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Health, Society and Policy, edited by Sheryl Ruzek and Irving Kenneth Zola, takes a critical stance with regard to health policy and medical practice, ranging broadly in subject matter. Backlist titles include books on the legal and professional status of midwifery, the experience and regulation of kidney transplants, the evolution of federal law on architectural access, and a political/ethical argument for making the community responsible for universal access to health care.

Dan E. Beauchamp: The Health of the Republic
 
The Health of the Republic
Epidemics, Medicine, and Moralism as Challenges to Democracy

Beauchamp, Dan E.

312 pp • Fall 1988
paper 978-0-87722-729-8
cloth 978-0-87722-558-4

Patrick Biernacki: Pathways from Heroin Addiction
 
Pathways from Heroin Addiction
Recovery Without Treatment

Biernacki, Patrick

268 pp • Spring 1986
cloth 978-0-87722-410-5

Douglas Biklen: Schooling Without Labels
 
Schooling Without Labels
Parents, Educators, and Inclusive Education

Biklen, Douglas

210 pp • Fall 1991
paper 978-0-87722-876-9
cloth 978-0-87722-875-2

Susan E. Cayleff: Wash and Be Healed
 
Wash and Be Healed
The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health

Cayleff, Susan E.

257 pp • Spring 1987
paper 978-0-87722-859-2
cloth 978-0-87722-462-4
Excerpt available

Carolyn Ellis: Final Negotiations
 
Final Negotiations
A Story of Love, and Chronic Illness

Ellis, Carolyn

368 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1994
paper 978-1-56639-271-6
cloth 978-1-56639-270-9
Excerpt available

Philip M. Ferguson: Abandoned to Their Fate
 
Abandoned to Their Fate
Social Policy and Practice Toward Severely Retarded People in America, 1820-1920

Ferguson, Philip M.

232 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1994
cloth 978-1-56639-154-2

Michelle Fine, Adrienne Asch: Women with Disabilities
 
Women with Disabilities
Essays in Psychology, Culture, and Politics

edited by Fine, Michelle and Adrienne Asch

347 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1987
paper 978-0-87722-669-7
cloth 978-0-87722-474-7
Excerpt available

David Goode: World Without Words
 
A World without Words
The Social Construction of Children Born Deaf and Blind

Goode, David, foreword by Irving Kenneth Zola

336 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Fall 1994
paper 978-1-56639-216-7
cloth 978-1-56639-215-0
Excerpt available

Shirley A. Hill: Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families
 
Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families
Hill, Shirley A.

240 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2003
paper 978-1-59213-195-2
Excerpt available

Janice M. Irvine: Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities
 
Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities
edited by Irvine, Janice M.

336 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1994
paper 978-1-56639-136-8
cloth 978-1-56639-135-1
Excerpt available

Carole Joffe: The Regulation of Sexuality
 
The Regulation of Sexuality
Experiences of Family Planning Workers

Joffe, Carole

208 pp • Fall 1987
paper 978-0-87722-510-2
cloth 978-0-87722-423-5

Patricia T. Kelly: Understanding Breast Cancer Risk
 
Understanding Breast Cancer Risk
Kelly, Patricia T.

195 pp • Spring 1991
paper 978-0-87722-813-4
cloth 978-0-87722-812-7

Karen A. Lyman: Day in, Day Out with Alzheimers
 
Day In, Day Out with Alzheimer's
Stress in Caregiving Relationships

Lyman, Karen A.

264 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Fall 1993
paper 978-1-56639-098-9
cloth 978-1-56639-097-2

Brian P. McDonough, M.D.: Talking Health with Dr. Brian McDonough
 
Talking Health with Dr. Brian McDonough
edited by McDonough, M.D., Brian P.

264 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1994
cloth 978-1-56639-207-5

Constance A. Nathanson: Dangerous Passage
 
Dangerous Passage
The Social Control of Sexuality in Women's Adolescence

Nathanson, Constance A.

304 pp • Spring 1991
paper 978-1-56639-077-4
cloth 978-0-87722-824-0


 
Borrowed Time
Artificial Organs and the Politics of Extending Lives

Plough, Alonzo L.

195 pp • Spring 1986
cloth 978-0-87722-415-0

Hazel Qureshi, Alan Walker: The Caring Relationship
 
The Caring Relationship
Elderly People and Their Families

Qureshi, Hazel and Alan Walker

287 pp • Fall 1989
cloth 978-0-87722-663-5

Agnes Riedmann: Science That Colonizes
 
Science that Colonizes
A Critique of Fertility Studies in Africa

Riedmann, Agnes

192 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1993
cloth 978-1-56639-042-2

Beth E. Schneider, Nancy E. Stoller: Women Resisting AIDS
 
Women Resisting AIDS
Feminist Strategies of Empowerment

edited by Schneider, Beth E. and Nancy E. Stoller

352 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1994
paper 978-1-56639-269-3
cloth 978-1-56639-268-6

Richard K. Scotch: From Good Will to Civil Rights
 
From Good Will to Civil Rights
Transforming Federal Disability Policy

Scotch, Richard K.

232 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2001
paper 978-1-56639-897-8
cloth 978-1-56639-896-1
Excerpt available

Wendy Simonds, Barbara Katz Rothman: Centuries of Solace
 
Centuries of Solace
Expressions of Maternal Grief in Popular Literature

Simonds, Wendy and Barbara Katz Rothman

390 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1992
cloth 978-0-87722-931-5

R. C. Smith: A Case about Amy
 
A Case About Amy
Smith, R. C., foreword by Frank G. Bowe

344 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1996
paper 978-1-56639-412-3
cloth 978-1-56639-411-6
Excerpt available

Patricia Stephenson: Tough Choices
 
Tough Choices
In Vitro Fertilization and the Reproductive Technologies

edited by Stephenson, Patricia and Marsden G. Wagner

192 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Fall 1993
cloth 978-1-56639-060-6

Deborah A. Stone: The Disabled State
 
The Disabled State
Stone, Deborah A.

256 pp • Fall 1984
paper 978-0-87722-362-7
cloth 978-0-87722-359-7

Sandra J. Tanenbaum: Engineering Disability
 
Engineering Disability
Public Policy and Compensatory Technology

Tanenbaum, Sandra J.

184 pp • Spring 1986
cloth 978-0-87722-403-7

Bonnie Poitras Tucker: The Feel of Silence
 
The Feel of Silence
Tucker, Bonnie Poitras, foreword by Frederic Hafferty

232 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1995
paper 978-1-56639-352-2
cloth 978-1-56639-351-5
Excerpt available

Dan Waldorf, Craig Reinarman, Sheigla Murphy: Cocaine Changes
 
Cocaine Changes
The Experience of Using and Quitting

Waldorf, Dan, Craig Reinarman and Sheigla Murphy

336 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Fall 1991
paper 978-1-56639-013-2
cloth 978-0-87722-863-9


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