The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulne...

Anyone who has enjoyed the great happiness and intimacy of a family-centred birth, and any midwife or health professional who has attended one, owes a debt of gratitude to internationally known Canadian doctor, researcher, and medical reformer, Murray Enkin. Enjoying the Interval takes on the fascinating, joyful task of exploring Dr Enkin’s identity and achievements along with the social context that shaped them. It offers a critical assessment of the ongoing challenges in maternity care, ...

La pandémie de COVID-19 a mis à rude épreuve les systèmes de santé de nombreux pays qui ont dû, dans un court laps de temps et dans un climat d’urgence, réorganiser leur offre de services pour répondre aux impératifs de la crise. Au Canada, c’est la province de Québec qui, au vu du nombre d’infections et de décès liés à la COVID-19, a été la plus durement touchée lors de la première vague (Dubois, Borgès da Silva et Prud’homme, 2022), avec un total de 59 845 cas confirmés entre mars et jui...

Éthiques de l’hospitalité, du don et du care : Actualité, regards croisés examine quelques-unes des affinités électives et des différences entre les éthiques de l’hospitalité, du don et du care.Ces éthiques de l’hospitalité, du don et du care ont beaucoup gagné en importance dans les dernières années d’un côté et de l’autre de l’Atlantique. Elles cherchent, chacune à leur manière, à répondre à quelques problématiques éthico-politiques les plus pressantes de notre temps : la crise d...

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is a comprehensive and authoritative source on qualitative research methods.The Handbook compiles accessible yet vigorous academic contributions by respected academics from the fast-growing field of qualitative methods in health research and consists of:- A series of case studies in the ways in which qualitative methods have contributed to the development of thinking in fields relevant to policy and practi...

The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism is a state-of-the-art reference work which maps out the current developments and debates around the sociology of the professions, and how they relate to management and organizations.Supported by an international contributor team specializing in the disciplines of organizational studies and sociology, the collection provides extensive coverage of this field of research. It brings together the core concepts and i...