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A Good Death

Conversations with East Londoners

By Lesley Cullen, Michael Young

A Good Death is based on a survey in East London and provides a wide range of fascinating and helpful insights into all aspects of…

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1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-13797-3 (Routledge)

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Teaching AIDS

By Douglas Tonks

Throughout the debate over how - and if - AIDS education should be taught to school age children, teachers who want to bring the subject…

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1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90875-7 (Routledge)

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Adolescent Gambling

By Mark Griffiths

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05834-6 (Routledge)

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Gendered Moods

Psychotropics and Society

By Elizabeth Ettorre, Elianne Riska

Tranquillisers are prescribed to almost twice as many women as men, yet very little gender-based research has been carried out on the social context of…

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1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-08214-3 (Routledge)

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The Sociology of Health Promotion

Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk

Edited by Robin Bunton, Roger Burrows, Sarah Nettleton

Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as…

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1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-11647-3 (Routledge)

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Culture and Sexual Risk

Edited by Hans ten and Herdt Brummelhuis

Brummelhuis and Herdt provide an intense examination of sexual risk and its cultural configurations heretofore missing from the AIDS literature. The chapters on Western gay…

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1995 | Paperback: 978-2884491310 (Routledge)

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Society and Health

An Introduction to Social Science for Health Professionals

By Rosemary Gillespie, Graham Moon

A concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care in contemporary society, Society and Health is written for all health professionals undergoing…

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1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-11022-8 (Routledge)

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Reshaping the Female Body

The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery

By Kathy Davis

Reshaping... looks at women's involvement in cosmetic surgery and raises the question of why women put themselves under the knife for operations which are painful,…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90632-6 (Routledge)

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Growing up with Alcohol

By Emma Fossey

The use and misuse of alcohol by young people is an established concern. Initiatives designed to educate the young about the potential dangers of alchol…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09929-5 (Routledge)

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The Healing Bond

The Patient-Practitioner Relationship and Therapeutic Responsibility

Edited by Susan Budd, Ursula Sharma

The growing popularity of alternative therapies poses challenging questions for the medical establishment and the state. By confronting these questions, The Healing Bond makes an…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09052-0 (Routledge)

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