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Public health & preventive medicine

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Public health & preventive medicine

Paperback. Focuses on crack cocaine. In reinterpreting the crack story, this book offers fresh understandings of both drug addiction and drug prohibition. It shows how crack use arose in the face of growing unemployment, poverty, racism, and shrinking social services. It examines the crack scare as a phenomenon in its own right. Editor(s): Reinarman, Craig; Levine, Harry G. Num Pages: 359 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JPQB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202429
ISBN
9780520202429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.05

paperback. XXL challenges governments to abandon top-down planning solutions in favour of bottom-up innovations to confront the obesity crisis. Series: U of T Centre for Public Management Series on Public Policy & Administration. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780772786272
ISBN
9780772786272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

paperback. Recent public declarations by a number of health organizations and institutes that we are experiencing an obesity crisis, and moreover, that obesity is the 'new tobacco' makes Baby Boomer Health Dynamics both timely and topical. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 300 pages, 65 figures, 57 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802086358
ISBN
9780802086358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

hardcover. Purchase for Profit will be important for those studying public policy in any of the areas in which public-private partnerships are now being adopted. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442651203
ISBN
9781442651203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.79

Paperback. Explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. Editor(s): Manderson, Lenore; Smith-Morris, Carolyn. Series Editor(s): Marshall, Mac. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813547473
ISBN
9780813547473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

paperback. Investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy, rights and public responsibility. This title examines the abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy, as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPFK; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878409068
ISBN
9780878409068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.15

Paperback. International responses to the outbreak of SARS, the spread of HIV/AIDS, and the promotion of health as a human right all demonstrate how global politics have a profound effect on the way we think about and respond to major health challenges. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; MBN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640426
ISBN
9780745640426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.22

Hardback. 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 T.; Hart, Graham J. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JMH; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001688
ISBN
9780230001688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

Hardback. Examining health promotion in the context of globalization, this book explores how globalization affects health and shows how practitioners can respond to these new challenges. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; MBNH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007222
ISBN
9780230007222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Poverty and inequality are among the most significant determinants of health. Increased inequality gaps associated with globalization have serious implications for global health. Global changes in political economy shape global health influencing who bears the burden from epidemics, unhealthy environments and lack of access to health care. Editor(s): MacLean, Sandra J.; Brown, Sherri A.; Fourie, Pieter. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224247
ISBN
9780230224247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardback. The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFFH2; JPA; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341272
ISBN
9780230341272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of 'hope' in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361935
ISBN
9780230361935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardcover. Drawing on insights from international organization and securitization theory, the author investigates the World Health Organization and how its approach to global health security has changed and adapted since its creation in 1948. He also examines the organization's prospects for managing global health security now and into the future. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369313
ISBN
9780230369313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.79

Hardback. This book explores the pressing issues of border control and infectious disease from the nineteenth to present day. The book places world health in world history, microbes and their management in globalization, and disease in the history of international relations, bringing together leading scholars on the history and politics of global health. Editor(s): Bashford, Alison. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; JFFS; JPS; MBNS; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507067
ISBN
9780230507067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

hardcover. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JFSJ1; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542587
ISBN
9780230542587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. Suitable for students and practitioners interested in improving their understanding and skills in needs assessment, this text features the typical sequence of an actual needs assessment process. It uses case studies to illustrate conceptualization of the task through the application of needs-based data to effective public health solutions. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306465307
ISBN
9780306465307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.55

Paperback. This text looks at the psychology of women's health and health care and includes chapters on anorexia nervosa, female sexuality and health, abortion, the psychology of infertility and the psychology of lesbian health care. Editor(s): Nicolson, Paula; Ussher, Jane M.; Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMC; JMH; JN; MBN; VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333539620
ISBN
9780333539620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback. A Pocket Guide to Epidemiology contains less than half as many pages as the ActivEpi Companion Text. It is a stand-alone introductory text on the basic principals and concepts of epidemiology. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2007
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387459646
ISBN
9780387459646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.70

Hardcover. Written for those charged with delivering risk messages to the public, this book constructs a communication-based approach to the subject. It establishes a message-centered focus and uses a best-practice approach as a grounded theory for process improvement. Series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety. Num Pages: 185 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387797267
ISBN
9780387797267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardback. Features authors of statistical packages or functions for microarray data analysis writing chapters describing the statistical and informatics basis of their software, its usage, and the interpretation of results. Editor(s): Parmigiani, Giovanni; Garett, Elizabeth S.; Irizarry, Rafael A.; Zeger, Scott L. Series: Statistics for Biology and Health. Num Pages: 475 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; PBT; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387955773
ISBN
9780387955773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.88

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