An opportunity for medical sociology to establish a voice in the key debates in social science today: modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructural

A collection of essays on fundamental issues in the history of medicine in modern Germany.

Pandemics, substance abuse, natural disasters, obesity, and warfare: these are not only health crises but social crises as well. Now a panel of leaders in globa

Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, Ruth Rogaski reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulati

This book brings together current critical research into medical pluralism during the last two centuries. It includes a rich selection of historical, anthropolo