A Sociological Approach to Health Determinants investigates how 'the social' works in determining health and health inequity. Taking a global perspective, the book shines a light on how experiences of health, illness and health care are shaped by a variety of complex social dynamics. Informed primarily by sociology, the book engages with the WHO's social determinants of health approach and draws on contributions from history, political economy and policy analysis to examine issues such as ...

First published in 1986, Where it hurts provides a straightforward and accessible introduction to sociology for beginning students. In dealing with key areas of sociology (such as class, gender, race and ethnicity, age, work, and the state) and grounding theory and concepts in real issues, it demonstrates how sociology works in a specific application- the social history of health and health care.Students for whom sociology is part of a health or welfare-related course will find thi...

"Rescued: Yielding to Desire" takes the reader into a war torn territory where soldiers that are on routine patrol rescue a woman that has been held captive for months as a sex slave. The series of events that happen after she is rescued leave little to the imagination. She is now the product of her captor, not able to function in any other way but to satisfy the willing male. The author also shows how one woman can enable another to break free of her own inhibitions and become the woman t...

He survived the battlefield, but the real fight begins now...Major Aaron Bricewick returned from Afghanistan with more than scars—he came home missing a part of himself. Captured and held by terrorists, his physical wounds compete with the doubts and guilt that plague his mind. With his career and his confidence hanging by a thread, he’s thrust into a new battle—a fight for his identity, his faith, and his future.Physical therapist Holly Rossiter h...

From the bestselling author of Taking Stage and Alpha Rockstar comes a new steamy Navy SEAL erotic romance series.Third in the new SEALs CROSSFIRE erotic romance series by Emma RoseNavy SEAL Chance and McKenzie must adjust to their fake identities as husband and wife in a safe house while Chance and his team seek out Saravia and his men.Though she was rescued three weeks ago, McKenzie still suffers from nightmares about her abduction. Sight...

From the bestselling author of Taking Stage and Alpha Rockstar comes a new steamy Navy SEAL erotic romance series.Fourth and Final in the new SEALs CROSSFIRE erotic romance series by Emma RoseMcKenzie and Chance have been betrayed. They aren’t sure how or by whom but they know it’s someone on the inside. On the run again with McKenzie newly pregnant, Chance has no choice but to ask his friends for help. But who can he trust?FALLEN CHANC...

Three sexy novellas about risking it all for a chance at love and passion . . .JUST ONE NIGHTJason Hart has just one night to prove to his best friend's older sister that anything is possible . . .Nicole de Salvo has been in love – and lust – for her little brother’s best friend for years. For years she’s watched from afar and done nothing about her attraction for Jason Hart only now their time together is almost at an end....

To claim the woman he loves, he will have to be the Dom she desires.Surrender: A Little Harmless Military RomanceNavy Seal Malachai Dupree has everything a man could want. Well, not everything. The one woman he wants is the one he thinks he can't have. In his opinion young widow Amanda Forrester is too innocent for his Dominant needs, so he plays the role of supportive friend even if it kills him.Amanda is tired of being treated as if she were fragile. She might hav...

She has nowhere else to go…A century ago, the only man Nissa ever loved turned his back on her when she needed him. Now that her life is in danger from one of her own kind, he may be her only hope for survival. As a full-blooded faerie and next in line to be queen, Nissa figures the last place anyone would think to look for her is with a pack of werewolves.So she turns to the one man who broke her heart…Werewolf Thomas Lazos knows h...

Diego Ortiz has too many demons to fight, so he would never even consider taking on a relationship at this point in his life. But when socialite and former model Lilly Carmichael needs rescued in the midst of a glittering crowd of people, he's right there, ready to fight for her. The tension between them is something he's never felt with any other woman, and he fights against her pull. Proximity forces him to acknowledge that he needs to be with her and when they finally give in, ...

He’s trained to kill. She’s trained to heal. Their definitions of right and wrong are about to be challenged.WAR team leader Lachlan MacKay has tracked smuggled weapons to a West African clinic and his number one suspect is the doctor running it.His first problem. He doesn’t trust doctors. His second problem. He’s really attracted to this doctor. But he’s determined to ferret out the truth before more innocent lives are lost.In a remote cor...

To prove her love and save her man, she has to go above and beyond the call of duty.Francis McKade is a man in lust. He’s had a crush on his best friend’s little sister for years. There’s the Bro code. Plus, being a SEAL doesn’t always work with relationships. So he’s avoided her until one little wedding dance opens his eyes. When he’s called away the next morning, he promises to come back to her.Shannon knows she loves Kade, but when he doesn’t contact her after t...