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In the Chamber of Risks: Understanding Risk Controversies by William Leiss 9780773522381
RRP: $200.85$89.45The essential problem is the failure to recognize that controversies over risks are "normal events" in modern society and as such will be with us for the foreseeable future. Three key propositions define these events: risk management decisions... -
Health Communication in Africa: Contexts, Constraints and Lessons by Andy O. Alali 9780761824077
RRP: $148.20$130.18The editors of Health Communication in Africa have assembled an impressive list of scholars and practitioners to discuss some of the public health efforts and disease prevention strategies, conspicuously absent in health communication literature. A... -
Hooked: How Medicine's Dependence on the Pharmaceutical Industry Undermines Professional Ethics by Howard Brody 9780742552180
RRP: $68.25$51.91For decades, medical professionals have betrayed the public's trust by accepting various benefits from the pharmaceutical industry. Both drug company representatives and doctors employ artful spin to portray this behavior positively to the public, and to... -
Is It Safe?: BPA and the Struggle to Define the Safety of Chemicals by Sarah A. Vogel 9780520273580
RRP: $58.50$45.42We are all just a little bit plastic. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who... -
Calling Family: Digital Technologies and the Making of Transnational Care Collectives by Tanja Ahlin 9781978834323
RRP: $58.48$51.68How do digital technologies shape both how people care for each other and, through that, who they are? With technological innovation is on the rise and increasing migration introducing vast distances between family members--a situation additionally... -
Future Challenges: For Health & Healthcare in Europe by M. Nielsen 9788771125689
RRP: $56.55$45.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788771125689Author M. NielsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Aalborg UniversitetsforlagPublisher Aarhus University PressWeight(grams) 492g -
Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care by David A Hyman 9781944424763
RRP: $38.90$29.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944424763Author David A HymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Cato InstitutePublisher Cato Institute -
Pharmocracy: How Corrupt Deals and Misguided Medical Regulations are Bankrupting America--and What to Do About it by William Faloon 9781607660118
RRP: $46.80$32.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607660118Author William FaloonFormat HardbackPage Count 381Imprint Axios PressPublisher Axios PressWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 166mm * 27mm -
How to Talk to Your Doctor: Getting the Answers and Care You Need by Patricia Agnew 9781884956546
RRP: $27.28$16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884956546Author Patricia AgnewFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Quill Driver Books, U.S.Publisher Quill Driver Books, U.S. -
Exploring the Psycho-Social Impact of COVID-19: Global Perspectives on Behaviour, Interventions and Future Directions by Rajesh Verma 9781032412757
RRP: $77.98$68.37This comprehensive resource provides a one-stop information repository, exploring all psychological aspects of Covid-19. Divided into three sections, the book covers the psycho-social impact on society and individuals and our collective cooperative... -
Gender and the Social Construction of Illness by Judith Lorber 9780759102378
RRP: $206.70$180.55Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical... -
The Smoking Puzzle: Information, Risk Perception, and Choice by Frank A. Sloan 9780674010390
RRP: $167.60$133.42How do smokers evaluate evidence that smoking harms health? Some evidence suggests that smokers overestimate health risks from smoking. This book challenges this conclusion. The authors find that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about their longevity... -
Contested Illnesses: Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements by Phil Brown 9780520270213
RRP: $58.50$45.42The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. Stakeholders in disputes about illnesses or conditions disagree over their fundamental... -
Working on Health Communication by Nova Corcoran 9781847879226
RRP: $257.40$207.15Good communication is at the heart of strategies for effective health promotion and public health. At a time when lifestyle and preventable diseases are still on the rise, practitioners are in need of the skills to deliver effective health messages to... -
A Systems Engineering Approach to Better, Less Expensive Health Care by Adeline Peaterson 9781633219649
RRP: $165.73$109.06This book identifies a comprehensive set of actions for enhancing health care across the Nation through greater use of systems-engineering principles. Systems engineering, widely used in manufacturing and aviation, is an interdisciplinary approach to... -
Treating Health Care: How the Canadian System Works and How It Could Work Better by Raisa B. Deber 9781487521493
RRP: $44.83$39.02Canada has been among the world leaders in recognizing the multiple factors that impact health. Focusing on Canada's health care system, Raisa B. Deber provides brief descriptions of some key facts and concepts necessary to understand health care policy... -
The Myths of Modern Medicine: The Alarming Truth about American Health Care by John Leifer 9781442225954
$95.10The American health care system is terminally ill. It is astonishingly expensive, remarkably variable in quality, and incapable of stemming the rising tide of chronic illness in our population. Yet, the majority of Americans believe it is the best... -
Hypertension and You: Old Drugs, New Drugs, and the Right Drugs for Your High Blood Pressure by Samuel J. Mann 9781442215177
RRP: $25.33$18.74Many of the nearly 70 million Americans with hypertension (high blood pressure) would like to bring it under control through lifestyle changes such as losing weight, cutting back on salt, exercising, or reducing stress. But, like it or not, most will... -
Improving Medical Outcomes: The Psychology of Doctor-Patient Visits by Jessica Leavitt 9781442203037
$110.55The problems faced by medical doctors and automobile mechanics are in some ways quite similar-something isn't working right and must be fixed. They must both figure out the cause of malfunctions and determine the appropriate treatments. Yet, the mechanic... -
Economics of Health and Wellness: Anthropological Perspectives by Donald Wood 9780762314218
RRP: $173.53$144.12This 26th volume in the "Research in Economic Anthropology" series differs in two main ways from all those that have come before. For one, it is the first "REA" volume to focus exclusively on the issue of health. In addition, it is not as concerned... -
Dying Green: A Journey through End-of-Life Medicine in Search of Sustainable Health Care by Christine Vatovec 9781978832107
RRP: $46.78$40.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978832107Author Christine VatovecFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press -
Hospital: The Unseen Demands of Delivering Medical Care by Stephen Feldman 9781566634786
$60.22A splendid photographic essay with an international perspective, Hospital ranges across national boundaries to record the realities and issues behind the scenes of one of the world’s essential institutions, the modern hospital. In a time when adequate... -
Health professional mobility in a changing Europe: new dynamics, mobile individuals and diverse responses by J. Buchan 9789289050258
$124.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789289050258Author J. BuchanFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint WHO Regional Office for EuropePublisher WHO Regional Office for Europe -
Managed Care Ethics: Essays on the Impact of Managed Care on Traditional Medical Ethics by John LaPuma 9781578260126
RRP: $54.99$43.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578260126Author John LaPumaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 302g -
Health Care Reform and the Law in Canada: Meeting the Challenge by Timothy Caulfield 9780888643667
RRP: $66.28$54.48Sweeping changes are being proposed as Canadians examine our health care system. But what are the legal implications of health care reform? In this timely collection, lawyers and legal scholars discuss a variety of topics in health care reform, including... -
Alzheimers - Finding the Words: A Communication Guide for Those Who Care Harriet Hodgson 9780471346579
RRP: $27.30$17.94A ray of hope for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients Alzheimer's afflicts millions of people around the world, as well as the family members who care for them. Alzheimer's - Finding the Words: A Communication Guide for Those Who Care offers practical... -
The Science and Practice of Stuttering Treatment: A Symposium by Suzana Jelcic Jaksic 9780470671580
RRP: $107.15$93.00The Science and Practice of Stuttering Treatment: A Symposium is a comprehensive resource for practitioners and researchers that spans the scientific basis and clinical management of stutters in people of all ages, from preschoolers to adults. Written by... -
Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and Policy by Ronald Labonte 9780415648059
RRP: $101.38$88.12Contemporary globalization has had tremendous impact on health equity across the globe. However, no volume has systematically analyzed the relationship between globalization and global trends in health outcomes. This book consolidates and updates the... -
Internet-Delivered Therapeutic Interventions in Human Services: Methods, Interventions and Evaluation by Jerry Finn 9780415845311
RRP: $42.88$38.49There has been exponential growth in use of the Internet to deliver therapeutic and supportive human services. Online interventions are known by a variety of names, including online practice, e-therapy and others. All refer to the delivery of services... -
Law, Environmental Illness and Medical Uncertainty: The Contested Governance of Health by Tarryn Phillips 9780415828567
RRP: $185.23$160.58We've seen it before, with asbestos-related disease, leukaemia clusters and lung cancer caused by cigarettes. There tends to be a lag between the emergence of environmental risks and chemical injuries, and their recognition and therapeutic treatment by... -
Internet-Delivered Therapeutic Interventions in Human Services: Methods, Interventions and Evaluation by Jerry Finn 9780415548885
RRP: $74.08$65.87There has been exponential growth in use of the Internet to deliver therapeutic and supportive human services. Online interventions are known by a variety of names, including online practice, e-therapy and others. All refer to the delivery of services... -
Health Care in Malaysia: The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access by Heng Leng Chee 9780415544207
RRP: $83.83$73.30The health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and explores the pressing issues it faces today. It includes coverage of: the evolution of the system... -
Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Reader by Geraldine Lee Treweek 9780415351584
RRP: $234.00$202.82Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an emerging and increasingly popular group of treatments, therapies and philosophies of health and wellbeing. It is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, which also poses an interesting... -
Relating Experience: Stories from Health and Social Care by Caroline Malone 9780415326575
RRP: $234.00$202.82This reader provides a diverse selection of accounts of interpersonal communication and relationships in the context of health and social care. Most of the contributions are personal narratives by people using or working in care services; the majority... -
Planning, Markets and Hospitals John Mohan 9780415196079
RRP: $101.38$88.12Improving access to hospital services has been a goal of public policy in Britain for over seventy years, but the means by which this goal is to be attained have changed significantly over time. Drawing substantially on original research, lanning,... -
Mental Illness, Dementia and Family in China by Guy Ramsay 9780367899011
RRP: $77.98$68.37With rapid economic progress and increasing life expectancy in East Asian societies, more attention is being paid by their governments, the media and the academy to mental illness and dementia. While clinical research on mental illness and dementia in... -
Understanding Public Health: Productive Processing of Internal and External Reality by Klaus Hurrelmann 9780367360733
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book develops a new model of the genesis of health, on the basis of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Hurrelmann and Richter build upon the basic theories of health and the popular model of salutogenesis to offer a... -
Latin American Perspectives on the Sociology of Health and Illness by Fernando De Maio 9780367001841
RRP: $169.63$147.30The sociology of health and illness is a rapidly growing field. Yet, as a field, it has suffered from a remarkably limited perspective dominated by scholarship produced in the global north. Scholars in the sociology of health and illness have been late... -
Disabled Children Living Away from Home in Foster Care and Residential Settings by Claire Burns 9781898683582
RRP: $48.75$42.55Disabled children who are unable to live at home are doubly needy: in addition to their disability, they are deprived of normal family life. Children who do not grow up in a stable, nurturing environment are unlikely to achieve their potential. Moreover,... -
Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld 9781786354686
RRP: $187.18$156.00This volume features papers on the theme of issues in health and health care for special groups, social factors and disparities. This includes papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving special groups, social factors...