The Nature of Change -- Change in Action. Neoliberalism and the economics of the NHS -- Changing organisations and the impact of neoliberalism on health professions -- Consequences: how neoliberalism makes us sick -- How ideological shifts are manifest in society : in collective social attitudes...

"The questions addressed in the book revolve around the public nature of health as an asset and the rights associated with it, by drawing attention to sociology's role in shedding light on current dynamics and understanding how they may change in the future. In the field of public health,...

Part I. Studying digital transformation in care of older people -- Introduction / Helena Hirvonen, Mia Tammelin, Eveline J.M. Wouters and Riitta Hänninen -- Healthcare and technology: the multi-level perspective. theories, models and frameworks / Eveline J.M. Wouters -- Part II. Digital agency...

"Drawing on anthropology, sociology and epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, and consumed in order to construct a comprehensive understanding of the issues that drive medicine markets in the Global South today....

1. Achieving universal health coverage through a multi-layered social health insurance system -- 2. Population ageing and epidemiologic transitions in China -- 3. Healthcare system in the pre-reform era -- 4. Phases of health insurance reform -- 5. A multi-layered health insurance system :...

Achieving universal health coverage through a multi-layered social health insurance system -- Population ageing and epidemiologic transitions in China -- Healthcare system in the pre-reform era -- Phases of health insurance reform -- A multi-layered health insurance system : composition, models,...

1. Introduction : the politics of food consumption and health -- 2. Analytical framework and methodology : critical realism and critical discourse analysis in food and health research -- 3. Applying social theory to food production, food consumption and social class -- 4. Reflexivity, habitus...