Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major challenge of our time. A key global objective is to
reduce antibiotic use (ABU), in order to reduce resistance caused by antimicrobial pressure …

The contributors to Captivating Technology examine how carceral technologies such as
electronic ankle monitors and predictive-policing algorithms are being deployed to classify …

Medicalisation has been an important concept in sociological discussions of medicine since
its adoption by medical sociologists in the early 1970s. Yet it has been criticised by some …

Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a complex and
evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of …

In the United States, a healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy begins.
Public health messages encourage women of reproductive age to anticipate motherhood …

With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice across the field it
surveys, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is widely acclaimed by instructors as …

Over the past two decades, a sociology of global health has emerged. While this new
subfield takes up some themes and issues that are familiar to the discipline as a whole …

Analyzing asthma care in the twenty-first century Asthma is not a new problem, but today the
disease is being reshaped by changing ecologies, healthcare systems, medical sciences …

En ciencias sociales, el concepto de medicalización está presente como asunto de agenda
cultural, social, económica y político-legislativa, y es convocante en espacios académicos …

This article proposes a theoretical framework on the role of pharmaceuticals in transforming
perspectives and shaping contemporary subjectivities. It outlines the significant role drugs …