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Paperback. This book focuses on contemporary injury research methods. It covers recent developments in theories, methods, concepts, and techniques in injury research and includes quantitative, qualitative, experimental and observational methods from multiple disciplines. Editor(s): Li, Guohua; Baker, Susan P. Num Pages: 676 pages, 109 black & white illustrations, 70 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBG; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461483687
- ISBN
- 9781461483687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 254.98
€ 254.98
Hardcover. This book covers not only the assessment and treatment of chronic physical complaints but also explores the mechanisms that underlie them. It examines such symptoms and disorders as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, post-stroke depression and fibromyalgic pain. Editor(s): Koh, Kung Bong. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH9; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461471189
- ISBN
- 9781461471189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.31
€ 184.31
Hardcover. This book surveys clinical uncertainty in primary care and primary care education, offering definitions, research on effects, methods for dealing with uncertainty and details of the practice inquiry process as it is applied in a variety of clinical settings. Editor(s): Sommers, Lucia Siegel; Launer, John. Num Pages: 306 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: MBDP; MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 415
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461468110
- ISBN
- 9781461468110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.12
€ 196.12
Hardcover. This book surveys the growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious disease, including behavioral changes in response to global threats, and pseudo-rational opposition to vaccines. Editor(s): Manfredi, Piero; D'Onofrio, Alberto. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MJCJ; MJCM; PBW; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461454731
- ISBN
- 9781461454731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. This book describes and analyzes changes in long-term care in Western Europe, showing that reforms have resulted in convergence in LTC policy. Explores rising public support for family care work and the growth and recognition of an extended social care market. Editor(s): Ranci, Costanzo; Pavolini, Emmanuele. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 647.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461445012
- ISBN
- 9781461445012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFFH2; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403976284
- ISBN
- 9781403976284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): Widdows, Heather; Cirion, Aitziber Emaldi; Idiakez, Itziar Alkorta. Series: Women's Rights in Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPVH; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403949936
- ISBN
- 9781403949936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. The EQ-5D is one of the most widely-used generic health state descriptive systems internationally, with applications in clinical trials, public health research and assessments of value for money. This guide to the use of the EuroQol Group's value sets is suitable for those working with EQ-5D data. Editor(s): Szende, Agota; Oppe, Mark; Devlin, Nancy. Series: Euroqol Group Monographs. Num Pages: 91 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402055102
- ISBN
- 9781402055102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Paperback. The threat of global pandemic disease is currently mobilizing experts, governments, and the exploding industry in 'security'; and yet this has all happened before. Alison Bashford explores the pressing issues of border control and infectious disease in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Editor(s): Bashford, Alison. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; HBTQ; MBNS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444660
- ISBN
- 9781137444660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. Analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. This book focuses on natural disaster risk, and also discusses the management of terrorism risk. It involves three catastrophe modeling firms, AIR Worldwide, EQECAT, and Risk Management Solutions. Series: Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security. Num Pages: 252 pages, 65 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPQD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387241050
- ISBN
- 9780387241050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 281.54
€ 281.54
Hardcover. Positive prevention is the 'buzz word' in HIV prevention. Editor(s): Kalichman, Seth C. Series: Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005. Corr. 2nd printing 2006
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306486999
- ISBN
- 9780306486999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Hardback. Series: Human Nutrition. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306430473
- ISBN
- 9780306430473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.14
€ 202.14
Paperback. This interdisciplinary book indicates the need to address well-being from individual, community and social perspectives in an integrated manner. The book complements the harm-based focus of much social scientific research into health. Chapters by a wide range of academics present a new dynamic view of well-being for the twenty-first Century. Editor(s): Haworth, John; Hart, Graham. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355682
- ISBN
- 9780230355682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This book explore assumptions underpinning contemporary health policy discourses that emphasize personal responsibility for health, consider how they attach to changing information technologies, and discuss their influence on emerging forms of health 'work'. Editor(s): Harris, Roma; Wathen, Nadine; Wyatt, Sally. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDP; MBNH9; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251960
- ISBN
- 9780230251960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This volume is a call to re-examine assumptions about what care is and how it be practised. Rather than another demand for radical reform, it makes the case for thinking clearly and critically. It urges people living with HIV to become full partners in designing and implementing their own care and for caregivers to accept them in this role. Editor(s): Karpf, Ted; Ferguson, Todd; Swift, Robin; Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFH2; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223387
- ISBN
- 9780230223387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'. Editor(s): Rich, Emma; Monaghan, Lee; Aphramor, Lucy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MMZF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460. Critical Perspectives. 280 pages, 1 black & white tables, 2 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Rich, Emma; Monaghan, Lee; Aphramor, Lucy. This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: MBNH3; MMZF. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222670
- ISBN
- 9780230222670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Despite its safety and efficacy, emergency contraception (EC) continues to spark political controversy worldwide. In this edited volume, authors explore how emergency contraception has been received, interpreted, and politicized, through the in-depth examination of the journey of EC in 16 individual countries. Editor(s): Foster, Angel M.; Wynn, L. L. Num Pages: 341 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JPVH; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102828
- ISBN
- 9780230102828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Hardcover. Situating public health within its social, environmental and political context, this book looks to the future through a realistic analysis of policy frameworks, effective interventions and robust measurement and evaluation. Using a multidisciplinary perspective it creates a compelling vision for public health policy. Editor(s): Dawson, Sandra; Morris, Zoe Slote. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013599
- ISBN
- 9780230013599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): van Lente, Harro. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 313 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; MBGR; MBN; MQCL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540966
- ISBN
- 9781137540966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardback. Introduces the basics of population studies. This work utilizes a question-and-answer format that explores topics such as population theories and conceptual schemes, demographic data, mortality, fertility, migration, food production, and the environment. It is suitable for students studying demography, population, sociology, and public health. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306453380
- ISBN
- 9780306453380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.82
€ 201.82