Older adults suffer from a variety of causes such as illness, loss, and life disappointment, to name a few. Suffering also occurs due to experiences related to one's gender, ethnic background, and religion. This book explores the multifaceted experience of suffering in old age.
Illuminates the growing corporate in-roads into the health care system and its probable consequences, especially for... Læs mere
Dedicated to the late Bertil Gardell, a Swedish Social Scientist, this text comprises of 18 essays that shares a common vision - the impact of work on the interconnected processes of stress and disease.
Sociologists and health experts from the U.K., Scandinavia, Australia, and the U.S. discuss issues surrounding stress... Læs mere
Explores ideas related to forging effective academia-industry relationships and partnerships so members of the... Læs mere
Focuses on the variety of ways in which age and ageing are socially constructed, and the extent to which growing old is being transformed... Læs mere
Locates workers' health and safety problems in the broad political economy. This title argues that without a deep... Læs mere
Sustainable product design is more than eco design: it goes beyond 'green' to consider the work environment, community... Læs mere
This book emphasizes the importance of community mobilization, ownership and partnership in educational intervention as well as the difficulties... Læs mere
Describing a middle-aged women, this is a story of faith and love, of insight, determination, independence and strength.
A set of essays on the relationship between discourse and the many institutions within which people act.
These writings constitute a diverse and thematically coherent set of inquiries and cover topics such as cyber activism, digital... Læs mere