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hardcover. Some goods and services are normally left to the market mechanism - health care is an exception. Society wants care to be allocated equitably, with the financial burden kept to a minimum. These shared concerns lead to a demand for state intervention which this book seeks to evaluate. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFD; KN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333585795
- ISBN
- 9780333585795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.34
€ 194.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333629659
- ISBN
- 9780333629659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardcover. This collection originated from a conference at Templeton College, Oxford by leading practitioners and researchers and has been revised, updated and edited for publication. The collection provides an evaluation of the implementation of health reforms and will be of interest to readers interested in health policy and health management. Editor(s): Anand, Paul; McGuire, Alistair. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNV; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634202
- ISBN
- 9780333634202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardback. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are recognized as playing a role in the health sector in developing countries. This book includes the background to the growth both in the sector and interest in it, and the strengths and weaknesses of NGOs. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPSN; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638743
- ISBN
- 9780333638743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. Exploring the issues raised by genetic counselling across cultures, this text explores the meaning and relevance of kinship and ethnicity in the context of genetic disease and cultural issues that have arisen in practice, and the wider social and political context of genetics and genetic disease. Editor(s): Clarke, Angus; Parsons, Evelyn. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK; JHMC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333647028
- ISBN
- 9780333647028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. The collected papers in this volume cover the effects of environmental stress under a biological and energetic model. Examples are taken from fossil and living animal populations, and from traditional societies. Editor(s): Bittles, A. H.; Parsons, Peter Angas. Series: Studies in Biology, Economy & Society. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MF; MMR; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333666111
- ISBN
- 9780333666111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardback. This work uses the case of the National Health Service to examine the management of ambiguity and change. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW; KJM; KNV; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669068
- ISBN
- 9780333669068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are recognized as playing a role in the health sector in developing countries. This book includes the background to the growth both in the sector and interest in it, and the strengths and weaknesses of NGOs. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPSN; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684313
- ISBN
- 9780333684313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Hardcover. The premise behind this collection of essays in that the causal relations, impacts and consequences of the resurgence in infectious diseases are as much political as medical or scientific. The book is designed as an introduction to the field. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333691274
- ISBN
- 9780333691274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Risk, Age and Pregnancy: A Case Study of Prenatal Genetic Screening an...
Heyman, Bob, Henriksen, Mette
Hardcover. This volume provides an in-depth case study of the operation of a prenatal genetic screening and testing system. The methodology integrates observational, qualitative interview and survey data. The perspectives of pregnant women, hospital doctors and midwives are explored in depth. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNC; MBP; MFN; MJTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333739402
- ISBN
- 9780333739402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. This volume sets out to examine why young women in the 21st century seem to be deeply unhappy with their own bodies. Drawing on feminist social constructionist perspectives, this work seeks to examine this epidemic of body hatred. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740897
- ISBN
- 9780333740897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Paperback. This volume sets out to examine why young women in the 21st century seem to be deeply unhappy with their own bodies. Drawing on feminist social constructionist perspectives, this work seeks to examine this epidemic of body hatred. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740903
- ISBN
- 9780333740903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.65
€ 126.65
Hardback. The Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam require the EU to consider health issues in all that it does. This academic book is solely devoted to EU health and health related policy. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333754269
- ISBN
- 9780333754269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardcover. This work provides an accessible case study approach to European health care systems, medicine and nursing. The institutional analysis explains how welfare states have reformed hospitals and health professions with varying degrees of success. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 figures, glossary, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: 1D; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760673
- ISBN
- 9780333760673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
hardcover. Globalization affects human health in wide-ranging and multi-faceted ways. This text presents a clear conceptual framework for understanding these varied impacts and draws on a broad range of literature to illustrate them. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333802557
- ISBN
- 9780333802557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. This work discusses contemporary issues in medical ethics from a Buddhist perspective. The issues examined include abortion, embryo research and euthanasia. The book shows how Buddhist ethical principles can be applied consistently to a range of bioethical problems. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRE; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333912805
- ISBN
- 9780333912805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.47
€ 82.47
Hardback. This is an account of acupuncture's 300-year-history in Britain. It shows the attitude of the British towards Chinese medicine and begins to explain acupuncture's enduring appeal. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918937
- ISBN
- 9780333918937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. This is not only a history of an intriguing and dramatic endemic disease, it is a history of colonial power in 19th-century British India as seen through the lens of British medical and legal encounters with leprosy and its sufferers in south India. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333926222
- ISBN
- 9780333926222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. This text by Interrand Newell and Sorrell provides thinking on branding for the pharmaceutical industry and lessons for anyone involved in brand development and management. Editor(s): Blackett, Tom; Robins, Rebecca. Num Pages: 335 pages, 155 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJS; KNDP; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930984
- ISBN
- 9780333930984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.17
€ 68.17
Hardback. How did early modern people imagine their bodies? What impact did the new disease syphilis and recurrent outbreaks of plague have on these mental landscapes? This text illuminates the period's disease-impregnated literature, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, and others. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963999
- ISBN
- 9780333963999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.48
€ 142.48
Hardcover. The last century saw two great revolutions in genetics; the development of classic Medelian theory and the discovery and investigation of DNA. Each of these generated its own distinctive technology, which are explored within this study of the philosophy of technology. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964583
- ISBN
- 9780333964583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. This text maps perceptions of illness in medical texts from their 19th century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their "discovery" of the psycho-social patient of the late 20th century. In this way, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HP; JFCX; JFFH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968925
- ISBN
- 9780333968925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardback. The "body" and "discourse" seem diametrically opposed, but we interact with our bodies and represent ourselves and our relationships in bodily terms. This volume integrates studies by leading researchers in sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology and cultural theory. Editor(s): Coupland, Justine; Gwyn, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; JMS; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333969007
- ISBN
- 9780333969007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. This study of the British "shell shocked" soldiers of the Great War combines social and medical history to investigate the experience of psychological casualties on the Western Front, in hospitals, and through their postwar lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBWN; JFFG; JMJ; MMKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333969267
- ISBN
- 9780333969267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78