Health and Social Care Books

New and Published Books

1. The Auditory Cortex

   A Synthesis of Human and Animal Research

   Edited by Peter Heil, Henning Scheich, Eike Budinger, Reinhard Konig

   Understanding human hearing is not only a scientific challenge but also a problem of growing social and political importance, given the steadily increasing numbers of people with hearing deficits or even deafness. This book is about the highest level of hearing in humans and other mammals. It...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Social Work in the Middle East

   Edited by Hussein Hassan Soliman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social Welfare in Asia

   Countries across the Middle East face a number of social problems such as poverty, unemployment, housing, internal immigration and caring for vulnerable groups such as children, women, the disabled and the elderly. Providing an overview of the wide range of social issues addressed by social work...

   Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge
3. International Perspectives on Training in Addiction Medicine

   Edited by Paul Haber

   The use of alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceutical drugs, illicit drugs and other substances are widespread throughout the world and are amongst the leading causes of disability and death. Increasingly, medical approaches of treating these disorders have established themselves as effective interventions...

   Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Medical Geography (Routledge Revivals)

   Progress and Prospect

   Edited by Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Geographers have for a long time contributed much valuable detailed data on the geographical patterns of disease and health care delivery to the medical world. On its first publication in 1985, this edited collection addressed the need for a review of progress in the field of medical geography that...

   Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge
5. Men in the Lives of Young Children

   An international perspective

   Edited by Deborah Jones, Roy Evans

   This book presents an international perspective on the involvement of men in the lives of young children across a range of differing contexts and from a number of disciplinary perspectives. It takes as a starting point the importance of positive male engagement with young children so as to ensure...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Children, Spirituality, Loss and Recovery

   Edited by Joyce Bellous

   The book demonstrates the hopeful stance the young take in response to ordinary suffering and significant trauma when adults talk with them about their losses. Its underlying themes convey the truth that loss and recovery are normal in the process of growing to maturity. It examines the strength of...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Economic Justice, Labor and Community Practice

   Edited by Louise Simmons, Scott Harding

   Facing economic upheaval and growing inequality, people in local communities are fighting for economic justice. Coalitions from labor, grassroots community organizations, the faith community, immigrant communities and other progressive forces are emerging across the U.S. and Canada and winning...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Governance of HIV/AIDS

   Making Participation and Accountability Count

   Edited by Sophie Harman, Franklyn Lisk

   Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

   Nearly thirty years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, confusion over effective mechanisms of controlling and eradicating the illness remain prevalent. This book highlights the need for comprehensive approaches to governance, as responses to HIV/AIDS become increasingly focused upon the health...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ Lives

   Edited by Janice L. Ristock

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   Queer lives remain at the margins of most academic inquiry into domestic violence. When same-sex violence is considered, it is most commonly as an "added on," without close attention to the specificity and meaning of violence within the lives of lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/ transgender/Two-Spirit and...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. The Power of Connection

    Recent Developments in Relational-Cultural Theory

    Edited by Judith Jordan

    Relational-Cultural theory (RCT) proposes that all people grow through and toward relationships throughout the lifespan. RCT challenges prevailing theories that depict the "separate self" as the hallmark of maturity. Rather than movement toward autonomy and separation, RCT suggests we develop ever...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge