Who is Howard S. Becker? This book traces his career, examining his work and contributions to the...

Over the past 30 years Robert Dingwall has published an influential series of articles on the pro...

When health and safety regulatory frameworks took their present form in the 1970s, they were seen...

Created by the combined experience of a leading social scientist and the chief executive of a maj...

A social science which has become so remote from the society which pays for its upkeep is ultimat...

In recent years the study of nursing history in Britain has been transformed by the application o...

The British National Health Service celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 1978. A Royal Commission...

Infectious disease pandemics are a rising threat in our globalizing world. This agenda-setting co...

In recent years the study of nursing history in Britain has been transformed by the application o...

Originally published in 1978, Health and the Division of Labour examines problems and tensions ex...

This title was first published in 2001. A classic ethnographic study of the interactions between ...