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Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability in the Mediterranean City - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover): Antonio Jimenez... Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability in the Mediterranean City - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)
Antonio Jimenez Delgado, Jaime Lloret
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a model for the creation of sustainable and healthy cities in the Mediterranean region. It uses the coastal city of L'Alfas del Pi in Spain as an example for designing renewable and innovative urban models that offer high standards of living, wellbeing and eco-friendly advantages. Quantitative and qualitative analyses are presented by scholars in a wide variety of fields to provide a thorough understanding of the social, cultural, economic, political, physical, environmental and public health influences, through the case study of L'Alfas del Pi. L'Alfas del Pi has a geographically unique population made of a mixture of local inhabitants and Northern European residents attracted by the weather conditions and the sea. The chapters in this book explore a series of innovative proposals for addressing concerns in the area, including historic preservation, sustainable transportation, promoting health and physical activity and water conservation. The methodology establishes a strategic approach that serves as a useful reference point for coastal cities, particularly in Mediterranean countries, in the creation of sustainable and healthy cities. This book will appeal to researchers across the disciplines of tourism, planning, health geography, architecture and urban studies.

Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Helen Chiu, Kenneth Shulman Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Helen Chiu, Kenneth Shulman
R8,549 Discovery Miles 85 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book consolidates current knowledge in the field and discusses psychiatric disorders among the elderly, while bridging the gap between clinical practice and the socio-cultural contexts. The book is particularly important in the face of rapidly changing conditions globally and challenges such as migration, war and violence, diminishing physical health due to ageing and their impact on the mental health of elderly. Longevity is a great gift of medical sciences and modern health care and since the benefit of longevity comes with specific mental health issues of the elderly, this book responds to the heightened need to understand and address the mental health challenges of the elderly.

The Social Value of Drug Addicts - Uses of the Useless (Hardcover): Merrill Singer, J Bryan Page The Social Value of Drug Addicts - Uses of the Useless (Hardcover)
Merrill Singer, J Bryan Page
R4,506 Discovery Miles 45 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain uselessOCoculturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts. Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields."

The Social Value of Drug Addicts - Uses of the Useless (Paperback): Merrill Singer, J Bryan Page The Social Value of Drug Addicts - Uses of the Useless (Paperback)
Merrill Singer, J Bryan Page
R1,152 Discovery Miles 11 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless-culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts. Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields.

Materialities of Care - Encountering Health and Illness Through Artefacts and Architecture (Paperback): C Buse Materialities of Care - Encountering Health and Illness Through Artefacts and Architecture (Paperback)
C Buse
R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Materialities of Care addresses the role of material culture within health and social care encounters, including everyday objects, dress, furniture and architecture. Makes visible the mundane and often unnoticed aspects of material culture and attends to interrelations between materials and care in practice Examines material practice across a range of clinical and non-clinical spaces including hospitals, hospices, care homes, museums, domestic spaces and community spaces such as shops and tenement stairwells Addresses fleeting moments of care, as well as choreographed routines that order bodies and materials Focuses on practice and relations between materials and care as ongoing, emergent and processual International contributions from leading scholars draw attention to methodological approaches for capturing the material and sensory aspects of health and social care encounters

Participatory Visual Methodologies in Global Public Health (Paperback): Claudia Mitchell, Marni Sommer Participatory Visual Methodologies in Global Public Health (Paperback)
Claudia Mitchell, Marni Sommer
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Participatory Visual Methodologies in Global Public Health focuses on the use of participatory visual methodologies such as photovoice, participatory video (including cellphilming or the use of cell phones to make videos), drawing and mapping in public health research. These approaches are modes of inquiry that can engage participants and communities, eliciting evidence about their own health and well-being, as well as modes of representation and modes of production in the co-creation of knowledge, and modes of dissemination in relation to knowledge translation and mobilization. Thus, the production by a group of girls or young women of a set of photos or videos from their own visual perspective can offer new evidence on how, for example, they see sexual violence. Unlike other data such as those collected through surveys or even conventional interviews, the images they have produced not only inform the empirical evidence, but also do not need to remain in a laboratory or the office of a researcher. They can, through exhibitions and screenings, reach various audiences: school or health personnel, parents and community members, and perhaps also policy-makers. This collection offers a critical overview for students, practitioners, researchers and policy-makers working in or concerned with the use of participatory methodologies in public health around the globe. This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Public Health.

Fighting the First Wave - Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe (Hardcover): Peter Baldwin Fighting the First Wave - Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe (Hardcover)
Peter Baldwin
R717 R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Save R129 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens' lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus's spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders' requests and how soon they would tire of their demands were crucial to hopes of taming the pandemic.

The International Politics of Ebola (Paperback): Anne Roemer-Mahler, Simon Rushton The International Politics of Ebola (Paperback)
Anne Roemer-Mahler, Simon Rushton
R1,352 Discovery Miles 13 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease that gripped Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone through much of 2014 and 2015 was undoubtedly a health emergency, yet it was also a global political event. This book examines the international politics of the Ebola outbreak in all of its dimensions, critically assessing the global response, examining what the outbreak can tell us about contemporary global health governance, and examining the inequalities and injustices that were laid bare. In doing so, the book shows how some of the concepts, debates and findings from the growing field of global health research in International Relations can help both in furthering understanding of the Ebola crisis and also in improving policy responses to future infectious disease outbreaks. This book was originally published as a special edition of Third World Quarterly.

The Fifteen Minute Hour - Efficient and Effective Patient-Centered Consultation Skills, Sixth Edition (Hardcover, 6th edition):... The Fifteen Minute Hour - Efficient and Effective Patient-Centered Consultation Skills, Sixth Edition (Hardcover, 6th edition)
Marian Stuart, Joseph Lieberman
R5,090 Discovery Miles 50 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Fifteen Minute Hour is well-established as a classic text, providing invaluable support for primary care practitioners aiming to increase patient satisfaction without adding significantly to the length of a visit. This sixth edition continues to emphasise a patient-centred approach to help practitioners enhance the therapeutic relationship with their patients. With a renewed focus on wellness and health promotion, the book offers simple and effective techniques to solve or prevent psychological and behavioural problems manifested in the consultation. The Fifteen Minute Hour has become essential reading around the world, and this sixth edition is completely updated with brand new case material based on real-world consultations, additional techniques for managing chronic conditions including pain, and new references substantiating the efficacy of the authors' methods.

New Age Herbals - Resource, Quality and Pharmacognosy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018): Brahma... New Age Herbals - Resource, Quality and Pharmacognosy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Brahma Singh, K.V. Peter
R3,492 Discovery Miles 34 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Importance of herbs (medicinal plants) can hardly be overemphasized. They are exploited for manyfold applications, ranging from phytopharmaceuticals, to nutraceuticals, to cosmetics and many others. Keeping in view the richness of herbs and their vast potential, this book collates the most up-to-date knowledge of important herbs and herbals. The book also gives an overview of some issues causing hindrance in the promotion of herbals. This book attempts to compile the rich experience of experts working on various herbs. New age single plant species, having multiple medicinal traits worth exploiting i.e. Hippophae rhamnoides (seabuckthorn), and Morinda citrifolia (noni) also find place as full chapters in the book.

Neglected Tropical Diseases - South Asia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017): Sunit K Singh Neglected Tropical Diseases - South Asia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Sunit K Singh
R4,459 Discovery Miles 44 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book covers all aspects of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the region of South Asia. NTDs constitute a significant part of the total disease burden in this geographic area, including soil borne helminth infections, vector borne viral infections, protozoan infections and a few bacterial infections. The current volume covers the most common neglected viral, bacterial and protozoan infections. On top of that, the last part of the volume is dedicated to the management of neglected tropical diseases.

Transnational Mobility and Global Health - Traversing Borders and Boundaries (Hardcover): Peter H. Koehn Transnational Mobility and Global Health - Traversing Borders and Boundaries (Hardcover)
Peter H. Koehn
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Transnational Mobility and Global Health spotlights the powerful and dynamic intersections of human movement, inequality, and health. The book explores the interacting political, economic, social, cultural, and climatic drivers of health and migration, proposing innovative ways to enhance global health and care provision in an era of transnational mobility. As health security continues to rise up the agenda in international politics, the book also analyses the political determinants of health and migration. Within the framework of key drivers of unequal mobilities, this book treats interconnected health and migration themes not covered elsewhere under one cover: health tourism, conflict-induced and other vulnerable-population movements, humanitarian crises, human rights, the health-development linkage, migrant health-care, and health-competency education. The book also considers global health vulnerabilities in the wake of climate change, and the biomedical, ethical, and governance challenges of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. Finally, the book suggests ways of evaluating mobility-influenced health outcomes and equity impacts, and explores how the global circulation of health expertise could help to rectify care-provider shortages. The challenges to global health considered in this book are only likely to become more intense as the 21st-Century surge in transnational migration continues. Readers will gain interdisciplinary appreciation for the relevance of health for migration and of migration for global health. Researchers, students, practitioners, and policy makers interested in individual and population health, sustainable development, and migration studies will find this book a useful and inspiring guide to contemporary global challenges.

Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students (Paperback, New): Juliette Oko, James Reid Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students (Paperback, New)
Juliette Oko, James Reid
R722 Discovery Miles 7 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many students on Health and Social Care Foundation Degree and Access courses struggle with the academic expectations required of them at this level. This book is written to support such students in adapting to self-directed study, understand the assessment process and how they can make the most of their learning opportunities. The authors also cover practicalities such as avoiding plagiarism, using their studies to become a reflective practitioner, and understanding the benefit of research and critical thinking. More than a generic study guide, this book is practice-based and will be of great benefit to health and social care students. SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university.

Clinical Protocols in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (Paperback, 2nd edition): S. Paige Hertweck, Maggie L Dwiggins Clinical Protocols in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (Paperback, 2nd edition)
S. Paige Hertweck, Maggie L Dwiggins
R2,332 Discovery Miles 23 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Published in association with NASPAG, this updated second edition gives quick access to the essential information. The authors combine their clinical experience with a complete review of the literature, placing it in an easy to consult format with photographs, figures, and algorithms.

Christianity's Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy - To Transfer the Empire of the World... Christianity's Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy - To Transfer the Empire of the World (Hardcover)
John Blevins
R3,905 Discovery Miles 39 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 health policy and practice from the latter 19th century to the present. The book demonstrates that the fields of religion and public health have distinct moral frameworks, each with their own rationales, assumptions, and motivations. While these two frameworks share significant synergies, substantial tensions also exist, which are negotiated in political contexts. The book traces the origins of religion's influence on public health to the Progressive Era in the latter half of the 19th century, examines tensions that arose in the first half of the 20th century, describes the divorce between religion and international health from the 1940s through the 1980s, identifies the sources of the renewed interest in the relationship between religion and international health, and anticipates the future contours of religion and international health in light of contemporary political and economic forces.While the influence of religion on international health practice and policy in the United States serves as the focus of the book, the effects of US policies on international health policies in general are also explored in depth, especially in the book's later chapters. This ambitious study of religion's social history in the United States over the last 150 years will be of interest to researchers in global health, politics, religion and development studies.

Coronary Heart Disease Prevention - A Handbook for the Health Care Team (Paperback, 2nd edition): Grace Lindsay, Allan Gaw Coronary Heart Disease Prevention - A Handbook for the Health Care Team (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Grace Lindsay, Allan Gaw
R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) has never been more important. Throughout the world death rates from cardiovascular causes are rising and are soon estimated to overtake infectious diseases as the leading global cause of death for the first time in history. All healthcare professionals need to understand what causes this disease and how to prevent it. This new edition of this highly successful book brings together the latest information and research on CHD; in particular, the health professional's role in prevention of the disease. It gives practical advice on correcting these factors through lifestyle and medical management. Updates for the second edition include:coverage of the new large lipid-lowering drug trials therapeutic advances in the use of thrombolytic, antiplatelet and anti-hypertensive drugs advances in treatments including diabetic control, anti-smoking therapy, prescription of exercise and the use of dietary advice. This book is aimed at the broad range of professionals who come into contact with CHD patients and with those at risk of CHD, including nurses, physiotherapists, dieticiansdietitians, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, general practitioners, doctors who are involved in prevention and rehabilitation and all staff working in coronary care units, lipid and hypertension clinics and general cardiology clinics. evidence-based content ensures a firm scientific basis for practice the practical nature of the content can be immediately applied in the working environment e.g. smoking cessation strategies, dietary counseling and risk assessment the multidisciplinary group of contributors ensures that the content reflects the multidisciplinary nature of CHD prevention work case studies and practice exercises enable the application of theory to practice summaries of key points facilitate understanding and retention the implications from clinical governance legislation, the National Service Frameworks and Joint British Recommendations on prevention of CHD in clinical practice recent research outcomes e.g. the HOT trial diabetes and its links with CHD material relating to ethnic minorities more 'global' statistics where possible to make the text more appealing to international markets the inequalities arising from socio-economic exclusion

Medical Practice Variations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Ana Johnson, Therese A. Stukel Medical Practice Variations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Ana Johnson, Therese A. Stukel
R8,487 Discovery Miles 84 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title deals with internationally documented variations in medical practice and health service that exist across countries as well as regions across a specific country. Such variations raise critical concerns about the quality, equity and efficiency of health care resources across the world. Health services researchers have long been aware of large variations in the use of medical care across regions and medical providers. In the 1930s, the British pediatrician J.A. Glover observed that the rates of tonsillectomy in British schoolchildren varied widely, depending on the district where the students lived and the doctors who examined them. This volume provides a contextual landscape for the study of health care utilization through the lens of medical practice variations. It is grounded in the pioneering work by medical care epidemiologist, Dr. John Wennberg, who revealed wide variations in elective surgical rates across small areas in the U.S. and his findings that these variations were generally not explained by differences in population illness rates or patient preferences but rather, there were strong associations between supply of health care resources, such as hospital beds and physicians and health care utilization. This volume introduces the concept of medical practice variations and its early history, outlines established concepts and frameworks, with an overview of methods used to understand the variations in medical care . It makes the case for outcomes research in determining what works in health care and policy reforms to rationalize how care is delivered. Each chapter synthesizes the current published literature in the field and covers a description of medical practice variations in the area, determinants of these variations and outcomes. It outlines the most current research on specific types of utilization such as inpatient care, emergency services, elective surgery, primary care, obstetric and gynaecological care, mental health care and end-of-life care, among others. Studies of variation in condition-specific care focus on common conditions such as acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes and procedures such as cancer surgery and joint replacement. Special topics include health care spending and quality, shared decision making and disparities.

A Journey towards Patient-Centered Healthcare Quality - Patients, Families and Caregivers, Voices of Transformation (Paperback,... A Journey towards Patient-Centered Healthcare Quality - Patients, Families and Caregivers, Voices of Transformation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Jean Moody-Williams
R1,769 Discovery Miles 17 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides valuable insight into emerging trends in healthcare delivery; patient, family and caregiver engagement and the intersection of the two. It is unique in that it not only incorporates patient's voice but provides context in the application of patients' families and caregivers in healthcare transformation and the future of healthcare models. It is suited toward not only promoting empathy toward patients but also challenging the reader to learn and think about the future of healthcare and the value of patient's voice in policy making and decisions about healthcare. It provides valuable information on quality improvement, consumer experience and emerging careers in this area with practical information and interventions. Nurses and other members of the care team play a critical role in the evolving models of care and must stay abreast of emerging trend to ensure that patients' needs are met while contributing to meeting the quality and economic goals of the organizations and care settings in which they work. This book will help to ensure that they remain abreast of changing trends in quality improvement, quality measurement, cost, health information technology and patient and family engagement so that they are in a position to lead their teams and organizations. Direct accounts from patients, family and caregivers who want their "voices" heard are incorporated throughout the book.

Health and the Division of Labour (Hardcover): Margaret Stacey, Margaret Reid, Christian Heath, Robert Dingwall Health and the Division of Labour (Hardcover)
Margaret Stacey, Margaret Reid, Christian Heath, Robert Dingwall
R3,186 Discovery Miles 31 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1978, Health and the Division of Labour examines problems and tensions experienced in health work. The papers analyse inter- and intra-occupational rivalry and consider the impact of new forms of managerial rationality upon the traditional divisions of tasks and prestige in health work. The issues raised here affect public policy in both Britain and the USA: Americans can profit from British work on the position of women in medicine, on unionisation and on managerialism, Britons can learn from Americans work on the political context of both social science and medicine, in looking at renal dialysis policy and at the problems of fieldwork in Latin America.

Better Value Health Checks - A Practical Guide (Paperback): Nick Summerton Better Value Health Checks - A Practical Guide (Paperback)
Nick Summerton
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the practical aspects of setting up and assessing the quality of health checks. It is the first book to support clinicians and managers in enhancing the value of health checks in improving health outcomes, an increasingly essential goal for health services. The book will help maximise outcomes for individuals, families and employers by addressing each element within a health check from primary prevention, risk factor reduction and screening to early diagnosis and tertiary prevention. These are considered in relation to their ability to lead to subsequent improvements in individual health outcomes.

A Good Time to Be Born - How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future (Hardcover): Perri Klass A Good Time to Be Born - How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future (Hardcover)
Perri Klass
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Only one hundred years ago, even in the world's wealthiest nations, children died in great numbers-of diarrhea, diphtheria and measles, of scarlet fever and meningitis. Culture was shaped by these deaths; diaries and letters recorded them, poets and writers wrote about and lamented them. Not even the high and mighty could escape: presidents and titans of industry lost their children, the poor and powerless lost theirs even more frequently. The near-conquest of infant and child mortality is one of our greatest human achievements. Perri Klass pulls the story together for the first time, paying tribute to scientists, public health advocates, and groundbreaking women doctors who brought new scientific ideas about sanitation and vaccination to families. Thanks to their work, early death is now the exception, bringing about a massive transformation in society and freeing parents to worry a lot more about a lot less.

Golden Rice - The Imperiled Birth of a GMO Superfood (Hardcover): Ed Regis Golden Rice - The Imperiled Birth of a GMO Superfood (Hardcover)
Ed Regis
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first book to tell the shocking story of Golden Rice, a genetically modified grain that provides essential Vitamin A and can save lives in developing countries-if only they were allowed to grow it. Ordinary white rice is nutrient poor; it consists of carbohydrates and little else. About one million people who subsist on rice become blind or die each year from vitamin A deficiency. Golden Rice, which was developed in the hopes of combatting that problem by a team of European scientists in the late '90s, was genetically modified to provide an essential nutrient that white rice lacks: beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the body. But twenty years later, this potentially sight- and life-saving miracle food still has not reached the populations most in need-and tens of millions of people in India, China, Bangladesh, and throughout South and Southeast Asia have gone blind or have died waiting. Supporters claim that the twenty-year delay in Golden Rice's introduction is an unconscionable crime against humanity. Critics have countered that the rice is a "hoax," that it is "fool's gold" and "propaganda for the genetic engineering industry." Here, science writer Ed Regis argues that Golden Rice is the world's most controversial, maligned, and misunderstood GMO. Regis tells the story of how the development, growth, and distribution of Golden Rice was delayed and repeatedly derailed by a complex but outdated set of operational guidelines and regulations imposed by the governments and sabotaged by anti-GMO activists in the very nations where the rice is most needed. Writing in a conversational style, Regis separates hyperbole from facts, overturning the myths, distortions, and urban legends about this uniquely promising superfood. Anyone interested in GMOs, social justice, or world hunger will find Golden Rice a compelling, sad, and maddening true-life science tale.

Philosophy of Population Health - Philosophy for a New Public Health Era (Hardcover): Sean Valles Philosophy of Population Health - Philosophy for a New Public Health Era (Hardcover)
Sean Valles
R4,054 Discovery Miles 40 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Population health has recently grown from a series of loosely connected critiques of twentieth-century public health and medicine into a theoretical framework with a corresponding field of research-population health science. Its approach is to promote the public's health through improving everyday human life: afford-able nutritious food, clean air, safe places where children can play, living wages, etc. It recognizes that addressing contemporary health challenges such as the prevalence of type 2 diabetes will take much more than good hospitals and public health departments. Blending philosophy of science/medicine, public health ethics and history, this book offers a framework that explains, analyses and largely endorses the features that define this relatively new field. Presenting a philosophical perspective, Valles helps to clarify what these features are and why they matter, including: searching for health's "upstream" causes in social life, embracing a professional commitment to studying and ameliorating the staggering health inequities in and between populations; and reforming scientific practices to foster humility and respect among the many scientists and non- scientists who must work collaboratively to promote health. Featuring illustrative case studies from around the globe at the end of all main chapters, this radical monograph is written to be accessible to all scholars and advanced students who have an interest in health-from public health students to professional philosophers.

Practical Dermatologic Surgery (Paperback): Richard G. Bennett Practical Dermatologic Surgery (Paperback)
Richard G. Bennett
R2,538 Discovery Miles 25 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Covering the full range of dermatologic surgery, this text will be essential reading for residents in dermatology, family practice, and surgical specialties needing to review a topic in detail quickly and easily. Each chapter is in brief outline form, with tables, line drawings, and the essential references, offering an authoritative and up-to-date guide with 32 contributors.

Practical Dermatologic Surgery (Hardcover): Richard G. Bennett Practical Dermatologic Surgery (Hardcover)
Richard G. Bennett
R5,091 Discovery Miles 50 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Covering the full range of dermatologic surgery, this text will be essential reading for residents in dermatology, family practice, and surgical specialties needing to review a topic in detail quickly and easily. Each chapter is in brief outline form, with tables, line drawings, and the essential references, offering an authoritative and up-to-date guide with 32 contributors.

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