Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pressure groups

Gendered Violence, Abuse and Mental Health in Everyday Lives: Beyond Trauma offers new insights into the social dimensions of emotional distress in abuse-relate

Reproductive medicine has been very successful at developing new therapies in recent years and people having difficulties conceiving have more options available

Giving Blood represents a new agenda for blood donation research. It explores the diverse historical and contemporary undercurrents that influence how blood don

The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at th