Public health & preventive medicine
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Public health & preventive medicine
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
€ 129.60
€ 129.60
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
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
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
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
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
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
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
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
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
€ 134.75
€ 134.75
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
€ 281.46
€ 281.46
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
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. Global Health involves, among many things the intensified travelling of people, resources, technologies, knowledge, standards, and ideas. This book describes what happens when innovations are transferred to new settings: What work is needed to make them work, but also how they change the setting into which they are introduced. Editor(s): Engel, Nora; Hoyweghen, Ine van; Krumeich, Anja. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456021
- ISBN
- 9781137456021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
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
€ 130.75
€ 130.75
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
€ 128.87
€ 128.87
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
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
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
€ 129.95
€ 129.95
Hardcover. This book examines the impact of HIV/AIDS on an especially vulnerable client population, covering an array of related topics, with each entry listing basic facts placed in mental health context. Includes print references and web resources for further study. Editor(s): Loue, Sana, JD, PhD, MSSA. Num Pages: 456 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; KCP; MBN; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461452829
- ISBN
- 9781461452829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.60
€ 142.60
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
€ 197.94
€ 197.94
Women's Health in Clinical Practice: A Handbook for Primary Care
. Ed(S): Clouse, Amy Lynn; Sherif, Katherine
hardcover. Over the years, there has been growing recognition that sex differences do exist between the organ systems of women and men, and research about male and female physiologic differences has bolstered the growing body of knowledge about sex differences. This work provides the reader with an accessible reference to common women's health issues. Editor(s): Clouse, Amy Lynn; Sherif, Katherine. Series: Current Clinical Practice. Num Pages: 410 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 36 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: MBNH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 859.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Humana Press United States
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588296313
- ISBN
- 9781588296313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.69
€ 209.69
hardcover. This new edition has been updated with the latest research findings and current theories about infectious disease and arthropods. Numerous new, high quality line drawings and photographs of offending arthropods and the lesions they cause are also included. Series: Infectious Disease. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ; MMFM; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Humana United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603273992
- ISBN
- 9781603273992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.93
€ 200.93
Nutrients, Dietary Supplements, and Nutriceuticals: Cost Analysis Vers...
. Ed(S): Watson, Ronald R.; Gerald, Joe K.; P...
hardcover. This book offers a concise, current scientific appraisal and economic analysis of nutritional supplements and bioactive components (nutriceuticals) of foods, providing a needed one-stop reference for nutrition and medical professionals in many settings. Editor(s): Watson, Ronald R.; Gerald, Joe K.; Preedy, Victor R. Series: Nutrition and Health. Num Pages: 515 pages, 62 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1168.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Humana United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607613077
- ISBN
- 9781607613077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.28
€ 256.28
Paperback. A detailed account of Kristy Duncan's experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, victims of the 1918 Spanish flu. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094568
- ISBN
- 9780802094568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.17
€ 35.99
€ 33.17
Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals
. Ed(S): Bogden, John D.; Klevay, Leslie M.
Paperback. Editor(s): Bogden, John D.; Klevay, Leslie M. Series: Nutrition and Health. Num Pages: 399 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617370908
- ISBN
- 9781617370908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.60
€ 251.60