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Taylor & Francis Ltd Wild Plants The Treasure of Natural Healers
Book SynopsisThis book offers a broad summary of the wild plants and their usage, as well as the growing interest in ethnopharmacology research. The book comprises of important issues such as diversity of wild plants with emphasis on medicinal and food plants, threats to wild plants and traditional ethnobotanical knowledge, their uses in skin diseases, snake-bites, in cosmeceuticals, etc. Moreover, the ethnopharmacological relevance of wild plants in Latin America has been discussed. The chapters include a wide range of case studies, giving updated evidence on the importance of their wild plant resources from different countries including Peru, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Brazil. In addition, some specific species are used to explain their potential properties, as well as the dangers of their use without guidance of trained natural healers. The book discusses traditional usage and properties of wild plants and is entirely different from other related publications and useful for the reseaTable of ContentsGENERAL. Wild Plants as a Treasure of Natural Healers: The Need for Unlocking the Treasure. The Disappearance and Substitution of Native Medicinal Species. SPECIFIC COUNTRIES. Wild Plants of Northern Peru: Traditions, Scientific Knowledge and Innovation. Ethnic Uses of Plant Species among Magar People in Nepal. Some Plants Used as Phytomedicine by Tribal Healers of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Argentinian Wild Plants as Controllers of Fruits Phytopathogenic Fungi: Trends and Perspectives. Plants from Brazil used against Snake Bites: Oleanolic and Ursolic Acids as Antiophidian against Bothrops jararacussu venom. Latin American Endemic (Wild) Medicinal Plants with High-Value: Ethnobotanical, Pharmacological, and Chemical Importance. Phytochemicals from Wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Argentina. The Zig-Zag Trail of Symbiosis among Chepang, Bat, and Butter Tree: An Analysis on Conservation Threat in Nepal. SPECIFIC PLANTS AND AILMENTS. Role of Wild Plants in Curing and Healing the Skin Diseases. Choerospondias axillaris (Hog plum): Multiple Health Benefits. Artemisia Species: Medicinal Values with Potential Therapeutic Uses. The Potential Use of Mandacaru (Cereus spp.) Bioactive Compounds. Subfamily Bombacoideae: Traditional Uses, Secondary Metabolites, Biological Activities and Mechanistic Interpretation of the Anti-Inflammatory Activity. Ayahuasca: Inherent Dangers in Its Consumption. Exploring the Plant Kingdom for Sources of Skincare Cosmeceuticals: From Indigenous Knowledge to the Nanotechnology Era. Ethnomedicinal and Pharmacological Importance of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Self and Others Selected Works of R D Laing Vol 2
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Evaluation Handbook for Health Professionals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Health Economic Development and Household Poverty
Book SynopsisAccessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research.In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics and experts in the fields of health policy and economic development, each underscoring the need for political commitment to meet the needs of the poor and the development of strategies to build this commitment, covering: evidence regarding the links between health, economic development and household poverty evidence on the extent to which health care systems address the needs of the poor and the near poor innovative measures to make health care interventions widely available to the poor. Current and topical, this book is of great relevance to policy makers and practitioners in the field of international health and development and researchers engaged with global Trade Review"The essays provide excellent documentation of the links between health, economic development, and poverty alleviation. Thanks to the lack of economic jargon and lesser reliance on quantitative methods, this work is accessible to a wide readership ranging from undergraduate students to researchers interested in international health and poverty reduction. It is required reading for policy makers and practitioners looking for innovative measures in health financing and service delivery that can better reach the poor. -- M. Q. Dao, Choice, 2008Table of Contents1. Health, Economic Development and Household Poverty: The Role of the Health Sector Part A: Health, Development and Poverty 2. The Consequences of Population Health for Economic Performance 3. Illness and Labour Productivity: A Case Study from Rural Kenya Part B: The Effectiveness of Health Care Systems in Addressing the Needs of the Poor 4. Access and Equity: Evidence on the Extent to Which Health Services Address the Needs of the Poor 5. Illness, Health Service Costs and their Consequences for Households 6. Coping with the Costs of Illness: Vulnerability and Resilience among Poor Households in Urban Sri Lanka Part C: Restructuring Health Care Systems to Reach the Poor 7. Alternative Approaches to Extending Health Services to the Poorest 8. Targeting Services Towards the Poor: A Review of Targeting Mechanisms and their Effectiveness 9. Protecting the Poor from the Cost of Services through Health Financing Reform 10. Building Voice and Agency of Poor People in Health: Public Action within Health Systems 11. Improving Equity in Health Through Health Financing Reform: A Case Study of the Introduction of Universal Coverage in Thailand 12. Promoting Access, Financial Protection and Empowerment for the Poor: Vimo SEWA in India 13. Conclusions: From Evidence to Action
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Taylor & Francis Involving Service Users in Health and Social Care Research
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Taylor & Francis Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd 29th European Strabismological Association
Book SynopsisA compilation of selected papers, posters and lectures presented at the 29th meeting of the European Strabismological Association in Izmir, Turkey, June 2004, outlining the latest developments in the fields of eye surgery, vision screening, ophthalmology and related disciplines. The highlight of this meeting was the special lecture given by Gunter von Noorden, History of Strabismology, included here in full.The meeting also covered a number of important problems associated with strabismology, including ambyopia, botulinum toxin, Brown's syndrome and congenital fibrosis syndrome. In addition, new methods and techniques are outlined, giving a complete overview of the hot topics in strabismology for strabismologists, pediatric opthalmologists and orthoptists. Table of ContentsESA LecturesSession 1+ 2: AmblyopiaSession 3: Sensorial aspectsSession 4: Botulimum toxinSession 5: Various aspectsSession 6: Adjustable surgerySessions 7: Physiology and refractive surgerySession 8: Various surgical methodsSession 9: Brown's syndrome and congenital fibrosis syndromeSession 10: Superior oblique paresisSession 11: Surgery in exotropia and special surgical methodsPostersESA business meetingAuthor index
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