Specialist palliative care is a prominent and expanding site of health service delivery,
providing highly specialised care to people at the end of life. Its focus on the delivery of …

This introduction proposes new directions for the social science of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM). It firstly reviews trends and gaps in the sociology of CAM, which …

Transitions to palliative care can involve a shift in philosophy from life-prolonging to life-
enhancing care. People living with a life-limiting illness will often receive palliative care …

People are increasingly compelled to take responsibility for their health and illness
trajectories. The existing literature on what may be termed self-care points to the ways that …

Background: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased in
Western societies in recent years. In a national health survey conducted in 2006 in Iceland …

Complementary and alternative medicine is increasingly popular in Australia and
particularly among women. While existing research provides some understanding of …

Background Recent studies indicate increased use of complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) in western societies, to ameliorate health problems. Even if there is …

Objective Socio-culturally defined identity factors present significant and often understudied
influences on the experience, management, and treatment of chronic pain. For instance …

Public responses to the dissemination of neuroscientific explanations of addiction and other
mental disorders are an interesting sociocultural phenomenon. We investigated how 55 …

Despite the increased attention given to the relationship between masculinity and health, the
analysis of men's use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is relatively …