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Substance and Substitution: Methadone Subjects in Liberal Societies
Fraser, Suzanne, Valentine, Kylie
Hardcover. Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma, methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction, providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019980
- ISBN
- 9780230019980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This book explores public health in China in particular the management of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of understanding China's compliance with and resistance to the norms and rules embedded in the global health regime. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104303
- ISBN
- 9780230104303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. 240 pages, Illustrations. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; MBX; MMR. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 16. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104754
- ISBN
- 9780230104754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. The human body, traded, fragmented and ingested is at the centre of Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture, which explores the connections between early modern literary representations of the eaten body and the medical consumption of corpses. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFCX; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110274
- ISBN
- 9780230110274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Paperback. Diseases do not recognize national borders, and as we are gradually learning, failure to govern health effectively at a global level profoundly affects us all. This book is about how global health governance has evolved to become stronger, more complex, and more important than ever before in history Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPH; JPS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114821
- ISBN
- 9780230114821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Global Tobacco Control: Power, Policy, Governance and Transfer
Cairney, Paul, Studlar, Donley T., Mamudu, Ha...
Hardcover. The first major book by political scientists explaining global tobacco control policy. It identifies a history of minimal tobacco control then charts the extent to which governments have regulated tobacco in the modern era. It identifies major policy change from the post-war period and uses theories of public policy to help explain the change. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPP; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200043
- ISBN
- 9780230200043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardcover. Applying research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comparable sites in Africa. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; AN; JFFH2; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205154
- ISBN
- 9780230205154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. The Millennium ushered in renewed interest and investment in global health, in part because of concerns that globalization would intensify the risks of ill-health. But are we taking advantage of emerging opportunities? This book shines a light on the central actors, institutions and mechanisms involved and proposes an agenda for meaningful action. Editor(s): Hein, Wolfgang; Drager, Nick. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230209923
- ISBN
- 9780230209923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.00
€ 162.00
Hardcover. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MJWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216723
- ISBN
- 9780230216723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. This book is an account of the history and continuation of plague as a potent metaphor since the disease ceased to be an epidemic threat in Western Europe, engaging with twentieth-century critiques of fascism, anti-Semitic rhetoric, the Oedipal legacy of psychoanalysis and its reception, and film spectatorship and the zombie genre. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA; DSB; DSG; JFCA; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219342
- ISBN
- 9780230219342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Hardcover. The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219663
- ISBN
- 9780230219663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Hardcover. In the 1970s it seemed infectious diseases had been conquered, but today global epidemics seem to pose a new, more sinister, threat. This fascinating study explores these new infectious diseases, such as Swine Flu, SARS and AIDS, and the re-emergence of old threats, and discusses their role in society. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221321
- ISBN
- 9780230221321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. Why has sleep become increasingly politicized in contemporary society? This book provides an account of the politics of sleep in the late modern age. The future of sleep has become contested and uncertain: something to be defended, downsized or even perhaps (one day) done away with altogether. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMTD; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223660
- ISBN
- 9780230223660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Paperback. In recent years historians of psychoanalysis have come to view Freud's case of Anna O as a failure and have cast doubt on the very foundations of psychoanalysis itself. This new study challenges existing historical scholarship by providing an unparalleled review of the available evidence on the case and reaches new conclusions about its outcome. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. Reopening a Closed Case. 216 pages. In recent years historians of psychoanalysis have come to view Freud's case of Anna O as a failure and have cast doubt on the very foundations of psychoanalysis itself. This new study challenges existing historical scholarship by providing an unparalleled review of the available evidence on the case and reaches new conclusions about its outcome. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJ. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 13. Weight: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224216
- ISBN
- 9780230224216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Offering fresh readings of numerous Neo-Latin texts, Medical Analogy in Latin Satire provides an introduction to medical issues in the tradition of Latin satire. The book explores what functions physical diseases and peculiarities had in early modern satires and how satire was considered as a form of healing instruction. Num Pages: 223 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228122
- ISBN
- 9780230228122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Modernism and Eugenics comprehensively explores modern Europe's fixation with eugenic programmes of racial and national purification. It convincingly demonstrates that between 1870 and 1940 eugenicists were not only preoccupied with rescuing the individual from the anomie of modernity but equally championed a glorious racial destiny for the nation. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPFQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230835
- ISBN
- 9780230230835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Neurology and Modernity: A Cultural History of Nervous Systems, 1800-1...
Salisbury, Laura, Shail, Andrew
Hardcover. As people of the modern era were singularly prone to nervous disorders, the nervous system became a model for describing political and social organization. This volume untangles the mutual dependencies of scientific neurology and the cultural attitudes of the period 1800-1950, exploring how and why modernity was a fundamentally nervous state. Num Pages: 311 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233133
- ISBN
- 9780230233133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardcover. An analysis of a scandal involving a doctor accused of allowing a number of women to develop cervical cancer from carcinoma in situ as part of an experiment he had been conducting since the 1960s into conservative treatment of the disease, to more broadly explore dramatic changes in medical history in the second half of the twentieth century. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; HBLW3; MBDC; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236035
- ISBN
- 9780230236035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. In the last 15 years there has been a change in direction in our understanding of Wittgenstein; the 'resolute' reading of him places great emphasis on his therapeutic intent and argues that the aim of Wittgenstein's thought is to show how language functions. This book argues that this is highly relevant to understanding psychotherapy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237612
- ISBN
- 9780230237612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.49
€ 127.49
Identity, Health and Women: A Critical Social Psychological Perspectiv...
Jacqueline Ann Christodoulou
Hardcover. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. A Critical Social Psychological Perspective. 240 pages, 3 figures. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Dimension: 225 x 136 x 20. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241794
- ISBN
- 9780230241794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243439
- ISBN
- 9780230243439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.67
€ 150.67
Paperback. This book proposes a 'strong' (action-guiding) account of a virtue-based approach to moral decision-making within contemporary nursing practice. Merits and criticisms of obligation and virtue-based approaches to morality are explored. The author argues that in order to deliver morally good care, it is necessary to examine one's moral character. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244191
- ISBN
- 9780230244191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Sequencing is often associated with the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250321
- ISBN
- 9780230250321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Diversity, Ethnicity, Migration and Work: International Perspectives
Healy, Geraldine, Oikelome, Franklin
Hardcover. Providing a comprehensive picture of diversity, ethnicity, and migration in the health sector this book analyses the key themes of career and career structures, social processes, segregation, racism and sexism at international, national and local levels. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL; JHBL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252189
- ISBN
- 9780230252189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.93
€ 67.93