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  • MODERN MEDICINE
    SIMON J. WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK / MICHAEL CALNAN UNIVERSITY OF KENT.,
    Do lay people view modern medicine as a fountain of hope or a font of despair? What are their experiences of modern medical care and technology, and how do their views and experiences differ across different social groups? Combining theoretical insights with a range of qualitative and ethnographic research, this volume examines lay experiences and evaluation of medicines and dr...

    $1,760.00

  • SLEEP AND SOCIETY
    SIMON J. WILLIAMS
    Exploring the sociological aspects of sleep and their links to current health debates, this unique text discusses why sleep has been so neglected in sociological literature and examines significant modern issues such as: the 24-hour society sleep and work homelessness dream analysis the medicalization and commodification of sleep. Written by a key international figure in medica...

    $1,280.00

  • INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    ANDREW J. WILLIAMS / AMELIA HADFIELD / J. SIMON ROFE
    This innovative new textbook seeks to provide undergraduate students of international relations with valuable and relevant historical context, bridging the gap and offering a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter integrates both historical analysis and literature and applies this to an international relations context in an accessible fashion, allowing students to u...

    $1,320.00

  • CHRONIC RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
    SIMON J. WILLIAMS
    Chronic obstructive airways disease (COAD: bronchitis, emphysema and chronic asthma) is a major medical, psychological, social and economic problem. Breathlessness is one of the most distressing and disabling symptoms of COAD, and it has long been apparent that the condition results in impaired quality of life. Drawing upon sociological and psychological sources, and his own de...

    $1,280.00

  • THE LIVED BODY
    GILLIAN A. BENDELOW / SIMON J. WILLIAMS
    The Lived Body takes a fresh look at the notion of human embodiment and provides an ideal textbook for undergraduates on the growing number of courses on the sociology of the body. The authors propose a new approach - an 'Embodied Sociology' - one which makes embodiment central rather than peripheral. They critically examine the dualist legacies of the past, assessing the ideas...

    $1,380.00