Health & Society Books

New and Published Books

1. Distinguishing Clinical from Upper Level Management in Social Work

   Edited by Marvin D. Feit, Michael J. Holosko

   Over the past few decades, as administrative and technological complexity has increased, so has the role and importance of administrative practice in social work. For those making the switch from front-line practice to administration and management there is, therefore, a real need to prepare and...

   Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. When Parents Die

   Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent, 3rd Edition

   By Rebecca Abrams

   The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
3. Health Care and Immigration

   Understanding the Connections

   Edited by Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Alejandro Portes

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This pioneering volume represents the culmination of state-of-the-art research whose purpose was to investigate the relationship between health care and immigration in the USA - two broken systems in need of reform. This volume sets out to answer the question: how do medical institutions...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. Promoting Health and Well-being in Social Work Education

   Edited by Beth R. Crisp, Liz Beddoe

   Social work educators can play an important part in ensuring that the promotion of health and well-being is firmly on the social work agenda for service users, as well as for students and educators. Nevertheless, this has not been a priority within social work education and presents a challenge...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
5. Death and Dying in Contemporary Japan

   Edited by Hikaru Suzuki

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   This book, based on extensive original research, explores the various ways in which Japanese people think about death and how they approach the process of dying and death. It shows how new forms of funeral ceremonies have been developed by the funeral industry, how traditional grave burial is being...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Eating Disorders and Mindfulness

   Exploring Alternative Approaches to Treatment

   Edited by Leah DeSole

   This book presents an overview of the latest psychological knowledge about the application of mindfulness-based interventions in the field of eating disorders. Increasingly, these interventions are used in therapeutic practice. They encourage clients to process their experience fully, as it arises,...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents

   An Interdisciplinary Discussion

   Edited by Jack Drescher, William Byne

   Extremely gender variant children and adolescents (minors), increasingly referred to as 'trans' or 'transgender children,' are small in number. In recent years, their situation has become highly sensationalized, whilst the matter of how to best treat them remains an area of controversy. A growing...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Governing Health in Contemporary China

   By Yanzhong Huang

   Series: China Policy Series

   The lack of significant improvement in people’s health status and other mounting health challenges in China raise a puzzling question about the country’s internal transition: why did the reform-induced dynamics produce an economic miracle, but fail to reproduce the success Mao had achieved in the...

   Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. Feminist Therapy with Latina Women

   Personal and Social Voices

   Edited by Debra M. Kawahara, Oliva Espín

   Feminist Therapy with Latina Women highlights the principles of feminist and multicultural counselling and therapy with Latinas and Latin American women, providing both theoretical approaches and applied frameworks. The authors are all experienced therapists and researchers with a deep...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

    2nd Edition

    By Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler

    This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology. The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including: Are...

    Published October 25th 2012 by Psychology Press