Published June, 2019
By Kristin Zeiler and Erik Malmqvist
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Medical advances enable us to make our bodies available to others in an increasing number of ways, for instance, via organ, tissue, egg and sperm donation and surrogate motherhood. This cutting-edge book develops new ways of understanding the ethical, social and cultural aspects of different such bodily exchanges.

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Published June, 2019
By Carolyn Mahoney
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This book investigates how vast amounts of consumer data amassed by private companies, alongside epidemiological analysis of dietary type, social class and resulting health profiles, is used by the food industry to enable the social ranking of products and consumers and to shape food consumption patterns.

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Published June, 2019
By Patricia Kennedy and Naonori Kodate
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This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for childbearing women.

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Published June, 2019
By Peter Wehling, Willy Viehover, Sophia Koenen and Willy Viehoever
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Patient organizations and social health movements offer an illuminating example of civil society engagement and participation in scientific research.

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Published June, 2019
By Lenore Manderson and Mark Davis
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Disclosure is a frequently used, but rarely interrogated concept in health and social welfare. Abuse, disability, sexuality and health status can be 'disclosed' to peers and professionals, sometimes as a requirement, rather than by choice. This collection examines the implications of disclosure practices in health and social care.

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Published June, 2019
By Tess Maginess
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Dementia is an urgent global concern. Creative writers can offer powerful and imaginative insights into the experience of dementia across cultures and over time. This volume explores how engaging with dementia through its myriad literary representations can help to deepen and humanize attitudes to people living with the condition.

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Published June, 2019
By Michael J. Hughes
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First published in 1998, this volume recognises that the face is important in human relationships and a facially impaired person is therefore disadvantaged.

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Published June, 2019
By Mirdula Bandyopadyay and Stewart MacPherson
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First published in 1998, this volume examines how women in general and how the socio-economic and cultural factors affect the health and nutritional status of the mother, reproductive status, utilisation of health services, awareness of health services, health care behaviour, cultural practices associated with childbirth, lactation and more.

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Published June, 2019
By Paul Bellaby
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First published in 1999, this aims to shift the balance from current concerns about individual behaviour and its health effects to an understanding of the social factors that shape both circumstances and behaviour conducive to health.

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Published June, 2019
By Sean A Valles and Sean Valles
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Blending philosophy of science/medicine, public health ethics and history, Philosophy of Population Health offers a framework that explains, analyses and largely endorses the features that define this relatively new field.

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