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Penguin Books Ltd Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Book SynopsisSontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is - a disease; not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment, and highly curable, if good treatment is found early enough. Almost a decade later, with the outbreak of a new, stigmatized disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote Aids and Its Metaphors, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic.
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Penguin Books Ltd What Dementia Teaches Us About Love
Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR''Immensely powerful . . . her investigation of this terrible illness is sensitive and compelling'' Sunday TimesAfter her own father''s death from dementia, the writer and campaigner Nicci Gerrard set out to explore the illness that now touches millions of us, yet which we still struggle to speak about. What does dementia mean, for those who live with it, and those who care for them?This truthful, humane book is an attempt to understand. It is filled with stories, both moving and optimistic: from those living with dementia to those planning the end of life, from the scientists unlocking the mysteries of the brain to the therapists using art and music to enrich the lives of sufferers, from the campaigners battling for greater compassion in care to the families trying to make sense of this ''incomprehensible de-creation of the self''.Trade ReviewImmensely powerful . . . an incisive and compelling read. Gerrard, a crime novelist and former journalist, visits the "fresh hell" of hospitals across the UK, and interviews sufferers and those whose lives have been indelibly shaped by the diagnosis of a loved one . . . As well as being part-memoir and part-reportage, What Dementia Teaches Us About Love is also a great part philosophical inquiry into the nature of self and what it is to be human. * The Sunday Times *Essential reading about love, life and care -- Kate Mosse * author of Labyrinth *An extraordinarily luminous book, at once terribly sad and frightening but also somehow hopeful and energising. -- Nick Duerden * Independent *Nobody has written on dementia as well as Nicci Gerrard in this new book. Kind, knowing and infinitely useful -- Andrew MarrGerrard ranges widely and wisely, raising questions about what it is to be human and facing truths too deep for tears * Blake Morrison, poet and author of And When Did You Last See Your Father? *This is a tender, lyrical, profound, urgent book . . . Gerrard has penned a treatise on what it is to be human -- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown * columnist and author *Evocative and powerful, shining a light on a world which is often hidden and misunderstood * Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England *Gerrard writes beautifully, encyclopaedically and with humanity -- Nicholas Timmins * senior fellow at the Institute for Government and the King’s Fund, honorary fellow of Royal College of Physicians, author of Five Giants *Nicci Gerrard exudes understanding of the breadth, scale and complexity of the dementias and the challenges they pose for society. Yet she communicates simply, personally and practically as if speaking individually to each of us -- Sebastian Crutch * Professor of Neuropsychology, Dementia Research Centre, University College London *Nicci Gerrard writes with power, insight, empathy and extraordinary beauty about the world of dementia . . . and demonstrates how we can address the fear, despair and ignorance that has accompanied its spread -- Paul Webster * editor of the Observer *Immensely powerful . . . shot through with insights. Gerrard's book is an elegant yet devastating interrogation into this fatal loss of self, and is part-reportage, part-philosophical inquiry, but, above all, intensely personal. -- Helen Davies * The Sunday Times (Books of the Year) *A profound and powerful exploration of how society interprets and deals with a health challenge that will only deepen over the coming decades -- Anjana Ahuja * Financial Times (Essential Reads 2019) *
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Penguin Books Ltd Is It Tomorrow Yet
Book SynopsisA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAROne of our most scintillating public intellectuals explores the political paradoxes of the pandemic and helps us think our way through it''We are able to imagine anything because we are being besieged by something that was considered unimaginable...''Beneath the panic and bluster, beneath the confusing speeches and the conflicting advice, the Coronavirus pandemic acted, changing our world in the most profound ways. The tragic human cost and the economic devastation will be assessed and calculated for decades to come. But the pandemic also changed things in ways that are less easily expressed and understood. It has made bare the frayed contradictions of modern life. It has distorted things that seemed simple and settled. It has affirmed plain, uncomfortable truths. In this brilliant, thought-provoking essay, Ivan Krastev, one of our most interesting thinkers today, explores the pandemic''s iTrade ReviewOne of the great European minds of today -- Timothy SnyderFew people question the conventional wisdom like Ivan Krastev -- George SorosIvan Krastev is one of Europe's leading thinkers -- Madeleine Albright
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Penguin Books Ltd The Plague Year
Book Synopsis''A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth'' New York Times Book Review''A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together complex narratives'' The ObserverJust as Lawrence Wright''s The Looming Tower became the defining account of our century''s first devastating event, 9/11, so The Plague Year will become the defining account of the second.The story starts with the initial moments of Covid''s appearance in Wuhan and ends with Joseph Biden''s inauguration in an America ravaged by well over 400,000 deaths - a mortality already some ten times worse than US combat deaths in the entire Vietnam War.This is an anguished, furious memorial to a year in which all of America''s great strengths - its scientific knowledge, its great civic and intellectual institutions, its spirit of voluntarism and community - were brought low, not by a terrifying new illness alone, but by political incompeTrade ReviewA devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together complex narratives ... A story about hubris and division, complacency and insularity, but most of all precariousness. -- Andrew Anthony * The Observer *In his characteristically rigorous and engrossing style, Wright documents innumerable episodes of ineptitude and malfeasance ... Maddening and sobering - as comprehensive an account of the first year of the pandemic as we've yet seen. * Kirkus *Wright explains political mistakes and scientific breakthroughs, but The Plague Year has a more intimate register, too, in its record of how the virus upended everyday lives. The most heartbreaking moments are those that juxtapose ordinary people falling ill with the incompetence, negligence or politicking of the Trump White House ... The Plague Year suggests it was even worse than we remembered or realised at the time. -- Emily Tamkin * New Statesman *A virtuoso feat ... [Wright has] given us a book of panoramic breadth, [ranging] from science to politics to economics to culture with a commanding scrutiny, managing to surprise us about even those episodes we have only recently lived through and thought we knew well. The story he tells is immediate and often piercingly intimate ... Wright's storytelling dexterity makes all this come alive. -- Sonali Deraniyagala * New York Times Book Review *In his characteristic style, Mr Wright provides many small sketches of people touched by Covid-19 - from whizzy scientists like Barney Graham to victims like 96-year-old Jim Miller, a D-Day veteran who died of the disease in a cruelly mismanaged home for old soldiers. But the book's main character is Mr Trump, and its main service is in weighing his responsibility for the disaster. * The Economist *Arresting, lean-limbed, immersive ... Rich with peerless reportage and incisive critique ... Translates the complexities of epidemiology into plain English ... Wright is at his commanding best. -- Hamilton Cain * Minneapolis Star Tribune *Insightful ... Indispensable as a coronavirus compendium. Very little escapes Wright's notice, and he is adept at placing the ongoing story in an enlightening context. -- Michael King * Austin Chronicle *Taut, thriller-like, The Plague Year captures the chaos and courage of this unprecedented era that's forever changed us. * Oprah Daily *By far the best book yet on COVID-19 ... [An] exemplary chronicle [with] countless examples of hope, sacrifice, and heroic feats. Wright's interviews with experts in virology, economics, public health, history, politics, and medicine are enlightening ... Wright is at his finest here in frontline research, expert analysis, and lucid writing. -- Tony Miksanek * Booklist *[An] incredibly-crafted telling ... [Wright] is an earnest prober, with sober-minded curiosity ... [He] provides a well-wrought map covering the institutions and politicians that failed America during this stretch of the pandemic [and] crucially highlights those that also saved us - the first responders and the reasonable. -- Eric Allen Been * The Boston Globe *
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Oxford University Press Inc Medicare for All A Citizens Guide
Book SynopsisA citizen''s guide to America''s most debated policy-in-waitingThere are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care--and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, 19 cents go to health care. What are we paying for, exactly? Health care policy is notoriously complex, but what Americans want is quite simple: good health care that''s easy to use and doesn''t break the bank. Polls show that as many as 70 percent of Americans want the government to provide universal health coverage to all Americans. What''s less clear is how to get there. Medicare for All is the leading proposal to achieve to universal health coverage in America. But what is it exactly? How would it work? More importantly, is it practical or practicable? This book goes beyond partisan talking points to offer a serious examination of how Medicare for All would transform the way we give, receive, and pay for healthcare in America.Trade ReviewMedicare for All: A Citizen's Guide is part moving narrative, part detailed policy analysis, and part practical organizing playbook.... I am grateful to Drs. El-Sayed and Johnson for speaking truth to power in this fierce book. * Pramila Jayapal, US Representative, WA-07 *In this book, Drs. Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson discuss Medicare for All in clear and simple terms. They describe the reasons why the industry has opposed the policy even though it would help millions of Americans, and how everyday Americans are beginning to make Medicare for All possible. * Bernie Sanders, US Senator, VT *If the American healthcare system were a patient, it would be in critical condition. Fortunately for us, Drs. El-Sayed and Johnson don their white coats to discuss the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic options in plain English. This incisive handbook is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of one of the most pressing issues of our time. * Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Author of When We Do Harm, A Doctor Confronts Medical Error *Drs. El-Sayed and Johnson have written a lucid and accessible account of why Medicare for All is the best path for universal healthcare access in the US. Stripping the arguments 'for' or 'against' of sham ideological content, they make clear that the main question is whether we believe that no one should have to face both illness and financial ruin. If you agree, read this book to make the case! * Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, Director of the FXB Center at Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Former Health Commissioner, New York City *During a period when global pandemic has exposed the deadly mistake of linking healthcare to our workplace, Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide is the sweeping, clear-eyed manual for making healthcare a right that we've been waiting for. * Benjamin Day, Executive Director, Healthcare-NOW *Nurses have long understood that the major obstacle to passing Medicare for All isn't the policy, but the will to take on those who benefit from our immoral, profit-driven health care system. In this book, Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson brilliantly demonstrate how Medicare for All works, and how a combination of messaging and grassroots advocacy can overcome our opposition. A must read. * Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director, National Nurses United *In this timely book, El-Sayed and Mr. Johnson shine a light on the people left behind by our current health care system. Regardless of your politics, their thought-provoking writing will push you to think more deeply and critically about the future of health care in America. * Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA 19th Surgeon General of the United States *This book is a labor of love for the American people and the healthcare system they deserve. El-Sayed and Johnson demystify Medicare for All and defang the political talking points to offer a clear distillation of the potential of this policy, while guiding the reader through the challenges and opportunities of this moment for achieving it. * Ro Khanna, US Representative, CA-17 *An essential primer on why we need Medicare for All, the essentials of reform, and pitfalls to avoid in crafting legislation. * Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, City University of New York and Co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program *The coronavirus pandemic has revealed just how unsustainable our fragmentary, privatized, and fundamentally individualistic health care system truly is. This engaging and accessible guide couldn't have come at a better time. * Lindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH, Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law and Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law *In this important and timely book, El Sayed and Johnson document everything you need to know about Medicare for All. This Citizen's Guide both demystifies and humanizes our broken health care system and explains why we must fight to transform it now. * Ady Barkan, Organizer, Center for Popular Democracy and Co-Founder, Be A Hero PAC *This is by far the finest extended analysis I have seen to date of the next wave of public policy options for health care reform. It is breathtakingly comprehensive, thoroughly supported with research citations, lucidly written, and logical. It amounts to a major contribution to the US healthcare reform debate. * Donald M. Berwick, MD, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services *The growing debate over Medicare for All has mostly occurred at the level of soundbites and slogans, not specifics. In this essential 'Citizen's Guide,' we get the specifics: the provisions, promise, potential pitfalls of-and, yes, political prospects for-this bold vision for affordable quality care for all. Whether you support Medicare for All or just want to truly understand it, you must read this book. * Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream *Table of ContentsPart I: Healthcare in America 1. Diagnosis 2. How We Got Here: A History of Health Reform in America Part II: Policy 3. Medicare for All: The Fundamentals 4. Designing a Medicare for All Program 5. How to Pay for It 6. Medicare for All vs. Alternatives PART III: Politics 7. We the People 8. For and Against 9. Stakeholders in Flux 10. Organizing vs. Advertising 11. Parting Thoughts
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Oxford University Press Inc Life Under Pressure
Book SynopsisA rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop themYouth suicide clusters have deeply unsettled communities in recent years. While clusters have been widely documented in the media, too little is known about why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop them both.In Life under Pressure, Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn investigate the social roots of youth suicide and why certain places weather disproportionate incidents of adolescent suicides and suicide clusters. Through close examination of kids'' lives in a community repeatedly rocked by youth suicide clusters, Mueller and Abrutyn reveal how the social worlds that youth inhabit and the various messages they learn in those spaces--about who they are supposed to be, mental illness, and help-seeking--shape their feelings about themselves and in turn their risk of suicide. With great empathy, Mueller and Abrutyn also identify the moments when adults unintentionally fail kids by not talking to them about suicide, teaching them how to seek help, or helping them grieve.Through stories of survival, resilience, and even rebellion, Mueller and Abrutyn show how social environments can cause suicide and how they can be changed to help kids discover a life worth living. By revealing what it is like to live and die in one community, Life under Pressure offers tangible solutions to one of the twenty-first century''s most tragic public health problems.
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Oxford University Press The Burden of Sympathy
Book SynopsisWhat are the limits of sympathy in dealing with another person''s troubles? Where do we draw the line between caring for a loved one, and being swallowed up emotionally by the obligation to do so? Quite simply, what do we owe each other? In this vivid and thoughtful study, David Karp chronicles the experiences of the family members of the mentally ill, and how they draw boundaries of sympathy to avoid being engulfed by the day-to-day suffering of a loved one. Working from sixty extensive interviews, the author reveals striking similarities in the experiences of caregivers: the feelings of shame, fear, guilt and powerlessness in the face of a socially stigmatized illness; the frustration of navigating the complex network of bureaucracies that govern the mental health system; and most of all, the difficulty negotiating an appropriate level of involvement with the mentally ill loved one while maintaining enough distance for personal health. Throughout the narratives, Karp sensitively expTrade Review"An enriching companion book for anyone seeking advice adn solace fro handling the issues that arise from loving someone with a mental illness as well as a commentary on the moral values of contemporary society."--Booklist"In this excellent, riveting work, David Karp explores the quandary of familial caregivers and how ethical obligations to those with emotional disturbances shed light on the ties that bind the whole of humanity together. I found in this remarkable book a clear moral vision ensconced in a series of page turning portraits depicting the mentally ill and of those who love them."--Lauren Slater, author of Prozac Diary and Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir"David Karp has captured the essence of caring and caregiving in his fine book. For family members of individuals with schizophrenia, manic-depressive illness, and severe depression, he accurately describes 'the social tango between emotionally ill people and those who try to help them.' This will be a useful book for families of mentally ill individuals.... I strongly recommend it."--E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., Executive Director, Stanley Foundation Research Programs, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Research Institute, and author of Surviving Schizophrenia"David Karp is a great ethnographer of disrupted lives, offering profound truths in clear prose, combining empathy with analysis. Burden of Sympathy gives eloquent voice to care givers; I know no other book that tells their story with such respect. This brilliant study offers personal validation, a model study of suffering and moral decision making, and a profound challenge to policy makers."--Arthur W. Frank, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary and author of At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness and The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and EthicsTable of Contents1. Illness and Obligation ; 2. Bearing Responsibility ; 3. Managing Emotions ; 4. Family Ties ; 5. The Four Cs ; 6. Surviving the System ; 7. Caring in Postmodern America
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Oxford University Press Overcoming Pathological Gambling
Book SynopsisAs gambling becomes more prevalent and more accessible in our society, pathological gambling is growing as a serious problem. In most instances, excessive gambling negatively affects a person''s home, social and professional life, as well as leads to serious financial trouble. In repeated trials, cognitive-behavioural therapy has proven an extremely effective treatment for this problem.Written by the developers of an empirically supported CBT program for the treatment of pathological gambling, this Therapist Guide includes all the information and materials necessary to implement successful treatment. Most pathological gamblers exhibit misconceptions or erroneous beliefs about the nature of gambling, believing they can beat the system. One of the central points of focus of this treatment is to help clients correct these beliefs and understand the true nature of games of chance.The authors provide step-by-step instructions for clinicians to help clients understand all of the facets of thTrade Review"An excellent guide and workbook to assist therapists in the treatment of pathological gambling."--PsycCRITIQUES "An excellent guide and workbook to assist therapists in the treatment of pathological gambling."--PsycCRITIQUES "[T]here are hundreds of books available on the topic of pathological gambling. Some are meant for researchers, some for clinicians, and others for the patients and families themselves. The majority of the self-help workbooks for sale, though, are not evidenced-based and have not been tested in a rigorous scientific manner. These two companion books--first-authored by one of the leading clinicians and researchers in the world on pathological gambling--are quite different. . . the materials presented in both books are accurate, easy-to-read, and applicable to every subtype of problem and pathological gambler. . .These two books would be excellent starter materials to any gambling treatment program or counselor who is beginning to gain experience in the management of pathological gambling."--Journal of Gambling IssuesTable of ContentsMOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT; BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; COGNITIVE INTERVENTIONS; RELAPSE PREVENTION
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Oxford University Press Inc The Social Epidemiology of the COVID19 Pandemic
Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has worsened health disparities worldwide. Across all nations, the burden of COVID-19 has fallen most heavily on the socially disadvantaged. In the United States, the COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is over twice that of their White American counterparts, and people in prisons have more than double the COVID-19 mortality rate of the general U.S. population. Other social dimensions such as income, gender, sexuality, and immigration status have also played a significant role in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality. The Social Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Pandemic provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the pandemic''s effect across populations and its disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups in society, including racial/ethnic minority, immigrant, and incarcerated populations. Written by leading international scholars, this essential volume describes how the COVID-19 pandemic intersects with nearly every social determinant of health, Trade ReviewThe COVID-19 pandemic showed, yet again, that the consequences of pandemics emerge from far more than the pathogen itself. They emerge from the social conditions that set the stage for who becomes sick, who lives, and who dies. This book offers a comprehensive account of the social forces that created the COVID-19 pandemic and points to lessons we would be wise to learn if we are to mitigate the next pandemic. * Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University *The distribution and control of disease in human populations has always been profoundly and inextricably social. As these authors skillfully and exhaustively demonstrate, the COVID-19 pandemic serves as a paradigmatic case study of the social determinants of exposure, infection, and disease. Race, gender, class, and power all play starring roles in this terrible saga, along with work, housing, policing and trust. This book provides a comprehensive account of how to understand mass disease in terms of a society out of joint. * Jay S. Kaufman, PhD, Professor, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University *
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Oxford University Press Inc Me vs. Us
Book SynopsisHow can we care so much about health care yet so little about public health?Before Covid-19, public health programs constituted only 2.5 percent of all US health spending, with the other 97.5 percent going towards the larger health care system. In fact, the United States spends on average $11,000 per citizen per year on health care, but only $286 per person on public health. It seems that Americans value health care, the medical care of individuals, over public health, the well-being of collections of people.In Me vs. Us, primary care doctor and public health advocate Michael Stein takes a hard, insightful look at the larger questions behind American health and health care. He offers eight reasons why our interest in the technologies and delivery of health care supersedes our interest in public health and its focus on the core social, economic, and environmental forces that shape health. Stein documents how public health has continually lost out to medicine--from a loss in funding and Trade ReviewStein brilliantly interrogates the tension between individual health and the health of the population. He offers a critically important approach for creating a new partnership between the health care and public health systems. This is a daring and original work for our divided times. * Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, economist and physician at Harvard University and host of Freakonomics, MD *In Me vs. Us, Michael Stein persuasively makes the case that improving health in America requires not just a 'Me' (medical care and personal responsibility) perspective but importantly also an 'Us' (public health and policy, systems, and environmental change) perspective. His message is significant and timely for policymakers and the public. * Anand Parekh, MD, Chief Medical Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center *Me vs. Us is the right book for this time in our nation as we grapple with the challenge of transforming our collective ethos and mindset concerning health. Dr. Stein's research is impeccable, yet highly accessible. Every chapter builds an irrefutable case for moving from our current 'me'-centered medical treatment paradigm to an 'us'-centered public health approach to policies that expand opportunities for health and well-being. Dr. Stein has bravely stepped into this teachable post-pandemic moment to offer enduring and urgently needed insights. This book is a must-read for policymakers and the voters that elect them. * Gail Christopher, DN, ND, Chair of the Board, Trust for America's Health and Former Vice President, WK Kellogg Foundation *Michael Stein has written a brilliant and important book. His view of health takes a wider lens that includes poverty, social support, and environment to look at factors that drive the need for health care. At a time when health disparities have become more evident, health costs more burdensome, and health care more technical, this book points us towards a different approach based on community, on 'us.' Me vs. Us should be required reading for anyone trying to understand how a nation that spends so much on health care fails to deliver on health. * Tom Insel, MD, author, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health and former Director, National Institute of Mental Health *Table of ContentsIntroduction With Health, as in the rest of life, we think in terms of Me not Us PART 1 Chapter 1 We are not sure what public health is Chapter 2 If public health work is preventive, it's invisible, and becomes visible only during crises Chapter 3 We are not sure who public health is for Chapter 4 There is little private money to be made in public health Chapter 5 Public health frames its successes incorrectly Chapter 6 Public health can only infrequently perform randomized trials and therefore seems less rigorous Chatper 7 Public health is thought of as government work, primarily for the sake of the poor Chapter 8 Public health is missing health care's personal stories PART 2: HEALTH INDIVISIBLE
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Oxford University Press Inc The Doctor and the Algorithm Promise Peril and
Book SynopsisThe Doctor and the Algorithm weighs the imaginative promises of health AI against the real and unintended consequences that deep medicine can bring for patients, providers, and public health alike.Trade ReviewScott highlights the potential synergies of often-siloed literatures from bioethics, critical algorithm studies, and government regulation. Importantly, he encourages experts to engage in conversation by introducing key concepts from their respective fields, articulating common goals, and proposing a rubric for assessing how well a particular technology meets the standards for a just AI...This book is most suitable for scholars and researchers who are already familiar with at least one of the literatures on which the author draws. * Choice *A seminal and groundbreaking study that is timely, well written, impressively informative, exceptionally thought provoking, and enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of an eight page Technical Appendix, twenty four pages of Notes, a sixteen page listing of References, and a six page Index, The Doctor and the Algorithm: Promise, Peril, and the Future of Health AI is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, medical school, college, and university library Health/Medicine and AI collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. * Library Bookwatch *In this book, S. Scott Graham meticulously lays out examples of AI models being used in medical care, critically examines their use, and contrasts what is known about AI from the scientific literature with claims being made by AI model developers, medical experts, and futurists. In doing so, Dr. Graham brings health AI to life by painting a rich picture of how AI is developed, studied, and marketed, and why these processes fundamentally incentivize hype as a core component of adoption. This book is refreshing because it directly takes experts to task for their claims on medical AI that result in extreme hype or cynicism. For AI newcomers and experts alike, this book will leave you with a deep appreciation for the complex social phenomena that underlie the lifecycle of AI models from development to deployment. * Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc, Chair, Michigan Medicine Clinical Intelligence Committee, University of Michigan *The Doctor and the Algorithm gives us the tools to take part in discussions and even in policy-making related to the new healthcare regulations that will soon be put in place around the world. * Israel Cedillo Lazcano, The Prometheus *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Promise and Peril in Health AI Chapter 1: How to Make an AI Chapter 2: Digital Oracles Chapter 3: How to Make It as an AI Chapter 4: The Search for Ground Truth Chapter 5: HypeDx Chapter 6: Ethics, Justice, and Health AI Chapter 7: Regulating Health AI Conclusion: Just Futures for Deep Medicine
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Oxford University Press Inc Womens Group Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Book SynopsisWomen with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and other Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) have different etiology, mortality, relapse antecedents, clinical presentations, and courses of the disorders than men. This therapist guide addresses the unique problems and treatment needs of women with AUD/SUD and is based on scientific evidence accumulated over 25 years of NIH-funded studies. The book provides detailed guidance for conducting each session, sample dialogue, worksheets, and completed examples for each worksheet, and is designed to be used along with the corresponding client workbook. This cognitive-behavioral, motivation-enhancing guide for therapists can be delivered in inpatient or outpatient settings; designed primarily for group settings, it is also easily adapted for individual use. The program covers 12 weekly sessions to help women to become abstinent, preventing relapse to drinking or drug use, and to generally achieve improvement in quality of life. The therapist guide includes stTable of ContentsTable of Contents - Therapist Guide About Treatments That Work Chapter 1. Introductory Information for Therapists Chapter 2. What Is Women's CBT Group for SUD? Chapter 3. How to Use This Therapist Guide and Client Workbook Chapter 4. Clinical and Group Management Issues in Women's CBT Group for SUD Chapter 5. The Initial Interview: Assessing Alcohol and Drug Use and Problems Chapter 6. Session 1: Orientation, Daily Monitoring, and Abstinence Plans Chapter 7. Session 2: Triggers and Behavior Chains Chapter 8. Session 3: Presence of Heavy Drinkers/Drug Users in Social Network; Self-Management Plans Chapter 9. Session 4: Enhancing Motivation to Change and Increasing Positive Consequences of Abstinence Chapter 10. Session 5: Well-Being and Self-Care Chapter 11. Session 6: Identifying Anxiety, Depression, Trauma; Coping with Cravings Chapter 12. Session 7: Affect and Mood Management Chapter 13. Session 8: Connecting With Others, Dealing With Alcohol/Drug-Related Thoughts Chapter 14. Session 9: Assertiveness Training and Drink Refusal Chapter 15. Session 10: Anger Management; Relapse Prevention I: Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions Chapter 16. Session 11: Problem-Solving Chapter 17. Session 12: Relapse Prevention II, Maintenance Planning APPENDICES Appendix I: Self-Report Measures Appendix II: Clinical Intake Interview REFERENCES
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Oxford University Press Inc Womens Group Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Book SynopsisProblems with alcohol and drugs differ for women and men in development, risk factors, negative consequences, metabolism, relapse triggers, and related issues. Left untreated, alcohol and other drug use disorders can have unwanted impacts on your functioning, health, and relationships. Based on scientific evidence accumulated over 25 years of research, this women-specific, cognitive-behavioral program addresses the unique challenges and treatment needs of women with alcohol and/or drug use problems. Readers can use the handouts and worksheets in this workbook to follow the step-by-step program designed to help achieve and maintain abstinence, learn skills to prevent relapse and help achieve improvements in quality of life, self-care, coping skills, and wellness. Written to be used in a therapeutic setting and in conjunction with the companion therapist guide, the program includes easy instructions and materials to help you identify your drinking patterns and triggers, take control of yTable of ContentsTable of Contents - Client Workbook About Treatments That Work Introduction: Welcome to the Program Chapter 1. Session 1: Orientation, Daily Monitoring, and Abstinence Plans Chapter 2. Session 2: Triggers and Behavior Chains Chapter 3. Session 3: Presence of Heavy Drinkers/Drug Users in Social Network; Self-Management Plans Chapter 4. Session 4: Enhancing Motivation to Change and Increasing Positive Consequences of Abstinence Chapter 5. Session 5: Well-Being and Self-Care Chapter 6. Session 6: Identifying Anxiety, Depression, Trauma; Coping with Cravings Chapter 7. Session 7: Affect and Mood Management Chapter 8. Session 8: Connecting With Others, Dealing With Alcohol/Drug-Related Thoughts Chapter 9. Session 9: Assertiveness Training and Drink Refusal Chapter 10. Session 10: Anger Management; Relapse Prevention I: Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions Chapter 11. Session 11: Problem-Solving Chapter 12. Session 12: Relapse Prevention II, Maintenance Planning REFERENCES CITED
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Oxford University Press Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa
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Oxford University Press, USA Pandemic India
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Oxford University Press Inc The Anatomy of Deception
Book SynopsisVeteran health writer Sara Gorman compellingly argues that the backbone of medical conspiracy theories is not misinformation but lack of trust--in our hospitals and in our democracy writ large. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in the healthcare system seems to be at an all-time low. Conspiracy theories are now mainstream, and distrust of government health agencies is common among private citizens. Yet many of those same individuals still profess trust in their doctors. What, then, is driving the general mistrust in medicine, and how can the public''s faith be restored? The Anatomy of Deception investigates the cause behind this seeming uptick in distrust by tracing the unexpected connection between medical mistrust and the move toward far right ideology in the United States. Drawing on personal qualitative research and interviews, health writer and expert Sara Gorman challenges traditional concepts of medical mistrust and argues that the loss of institutional trust in American health care signals a larger breakdown in democracy as a whole. In six short chapters, Gorman advances the idea of medical mistrust not as a byproduct of personal or historical abuses but as a direct result of bias, miscommunication, and lack of access that has slowly eroded trust in the public health system over time. She argues that we can build back trust in medicine through investments in health equity as a first step towards healing the schisms present in modern American society. Wide-ranging yet incisive, The Anatomy of Deception uncovers the root of medical mistrust in America and how we can regain trust in the systems and values central to our democracy.
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Oxford University Press Inc The Social Production of Crisis
Book SynopsisWhen does epidemic disease disrupt society to the point where it becomes a political crisis? In the early 1980s, almost unnoticed in the larger drama that was AIDS, over half of hemophiliacs and a large number of blood transfusion recipients were infected with toxic blood contaminated with HIV. The French public''s discovery of this catastrophe in the early 1990s created a transformative political crisis; this same discovery in the United States went largely unnoticed. In The Social Production of Crisis, Constance A. Nathanson and Henri Bergeron focus on a profoundly troubling story to present a detailed case comparative analysis not only of the catastrophe itself and its multiple retrospective interpretations but also of its intimate connection to the history and organization of blood as a consumer product in each country. They draw on secondary sources, archival research, and interviews with key players to provide a historical, political, and social reconstruction of the HIV contaminTrade ReviewIn this critically important and timely book, Nathanson and Bergeron offer a tale of two countries and their divergent responses to the recognition that HIV had contaminated their blood supplies, placing millions at risk. In the US this story is all but forgotten, a footnote in the wider history of the AIDS epidemic. In France, the debate about HIV in the blood supply became and remains the source of protest, public debate, and political crisis. Essential reading for anyone interested in epidemics, comparative policy, and culture. * Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University, and author of No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States (Oxford, 2020) *In the early 1980s, a contaminated national blood supply led to AIDS infection of over half of hemophiliacs in the U.S. and in France. This book explains-in painstaking detail and with incisive analysis-how and why the same set of events created a national crisis in France and barely a ripple in the United States. A must read! * Abigail C. Saguy, Professor and Chair, UCLA Sociology *In this sophisticated and deft analysis, Bergeron and Nathanson ask why, despite the deaths of thousands of hemophiliacs, contamination of the blood supply with HIV did not become a crisis in the US, while a somewhat lower casualty count led to the most serious public health scandal in post-war France and ended multiple political careers. Their answer takes the form of a fascinating, multi-stranded historical narrative that brings together decisions taken after WWII, the symbolic ambiguity of blood and blood products, legal constructs, the power of professional and donor associations, and the rhetorical work of multiple, interested parties. It is essential reading for anyone interested, especially in the wake of the Coronavirus epidemic, in how public health crises are made or unmade. * Gil Eyal, author of The Crisis of Expertise *This exemplary comparative analysis of parallel health crises in France and the United States draws on the best tools available to explain diverging national outcomes. Bringing together a sophisticated political sociology of the state, with cultural, network and strategic action analysis, Nathanson and Bergeron produce a brilliant account that will should inform many other future studies. This book should be widely read and discussed. * Michèle Lamont, Harvard University *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Social Life of Blood, 1948-1980 HIV/BLOOD STORIES Chapter 3: Act I - Before the Storm, 1981-85 Chapter 4: Act II - The Storm Breaks, 1986-95 Chapter 5: Mobilization of the Afflicted BLOOD EPISTEMOLOGY Chapter 6: Litigation Chapter 7: Compensation Chapter 8: Authoritative Retrospection REFLECTIONS Chapter 9: The Social Production of Political Crisis Chapter 10: Conclusion: Crisis and Change APPENDICES A. Chronologies B. Acronyms C. Sources Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Inc Epidemiology and the Peoples Health
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Oxford University Press Inc How We Hurt
Book SynopsisHow We Hurt dives into the institutional and cultural dimensions of the ongoing opioid epidemic. In a detailed analysis of pain management, opioid regulation, pharmaceutical branding, self-help, and public discourses on opioid addiction, Melina Sherman argues that the linchpin underlying the opioid epidemic''s evolution in North America is the problem of pain. By unpacking the politics of pain in different domains, How We Hurt shows how the crisis emerged and shifted, and why it looks the way it does today. The book''s chapters begin by tracing the trajectory of opioids in pain management, where decisions regarding the measurement of pain led to relief becoming wedded to opioids in medicine. The following chapters examine the problem of pain in opioid regulation, pharmaceutical branding, and the self-help industry. In these areas, a disastrous combination of strategic ignorance and deep-seated ties between public health entities and pharmaceutical companies drove the influx of opioids onto the market and into our medicine cabinets. The book''s penultimate chapter applies the analysis of pain to the problem of opioid addiction in popular discourse and shows how the opioid crisis has evolved alongside new conceptions of addiction and people who use opioids that condition whose pain is seen as legitimate and whose is not. Finally, the book concludes by considering the implications of its findings for the development of drug policy and future research on public health disasters, insisting on an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted approach to the study of pain and its place American culture.Trade ReviewPain is the root of the opioid crisis. In this stunning book, Melina Sherman takes us to the depths of American despair, the heights of pharmaceutical corruption, and the netherworld where narcotic promises dissolve. How We Hurt is an incendiary, infuriating, and utterly necessary book." Eric Klinenberg, author of 2020: A Social Autopsy and Palaces for the PeopleHow We Hurt is the most rigorous analysis to date on the causes and consequences of the opioid epidemic that has killed over one million people and wrecked families and communities around America. Brilliantly written, it will redefine the terms of the public debate. Essential reading for policy makers, students, journalists, and concerned citizens." Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, BerkeleySherman's book is incredibly timely, important, and absolutely unique. She offers readers an often overlooked history of the opioid crisis, and makes crucial connections between the regulation of pharmaceutical drugs, the moral and social panics around the opioid "epidemic" the branding of painkillers as a "right to be free from pain," and the histories of physicians and medications, giving us in the process a beautifully written and urgent framework for critically analyzing the different dimensions of drug use, and over-use, in US society. Her important critique of the structures of constraint, control and exclusion that characterize what we now call the opioid epidemic is essential reading for not only academics but also the public at large. An absolute must-read!" Sarah Banet-Weiser, Professor, Annenberg School for CommunicationTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Opening Chapter 1: Tracing the Painkiller Revolution Chapter 2: Strategic Ignorance in Opioid Regulation Chapter 3: Branding Pain Relief Chapter 4: Self-Help and the Rise of the Pain Patient-Expert Chapter 5: Pain's New Faces Closing References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Coping After Covid19 Cognitive Behavioral Skills
Book SynopsisIt is now well recognized that some individuals who develop COVID-19 will experience persisting symptoms such as sensory and movement challenges, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, cognitive difficulties (difficulty concentrating, multitasking, and brain fog), and many other debilitating changes to the body and mind. Many individuals with persisting COVID-19 symptoms, also known as Long Covid, may additionally experience anxiety and depression while struggling to adjust to changes to their everyday life and the uncertainty around their symptoms. These adjustment difficulties, anxiety, and depression can lead to poor adherence to medical treatments, contribute to disability, and negatively impact overall quality of life. Drawing from existing evidence-based interventions, and their experience treating clients with COVID-19, the authors have developed a set of cognitive behavioral strategies to help clients with persisting symptoms of COVID-19. The therapist guide contains information on how to conceptualize psychiatric symptoms in the context of COVID-19 within a cognitive behavioral framework, tips on conducting an initial intake assessment, and a suite of cognitive behavioral strategies to help clients manage emotional difficulties, cognitive challenges, fatigue, and sleep disturbances, tailored for COVID-19. The book also includes optional modules on enhancing adherence to medical treatment, managing grief and loss, and working with families. An accompanying client workbook contains worksheets and client-friendly explanations of CBT concepts and techniques.Table of ContentsPART I: Skill Building Chapter 1 Module 1: Setting Goals for Therapy Chapter 2 Module 2: COVID-19 and the Cognitive Behavioral Model Chapter 3 Module 3: Identifying and Understanding Your Emotions after COVID-19 Chapter 4 Module 4: Behavioral Activation Chapter 5 Module 5: Mindfulness Chapter 6 Module 6: Relaxation SKILLS Chapter 7 Module 7: Reframing Unhelpful Thoughts Chapter 8 Module 8: Confronting Feared and Avoided Situations Chapter 9 Module 9: Managing Cognitive Difficulties and 'Brain Fog' Chapter 10 Module 10: Fatigue and Sleep Chapter 11 Module 11: Participating in Medical Treatment Chapter 12 Module 12: Putting it All Together and Managing Uncertainty PART II: Additional Clinical Applications Chapter 13 Loss and Grief Chapter 14 Caregivers and Familes Appendix A Cultural Considerations: Case Vignettes and Worksheets
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Oxford University Press Inc Coping After Covid19 Cognitive Behavioral Skills
Book SynopsisIt is now well recognized that some individuals who develop COVID-19 will experience persisting symptoms such as sensory and movement challenges, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, cognitive difficulties (difficulty concentrating, multitasking, and brain fog), and many other debilitating changes to the body and mind. Many individuals with persisting COVID-19 symptoms, also known as Long Covid, may additionally experience anxiety and depression while struggling to adjust to changes to their everyday life and the uncertainty around their symptoms. These adjustment difficulties, anxiety, and depression can lead to poor adherence to medical treatments, contribute to disability, and negatively impact overall quality of life. Drawing from existing evidence-based interventions, and their experience treating clients with COVID-19, the authors have developed a set of cognitive behavioral strategies to help clients with persisting symptoms of COVID-19 manage co-occurring anxiety, depression, and adjustment difficulties. Self-assessments, homework exercises, and interactive forms help clients to become an active participant in their own treatment, whilst also monitoring progress and keeping a record of symptoms. This workbook will be an indispensable resource for individuals who wish to effectively manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Module 1: Setting Goals for Therapy Chapter 2 Module 2: COVID-19 and the Cognitive Behavioral Model Chapter 3 Module 3: Identifying and Understanding Your Emotions after COVID-19 Chapter 4 Module 4: Behavioral Activation Chapter 5 Module 5: Mindfulness Chapter 6 Module 6: Relaxation SKILLS Chapter 7 Module 7: Reframing Unhelpful Thoughts Chapter 8 Module 8: Confronting Feared and Avoided Situations Chapter 9 Module 9: Managing Cognitive Difficulties and 'Brain Fog' Chapter 10 Module 10: Fatigue and Sleep Chapter 11 Module 11: Participating in Medical Treatment Chapter 12 Module 12: Putting it All Together and Managing Uncertainty
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Oxford University Press Inc Genomic Politics
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-that promise to fundamentally shape American politics for years to come. The emergence of genomic science in the last quarter century has revolutionized medicine, the justice system, and our understanding of who we are. We use genomics to determine guilt and exonerate the falsely convicted; devise new medicines; test embryos; and discover our ethnic and national roots. One might think that, given these advances, most would favor the availability of genomic tools. Yet as Jennifer Hochschild explains in Genomic Politics, the uses of genomic science are both politically charged and hotly contested. After all, genomics might result in bioterrorism, a demand for designer babies, or a revival of racial biology.Political divisions around genomics do not follow the usual left-right ideological divides that dominate most of American politics. ThroughTrade ReviewThe Genomics Revolution is all around us, and it is wise to watch carefully for both positives and negatives, both personal and global. This book is a superbly balanced and comprehensive guide to enable all of us to understand and engage with that watching, working together to prevent mishaps and ensure equitable access to benefits. * George Church, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School *The issues that genomics poses are too important, new, and complex to afford the luxury of one-sided or partial viewpoints,' Jennifer Hochschild writes is this pathbreaking book about a new scientific revolution that inspires hope, awe and wonder as well as anxiety, uneasiness and even alarm. She lives up to her own standard by painstakingly, empathetically and engagingly explaining the arguments we are likely to have with each other while being upfront about her own nuanced views. Genomic Politics is an important achievement, a model of careful research, honest reflection and political savvy. * E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Code Red and Our Divided Political Heart *Nobody is talking about the science-fictionesque reality of gene editing and genetic prediction that has arrived. Nobody, that is, except Jennifer Hochschild in her wonderful book, Genomic Politics. Unlike most issues, currently genetic policy is not highly polarized—though that's sure to change soon enough as charges of eugenics or 'playing god' start flying. Hochschild offers advice on how we might have a fruitful public dialogue as we approach this transformative technology. A must read for anyone concerned with science and society. * Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology, Princeton University *In this brilliant multi-method exploration, Hochschild shows how citizens and experts form beliefs about genomics and determine whether to oppose or support it. The answer lies not in political ideology or partisanship—the fallback explanation that many may presume—but rather in attitudes about genetics and risk. The book provides a remarkable portrait of what people think of genomics. Even more important is that Hochschild reveals how people form their impressions on new issues with huge public policy consequences. A must read for those interested in genomics and for anyone who cares about the public, preferences, and democratic governance. * James N. Druckman, Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University *
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Oxford University Press Inc The Science of Dignity
Book SynopsisThis book provides original evidence arguing for dignity as an indicator of public health, by offering a scientific framework for measuring dignity and its social determinants. Hitlin and Andersson show that dignity can be efficiently measured by using simple survey items that ask individuals whether there is dignity in their life or in how they are treated by others. National survey data show that unhappiness, sadness, anger, and lower general health are far more common for those reporting undignified lives. These differences in reported dignity come from inequalities in social and economic resources and from experiences of disrespect, threat, or life stress. Social groups with less power generally report lower levels of dignity linked to these multifaceted resource and stress inequalities, which are examined throughout the book. Hitlin and Andersson show that dignity possesses universal value for health and well-being in America, providing a scientific basis for collective consensus Trade ReviewThis wide ranging and important book brings careful empirics to the crucial topic of dignity, including by showing its impact on health. The authors move our understanding of dignity to a whole new level, with a focus on the impact of resources on dignity, and more. I learned tons from them and so will you. * Michèle Lamont, Author of Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World *Hitlin and Andersson's book is a tour de force exploration of dignity- what it is, how and why it varies in populations, and why it is so important for human well being and health. * Bruce Link, University of California *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction More than a Feeling: Dignity and Health Inequalities in America Chapter One A Wide-Ranging Tour of Perspectives on Dignity Chapter Two Seeing Circles: Dignity as a Public Health Issue Chapter Three Beyond Reason: Finding Dignity in Social Relations Chapter Four American Capitalism and its Multifaceted Links to Dignity Chapter Five Measuring Dignity Subjectively: Methodology for 2017 and 2021 Gallup Data Chapter Six Dignity as an Efficient Indicator of Social and Moral Integration Chapter Seven Is a Dignified Life a Healthier Life? Chapter Eight A Resource-Based Framework for Analyzing Levels of Dignity Chapter Nine Inequality and Stress: Charting Dignity During Social Adversity Chapter Ten One Polarized Nation: Dignity Across Political Ideologies Conclusion Moving Forward: Dignity's Role in Collective Consensus and Social Inspiration References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Disembodied Brains
Book SynopsisRecent new technologies have brought the realm of science fiction to reality. The development of human-animal neuro-chimeras, which are animals with some component of a human brain, plays into society''s long-standing fascination with the crossover between humans and animals. In the same way, the development of human brain organoids-small parts of a human brain grown from harvested human cells-feeds our fear and fascination of disembodied brains. The general reaction to these technologies is shock or disgust. This book closely examines the public''s response to such new scientific advances: the questions they raise about the biological essence of personhood, the ethics of growing and mixing human-animal parts, and the fears of dystopian misuse that might arise from the development of such technologies. There is a general public belief in a foundational distinction between humans and animals, and the development of human-animal neuro-chimeras violates this belief and creates opposition
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Oxford University Press Inc Power Privilege and Public Health in the United
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Oxford University Press AIDS in the UK
Book SynopsisFifteen years ago the AIDS `epidemic'' did not exist on the public agenda. In just over a decade the public and official response to the disease has resulted in the development of a whole network of organizations devoted to the study, containment, and practical treatment of AIDS. In this important and original analysis of AIDS policy, Virginia Berridge examines the speed and nature of the official (and unofficial) response to this new and critical historical event.The policy reaction in Britain passed through three stages. From 1981-1986 the outbreak of a new contagious disease led to public alarm and social stigmatization, with a lack of scientific certainty about the nature of the disorder. AIDS was a new and open policy area - there were no established departmental, local, or health authority mechanisms for dealing with the problem. This was a period of policy development from below, with relatively little official action and many voluntary initiatives behind the scenes. This phase Trade Reviewserves as a model of how contemporary history should be professionally addressed ... it has successfully accumulated evidence from a wide range of sources and respondents in order to recreate the confusion, jealousies, excitement and anxieties of those involved in formulating and implementing AIDS policy ... the book triumphantly reaffirms the relevance of social history to current policy. * Rodney Lowe, Social History Bulletin *Berridge's skill as a historian has never been shown to better advantage. She steers her way through a mass of diffuse material with the skill of a tightrope walker, always keeping her balance. The result is a work of considerable scholarship which manages to be as riveting as a thriller. A considerable achievement * Irvine Loudon, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine *Her book is coolly written, impressively (but not, as it could so easily be, overwhelmingly) detailed and judicious throughout. She weaves together the strands of science, medicine, policy and culture in a richly worked account of the AIDs years in Britain which will interest anyone who wants ot reflect on the AIDS experience * Times Higher Education Supplement *Virginia Berridge has done an excellent job...AIDS in the UK can be highly recommended not only to all those in Britain who have been concerned with AIDS in the past 15 years but also to everyone who is interested in reading how the United Kingdom has handled the AIDS epidemic until now. * British Medical Journal *a wide range of sources - including interviews with activists, acaemics, doctors and senior government officials - means that it casts light on a range of issues thrown up by the Aids crisis ... An admirably judicious study ... This is an important and valuable book. * Jeffrey Weeks, New Statesman & Society *
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Oxford University Press Addiction and Choice
Book SynopsisThe central problem in the study of addiction is to explain why people repeatedly behave in ways they know are bad for them. For much of the previous century and until the present day, the majority of scientific and medical attempts to solve this problem were couched in terms of involuntary behavior; if people behave in ways they do not want, then this must be because the behavior is beyond their control and outside the realm of choice. An opposing tradition, which finds current support among scientists and scholars as well as members of the general public, is that so-called addictive behavior reflects an ordinary choice just like any other and that the concept of addiction is a myth. The editors and authors of this book tend to take neither view. There has been an increasing recognition in recent literature on addiction that restricting possible conceptions of it to either of these extreme positions is unhelpful and is retarding progress on understanding the nature of addiction and whTrade ReviewPsychologists, philosophers, behavioral scientists, neuroscientists, curious clinicians, and researchers with a wide array of interests would find something here to challenge them. This volume provides a thoughtful, comprehensive, and rewarding analysis of the dilemma of addiction where individuals seem enslaved and yet can break the bonds of this slavery. * Carlo DiClemente, PsyCRITIQUES *Table of ContentsSECTION I: INTRODUCTION; SECTION II: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS; SECTION III: PERSPECTIVES FROM NEUROSCIENCE; SECTION IV: PERSPECTIVES FROM BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; SECTION V: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND PUBLIC HEALTH; SECTION VI IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ADDICTION AND FOR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR; SECTION VII CONCLUSIONS
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Oxford University Press HIV AIDS A Very Short Introduction Very Short
Book SynopsisHIV/ AIDS continues to be a major public health issue, affecting millions of sufferers worldwide. This Very Short Introduction explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and addresses some of the big issues that will concern us over the next decade.Table of ContentsREFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Drugs A Very Short Introduction 2e Very Short
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and mental illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral contraceptive, have altered all of our lives. There has also been an increase in the recreational use and abuse of drugs in the Western world. This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, gives a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. Reviewing both legal (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine) and illegal drugs, Les Iversen discusses why some are addictive, and whether drug laws need reform. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
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Oxford University Press The History of MDMA
Book SynopsisIn The History of MDMA, Torsten Passie aims to explore a deeper and more differentiated understanding of MDMA and its history. He has conducted personal interviews with most of the people significant in the history of MDMA and provides a lot of new material to present the first comprehensive overview of the history of MDMA in Europe and the U.S.Trade ReviewThis is a necessary study that disentangles the complicated aspects of the recent and still ongoing history of MDMA. It is clearly presented, covering all aspects inside and out [...]. This book should certainly be in medical schools, public health departments, history of science and medicine units, and hopefully also among lawmakers. * Alain Touwaide, PhD (at the Ronin Institute) *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1: The Early History 2: MDMA and the Military 3: Rise of a Recreational Drug 4: The Research of Alexander T. Shulgin 5: Early Use in Psychotherapy 6: The Popularization 7: The Scheduling 8: Pioneers and Studies 9: MDMA as a Dance Drug 10: The British Rave Boom 11: The Toxicity Debate 12: Recent Developments Appendix: History of the Names of MDMA
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Oxford University Press Addiction A Very Short Introduction Very Short
Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Addiction is a subject which straddles public and personal interests; societal and criminal justice concerns; and family, social, and medical responses. It is a continuing area of uncertainty and concern for society and professionals trained in the field.This Very Short Introduction presents the basic facts about addiction: what it is, how and why it develops, how it is treated, and how society can respond to it. Addictions to both illicit drugs and licit drugs (e.g., alcohol) are covered, as is the possibility that certain behaviours not involving drug use (e.g., compulsive gambling) can qualify as addictions. Keith Humphreys provides a jargon-free account of our present understanding of addiction, from treatment evaluations to studies on the effects of public policies. He also illuminates the personal experience of addiction and recovery. Humphreys considers why some people become addicted and others do not, what treatments exist to help people who are addicted, and how the laws and regulations society establishes about drugs affects the rate and experience of addiction. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1: Understanding the terrain 2: Causes of addiction 3: Recovery and treatment 4: Cultural and public policy approaches to addiction 5: The future of addiction
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Oxford University Press Inc Grow and Hide
Book SynopsisA sweeping history of the American health care state that reveals the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US government has always invested federal, state and local dollars in public health protection and prevention. Despite this public funding, however, Americans typically believe the current system is predominantly comprised of private actors with little government interference. In Grow & Hide, Colleen M. Grogan details the history of the American health care state and argues that the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US created a publicly financed system while framing it as the opposite in what Grogan terms the grow-and-hide regime. Today, the state''s role is larger than ever, yet it remains largely hidden because stakeholders-namely, private actors and their allies in government-have repeatedly, and successfully, presented the illusion of minimal government involvement. The consequences of this narraTrade ReviewThis blockbuster book excavates a buried truth: Health care in America is organized, constructed, and paid for by the government. Why don't Americans know that? Because, as Colleen Grogan meticulously shows, the government hides its pervasive hand. Grow and Hide is an extraordinary detective story tracing the many hidden forms of public action—and the unjust ways they tilt the system. Beautifully written, deeply researched, endlessly fascinating, and extremely important. * James A. Morone, Brown University, and author of Hellfire Nation *In this magisterial account, health policy expert Colleen Grogan puts forth the most ambitious, wide-ranging analysis of the American health care system in a generation. She shows how the myth of a predominant private sector emerged, how it hides the government's vast role, and how it is fanned for great profit by a multitude of health sector actors, most recently private equity. Along the way, she illuminates important facets of health policy that the usual accounts miss but that are patterned by the same rhetorical myth. Grogan offers an insightful, original account of the American health care tragedy: spending so much, getting so little in return. * Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of Trapped in America's Safety Net *Grow and Hide uncovers the hidden paradox at the heart of America's health crisis: public and private leaders celebrate the 'private' medical sector even as government at all levels props it up, makes the public health investments it shortchanges, and finances the lion's share of its exorbitant costs. To fix this giant mess, we must see it—and Colleen Grogan brilliantly brings its full scope out of hiding. * Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift *Grow and Hide is deeply informed and indispensable reading. Colleen Grogan masterfully debunks fundamental and self-undermining myths about the historical development, contemporary structure, financing, and politics of US health care and public health. Her poignant and creative recasting of health policy offers novel insights that are critical for envisioning a more healthy and equitable future—especially for those who are most vulnerable. * Jamila Michener, Cornell University, and author of Fragmented Democracy *In this compelling book, Grogan synthesizes and augments several generations of scholarship on the history of organizing and financing healthcare in the United States since the early twentieth century. She demonstrates that the growing size and effectiveness of the health sector has been, primarily, a result of public policy and funding that has been obscured by mythology that exaggerates the role of individuals and organizations in the private and non-profit sectors. Grow and Hide is a significant contribution to the literature on the history of what Grogan describes, appropriately, as the American health care state. * Daniel M. Fox, President Emeritus, Milbank Memorial Fund *Table of ContentsIntroduction: America's Expanding, Unequal and Hidden Health Care State Part I: The Emergence of a Public Health Care State: 1860-1930 Chapter 1: A Conspicuous Public Health Care State Chapter 2: Expanding the Boundaries of Public Health Chapter 3: Public Health Planning: Hope for a Unified Public-Private System Part II: The Rise of Grow & Hide: 1930-1965 Chapter 4: The New Public Health Deal Chapter 5: The Voluntary Way Hides the Role of Government Chapter 6: Solidifying the Grow and Hide Approach Part III: The Consequences of Grow & Hide: 1965-2020 Chapter 7: Fragmentation: The Failure of Health Care Planning Chapter 8: Profiteering: The Hidden Financial Industry Takeover Chapter 9: Inequality: How Medicaid is Designed to Grow and Hide Chapter 10: The ACA Embraces Grow & Hide Conclusion: Possibilities for Change Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press Ancestors and Antiretrovirals
Book SynopsisAs Archbishop Desmond Tutu has noted, AIDS is South Africa's new apartheid. This title traces the historical shifts in health policy after apartheid and describes their effects, detailing, in particular, the changing relationship between biomedical and indigenous health care, both at the national and the local level.Trade Review"Claire Laurier Decoteau is at the forefront of the new global sociology. Her articulation of analysis with ethnographic detail is expert, yet reads effortlessly; her ability to view the political complexities of South Africa from a new theoretical angle is admirable; and her depth of understanding about what is at stake in the fight over AIDS is relevant to anyone who wonders how power works all over the globe. Ancestors and Antiretrovirals will be an iconic text for a new generation of global work, and marks the emergence of a bold new theoretical voice in sociology." (Isaac Ariail Reed, author of Interpretation and Social Knowledge)"
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The University of Chicago Press In the Open Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic
Book SynopsisTimothy Donohue's diary chronicles four years of homeless existence from February of 1990 to December of 1994. Frequenting public libraries and renting typewriters, Donohue begins writing a journal in an effort to control his addiction.
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The University of Chicago Press In the Open Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic Paper
Book SynopsisA personal account of one man's struggle with homelessness and alcoholism, this is a book which seeks to challenge perceptions about those on the margins of American contemporary life. It outlines the author's amazing optimism and endurance in the face of hunger, dead-end jobs and abusive drinking.
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University of Chicago Press In Changing Times
Book SynopsisThe HIV/AIDS epidemic has been a major catastrophe for gay communities. In less that two decades, the disease has profoundly altered their lives. This volume discusses the ways HIV/AIDS has changed collective and individual identities, and how our perceptions of the disease have been affected.Table of ContentsPreface by John H. Gagnon Introduction by John H. Gagnon and Peter M. Nardi 1: Mobilizing around AIDS: Sites of Struggle in the Formation of AIDS Subjects Barry D. Adam 2: Censorship and Identity in the Age of AIDS Nan D. Hunter 3: Friends, Lovers, and Families: The Impact of AIDS on Gay and Lesbian Relationships Peter M. Nardi 4: Spiritual Emergencies and Psycho-Spiritual Treatment Strategies among Gay/Homosexual Latinos with HIV Disease Lourdes Arguelles, Anne Rivero. 5: Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996 Gayle S. Rubin 6: Owning an Epidemic: The Impact of AIDS on Small-City Lesbian and Gay Communities Beth E. Schneider 7: From Feminism to Polymorphous Activism: Lesbians in AIDS Organizations Nancy E. Stoller 8: The HIV Epidemic and Public Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Gregory M. Herek 9: Latino Gay Men and Psycho-Cultural Barriers to AIDS Prevention Rafael Miguel Diaz 10: Intergenerational Relations and AIDs in the Formation of Gay Culture in the United States Gilbert Herdt 11: AIDS-Related Risks and Same-Sex Behaviors among African American Men John L. Peterson Notes on Contributors Index
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The University of Chicago Press In Changing Times Gay Men Lesbians Encounter
Book SynopsisThe HIV/AIDS epidemic has been a major catastrophe for gay communities. In less that two decades, the disease has profoundly altered their lives. This volume discusses the ways HIV/AIDS has changed collective and individual identities, and how our perceptions of the disease have been affected.
£36.12
The University of Chicago Press Moving Politics Emotion and ACT UPs Fight
Book SynopsisChronicles the rise and fall of ACT UP - the organization founded by lesbians and gay men - highlighting a key factor in its trajectory: emotion. This book offers an account of ACT UP's origin, development, and decline as well as a look at the role of emotion in contentious politics.Trade Review"Moving Politics is not just a rich and rigorous history of ACT UP. It is also that rarest of works: one that simultaneously breaks new empirical ground while challenging our more general conceptual understanding of the subject matter. Quite simply, it will be hard for social movement scholars following Gould to ignore the emotional dimensions and dynamics of struggle." - Doug McAdam, Stanford University"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Moving Politics Emotion and ACT UPs Fight
Book SynopsisChronicles the rise and fall of ACT UP - the organization founded by lesbians and gay men - highlighting a key factor in its trajectory: emotion. This book offers an account of ACT UP's origin, development, and decline as well as a look at the role of emotion in contentious politics.Trade Review"Moving Politics is not just a rich and rigorous history of ACT UP. It is also that rarest of works: one that simultaneously breaks new empirical ground while challenging our more general conceptual understanding of the subject matter. Quite simply, it will be hard for social movement scholars following Gould to ignore the emotional dimensions and dynamics of struggle." - Doug McAdam, Stanford University"
£24.70
The University of Chicago Press Best Laid Plans Cultural Entropy and the
Book SynopsisWe see it all the time: organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive, expansive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft clear, resonant, and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product, support a cause, vote for a candidate, or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns leave the controlled environments of focus groups, advertising agencies, and stakeholder meetings to circulate, the public interprets and distorts the campaigns in ways their designers never intended or dreamed. In Best Laid Plans, Terence E. McDonnell explains why these attempts at mass persuasion often fail so badly. McDonnell argues that these well-designed campaigns are undergoing cultural entropy: the process through which the intended meanings and uses of cultural objects fracture into alternative meanings, new practices, failed interactions, and blatant disregard. Using AIDS media campaigns in Accra, Ghana
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Best Laid Plans Cultural Entropy and the
Book SynopsisWe see it all the time: organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive, expansive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft clear, resonant, and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product, support a cause, vote for a candidate, or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns leave the controlled environments of focus groups, advertising agencies, and stakeholder meetings to circulate, the public interprets and distorts the campaigns in ways their designers never intended or dreamed. In Best Laid Plans, Terence E. McDonnell explains why these attempts at mass persuasion often fail so badly. McDonnell argues that these well-designed campaigns are undergoing cultural entropy: the process through which the intended meanings and uses of cultural objects fracture into alternative meanings, new practices, failed interactions, and blatant disregard. Using AIDS media campaigns in Accra, Ghana
£29.45
The University of Chicago Press Crying for Our Elders African Orphanhood in the
Book SynopsisThe HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has defined the childhoods of an entire generation. Over the past twenty years, international NGOs and charities have devoted immense attention to the millions of African children orphaned by the disease. But in Crying for Our Elders, anthropologist Kristen Cheney argues that these humanitarian groups have misread the crisis. Moreover, she explains how the global humanitarian focus on orphanhood often elides the social and political circumstances that present the greatest adversity to vulnerable children in effect, actually deepening the crisis and thereby affecting children's lives as irrevocably as the disease itself. Through ethnographic fieldwork and collaborative research with children in Uganda, Cheney traces how the 'best interest' principle that governs development work targeting children often does more harm than good, stigmatizing orphans and leaving children in the post-antiretroviral era even more vulnerable to exploitation. She details the d
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Crying for Our Elders African Orphanhood in the
Book SynopsisThe HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has defined the childhoods of an entire generation. Over the past twenty years, international NGOs and charities have devoted immense attention to the millions of African children orphaned by the disease. But in Crying for Our Elders, anthropologist Kristen Cheney argues that these humanitarian groups have misread the crisis. Moreover, she explains how the global humanitarian focus on orphanhood often elides the social and political circumstances that present the greatest adversity to vulnerable children in effect, actually deepening the crisis and thereby affecting children's lives as irrevocably as the disease itself. Through ethnographic fieldwork and collaborative research with children in Uganda, Cheney traces how the 'best interest' principle that governs development work targeting children often does more harm than good, stigmatizing orphans and leaving children in the post-antiretroviral era even more vulnerable to exploitation. She details the dramatic effects this has on traditional family support and child protection, and stresses child empowerment over pity. Crying for Our Elders advances current discussions on humanitarianism, children's studies, orphanhood, and kinship. By exploring the unique experience of AIDS orphanhood through the eyes of children, caregivers, and policymakers, Cheney shows that despite the extreme challenges of growing up in the era of HIV/AIDS, the post-ARV generation still holds out hope for the future.
£29.45
University of Chicago Press Sons Daughters and Sidewalk Psychotics
Book SynopsisSociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between. In 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest population of unhoused people, drawing a stark contrast with the wealth on display in its opulentneighborhoods. In Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics, sociologist Neil Gong traces the divide between the haves and have-nots in the psychiatric treatment systems that shape the life trajectories of people living with serious mental illness. In the decades since the United States closed its mental hospitals in favor of non-institutional treatment, two drastically different forms of community psychiatric services have developed: public safety-net clinics focused on keeping patients housed and out of jail, and elite private care trying to push clients toward respectable futures. In Downtown Los Angeles, many people in psychiatric crisis only receive help after experiencing homelessnes
£22.80
The University of Chicago Press Caribbean Pleasure Industry
Book SynopsisAnalyzes men who have sex with male tourists, yet identify themselves as "normal" hetero-sexual men and struggle to maintain this status within their relationships with wives and girlfriends. This book is suitable for those concerned with health and sexuality in the Caribbean or beyond.Trade Review"A first-rate analysis.... This wonderfully nuanced study challenges readers to think simultaneously about the cultural and structural aspects of cross-cultural sexual interactions across international borders, and how those interactions impact local and global constructions of sexuality." - Hector Carrillo, San Francisco State University"
£25.65
University of Chicago Press Operation Fly Trap L. A. Gangs Drugs and the Law
Book SynopsisIn 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The operation would soon be considered an enormous success. The author questions both the success of this operation and the methods used to conduct it.Trade Review"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Operation Fly Trap. The dramatis personae are treated as human beings, and the reader gets a chance to look at them in the flesh: loving, betrayed, strung out, anxious, and more. The book marries the real conditions of poverty, racism, and war with the day-to-day lives of victims and offenders. This is first-class ethnography." -John Hagedorn, University of Illinois at Chicago"
£80.00
University of Chicago Press Operation Fly Trap
Book SynopsisIn 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The operation would soon be considered an enormous success. The author questions both the success of this operation and the methods used to conduct it.Trade Review"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Operation Fly Trap. The dramatis personae are treated as human beings, and the reader gets a chance to look at them in the flesh: loving, betrayed, strung out, anxious, and more. The book marries the real conditions of poverty, racism, and war with the day-to-day lives of victims and offenders. This is first-class ethnography." -John Hagedorn, University of Illinois at Chicago"
£29.71
The University of Chicago Press A Plague of Paradoxes
Book SynopsisPresents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. The book brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how the Chagga people of Tanzania in Africa experience AIDS.
£25.65
