Focusing on health and social care, this book shows how important the body can be to a range of issues such as disability, old age, sexuality, consumption, food

The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for those employed to

How do communities protect and improve the health of their populations? Health care is part of the answer but so are environmental protections, social and educa

Focusing on health and social care, this book shows how important the body can be to a range of issues such as disability, old age, sexuality, consumption, food

The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United Sta