Books written by Graham Scambler

Sociology as Applied to Medicine E-Book

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Structure, Culture and Agency: Selected Papers of Margaret Archer

Both of these themes and associated thinkers are treated in Margaret S. Archer, Making our Way through the World: Human Reflexivity and Social Mobility, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007, chapter 1: ...
Sociology as Applied to Health and Medicine

New to this Edition: - Increased emphasis on global perspectives and international examples - All existing chapters thoroughly updated - New chapters on globalisation and health, re-conceptualising bodies and digital health and health care ...
Medical Sociology: The nature of medical sociology

In addition , the American Journal of Sociology had a special issue on medical sociology in 1992 and the first dictionary of medical sociology ( Cockerham and Ritchey , 1997 ) appeared in 1997. The Journal of Health and Social Behavior ...
EBOOK: Sport and Society

This is a succinct and comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport.
Menstrual Disorders

Less than is commonly assumed, according to Annette and Graham Scambler. In this thought-provoking book, they challenge orthodox thinking on menstruation and disorders associated with it.
Sociological Theory and Medical Sociology

Originally published in 1987, this book builds bridges between medical sociology and mainstream theory.
Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology

This text explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness.
Structure, Culture and Agency: Selected Papers of Margaret Archer

4 For a more detailed examination of the contributions of James, Peirce and Mead to the theme of reflexivity-as-internal-conversation see Margaret S. Archer, Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation, Cambridge, ...
A Sociology of Shame and Blame: Insiders Versus Outsiders

This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions.
Health and Social Change: A Critical Theory

* How have health, illness and medicine been affected by social change? * What are the implications of disorganized capitalism, neo-liberalism and the 'Third Way' for health and healing? *...
Habermas, Critical Theory and Health

This book provides an accessible introduction to his work and shows how his theories can be fruitfully applied to a wide range of topics in the sociology of health and illness including: * lay health knowledge * doctor-patient interaction * ...
Sociology as Applied to Medicine

The 4th edition of this firmly established text gives a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of health, illness and health policy. Presents the principles of medical sociology and emphasizes practical...
Sociology as Applied to Health and Medicine

New to this Edition: - Increased emphasis on global perspectives and international examples - All existing chapters thoroughly updated - New chapters on globalisation and health, re-conceptualising bodies and digital health and health care ...
Epilepsy

In examining the social and psychological aspects of epilepsy, the author takes not only the perspectives of individuals and their families, but also popular conceptions of the disorder.
Modernity, Medicine and Health

This book establishes the voice of medical sociology in key debates in the social sciences.
Communal Forms: A Sociological Exploration of Concepts of Community

Drawing on a wide range of social theory, as well as empirical inputs from studies of work, neighbourhoods, events, meeting places and online self-help groups, this book suggests that communal forms are constructed on the basis of ...
Medical Sociology: Health care and social change

Medical Sociology: Health care and social change
Sport and Society: History, Power and Culture

This succinct and comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport starts by tracing the key â¬ ̃momentsâ¬" in the transition from pre-modern to modern sport. It gives detailed accounts...
Rethinking Prostitution: Purchasing Sex in the 1990s

Rethinking Prostitution will be of considerable interest to students, lecturers and researchers in medical sociology and women's studies as well as to social workers in training and practice.