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Different levels in health sciences, in particular public health, have acknowledged the significant role of epidemiology methods for early detection of emerging infections, alert systems, and preparedness interventions. Therefore, it is important to...

Did you know that there are a lot of harmful bacteria around you? And that these bacteria can make you sick once they enter your body? In this book, you will read about the conditions that contribute to diseases. You will also learn about what you can do...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'To Members of Parliament and Others. Forty-five Years of Registration Statistics, Proving Vaccination to be...

This innovative work combines a rigorous academic analysis of the political economy of organ supply for transplantation with autobiographical narratives that illuminate the complex experience of being an organ recipient.

This collection argues that Connie Willis's oeuvre performs science fiction's task of cognitive estrangement by highlighting by highlighting our human inability to read the times correctly-and yet also affirming the ethical imperative to attempt to truly...

This book offers an in-depth critical account of the state's responses to the biosecurity and the economic crises. It is thus the first study to address both crises ensuing from the pandemic, and to synthesise the responses to them in a comprehensive...

This book explores the social, ethical and legal implications of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). Providing a comparative analysis of several European countries, the authors evaluate the varied approaches to the application of ART throughout...

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies is an authoritative and challenging guide to the breadth and depth of critical thinking and theory on obesity. Rather than focusing on obesity as a public health crisis to be solved, this reference work...

This book examines diseases and disasters from the perspective of social and political theory, exploring the ways in which political leaders, social activists, historians, philosophers, and writers have tried to make sense of the catastrophes that have...

News footage of disease in Africa is a familiar sight. Yet these outbreaks are often presented out of context, with no reference to the conditions that have triggered them. MISTRA’s new book, Epidemics and the Health of African Nations, aims to...

This evidence-based text illuminates the lived experience of people affected by mental health difficulties. Providing comprehensive reviews of the qualitative research on each disorder discussed, it offers insights into the perceived causes and triggers...

The entire infrastructure and culture of medicine is being transformed by digital technology, the Internet and mobile devices. Cyberspace is now regularly used to provide medical advice and medication, with great numbers of sufferers immersing themselves...

From a bio-medical perspective, IBD is the name given to a group of inflammatory conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract. There are two major types: Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). CD can affect anywhere from the mouth to the...

From the bushfires in Australia to the outbreak of COVID-19 and America's greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, It Took a Crisis outlines how the events of 2020 underscored the need for a serious assessment of the status quo. These...

This book introduces the human right to adequate food and nutrition as evolving concept and identifies two structural "disconnects" fueling food insecurity for a billion people, and disproportionally affecting women, children, and rural food producers:...

Winner of the Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical SociologyMedical marijuana laws have spread across the U.S. to all but a handful of states. Yet, eighty years of social stigma and federal prohibition creates dilemmas...

Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?', as well as 'what makes us ill?'. What does this shift mean for frailty? Almost wholly defined in negative terms, the term 'frail' tends to refer to a group of older people who are at highest risk of...

A comprehensive health care system consists of services that are coordinated and integrated along the full continuum of care. For HIV patients, this includes physical health care, infectious disease management, crisis care, mental health care, substance...

This book uses the notion of 'discretionary medicine' to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan.

Drawing on anthropology, historical sociology and social-epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, (and) consumed, and regulated in order to construct a comprehensive understanding...

The West India Legislatives Vindicated From The Charge Of Having Resisted The Call Of The Mother Country For The Amelioration Of Slavery is a book written by Alexander McDonnell in 1826. The book is a defense of the West Indian legislatures against...

The Valley of Wyoming, The Romance of Its History and Its Poetry: Also, Specimens of Indian Eloquence is a book written by a Native of the Valley in 1866. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history and poetry of the Wyoming Valley, as well...

Institutions For The Insane, In Prussia, Austria, And Germany is a book written by Pliny Earle in 1854. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of mental health institutions in Prussia, Austria, and Germany during the mid-19th century...

This book calls for a re-conceptualisation of the public health evidence-base to include crucial forms of creative and relational data about people's lived experiences that cannot be accessed through the biomedical approach to generating and using...

Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health brings together the evidence behind the UK's public health priorities into one comprehensible textbook. Taking one theme per chapter, the book examines the social and environmental influences that shape...

This book examines narratives of dementia in contemporary literary texts, studying what is now a pressing issue with deep political, economic, and social implications for many ageing societies. As part of the increasing visibility of dementia in social...

All over the world, men as well as women exchange sex for money and other forms of reward, sometimes with other men and sometimes with women. In contrast to female prostitution, however, relatively little is known about male sex work, leaving questions...

Health service policy and health policy have changed considerably over the past fifteen years and there is a pressing need for an up-to-date sociological analysis of health policy. Not only have policies themselves changed but new policy themes - such as...

Psychologists have spent years studying the learning processes of the white rat, yet until recently they have neglected the laboratory of everyday social behavior for studying learning in man. In this book the leading experts in learning theory and...

Groton During The Indian Wars (1883) is a historical book written by Samuel Abbott Green. The book chronicles the events that occurred in Groton, Massachusetts, during the Indian Wars of the late 17th century. The author provides a detailed account of...

In December 1982, the Centers for Disease Control received the first reports of cases of children with HIV/AIDS. Since that time, the child welfare system, as well as other human service organizations, have been coping with and responding to the crises...

While disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, politics, social policy and the health and medical sciences have a tradition of exploring the centrality of alcohol, drinking and drunkenness to people's lives, geographers have only previously...

In an age of organizational restructuring and career uncertainty, with upward mobility becoming less and less attainable, how do people find meaning and fulfilment in their work? This book addresses this critical question, offering valuable, concrete...

In the twenty-first century there is increasing global recognition of pain relief as a basic human right. However, as Susan Honeyman argues in this new take on child pain and invisible disability, such a belief has historically been driven by adult,...

""Dora Marcelli, The Last Of Her Race: A Poem"" is a literary work written by David Wardlaw Scott in 1843. The book tells the story of Dora Marcelli, the last surviving member of her family. The poem is a tribute to her life and the legacy she left...

""Essay On The Treatment And Management Of Slaves"" is a book written by Robert Collins in 1853. This book provides a detailed analysis of the treatment and management of slaves during the time of slavery in America. The author presents a critical...

This collection draws upon a range of thematic and regional case studies and uses the right to health as a normative framework to explore the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness, uncovering and historicizing the complex negotiations among physical embodiment, emotional response, and communally-sanctioned behavior...

Dying Hard is a series of first-hand accounts by miners suffering from industrial diseases contracted while working in the fluorspar mines of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland. It tells the stories of men waiting for death to relieve them from the continuing...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe chronic illness and one of the world's most common genetic conditions, with 400,000 children born annually with the disorder, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Brazil, the Middle East and in diasporic African...

Selling Immunity Self, Culture and Economy in Healthcare and Medicine provides a groundbreaking study of the ways in which immunity shapes life. Through its up-to-date discussion of immunity cultures, alongside detailed real-world examples, the book...

The health sector is known to be one of the major contributors towards the greenhouse gas emissions causing the climate crisis, the greatest health threat of the 21st century. This volume positions the health sector as a leader in the fight against...

This is a history of the health of the people of Pietermaritzburg, a developing city in Africa and capital of the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The book covers a period of about 170 years: from a time when a few explorers of European...

Disease and crime are increasingly conflated in the contemporary world. News reports proclaim "epidemics" of crime, while politicians denounce terrorism as a lethal pathological threat. Recent years have even witnessed the development of a new subfield,...

Grouped around four central themes - illness and impairment, disabling processes, care and control, and communication and representations - this collection offers a fresh perspective on disability research, showing how theory and data can be brought...

In recent years, the role of religion in influencing international health policy and health services provision has been seen as increasingly important. This book provides a social history of the relationship between religion and America's international...