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Paperback. Millions around the world die from preventable diseases. Millions more suffer from poor health as a result of extreme poverty. Who bears responsibility for health inequalities? Who should take responsibility for ameliorating them? This book explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations. Editor(s): Lenard, Patti Tamara; Straehle, Christine. Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JPSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696260
ISBN
9780748696260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardcover. Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations. This title includes case studies such as: the migration of health care practitioners from developing to developed nations; the impact of climate change on health outcomes; the social determinants of health outcomes; and more. Editor(s): Lenard, Patti Tamara; Straehle, Christine. Series Editor(s): Brooks, Dr. Thom. Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646920
ISBN
9780748646920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.43
€ 119.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Zweifel, Peter; Frech, H. E., III. Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792312192
ISBN
9780792312192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.18

paperback. Redden examines the theoretical dimensions of citizenship and rights in Canada as they intersect with health care politics, and offers answers to questions concerning the right to health care and the equitable distribution of health care resources. Series: IPAC Series in Public Management & Governance. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802084668
ISBN
9780802084668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. "What you must do to comply with and implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"--Cover. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
APress United States
Edition
2nd ed. 2012
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781430248965
ISBN
9781430248965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. Arguing that health care should be a human right rather than a commodity, this title calls for a social covenant establishing a right to a standard of health care consistent with society's level of resources. By linking rights with limits, it offers a framework for seeking national consensus on a cost-conscious standard of universal medical care. Editor(s): Chapman, Audrey R. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405558
ISBN
9780878405558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.23

Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226348032
ISBN
9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures: 6,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170123
ISBN
9780231170123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.55
€ 89.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures: 6,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170130
ISBN
9780231170130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vehicule Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550654011
ISBN
9781550654011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.29

Hardcover. Editor(s): Marsh, Nathaniel. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; LNFN; LNTM; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634833684
ISBN
9781634833684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.77
€ 145.26

Hardback. Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security. Editor(s): Hacker, Jacob. Series: Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk). Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146029
ISBN
9780231146029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.29
€ 63.58

Paperback. Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents assembles in one book the basic instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. Topics include ethics; biotechnology; right to health; freedom from torture; women and reproductive health; children; right to a clean environment; and more. Editor(s): Marks, Stephen P. Series: Harvard Series on Health and Human Rights. Num Pages: 568 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 41. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073326
ISBN
9780674073326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Incorporating investigative journalism, this title examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador. It recounts the story of radical health activism from its origins in liberation theology and guerrilla medicine during the third-world country's twelve-year civil war, through development of a 'popular health system'. Series Editor(s): Marshall, Mac. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 13 photographs & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JHMC; JP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813547367
ISBN
9780813547367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

This memoir from his personal physician, friend, and confidante of more than 40 years, John C. Lungren, MD, portrays Richard Nixon as a paradoxical man - intense, compassionate, guarded, intelligent, resilient, deeply religious, enormously successful but ultimately tragic. Num Pages: 204 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122748
ISBN
9780813122748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Paperback. This book shows how the international community can be more effective in the war-torn, disaster-scarred regions of the world-and ensure that people in conflict can rebuild their communities after the fighting stops. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112796
ISBN
9780231112796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Macmillan Education Australia Australia
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333392812
ISBN
9780333392812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.43

Hardback. This volume investigates how the experiences, histories, and relationships of social class are a necessary ingredient for explaining the re-emergence and dynamics of populist nationalism in both Eastern and Western Europe. Featuring in-depth urban and regional case studies, this volume reclaims class for anthropological research. Editor(s): Kalb, Don; Halmai, Gabor. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSC; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452030
ISBN
9780857452030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHF; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153421
ISBN
9780691153421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HP; JP; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349730636
ISBN
9781349730636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.20

paperback. The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released "Rock Around the Clock", rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez War. This book captures Britain in a decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32 pp b/w/ inset. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141004099
ISBN
9780141004099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 16.68

Hardcover. This text brings together three discrete areas of interest pertaining to refugees. Asylum is explored through studies on the evolution of legal instruments in Europe, the harmonization process of European policies, and the broader spectrum of factors underpinning decisions on asylum. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JPQB; JPVH1; JPVR; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333643044
ISBN
9780333643044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.07

paperback. Journeying to the dusty heartlands of America's Bible Belt, the author goes in search of the truth behind a startling statistic: 50 million Americans believe the apocalypse will take place in their own lifetimes. Are they devout or deranged? Why do they seem so cheerful about the end of the world? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780091910884
ISBN
9780091910884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 7.02

Hardcover. This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful?'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021528
ISBN
9781906021528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

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