Medicinsk sociologi

At a time when the world’s wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to …

Affliction inaugurates a novel way of understanding the trajectories of health and disease in the context of poverty. Focusing on low-income neighborhoods in Delhi, it stitches …

A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. ‘An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS For centuries we’ve dismissed delusions …

Respect for autonomy has become a fundamental principle in human research ethics. Nonetheless, this principle and the associated process of obtaining informed consent do have …

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphasis on individual interests …

Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become …

Steadily increasing numbers of Americans have been diagnosed with asthma in recent years, attracting the attention of biomedical researchers, including those searching for a …

A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service.

A haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room

'Gripping ... so powerfully emotional that at times I had to put it down to wipe my eyes'Mail on Sunday 'How do you say thank you to someone for giving you their heart? It …