TIE Preview of Upcoming Reads on Health and Medicine, 2025

In the midst of cold and flu season, health and wellness is on everyone’s minds. TIE‘s latest preview of upcoming reads, therefore, could not come at a better time, featuring soon-to-be-published titles on health and medicine. These volumes include special considerations for trauma, health inequities, and cultural/racial determinants of health, ideal for anyone seeking to learn more about how social/racial justice and the medical field intersect.


Another Magic Mountain: Kibong’oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920–2000, by Christoph Gradmann. Ohio, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780821426326 $110.95; pbk ISBN 9780821426333 $36.95; ebook ISBN 9780821426340 $36.99

The Art of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, by Jonathan Williams and Peter Hill. Cambridge, May 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781108720564 $97.99

Cover of the book "Banana Capital"

Banana Capital: Stories, Science, and Poison at the Equator, by Ben Brisbois, ed. by Rachel Stapleton. University of Regina Press, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781779400352 $89.95; pbk ISBN 9781779400345 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781779400376 $34.95

Between Families and Institutions: Mental Health and Biopolitical Paternalism in Contemporary China, by Zhiying Ma. Duke, May 2025e. ISBN 9781478028512 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031741 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060727 $99.95e

The Clinician’s Guide to Cognitive and Behavioural Therapeutics (CBTx) for Insomnia, by Colin A. Espie. Cambridge, Jan. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781108984560 $49.99

Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present, by Isabel Davis. The MIT Press, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780262049481 $39.95

Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia, ed. by James Ip, Grant Stuart, Isabeau Walker, Ian James. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781108845304 $115.00

COVID-19 Responses in Cultural and Political Context: Paradox of Precaution, ed. by Antony Palackal et al. Edward Elgar Publishing, Apr. 2025e. ISBN 9781035346295 $125.00e; ebook ISBN 9781035346301 $125.00e

Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Psychology: A Concise Introduction, by Christine Ma-Kellams. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781538199343 $105.00; pbk ISBN 9781538199350 $65.00; ebook ISBN 9781538199367 $60.00

Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practice with Nonreligious Clients, by Dena Abbott. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781538184622 $120.00; ebook ISBN 9781538184646 $43.00

Decolonizing Medicine: Indigenous Politics and the Practice of Care in Bolivia, by Gabriela Elisa Morales. Stanford, May 2025. ISBN 9781503640856 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781503642720 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9781503642737 $30.00

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Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain, by Jaipreet Virdi. McGill-Queen’s, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780228023654 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780228023678 $39.95

The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals, ed. by Susannah H. Mayhew and Michael Hammer. Edward Elgar Publishing, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781803927237 $285.00e; ebook ISBN 9781803927244 $285.00e

Essential Neuroscience for Psychiatrists, ed. by Niruj Agrawal and Norman Poole. Cambridge, Feb. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781911623076 $64.99

Feminist Intersectional Therapy: Fourth Wave Clinical Applications, ed. by Joanne Jodry and Kathleen McCleskey. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781538179772 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781538179789 $45.00; ebook ISBN 9781538179796 $42.00

From Antebellum Light Skinned Slaves to the Globalization of Skin Whitening Biotechnology, by Amina Mire. Lexington Books, Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781666907681 $105.00; ebook ISBN 9781666907698 $45.00

Fundamentals of Clinical Psychiatry, ed. by Marsal Sanches and Jair C. Soares. Cambridge, Jan. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009334747 $59.99

Gone Gone, by Todd Meyers. Duke, Mar. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028451 $94.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031642 $24.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060666 $94.95e

Good Will Corrupting: Social Norms and the Trouble of Intervention, by Adam Moe Fejerskov. The MIT Press, May 2025. pbk ISBN 9780262552301 $45.00

Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19, ed. by Kenneth A. Couch. Edward Elgar Publishing, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781035302758 $275.00e; ebook ISBN 9781035302765 $275.00e

Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health, ed. by Toba Bryant. Edward Elgar Publishing, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781035302086 $295.00e; ebook ISBN 9781035302093 $295.00e

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Hard Talk: When Speech Is Difficult, by Jonathan Cole. The MIT Press, May 2025. ISBN 9780262049566 $32.95

Health Inequality: An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Methods, by Mel Bartley and Michelle Kelly-Irving. 3rd ed. Polity Press, Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781509557158 $74.95; pbk ISBN 9781509557165 $28.95; ebook ISBN 9781509557172 $28.95e

How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs, by Owen Bowden-Jones. Cambridge, Apr. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781009374811 $19.99

International Compendium of Movement Disorders, ed. by Erik Ch. Wolters and Christian R. Baumann. Cambridge, Mar. 2025e. ISBN 9781108839341 $250.00

The Intersection of Global Health and Sustainable Development: An International Perspective, ed. by Orinne Schuster-Wallace and Lalita Bharadwaj. Edward Elgar Publishing, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781800885974 $120.00e; ebook ISBN 9781800885981 $120.00e

Investable!: When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance—A Cautionary Tale, by Susan Erikson. The MIT Press, Apr. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780262549356 $26.95

The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua, by Alex M. Nading. Duke, May 2025e. ISBN 9781478028666 $102.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031871 $26.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060864 $102.95e

Living and Dying in São Paulo: Immigrants, Health, and the Built Environment in Brazil, by Jeffrey Lesser. Duke, Apr. 2025e. ISBN 9781478026723 $114.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478030980 $29.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478059936 $114.95e

Measurement for Improvement, by Alene Toulany and Kaveh G. Shojania. Cambridge, Jan. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009326056 $22.00

Mental Health Disorders in Pregnancy and the Early Postpartum, by Zena Schofield and Zack Schofield. Cambridge, Jan. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009518109 $22.00

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Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care, by Nafis Hasan. Common Notions Press, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781945335181 $22.00; ebook ISBN 9781945335402 price not yet set

Migrant and Refugee Access to Health Systems: Challenging (Im)mobilities in Healthcare, ed. by Luca Follis, Karolina Follis, and Nicola Burns. Edward Elgar Publishing, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781035324972 $140.00e; ebook ISBN 9781035324989 $140.00e

Multiparameter Flow Cytometry in the Diagnosis of Hematologic Malignancies, ed. by Anna Porwit and Marie Christine Béné. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Apr. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009419093 $155.00

Near Birth: Contested Values and the Work of Doulas, by Andrea Lilly Ford. California, Mar. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780520412910 $29.95

Neurosurgical Handovers and Standards for Emergency Care, by Simon Lammy and Jennifer Brown. Cambridge, Jan. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009548458 $22.00

Observation Medicine, ed. by Sharon E. Mace. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781316510643 $130.00

Playing the Game, Self-Presentation, and Black Male College Athletes: A Critical Understanding of the Holistic Experience, by Jonathan E. Howe. Lexington Books, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781666953930 $110.00; ebook ISBN 9781666953947 $45.00

Playing through Pain: The Violent Consequences of Capitalist Sport, by Daniel Sailofsky. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469685861 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685878 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685885 $19.99

Pregnancy Complications, ed. by Peter F. Schnatz et al. Cambridge, Jun. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009413794 $97.99

The Product of Medicine: How Efficiency Made American Health Care, by Caitjan Gainty. Duke, Apr. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028420 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031604 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060611 $99.95e

Psychiatry and Human Nature, by Gareth S. Owen. Cambridge, May 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009212533 $38.99

Social Determinants of Mental Health, ed. by Andrea Fiorillo and Serafino De Giorgi. Springer, Jan. 2025e. ISBN 9783031701641 $169.99e

Cover of the book "Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces"

Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces: Urban Indigenous Health Activism in the United States and Australia, by Maria John. North Carolina, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781469680408 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469680415 $32.95; ebook ISBN 9781469680422 $22.99

Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick, by Murray Carpenter. The MIT Press, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780262049504 $29.95

Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, by The DISCO Network. Stanford, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781503640634 $16.00; ebook ISBN 9781503641365 $16.00

Transforming Social Determinants to Promote Global Health Achieving Health Equity through Lived Experiences, by Louise Penner and Rajini Srikanth. Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2025e. ISBN 9789819725991 $199.00e

Ungendering Menstruation, by Ela Przybyło. Minnesota, May 2025. pbk ISBN 9781517918378 $10.00; ebook ISBN 9781452972145 $4.95

What Went Wrong: America’s Covid Response and Lessons for the Future, by Gregory E. Pence. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781538199701 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9781538199725 $32.50

Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA, by Shoumita Dasgupta. California, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780520397156 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780520397149 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780520397163 $29.95

Cover of the book "Women with Epilepsy"

Women with Epilepsy, ed. by Esther Bui and P. Emanuela Voinescu. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Jan. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9781009009072 $59.99

Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis, by Nicole Karlis. California, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780520397590 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780520397606 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9780520397613 $24.95

Youth Organizing for Reproductive Justice: A Guide for Liberation, by Chris Barcelos. California, Mar. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780520390089 $27.95


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