be Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
8. Consumers and Nanotechnology

   Deliberative Processes and Methodologies

   By Harald Throne-Holst, Eivind Soto, Pal Strandbakken, Gerd Scholl

   In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of...

   To Be Published April 25th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
9. Maternal Mortality, Human Rights and Accountability

   Edited by Paul Hunt, Tony Gray

   Maternal mortality remains one of the highest causes of death in the world today. The main objective of this book is to focus on a critically important part of maternal mortality and human rights viz. monitoring, accountability and redress. Accountability encompassing the local, national and...

   To Be Published April 25th 2013 by Routledge
10. First World War Nursing

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Alison S. Fell, Christine E. Hallett

    Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History

    This book brings together a collection of works by scholars who have produced some of the most innovative and influential work on the topic of First World War nursing in the last ten years. The contributors employ an interdisciplinary collaborative approach that takes into account multiple facets...

    To Be Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge