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Nutrition and Physical Activity: Health Information Sources in EU Member States, and Activities in the Commission, WHO, and European Networks
ISBN: 9780387748405 / Angielski / Twarda / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One important reason for the multitude of research activities in this field is because physical inactivity and nutrition are significant risk factors for many common non-communicable diseases. During the past decades physical inactivity and high dietary fat intakes have become increasingly prevalent in people s daily lives in industrialised countries. To prevent and to tackle these major diseases, there is a need for a much better understanding of the basic biological and underlying patho-physiological processes, as well as more relevant baseline data describing food intakes and physical... One important reason for the multitude of research activities in this field is because physical inactivity and nutrition are significant risk facto... |
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The Illusion of Certainty: Health Benefits and Risks
ISBN: 9780387751658 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Risk analysis and risk assessment have been with us long enough for the terms to sound familiar to most people. Standard fare for the nuclear power industry and the military for a half a century or more, risk assessment is now a routine aspect of environmental management, public health and individual medical decision making. There have been popular books on risk, and the current poker craze will likely spread risk concepts to an even wider (and younger) audience. Yet, despite all of this extensive and varied experience, we the analysts and practitioners have not done nearly enough to explain...
Risk analysis and risk assessment have been with us long enough for the terms to sound familiar to most people. Standard fare for the nuclear power in...
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200,77 |
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Culture/Place/Health
ISBN: 9780415190657 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Culture/Place/Health is the first exploration of cultural-geographical health research for a decade, drawing on contemporary research undertaken by geographers and other social scientists to explore the links between culture, place and health. It uses a wealth of examples from societies around the world to assert the place of culture in shaping relations between health and place. It contributes to an expanding of horizons at the intersection of the discipline of geography and the multidisciplinary domain of health concerns.
Culture/Place/Health is the first exploration of cultural-geographical health research for a decade, drawing on contemporary research underta...
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917,30 |
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Culture/Place/Health
ISBN: 9780415190664 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Culture/Place/Health is the first exploration of cultural-geographical health research for a decade, drawing on contemporary research undertaken by geographers and other social scientists to explore the links between culture, place and health. It uses a wealth of examples from societies around the world to assert the place of culture in shaping relations between health and place. It contributes to an expanding of horizons at the intersection of the discipline of geography and the multidisciplinary domain of health concerns.
Culture/Place/Health is the first exploration of cultural-geographical health research for a decade, drawing on contemporary research underta...
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270,31 |
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Habermas, Critical Theory and Health
ISBN: 9780415191821 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The contribution of the German sociologist and philosopher Jurgen Habermas has proved seminal for attempts to understand the nature of social change in the context of global capitalism. This book provides an accessible introduction to his work and shows how his theories can be fruitfully applied to a wide range of topics in the sociology of health and illness including:
* lay health knowledge * doctor-patient interaction * health care decision-making * health inequalities * new social movements in health * health care rationing * the Foucault perspective. ... The contribution of the German sociologist and philosopher Jurgen Habermas has proved seminal for attempts to understand the nature of social change i...
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299,28 |
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International Health Care Reform: A Legal, Economic and Political Analysis
ISBN: 9780415208444 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses the wave of competition-oriented reform by comparing "internal market reform" (proposed in publicly-funded health care systems) with "managed competition reform" (proposed in systems with a mixture of public/private financing) and the role of "managed care" in each of these reform theories.
International Health Care Reform clearly explains the arguments in economics and justice for intervention by governments in health care markets; the structure and dynamics of health care systems; and the features of competition-oriented reform models. The book will appeal to... This book analyses the wave of competition-oriented reform by comparing "internal market reform" (proposed in publicly-funded health care systems) wit...
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869,02 |
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Culture, Health and Disease : Social and cultural influences on health programmes in developing countries
ISBN: 9780415264303 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1966 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1966 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number...
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GIS in Public Health Practice
ISBN: 9780415306553 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tackling real practice in the use of GIS in public health, this title covers disease mapping and spatial analysis, then moves on to GIS applications in communicable disease control and environmental health protection and applications in health care planning and policy. It then explores issues surrounding the use of GIS in public health.
Tackling real practice in the use of GIS in public health, this title covers disease mapping and spatial analysis, then moves on to GIS applications i...
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869,02 |
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The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology
ISBN: 9780415318969 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological & moral assumptions.
In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological & moral ...
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241,34 |
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Quality of Life: Concept, Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780415323543 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quality of life is one of the most important issues facing the world today and is central to the development of social policy. This innovative book discusses this crucial topic, assessing the criteria for judging attempts to raise quality of life, including the satisfaction of basic and social needs, autonomy to enjoy life and social connectivity. It considers key topics such as:
Quality of life is one of the most important issues facing the world today and is central to the development of social policy. This innovat... |
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700,05 |
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Health, Risk and Vulnerability
ISBN: 9780415383073 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood to comprise the dominant experience of culture, politics and society in our times. Health, Risk and Vulnerability investigates the personal and political dimensions of health risk that structure everyday thought and action. In this innovative book, international contributors reflect upon the meaning and significance of risk across a broad range of social and institutional... The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social rese... |
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675,91 |
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Health, Risk and Vulnerability
ISBN: 9780415383080 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood to comprise the dominant experience of culture, politics and society in our times. Health, Risk and Vulnerability investigates the personal and political dimensions of health risk that structure everyday thought and action. In this innovative book, international contributors reflect upon the meaning and significance of risk across a broad range of social and institutional... The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social rese... |
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183,41 |
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SARS: Reception and Interpretations in Three Chinese Cities
ISBN: 9780415770859 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The appearance of SARS in 2002 caused a world crisis, now four years on, SARS poses no threat and has vanished from the global media. This book provides new and profound insights into this mysterious illness, from the perspectives of global geography, media studies and popular culture.
The appearance of SARS in 2002 caused a world crisis, now four years on, SARS poses no threat and has vanished from the global media. This book provid...
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724,19 |
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Health and the Modern Home
ISBN: 9780415956109 / Angielski / Twarda / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health and the Modern Home explores shifting and contentious debates about the impact of the domestic environment on health in the modern period. Drawing on recent scholarship, Jackson exposes the socio-political context in which the physical and emotional environment of the modern home and family became implicated in the maintenance of health and in the aetiology and pathogenesis of diverse psychological and physical conditions. Health and the Modern Home explores shifting and contentious debates about the impact of the domestic environment on health in the modern period. D... |
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Medical Geology: Effects of Geological Environments on Human Health Volume 2
ISBN: 9780444516152 / Angielski / Twarda / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geology, one of the basic natural sciences, is proving to be of outstanding importance in solving problems relating to:
Geology, one of the basic natural sciences, is proving to be of outstanding importance in solving problems relating to:
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820,74 |
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Public Health Surveillance
ISBN: 9780471284321 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public health officials and occupational medical professionals who need to design and maintain public health surveillance programs will find the guidelines they need in this book. Public Health Surveillance covers uses of public surveillance programs for vaccine preventable diseases, as well as for viruses such as AIDS/HIV.
Public health officials and occupational medical professionals who need to design and maintain public health surveillance programs will find the guide...
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513,03 |
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The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa: Volume 30
ISBN: 9780520066816 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Until now our knowledge of African health and healing has been extensive but fragmented. Here in eighteen essays is the first comprehensive account of disease, health, and healing practices in the African continent. The contributors all emphasize the social conditions linked to ill health and the development of local healing traditions, from Morocco to South Africa and from the precolonial era to the present. Several chapters illustrate how the most basic facts of everyday life encourage the spread of disease and chape the possibilities of survival. Other discuss a variety of healing...
Until now our knowledge of African health and healing has been extensive but fragmented. Here in eighteen essays is the first comprehensive account of...
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192,29 |
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Are We Ready?: Public Health Since 9/11volume 15
ISBN: 9780520250383 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A contemporary history of a critical period, Are We Ready? analyzes the impact of 9/11, the anthrax attacks that followed, and preparations for a possible smallpox attack on the nation's public health infrastructure. David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz interviewed local, state, and federal officials to determine the immediate reactions of key participants in these events. The authors explore the extent to which these emergencies permanently altered the political, cultural, and organizational life of the country and consider whether the nation is now better prepared to withstand another...
A contemporary history of a critical period, Are We Ready? analyzes the impact of 9/11, the anthrax attacks that followed, and preparations for...
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Health Policy in a Globalising World
ISBN: 9780521009430 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Increasing recognition of the impact that globalization may be having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. A distinguished, international team of contributors covers a comprehensive range of topics and geographic regions herein, arguing that health policy making is being affected by globalization and that these effects are, in turn, contributing to the global health issues faced today.
Increasing recognition of the impact that globalization may be having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emer...
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221,27 |
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Genetics, Health Care and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780521529075 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Genetics, Health Care and Public Policy is an introduction to the new discipline of public health genetics. It brings together the insights of genetic and molecular science as a means of protecting and improving the health of the population. This book sets out the basic principles of public health genetics for a wide audience of readers from those providing health care to those involved in establishing health policy. It provides one-stop introductory coverage of this rapidly developing and multidisciplinary field.
Genetics, Health Care and Public Policy is an introduction to the new discipline of public health genetics. It brings together the insights of genetic...
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376,78 |
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