Deviance and Medicalization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Deviance and Medicalization write by Peter Conrad. This book was released on 2010-04-20. Deviance and Medicalization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A classic text on deviance is updated and reissued.
Identifying Hyperactive Children
Identifying Hyperactive Children - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Identifying Hyperactive Children write by Peter Conrad. This book was released on 2017-09-29. Identifying Hyperactive Children available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the continuing relevance of his research. He highlights the issues at stake, outlining recent changes in our understanding of ADHD and reviewing recent sociological research. Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, publishing nine books and over eighty articles and chapters.
The Medicalization of Society
The Medicalization of Society - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Medicalization of Society write by Peter Conrad. This book was released on 2007-06-11. The Medicalization of Society available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems—birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity—are now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life. Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the changing forces behind this trend with case studies of short stature, social anxiety, "male menopause," erectile dysfunction, adult ADHD, and sexual orientation. He examines the emergence of and changes in medicalization, the consequences of the expanding medical domain, and the implications for health and society. He finds in recent developments—such as the growing number of possible diagnoses and biomedical enhancements—the future direction of medicalization. Conrad contends that the impact of medical professionals on medicalization has diminished. Instead, the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industries, insurance companies and HMOs, and the patient as consumer have become the major forces promoting medicalization. This thought-provoking study offers valuable insight into not only how medicalization got to this point but also how it may continue to evolve.
The Handbook of Deviance
The Handbook of Deviance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Handbook of Deviance write by Erich Goode. This book was released on 2015-09-25. The Handbook of Deviance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance. Composed of over 30 essays written by an international array of scholars and meticulously edited by one of the best known authorities on the study of deviance Features chapters on cutting-edge topics, such as terrorism and environmental degradation as forms of deviance Each chapter includes a critical review of what is known about the topic, the current status of the topic, and insights about the future of the topic Covers recent theoretical innovations in the field, including the distinction between positivist and constructionist perspectives on deviance, and the incorporation of physical appearance as a form of deviance
The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology write by William C. Cockerham. This book was released on 2016-09-26. The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An authoritative, topical, and comprehensive reference to the key concepts and most important traditional and contemporary issues in medical sociology. Contains 35 chapters by recognized experts in the field, both established and rising young scholars Covers standard topics in the field as well as new and engaging issues such as bioterrorism, bioethics, and infectious disease Chapters are thematically arranged to cover the major issues of the sub-discipline Global range of contributors and an international perspective
