wyszukanych pozycji: 10
Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era
ISBN: 9780415354066 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 10 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves, our health and wellbeing, and the role of medical ethics, public health, surveillance and risk. However there has been little reflection on the socio-political effects of this new genetic knowledge and the changes in practice that are currently impacting on our lives. Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions conce... |
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188,83 zł |
The New Genetics and the Public's Health
ISBN: 9780415221429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk.This book by two well-known sociologists explores the implications of the new genetics for public health as a body of knowledge and a domain of practice. It assesses the impact of new genetic information and technologies on conceptions of health, illness, embodiment, self and citizenship and critically examines the complex discourses surrounding human genetics...
The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health prac...
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152,10 zł |
The Sociology of Health Promotion : Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk
ISBN: 9780415116466 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Health promotion and the new public health are now central to health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. Issues examined include sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalization and considerations relating to race and gender in the implementation of health programmes.
Health promotion and the new public health are now central to health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health...
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944,43 zł |
Health Promotion: Disciplines and Diversity
ISBN: 9780415235709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives. It has come into the public eye as the subject of party politics and policy, but where does the movement come from?
This book brings together views from a range of subjects, some not always associated with health promotion, such as marketing or communication theory. Others, such as social policy of psychology may have obvious connections to make; here the implications for practice are discussed fully for the first time. The volume adds up to a timely reflection on the state of health promotion today and will... Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives. It has come into the public eye as the subject of party politics and...
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209,82 zł |
Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era
ISBN: 9780415354073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 10 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves, our health and wellbeing, and the role of medical ethics, public health, surveillance and risk. However there has been little reflection on the socio-political effects of this new genetic knowledge and the changes in practice that are currently impacting on our lives. Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions conce... |
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104,88 zł |
Health Promotion: Disciplines and Diversity
ISBN: 9780415235693 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives. It has come into the public eye as the subject of party politics and policy, but where does the movement come from?
This book brings together views from a range of subjects, some not always associated with health promotion, such as marketing or communication theory. Others, such as social policy of psychology may have obvious connections to make; here the implications for practice are discussed fully for the first time. The volume adds up to a timely reflection on the state of health promotion today and will... Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives. It has come into the public eye as the subject of party politics and...
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918,20 zł |
The Sociology of Health Promotion: Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk
ISBN: 9780415116473 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation and considerations relating to race and gender in the implementation of health programmes. It will be invaluable reading for students, health promoters, public health doctors and academics.
Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiativ...
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246,55 zł |
Foucault, Health and Medicine
ISBN: 9780415151788 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking in the area of health and medicine, and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and illness are currently engaging with his ideas.
Foucault, Health and Medicine explores such important issues as: Foucault's concept of 'discourse', the critique of the 'medicalization' thesis,... The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged...
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278,03 zł |
Foucault, Health and Medicine
ISBN: 9780415151771 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking in the area of health and medicine, and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and illness are currently engaging with his ideas. The text explores such important issues as: Foucault's concept of discourse; the critique of the medicalization thesis; the analysis of the body and the...
The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged...
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970,67 zł |
The New Genetics and the Public's Health
ISBN: 9780415221412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk. This book by two well-known sociologists:
* explores the implications of the new genetics for public health as a body of knowledge and a domain of practice * assesses the impact of new genetic information and technologies on conceptions of health, illness, embodiment, self and citizenship * critically examines the complex discourses surrounding... The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health prac...
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445,94 zł |