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Paperback. Tells the story of the 200 year struggle to provide good health care to all Kentuckians. This book describes Lexington schoolteacher Linda Neville's mission to treat the eye disease trachoma in rural Kentucky, Louise Caudill's efforts to open the first hospital in Morehead, the 1833 cholera epidemic, and other important episodes in medicine. Series: New Books for New Readers S. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813109145
- ISBN
- 9780813109145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.20
€ 11.20
Paperback. Incorporating investigative journalism, this title examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador. It recounts the story of radical health activism from its origins in liberation theology and guerrilla medicine during the third-world country's twelve-year civil war, through development of a 'popular health system'. Series Editor(s): Marshall, Mac. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 13 photographs & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JHMC; JP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813547367
- ISBN
- 9780813547367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.95
€ 46.99
€ 41.95
Paperback. How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home and abroad. It is suitable for those dealing with international relations and Third World societies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082984
- ISBN
- 9780520082984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.38
€ 38.99
€ 28.38
Hardcover. Suitable for readers interested in environmental issues in the American West, this book developed out of interviews of key figures (historians, environmentalists, lawyers, and Native Americans) in the land usage rights movement. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 183 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135204
- ISBN
- 9780890135204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.35
€ 47.99
€ 34.35
Hardback. Health and Humanity is a comprehensive account of the ways that JHSPH has influenced the practice, pedagogy, and especially our very understanding of public health on both global and local scales. Num Pages: 544 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JNB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421087
- ISBN
- 9781421421087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.79
€ 55.79
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; HBTB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137597144
- ISBN
- 9781137597144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardback. Lays out new strategies for advocacy groups to achieve a sustainable, healthy food system. Editor(s): MacRae, Rod; Abergel, Elisabeth. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBNH3; RNFF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822688
- ISBN
- 9780774822688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Paperback. Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security. Editor(s): Hacker, Jacob. Series: Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk). Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146036
- ISBN
- 9780231146036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.76
€ 34.76
Hardback. Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security. Editor(s): Hacker, Jacob. Series: Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk). Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146029
- ISBN
- 9780231146029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18€ 63.58
€ 83.18
€ 63.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550654011
- ISBN
- 9781550654011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.29
€ 26.99
€ 23.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures: 6,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170130
- ISBN
- 9780231170130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures: 6,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170123
- ISBN
- 9780231170123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.78
€ 118.84
€ 89.78
paperback. Argues that as escalating costs absorb a greater percentage of family income and government budgets, it is through the implementation of religious values that Americans can create a more community-based system. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; MBDC; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781626160774
- ISBN
- 9781626160774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.98
€ 42.98
Paperback. Weighs in on consumer-driven health care (CDHC). This book contends that supporters of CDHC rely on oversimplified ideas about health care, health care systems, economics, and human nature. It challenges the historical and theoretical assumptions on which the consumer-driven health care movement is based. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341246
- ISBN
- 9780822341246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Prince, Janet B. Num Pages: 117 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594546891
- ISBN
- 9781594546891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.61€ 56.34
€ 79.61
€ 56.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Powe, Catherine O.; Waits, Kimberly C. Num Pages: 74 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWJ; JWT; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 74
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626184114
- ISBN
- 9781626184114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.00€ 70.11
€ 101.00
€ 70.11
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Townsend, Lorena. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624174254
- ISBN
- 9781624174254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.82€ 137.30
€ 200.82
€ 137.30
Paperback. Burnham's sweeping narrative makes sense of medical practice, medical research, and human frailties and foibles, opening the door to a new understanding of our current concerns. Num Pages: 616 pages, 142, 99 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416083
- ISBN
- 9781421416083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.92
€ 44.92
Hardcover. Health Care in the United States discusses the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system. This resource includes examples, tables, and a glossary with key terms and acronyms to help understand important concepts. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787995478
- ISBN
- 9780787995478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Hardback. Editor(s): Giangiulio, Leone. Num Pages: 167 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624173837
- ISBN
- 9781624173837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.82€ 136.23
€ 200.82
€ 136.23
Hardcover. Editor(s): Giangiulio, Leone. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626184138
- ISBN
- 9781626184138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.82€ 136.28
€ 200.82
€ 136.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Giangiulio, Leone. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNTM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846004
- ISBN
- 9781634846004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.82€ 150.72
€ 200.82
€ 150.72