Preventive Medicine

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. Despite a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062316288Author Dr Sara GottfriedFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774856215Author Harry BurrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jessy LindsayPublisher Jessy LindsayWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Globalization has unleashed the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases, connected societies through vulnerability to common threats, and revealed the limitations of domestic legislation in addressing economic, social, and political...

Antiquity's most prolific and influential medical writer and practitioner.Galen of Pergamum (129-?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was a philosopher, scientist, medical historian, theoretician, and practitioner who wrote...

The growing number of networks delivering healthcare, and professionals learning together to improve care, has created a need for new kinds of management and leadership. This timely book highlights key lessons for network leaders in a world where care...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578661117Author Steven Lamberg DdsFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Sleepwell PublishingPublisher Sleepwell PublishingWeight(grams)...

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VULVAL DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VULVAL DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT Patients with vulval disease frequently experience delays in diagnosis due to a lack of training for physicians. A Practical Guide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990467519Author Anthony ValerioFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Anthony ValerioPublisher Anthony ValerioWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Searching the internet for health information or using health apps on mobile devices has become part of our daily routine, yet can be just as disempowering as empowering. This engaging overview critically examines the theoretical underpinning of digital...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986142604Author Judith Potashkin PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Weinstock Physical TherapyPublisher Weinstock Physical TherapyWeight(grams)...

This book's central focus is to provide academics, students, policy-makers, and practitioners with a unique insight into a wide variety of perspectives on settings-based health promotion. It offers clarity amidst different interpretations and ideological...

Implement change that fosters sustainable growth and better patient care Health care projects depend on astute management of change. But more than anything else, they depend on leaders who pay attention, who understand the importance of starting right,...

This edited volume examines the complex entanglements of human, animal, and environmental health. It assembles leading scholars from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and medicine to explore existing One Health approaches and to envision...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606933145Author F a C P MahmudFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Strategic Book PublishingPublisher Strategic Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775025108Author Vicky Scott PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Dr. Vicky ScottPublisher Dr. Vicky ScottWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Even as the autism rate soars and the cost to our nation climbs well into the billions, a dangerous new idea is taking hold: There simply is no autism epidemic. The question is stark: Is autism ancient, a genetic variation that demands acceptance and...

Tobacco, alcohol and gambling corporations have been highly effective in stalling, diverting and blocking public health measures. This book provides an original and engaging expose of the ethical issues faced by people and organizations when they accept...

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits-and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks. Starting in 2005, people in the US and Europe were inundated with media coverage announcing the link between cervical...

Bioethicist Mark Navin and policy scholar Katie Attwell explore the evolution of American childhood vaccination policy through the prism of political history, contemporary parenthood, and diverse governance strategies. America's New Vaccine Wars focuses...

In the last half of the nineteenth century, yellow fever plagued the American South. It stalked the region's steaming cities, killing its victims with overwhelming hepatitis and hemorrhage. Margaret Humphreys explores the ways in which this tropical...

This book explores the concept of 'critical' public health, at a point when many of its core concerns appear to have moved to the mainstream of health policy. Issues such as addressing health inequalities and their socioeconomic determinants, and the...

The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout North...

The goal of this volume is to examine how our understanding of self and social identity is linked to physical health and disease. The book is organized around four topics: 1. the self-regulation model used by health psychologists as well as the cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783751989800Author Peter LevinFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

Winner of the 2011 British Medical Association Book Award - Health & Social Care category.There is growing interest and concern about the unacceptable differentials in health between and within countries. This comes out of the realization that poor...

Tuberculosis is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, killing nearly two million people every year-more now than at any other time in history. While the developed world has nearly forgotten about TB, it continues to wreak havoc across much of...

Learn to manage cultural and ethnic diversity and deliver health education results with this leading resource Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion, 3rd Edition extensively covers a host of crucial topics on the subject of health...

This open access book offers an overview of the beautiful, powerful, and dynamic array of opportunities to promote health through the arts from theoretical, methodological, pedagogical, and critical perspectives. This is the first-known text to connect...

This Is Your Immunity Support on Yoga"Yoga and physical health go beyond our moments on the mat." Morghan King, member of the US Olympic Weightlifting TeamForeword INDIES finalist in Health (Adult Nonfiction) #1 New Release in Homeopathy and Preventive...

`Many books have been published on quality of life research in recent years, but few are as thought provoking or original as this one. It is essential reading for anyone who a serious and critical interest in this topic' - Nurse Researcher `This was a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980924213Author Patrick ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint International Health NewsPublisher International Health NewsWeight(grams)...

Over the past decade, substantial resources have been spent on tackling avian influenza and building a global capacity for a pandemic response. The catastrophic costs of the 1918 influenza pandemic are well documented, and the swine flu pandemic of...

What exactly is this debilitating disease? It is an inflammation in or around the joints caused by wear and tear on the cartilage and bone. The good news is that osteoarthritis can be successfully treated and may even be delayed or prevented.In Stop...

This book uniquely combines cutting-edge medical, psychological, and sociocultural topics pertinent to eating disorders. In the medical realm, the book focuses on Eating Disorders' newly investigated associations with ADHD and sleep disorders, and on...

This book provides a unique and succinct account of the history of health and fitness, responding to the growing recognition of physicians, policy makers and the general public that exercise is the most potent form of medicine available to humankind...

This open access book is a collection of research papers on COVID-19 by Germán Velásquez from 2020 and early 2021 that help to answer the question: How can an agency like the World Health Organization (WHO) be given a stronger voice to exercise authority...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998750184Author Dr Paul DominiqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint Ba Khoa NguyenPublisher Ba Khoa NguyenWeight(grams) 617g

This book was created in the light of experiences considering how individuals in different cultures in Turkey evaluate the concepts of health and disease. It is important to know the cultural characteristics of the community to allow individuals and...

The world's cities are choking on pollution from traffic and industry. With the health of over 1.6 billion people under threat, poor urban air quality is fast becoming one of them most pressing environmental problems of our times. Smog Alert examines the...