Published September, 2021
By Naomi Chambers and Jeremy Taylor
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book draws on multiple real life experiences to make a compelling case for how the NHS can organise care better around the needs of patients. -- .

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Published September, 2021
By Naomi Chambers and Jeremy Taylor
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book draws on multiple real life experiences to make a compelling case for how the NHS can organise care better around the needs of patients. -- .

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Published June, 2021
By Vittorio Bufacchi
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Taking its cue from Michel de Montaigne, this book asks what COVID-19 can teach us about the 'art of living'. It examines eight themes from a philosophical perspective, including attitudes to old age, populism and life under lockdown, arguing that the crisis presents opportunities to create a more just society and change our lives for the better. -- .

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Published June, 2021
By Jill Kirby
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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By examining the popular and vernacular discourse of stress, the book traces the ways in which stress became a ubiquitous condition of everyday life by the end of the twentieth century in Britain. -- .

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Published May, 2021
By Gill Haddow
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Implanting the human body with human/animal organs or implantable devices not only changes what you are but also changes who you are. -- .

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Published April, 2021
By Paul Weindling, Christian Promitzer and Sevasti Trubeta
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of bio-political power techniques that originate in European modernity. -- .

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Published April, 2021
By David Bell, Meredith Jones and Ruth Holliday
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Beautyscapes is the first book to focus specifically on cosmetic surgery tourism. It draws on key themes of interest to students and researchers interested in globalisation and mobility, such as gender and class, neoliberalism, social media, conviviality and care, to explain the nature and growing popularity of international medical travel. -- .

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Published April, 2021
By Elma Brenner and Francois-Olivier Touati
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It reveals complex responses to the disease, challenging earlier views that medieval sufferers were uniformly stigmatised. The social, religious and cultural impacts are explored, as are post-medieval perspectives. -- .

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Published March, 2021
By C F Goodey, Patrick McDonagh and Timothy Stainton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This collection of essays investigates the historical genealogy of our contemporary ideas of intellectual or learning disability. The essays engage with literary, educational, cultural, legal, religious, psychiatric and philosophical histories to track how and why these precursor ideas arose and explore how they helped shape current concepts. -- .

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Published March, 2021
By Fay Bound Alberti, Marguerite Dupree and Anne Marie Rafferty
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers insights beyond current literature. Contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers explore outbreaks of MRSA and compare infection control measures in different case-study contexts. -- .

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