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Book SynopsisWritten by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume is filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments. Accessibly written, it provides readers with a timely contribution to the current literature on medical ethics, in which the concept of subjectivity is a key issue characterizing current medical humanities.Examining the critical assumption that scientifically-demonstrable facts will remove all uncertainty, the author argues that ethical dimensions of clinical practice do not always arise from undisputed facts, but that they are sometimes to be found at the level of the determinations of the facts themselves.Firmly placing the patient back on centre stage, without underestimating the crucial role which science plays in modern medicine, this volume is an excellent account of ethics and science in healthcare and their proper place in assessing and meeting people's health needs.Table of Contents1. What are we really doing to patients? 2. Radical disagreement and cultural dissonance 3. Mystery in Sugery 4. Equitable Health Care 5. Is infertility a health need? 6. The child's interests in assisted reproduction 7. Qualifying as a person 8. Are animals our equals? 9. Patients and research 10. Ethics, nanotechnologies and health 11. Imagination and medical education

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Book SynopsisPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and die quicker'—an eye-opening game changer.—Oprah DailyFrom an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.In 2018, Linda Villarosa's New York Times Magazine article on maternal and infant mortality among black mothers and babies in America caused an awakening. Hundreds of studies had previously established a link between racial discrimination and the health of Black Americans, with little progress toward solutions. But Villarosa's article exposing that a Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth grade education made racial disparities in health care impossible to ignore.Now, in Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Today's medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism and neglect from all levels of government. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes the new understanding that coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely. Anchored by unforgettable human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, Under the Skin is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.

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Book SynopsisForensic science is in crisis and at a cross-roads. Movies and television dramas depict forensic heroes with high-tech tools and dazzling intellects whoinside an hour, notwithstanding commercialspiece together past-event puzzles from crime scenes and autopsies. Likewise, Sherlock Holmesthe iconic fictional detective, and the invention of forensic doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyleis held up as a paragon of forensic and scientific inspirationdoes not reason forward as most people do, but reasons backwards. Put more plainly, rather than learning the train of events and seeing whether the resultant clues match those events, Holmes determines what happened in the past by looking at the clues. Impressive and infallible as this technique appears to beit must be recognized that infallibility lies only in works of fiction. Reasoning backward does not work in real life: reality is far less tidy. In courtrooms everywhere, innocent people pay the price of life imitating art, of sciTable of Contents1. Reasoning Backwards 2. Sherlock and His Successors 3. Categorical Intuitive Deduction 4. How Detective Fiction Turned Into Medical Science 5. Good Cop, Bad Cop 6. You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know 7. Can’t Shake This Feeling 8. The Emperor Wears No Clothes 9. Broken Bones in Babies 10. The Unified Hypothesis 11. Failing the Infamous 12. The Deadly Bed 13. Failing the Numerous Not-So-Infamous 14. The Double Dip 15. Modern-Day Sherlocks 16. The Battered Football Player Syndrome 17. Tree People and Forest People 18. The Perils of Pediatric Forensic Pathology 19. Kayakers, Spider Bites, Jack the Ripper, and Speaking for the Dead 20. CSI, Adam Ruins Forensic Science, Forensic Tree Teams, and a Bridge in Melbourne 21. Confessions of a Former Chief Medical Examiner

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Book SynopsisOpening with a detailed account of the historical development of Irish pharmacy and medicines law, this practical textbook covers all aspects of current pharmacy and medicines law in Ireland, including the landmark Pharmacy Act of 2007.Trade Review"Irish pharmacists, pharmacy students and those coming to practice in Ireland from other countries, this new text will also be a valuable reference source for lawyers, government bodies and anyone who wants to know more about the regulatory framework for pharmacists and medicinal products in Ireland." Evening Echo, Monday May 23, 2011 * Evening Echo *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Sources of Irish Law 3. Historical development of medicines and pharmacy law 4. Placing medicines on the market 5. Manufacturing and wholesaling of medicines 6. Advertising of medicines 7. Prescription and control of supply of medicines 8. Misuse of Drugs Acts and Regulations 9. Poisons Acts and Regulations 10. Veterinary medicines 11. Methylated spirits legislation 12. The Pharmacy Act 13. Pharmacy Act-regulations and rules 14. The pharmacy disciplinary system 15. Liability of community pharmacists in negligence and for defective products

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the sustained attack on reproductive rights in the USA in recent years, and its ramifications.

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Book SynopsisAims to bring together research that demolishes the myths that have taken hold and suggests a series of legal reforms that would help doctors manage malpractice insurance while also improving patient safety and medical accountability.Trade Review"The best attempt to synthesize the academic literature on medical malpractice is Tom Baker's The Medical Malpractice Myth.... [Baker] argues that the hype about medical malpractice suits is 'urban legend mixed with the occasional true story, supported by selective references to academic studies.'... If anything, there are fewer lawsuits than would be expected, and far more injuries than we usually imagine." - Slate"

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Book SynopsisArgues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions.Trade Review"Epstein's use of theory to demonstrate how public policies in the health profession are shaped makes this book relevant for many academic disciplines.... Highly recommended." - Choice "A balanced analysis of the positive and negative effects of institutional changes on groups that are traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research." - New England Journal of Medicine"

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Book SynopsisDon Grant investigates the subtle ways that nurses at an academic medical center incorporate spirituality into their care work. Developing a new understanding of the social significance of religion, Nursing the Spirit recasts the intersection of science and spirituality by centering the perspectives of the people who provide care.Trade ReviewDon Grant brings the reader into the lived interpersonal experience of religion through the care that nurses engender of the body and spirit of patients. Out of such professional caregiving, Grant advances the social theory of care as a moral, emotional, and spiritual practice that resists professional and bureaucratic constraints on the meaning and future of the human in our highly technologized, bureaucratized, and neoliberal times. A serious and provocative achievement! -- Arthur Kleinman, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a DoctorDon Grant's book on spirituality, and nursing the human spirit is an inspired treatise of sustaining human caring and human dignity wherever it is present! This work honors nursing as an exemplar of spirituality, depth of human spirit, and transcendent yet immanent nature of our shared humanity—evident in small and grand ways. Grant captures the universal history of human care and its relevant to diverse fields and life itself. A tremendous resource for interdisciplinary professional and lay interests, studies and practices. -- Jean Watson, author of Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of CaringDon Grant raises crucial questions about medical institutions, the place of spirituality in healthcare, and the limits of sociology as a way of knowing. Nursing the Spirit is a fascinating experiment in multifaceted research, as Grant juxtaposes first-person writing—about his experiences as an intern chaplain and as a patient—with social scientific methods of studying nursing work. The experiential and methodological modes of inquiry each tell their own truths, and readers can contemplate how these overlap and diverge. -- Arthur W. Frank, author of The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and EthicsBased on research at a hospital planning to end its chaplaincy program, Nursing the Spirit thoughtfully and sympathetically delves into how nurses think and talk about the spiritual aspects of their work, and how they sometimes provide spiritual care to patients. Both personal and scholarly, this book explores what it might mean for nurses to care for people’s entire selves—not just their bodies—and the challenges of doing so. -- Mark Chaves, author of American Religion: Contemporary Trends, second editionReligions urge us to care for suffering strangers. Nursing the Spirit shows that, although hospitals are bureaucratic organizations applying medical science, they are also places where nurses, in an unofficial and low-key way, offer spiritual (as well as physical) care to patients. Grant explains how and why they do this, and grapples with the important question of how an ethic of care can be kept alive in today’s societies. -- Paula England, New York University, past President of the American Sociological AssociationHow can the ideal of being ready to help not only those close to us, and of considering all people spiritual beings, be preserved and translated into social reality? In a brilliant sociological study of nurses in a university hospital, combined with personal and historical reflections, the author confronts us with the challenges for this ideal in the world of modern scientific medicine and opens realistic perspectives that give reason for hope. -- Hans Joas, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface1. Religion and Care of the Stranger2. The History of Caritas in Health Care3. Craft Versions of Religious Authority4. Second-Guessing Talk About Spirituality5. Pathways to Spiritual Meaning and Emotional Dead Ends6. Styles of Spiritual Care7. Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Storytelling8. Restoring the Sanctity Once Bestowed on HumanityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisDon Grant investigates the subtle ways that nurses at an academic medical center incorporate spirituality into their care work. Developing a new understanding of the social significance of religion, Nursing the Spirit recasts the intersection of science and spirituality by centering the perspectives of the people who provide care.Trade ReviewDon Grant brings the reader into the lived interpersonal experience of religion through the care that nurses engender of the body and spirit of patients. Out of such professional caregiving, Grant advances the social theory of care as a moral, emotional, and spiritual practice that resists professional and bureaucratic constraints on the meaning and future of the human in our highly technologized, bureaucratized, and neoliberal times. A serious and provocative achievement! -- Arthur Kleinman, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a DoctorDon Grant's book on spirituality, and nursing the human spirit is an inspired treatise of sustaining human caring and human dignity wherever it is present! This work honors nursing as an exemplar of spirituality, depth of human spirit, and transcendent yet immanent nature of our shared humanity—evident in small and grand ways. Grant captures the universal history of human care and its relevant to diverse fields and life itself. A tremendous resource for interdisciplinary professional and lay interests, studies and practices. -- Jean Watson, author of Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of CaringDon Grant raises crucial questions about medical institutions, the place of spirituality in healthcare, and the limits of sociology as a way of knowing. Nursing the Spirit is a fascinating experiment in multifaceted research, as Grant juxtaposes first-person writing—about his experiences as an intern chaplain and as a patient—with social scientific methods of studying nursing work. The experiential and methodological modes of inquiry each tell their own truths, and readers can contemplate how these overlap and diverge. -- Arthur W. Frank, author of The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and EthicsBased on research at a hospital planning to end its chaplaincy program, Nursing the Spirit thoughtfully and sympathetically delves into how nurses think and talk about the spiritual aspects of their work, and how they sometimes provide spiritual care to patients. Both personal and scholarly, this book explores what it might mean for nurses to care for people’s entire selves—not just their bodies—and the challenges of doing so. -- Mark Chaves, author of American Religion: Contemporary Trends, second editionReligions urge us to care for suffering strangers. Nursing the Spirit shows that, although hospitals are bureaucratic organizations applying medical science, they are also places where nurses, in an unofficial and low-key way, offer spiritual (as well as physical) care to patients. Grant explains how and why they do this, and grapples with the important question of how an ethic of care can be kept alive in today’s societies. -- Paula England, New York University, past President of the American Sociological AssociationHow can the ideal of being ready to help not only those close to us, and of considering all people spiritual beings, be preserved and translated into social reality? In a brilliant sociological study of nurses in a university hospital, combined with personal and historical reflections, the author confronts us with the challenges for this ideal in the world of modern scientific medicine and opens realistic perspectives that give reason for hope. -- Hans Joas, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface1. Religion and Care of the Stranger2. The History of Caritas in Health Care3. Craft Versions of Religious Authority4. Second-Guessing Talk About Spirituality5. Pathways to Spiritual Meaning and Emotional Dead Ends6. Styles of Spiritual Care7. Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Storytelling8. Restoring the Sanctity Once Bestowed on HumanityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Harlan Platt has revised, updated, and expanded this classic text to include a new chapter on bankruptcy law, a profile of the turnaround manager, and an overview of the typical turnaround engagement. This book cuts to the heart of the patterns, procedures, and pitfalls of bringing a corporation back to life and health.

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Book SynopsisIn an age of pandemics, no country can achieve public health on its own. Health security expert Lawrence O. Gostin examines the key cross-border threats to our well-being, from infectious diseases to bioterrorism, and proposes pragmatic solutions: targeted research, robust international institutions, and tools for effective global action.Trade ReviewGostin draws on the lessons of AIDS, SARS, Ebola, and the COVID-19 pandemic to lay out a roadmap for global health security, making a powerful and persuasive case for how the principles of solidarity, equity, and justice must guide the international community in preparing for and responding to the health crises of the future. -- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health OrganizationGlobal Health Security is invaluable, drawing critical lessons from the world’s epic struggle with COVID-19, and looking far beyond. Gostin incisively analyses future threats, from superbugs and antimicrobial resistance to bioterrorism, and charts a better course through global solidarity and enlightened self-interest. If you read only one book on global health this year, make it this one. -- Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of WellcomeThe world has learned valuable lessons from infectious disease outbreaks. Yet the power of lessons is in their use. In this book, Gostin provides a sweeping view of what is needed to avert disaster in the future. The crucial question is: will people read and act on his suggestions? -- William Herbert Foege, 10th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWe are entering an age of pandemics, one marked with more frequent disease outbreaks and increasingly greater threats to our social order. There is no one better than Gostin to connect the dots across outbreaks, laying out how climate change, economic development, and globalization have created new risks. But more than sounding the alarm, he brilliantly charts a path forward for how nations and indeed the world can be better prepared to meet these threats head on. -- Ashish K. Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public HealthAs a leading public health legal scholar and global health activist, Gostin has influenced the course of every major public health crisis of our time, from HIV/AIDS, to SARS, Ebola, and now COVID-19. Global Health Security draws on those important experiences but looks forward, charting a clear and compelling framework to assess future biological threats and effectively address them. Masterfully insightful. -- Peggy Hamburg, former Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of MedicineDiscouraged but inspired by COVID‑19, [Gostin’s] wide-ranging study analyzes the science and politics of past and present global disease, with hypothetical exercises about a new influenza, bioterrorism, and cholera. He recommends steps to reduce pandemic risk, such as increasing surveillance of animal pathogens and their movement. Above all, he calls for a ‘new politics,’ free from nationalistic populism. -- Andrew Robinson * Nature *[A] comprehensive and detailed blueprint for responding to global health crises. Gostin casts a wide net, addressing the overuse of antibiotics, climate change, and the lack of universal health coverage…Gostin goes further to explain how lessons from Covid-19 can remake society to be better prepared for future health threats. * Publishers Weekly *A comprehensive blueprint for global reforms. * Georgetown Law *

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Book SynopsisExamines the emergence of private, work-based benefits; the uniquely American pursuit of "social insurance"; the influence of race and gender on the health care debate; and the confrontation between reformers and powerful economic and health interests.Trade Review"This is a sophisticated, impassioned, and well-documented analysis of the failures of twentieth-century American health reform efforts."--David Rosner, Business History Review "[A] brilliantly recounted, thoughtful, and persuasive argument, not for simple explanations, but for a complex, on-the-ground discussion of what it was in the United States that made universal health insurance 'dead on arrival.'... [This book] is impeccably and impressively researched, drawing extensively on governmental and private archives."--Rosemary A. Stevens, Bulletin of the History of Medicine "Another autopsy of the failure to implement a US national health plan? Yes, but Dead on Arrival is more interesting, informative, and compelling than others. Its strength lies in the integration of multiple social, economic, and political perspectives within a historical context to address the question, why no national health insurance?"--Bernard S. Bloom, Journal of the American Medical Association "A welcome addition to a large literature on the modern United States medical system... [It] illuminates the political deadlock and the institutional rigidity of the American system and offers a cogent explanation for why reform has been so intractable in health care throughout the last hundred years."--Declan O'Reilly, Enterprise & Society "A treasure trove of information for anyone seriously wishing to tackle this issue."--Tom Gallagher, San Francisco Bay Guardian "At a time of renewed popular and scholarly debate over America's exceptional welfare state, students of American public affairs will find much of value in Gordon's timely book."--Jacob S. Hacker, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction: Why No National Health Insurance in the United States? 1 1. The Political Economy of American Health Care: An Overview, 1910-2000 12 2. Bargaining for Health: Private Health Insurance and Public Policy 46 3. Between Contract and Charity: Health Care and the Dilemmas of Social Insurance 90 4. Socialized Medicine and Other Afflictions: The Political Culture of the Health Debate 136 5. Health Care in Black and White: Race, Region, and Health Politics 172 6. Private Interests and Public Policy: Health Care's Corporate Compromise 210 7. Silenced Majority: American Politics and the Dilemmas of Health Reform 261 Conclusion: The Past and Future of Health Politics 297 Archival Sources 303 Index 307

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Book SynopsisProposes a set of healthcare solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality. This book focuses on the plight of the uninsured, and proposes a direction that promises to make premier healthcare for Americans a national reality. It is suitable for those trying to make sense of the thorny issues of healthcare reform.Trade Review"Code Red is one of the two or three best books on the economics of health care. It is especially strong on how the current mess evolved historically and what has been tried (or not tried) along the way. This is the place to go to understand PSROs or what happened to the HMO revolution...This book won't make anyone fully happy, but it is a must for fans of health care policy."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Many books and articles address improvements to the US health care system and the provision of health insurance to all citizens ... [Dranove's] goal ... is to review public sector efforts to deal with access, costs, and quality... [I]t is well written ... and does a good job of providing insights into the national debate... In the end, having a quality system requires an efficient public-private partnership."--R. L. Jones, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, for CHOICE "With health care as a key issue in the presidential campaign, it is refreshing to read a balanced, well-reasoned essay on the ailments of our healthcare system, along with some possible remedies. Code Red is an excellent read for health care professionals and policy wonks: it is suitable for anyone interested in the debate, though it employs a modicum of vocabulary from Dranove's discipline, economics."--Michael P. Meacham, Centre Daily TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii PART 1: DIAGNOSING THE CONDITION 1 Introduction 3 Chapter One: An Accidental Healthcare System 8 Chapter Two: Paging Doctor Welby 30 Chapter Three: Therapy for an Ailing Health Economy 58 Chapter Four: The Managed Care Prescription 83 PART 2: SEARCHING FOR CURES 119 Chapter Five: Self-Help 121 Chapter Six: The Quality Revolution 147 Chapter Seven: Mending the Safety Net 176 Chapter Eight: Reviving the American Healthcare System 205 Appendix: An Alphabet Soup of Healthcare Acronyms 235 Notes 239 Bibliography 255 Index 269

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Library Journal's Best Sci-Tech Books, Health Sciences category for 2009 Recommended Reading, 2011 James A. Hamilton Award, American College of Healthcare Executives "No one who comes to Taming the Beloved Beast with an open mind can deny the intellectual and ethical power of the questions he poses. He probes issues central to resolving the enormous problems and inequities--not to mention the looming financial threats--that bedevil American medical care."--Beryl Lieff Benderly, Science "While bringing insightful ethical, social, political and economic perspectives to this timely, well-documented discourse of the ballooning costs of American health care and Medicare, Callahan concentrates on the growing costs of medical technology, which, along with uncontrolled governmental healthcare spending, threaten to drag this country into financial crisis... This excellent overview of reaching the goal of universal health care is a good resource for anyone concerned with the future of health care and its economics."--Library Journal "The rising cost of health care has preoccupied policy makers and the public for decades. Callahan contends that the principal cause of rising costs lies in Americans' infatuation with new medical technologies... Callahan argues that the U.S. must rethink the goals of medical technologies and accept new limits on the availability and appropriate use of expensive medical treatments."--Choice "This book reflects the author's expertise not only as a researcher but also as a philosopher. He presents his arguments, discusses alternatives, and anticipates counterarguments, all with ample citations... [T]his book will engage readers seeking to gain insight on health care reform and cost control from the perspective of a pragmatic philosopher."--Leslie R. Pyenson, Psychiatric ServicesTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 CHAPter 1: Medicare on the Ropes 10 CHAPter 2: Taming the Beloved Beast: Medical Technology 37 CHAPter 3: Getting Serious about Costs and Technology 67 CHAPter 4: Competition: The Fix That Will Fail 92 CHAPter 5: The Cohabitation of Medicine and Commerce 120 CHAPter 6: "Medical Necessity": An All-But-Useless Concept 143 CHAPter 7: Redefining "Medical Necessity": From Individual Good to Common Good 171 CHAPter 8: Getting Out from Under: The Politics of Pain 201 Coda 229 Notes 235 Index 257

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Book SynopsisIs there a crisis in Canadian health care? This book provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of health care in Canada and examine various ideas for reforming the system sensibly.Table of ContentsForewordPreface1 Declining Public Confidence in Canada’s Health Care System2 What is Public and What is Private?3 Memes and Myths4 Canaries in the Mine: Waiting for Care5 Closer to Home and Out of Pocket: Shifting Sites of Care6 The Future: Rigid, Resilient, or Retail Reform ChoicesEndnotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Carefair, Paul Kershaw urges us to resist this private/public distinction, and makes a convincing case for treating caregiving as a matter of citizenship that obliges and empowers everyone in society.Trade ReviewThis is a book well worth reading. It squarely addresses a policy issue that is fundamental to the pursuit of quality and equity, it is theoretically engaged while making concrete policy proposals, and it is closely argued ... That stated, Carefair is an important and stimulating book. It should be widely read. -- Hugh Armstrong, Carleton University * Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, July-August 2006 *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments 1 Lamenting the Lazy Lavatory Syndrome: Political Theory, Policy,and Civic Virtue 2 The American ExpressTM Model of Citizenship: The Social LiberalTradition 3 The Celebrated Idiot: The Obliged Citizen 4 The Idiot’s Acumen 5 Premature Celebration 6 Private Time for Social Inclusion 7 Carefair 8 The Politics of Time 9 From LEGOTM to Teeter-Totter: Social Investment in Work-LifeBalance Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics.Trade ReviewIn Malleck’s brilliant account we can see how commercial interests both combined and competed with professionals and sellers to influence Canada’s drug laws … As Canadians debate how marijuana should be designated—legal or illegal, medicine or recreational drug or both—Malleck provides a fascinating description of a similar journey taken by pain medications such as opium and cocaine at the beginning of the last century. His book provides a useful history to help us navigate today’s discussions about who should grow and sell safe and affordable marijuana. -- Colleen Fuller, a researcher and writer focused on health and pharmaceutical policy * Alberta Views *Malleck’s extensive use of primary sources convincingly establishes this context and describes the dominant origin story of Canada’s drug laws that has not frequently been told. -- Noah Wernikowski * Saskatchewan Law Review *Malleck vividly depicts how sensationalism, misunderstanding, and the threat to the practise of medicine fuelled the new concept of addiction distinct from insanity and moral depravity. Malleck’s scouring of all available records provides a rich understanding of how the social and cultural factors surrounding opium in Canada set the stage for the moral debate over drug use … His thorough analysis and ability to draw on a mountain of records to seamlessly tell the story provides the reader with a new found appreciation of the complex development of drug legislation in the modern era. -- Joel Rudewicz * Active History *[A] close study of how doctors, pharmacists, bureaucrats, and policy-makers wrestled over the control of opiates in the decades leading to the first Opium Act of 1908 … When Good Drugs Go Bad will be of interest to scholars exploring the history of drugs and their regulation while also adding to our understanding of state formation and professionalization during the nineteenth century. Its multi-regional focus on Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia serves to nationalize these issues. Malleck also addresses and critically challenges the association in British Columbia between anti-Chinese sentiments and opium that, he argues, has distorted events by insisting that the Opium Act was a reaction to racial tensions. Instead, by broadening the regional lens, Malleck shifts the story to a contest over professional authority. -- Erika Dyck * BC Studies *When Good Drugs Go Bad deepens our understanding of the connections that could be so easily drawn between the body, race, medicine and the nation in early twentieth century Canada. -- Yvan Prkachin, Harvard University * Left History, Vol. 21 No. 1, Spring-Summer 2016 *[When Good Drugs Go Bad] is a well-written and well-researched book… Readers will learn much about the “awesome, awe-inspiring, and awful substance” that was opium... Readers may also find that Malleck’s discussion of “danger” and addiction fears with this drug in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries resonates with today’s opioid debates. -- Shelley McKellar, University of Western Ontario * Pharmacy in History, Vol 60, No 3 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Its Baneful Influences1 Medicating Canada before Regulation2 Opium in Nineteenth-Century Medical Knowledge3 Canada’s First Drug Laws4 Chinese Opium Smoking and Threats to the Nation5 Medicine, Addiction, and Ideas of Nation6 Madness and Addiction in the Asylums of English Canada7 Proprietary Medicines and the Nation’s Health8 Regulating Proprietary Medicine9 Drug Laws and the Creation of IllegalityConclusion: Baneful InfluencesNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisSince the introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, individuals and organizations have increasingly turned to the courts to try to bring about policy change in areas such as health care. Health Care and the Charter explores the systematic use of Charter litigation in the area of health care and the ultimate policy impact of the resulting judicial decisions. Christopher P. Manfredi and Antonia Maioni examine three of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions in recent years. Eldridge (1997) and Auton (2004) invited the Court to extend the scope of publicly funded services, while Chaouilli (2005) asked the Court to allow private health services. This book explores the paths that brought litigants to the Court, the arguments and evidence they mustered to support their positions, and the substance of the victory or defeat the Court provided them. The volume then assesses the ultimate impact of these cases in both Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Supreme Court and Health Policy: An OverviewEldridge v British Columbia: Effective Communication and the Sounds of SilenceAuton v British Columbia: Reversal of FortuneChaoulli v Quebec: The Last Line of Defence for CitizensConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Cases Cited; Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume highlights abortion experiences in the post-Morgentaler era and links new approaches to abortion history and research to the growing movement for reproductive justice.Trade ReviewAbortion is unique in that it ties together the perspectives of scholars in history, politics, and law, as opposed to other compilations that focus on works from one particular field, echoing the intersectionality of modern day reproductive justice framework. -- Megan Siu, Community Developer & Educational Specialist Centre, CPLEA * Canadian Law Library Review *[…][i]n 2019 it is ever more evident that a broader concept of reproductive justice is one that encompasses not only our reproductive health but legal, social and economic justice as well. This book helps move us in that direction. -- Amanda Le Rougetel * Herizons *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Shannon Stettner, Kristin Burnett, and Travis HayPart 1: History1 Different Histories: Reproduction, Colonialism, and Treaty 7 Communities in Southern Alberta, 1880–1940 / Kristin Burnett2 Not Guilty but Guilty? Race, Rumour, and Respectability in the 1882 Abortion Trial of Letitia Munson / Rebecca Beausaert3 Abortion and Birth Control on the Canadian Prairies: Feminists, Catholics, and Family Values in the 1970s / Erika DyckPart 2: Experience4 He Is Still Unwanted: Women’s Assertions of Authority over Abortion in Letters to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada / Shannon Stettner5 Abortion on Trial: Abortion Tribunals in the 1970s and 1980s / Beth Palmer6 The Dark, Well-Kept Secret: Abortion Experiences in the Maritime Provinces / Katrina Ackerman7 When Research Is Personal and Political: Researchers Reflect on the Study of Abortion / Marion Doull, Christabelle Sethna, Evelyne Morrissette, and Caitlin ScottPart 3: Politics8 Functionally Inaccessible: Historical Conflicts in Legal and Medical Access to Abortion / Frances E. Chapman and Tracy Penny Light9 Morgentaler and the Technological Production of Embodiment / Jen Rinaldi10 Between a Woman and Her Doctor? The Medicalization of Abortion Politics in Canada / Rachael Johnstone11 Subverting the Constitution: Anti-abortion Policies and Activism in the United States and Canada / Lori Brown, J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, and Colleen MacQuarriePart 4: Discourse and Reproductive Justice12 The Future of Pro-choice Discourse in Canada / Kelly Gordon and Paul Saurette13 Reproductive Justice in Canada: Exploring Immigrant Women’s Experiences / Laura Salamanca14 Toxic Matters: Vital and Material Struggles for Environmental Reproductive Justice / Sarah Marie WiebeConclusion / Kristin Burnett and Shannon Stettner

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Book SynopsisWhy, in the recent campaigns for universal health care, did organized labor maintain its support of employer-mandated insurance? Did labor's weakened condition prevent it from endorsing national health insurance? Marie Gottschalk demonstrates here...Trade ReviewAn explosively important book.... Marie Gottschalk's marvelous book... relieves us of the need to conjecture and hypothesize in trying to make sense of the little that we really knew of what was going on at the highest levels of the AFL-CIO ten years ago. She lifts the veil and at last we can all understand—and share in—the anger of those courageous union leaders within the federation who steadfastly stood firm for a universal, single-payer system of health care.... The working rank-and-file will ignore this book at their own peril. * The Harbinger *Gottschalk has written an incisive analysis of the failure of President Clinton's health reform proposal... Her account provides superior perspective on the debacle, because it roots the debate about employment-based health insurance plans in developments in labor-management relations and in the accommodation of leading Democrats to the business agenda that surged to the fore in the 1970s and 1980s. The book is written with verve and theoretical sophistication. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Gottschalk provides a thorough analysis of the political climate in which organized labor must operate. * Boston Book Review *In The Shadow Welfare State, Marie Gottschalk recounts labor's half century-long fight for decent health care coverage through both collective bargaining and political action. More than most writers, she brings these two sides of the coin together to analyze both the fragility of the private welfare state, even for those who are covered by it, and the closely related political weakness of labor in the U.S. * Labor Notes *Several solid studies of the failure of the Clinton health reform campaign of the early '90s attempt to assess the role of all the key players. Gottschalk, a University of Pennsylvania political scientist, focuses on the interaction of labor and business in that debate.... A cogent, provocative analysis of a particular battle that also raises larger questions for the future. * Booklist *This very well written and engaging book touches myriad issues in the history of labor, social democracy, and American political institutions.... All labor scholars will find her book a rich source of analysis and information on a wide variety of topics. * RI/IR, *

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Book SynopsisHow has France assure universal coverage while protecting patient and practitioner freedoms? What can Americans learn from the French experience, and what can the French learn from the U.S. example?Trade Review"The health care systems of France and the United States began the 20th century looking very much alike, then gradually moved in different directions while retaining a surprising number of common features. Dutton believes that both countries would benefit from taking a careful look at their similarities and differences. Both systems utilize a public/private mix of financing, maintain the fee-for-service basis for physician reimbursement, and hold out the ideals of physician practice autonomy and patient choice of doctor. Dutton says that the United States is almost inadvertently expanding coverage but with little planning; at the same time, the French are adapting U.S. managed-care techniques in an attempt to keep down costs and improve efficiency in a system already offering universal coverage. . . . This distinctive, readable, and well-organized history is recommended for public and academic libraries, especially where health-care reform is a hot topic."—Library Journal"In Differential Diagnoses Paul V. Dutton tells the story of two nations over the course of an entire century. This remarkable book is one part history, one part policy analysis, and it is held together by strong conceptual glue. Differential Diagnoses is distinguished by Dutton's smooth, jargon-free writing, its accessibility, its richness of anecdote, its blending of original archival research with synthetic research drawn from several disciplines, and its timely and level-headed diagnosis and prescriptions for change."—Timothy B. Smith, Queen's University"Paul Dutton exhibits superb scholarship and insight on the evolution of health care financing and organization in France and the United States. His lucid book demonstrates that France's health system is more relevant for the United States than the health systems of the usual suspects—Canada, Germany, and Britain. It should be read by all health policy analysts, scholars, and social reformers who are searching for ways to achieve universal health insurance coverage in the United States."—Victor G. Rodwin, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Wagner/NYU; and Director, World Cities Project, International Longevity Center-USA"By first exposing the stereotypes and then carefully exploring the distinct histories of health care provision in the United States and France, Paul Dutton provides unique and valuable insight into how both countries can better address their respective health crises."—Jeremy Shapiro, Fellow and Director of Research, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution

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Book SynopsisSince the first fertilization of a human egg in the laboratory in 1968, scientific and technological breakthroughs have raised ethical dilemmas and generated policy controversies on both sides of the Atlantic. Embryo, stem cell, and cloning research have provoked impassioned political debate about their religious, moral, legal, and practical implications. National governments make rules that govern the creation, destruction, and use of embryos in the laboratorybut they do so in profoundly different ways.In Embryo Politics, Thomas Banchoff provides a comprehensive overview of political struggles about embryo research during four decades in four countriesthe United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Banchoff's book, the first of its kind, demonstrates the impact of particular national histories and institutions on very different patterns of national governance. Over time, he argues, partisan debate and religious-secular polarization have come to overshadow ethicalTrade ReviewAs Thomas Banchoff notes in Embryo Politics, 'the human embryo only slowly emerged as an object of ethical controversy.' This lucid and well-written book relates a comparative history of this controversy in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France. -- Simon Cole * Technology and Culture *Banchoff does not fall prey to the allures of science fiction and he avoids sensationalism, but his book is sensational. It is an exciting read and should generate a great deal of public interest because it sets out with clarity the many strands, both ethical and political, that make up in vitro fertilization (IVF), stem cell research and cloning. -- Gail Grossman Freyne * Conscience *Banchoff's historical outline of these debates over embryo research and use is accurate and engaging, showing clearly how the different political backgrounds against which they took place shaped their later contours. He also addresses the difficult moral questions surrounding the moral status of embryos, how the law should respond to this status, and how these questions intersect with the need for biomedical progress where such 'progress depends on research on embryos. This is a very clear, well-written, engaging volume, and one that could be read with profit and interest by anyone curious about what is one of the most pressing debates of the moment. Summing Up: Highly recommended for all readership levels. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Emergence of Ethical Controversy 2. First Embryo Research Regimes 3. The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research 4. Stem Cell and Cloning Politics ConclusionBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn America's Welfare State, Edward Berkowitz offers a concise and informative historical overview of this costly and often frustrating area of domestic policy.Trade ReviewReaders of America's Welfare State will derive an excellent understanding of the complexity surrounding social welfare in the late 20th-century US. Upper-division undergraduates and above. Choice Useful for scholars and students both for its insights into the policy-making process and for its account of how American social policy arrived at the sorry state we find it in today. -- Jeffrey L. Davidson Contemporary Sociology A remarkably successful book... powerfully written and clearly of interest to scholars and policy experts alike. -- Ellis W. Hawley Labor History Berkowitz has gone behind the written statute and the official press release to find out who believed what and who did what to effect changes in the process and substantive aspects of welfare statism. This book is a worthy addition to the literature. -- Robert J. Lampman Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionPart I. The Social Security CrisisChapter 2. Inventing Social Security, 1935Chapter 3. The Triump of Social Security, 1936-1954Chapter 4. The Day of ReckoningPart II. The Frustrations of Welfare ReformChapter 5. Welfare's State, 1935-1967Chapter 6. Welfare Restated, 1967-1988Part III. The Mirage of National Health InsuranceChapter 7. Medicare and Health Policy, 1935-1989Part IV. ConclusionChapter 8. Long-Term Care of the Welfare StateA Note on the SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisBioethics in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society.Trade ReviewMay's book is a helpful overview and introduction to the political framework of bioethics decision making within a liberal society. It touches explicitly on the issues of perceived and actual lack of competence, substituted decision making, advanced directives and the important roles of ethics committees and consultants. There is no doubt that this book marks an important contribution to the literature. -- Christopher Newell, Ph.D. MetapsychologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Liberal Framework I Patient Autonomy 2 Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 3 Patient Responsibility for Decision Making 4 Advance Directives: Extending Autonomy for Patients II Professional Rights of Conscience 5 Beneficence, Abandonment, and the Duty to Treat 6 Rights of Conscience in the Physician-Patient Relationship 7 Conclusion: Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework References Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a wide array of perspectives, this book emphasizes the need to ensure that research into genetics research does not result in discrimination against people on the basis of their DNA.Trade ReviewBringing the concerns of different communities together in a single volume makes it possible to appreciate the mosaic of human issues more fully and forces us to anticipate the challenges that may arise-and that will require our attention-as the genetic revolution proceeds... A much needed antidote to the current genetic hoopla. -- Doris Teichler Zallen Journal of the American Medical Association A cautious look at the effects of genetic discoveries on society... The issues raised by this book are valid, and all scientists should be aware of them. I often found myself nodding in agreement. -- Jeffrey C. Long New England Journal of Medicine The authors present several thought-provoking issues in regard to prenatal genetic screening and selective abortion. It's a great contribution to the field. -- Fernando I. Rivera Contemporary Sociology This book superbly and successfully fills its purpose-to show the need for dialogue between researchers, health care professionals, communities, and individuals regarding various aspects of genetic technology. Choice 2003

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Book SynopsisConcluding with a cautionary call for increased regulation, Reprogenetics introduces fact, history, and reason into a public discussion of complex and vexing issues.Trade ReviewAn essential reference, this also will extend into classroom discussion and debates. Midwest Book Review 2007 A useful addition to the library of anyone interested in reprogenetics and particularly the future of legislation and policy on research and application of reprogenetic technology. -- Constance Perry, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2008Table of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: The Historical and Regulatory LandscapeChapter 1. On Drawing Lessons from the History of EugenicsChapter 2. Governmental Regulation of Genetic Technology, and the Lessons LearnedChapter 3. Oversight of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Last Twenty YearsPart II: Ethical Issues in ReprogeneticsChapter 4. Market Transactions in Reprogenetics: A Case for RegulationChapter 5. Stem Cells, Clones, Consensus, and the LawPart III: International Regulation of Reprogenetics Chapter 6. The Governance of Reprogenetic Technology: International ModelsChapter 7. Regulating Reprogenetics in the United KingdomChapter 8. The Evolution of Public Policy on Reprogenetics in CanadaPart IV: Regulating Reprogenetics in the United StatesChapter 9. A Brief History of Public Debate about Reproductive Technologies: Politics and CommissionsChapter 10. Possible Policy Strategies for the United States: Comparative LessonsChapter 11. The Development of Reprogenetic Policy and Practice in the United States: Looking to the United KingdomChapter 12. Reprogenetics and Public Policy: Reflections and RecommendationsIndex

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Book SynopsisAddiction Treatment provides a solid foundation for understanding addiction as a treatable illness and for establishing a framework for effective treatment in the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewAn impressive and imperative read for students and professionals in the addiction field... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Addiction Treatment provides a broad overview of where the field seems to be heading and achieves its goal by provoking debate over the best way to get there. JAMA 2008 The editors do an excellent job of putting together a collection of essays from leading experts in the field of addiction. The provocative essays and the way that the chapters are organized creates a book that is easy to read and will certainly stimulate thought and further discussion about what is possible for addiction treatment in the twenty-first century... An outstanding resource and is appropriate for students, health care professionals, researchers, policy makers, and laypersons interested in addiction science and health care policy. -- Mary E. Cooley Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Newsletter 2008 The book does provoke thought and causes readers to contemplate a number of relevant questions. It will be most useful to those with a good understanding of both the science and public health policies surrounding the treatment for addictions. Doody's Review Service 2008 A valuable contribution to the literature. -- Christian Perring Metapsychology 2009 Addiction and Art may be the most important art book written this year. -- Bob Dugan Big ThinkTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Drug Addiction in America: Challenges and OpportunitiesPart I. Treatment Models and Emerging Science1. Is Addiction a Problem of Self-Control?2. The P.R.I.M.E. Theory of Motivation as a Possible Foundation for the Treatment of Addiction3. A Future for the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse: Applications of Computer-Based Interactive Technology4. Office-Based Treatment of Addiction and the Promise of Technology5. High-Impact Paradigms for the Treatment of Addiction6. New Approaches to the Treatment of Stimulant and Other Substance Abuse: A Behavorial Perspective7. Using Diminished Autonomy over Tobacco Use to Identify Smokers in Need of Assistance with Cessation8. New Directions for Tobacco Cessation Therapies9. Could Nutritional Factors Influence the Development and Maintenance of Addiction to Nicotine?Part II. Special Populations10. Addiction and Pregnancy11. Perspectives on the Risk-Benefit Ratio of Pharmacological Treatment for Adolescent Chemical Addiction12. The Inhibitory Effect of Insurance Statutes on the Provision of Alcohol Screening and Intervention Services in Trauma Center13. Addiction and Multiple Morbidities in HIV-Positive Patients14. Providing Access to Treatment for Opiod Addiction in Jails and Prisons in the United States15. Addiction Art and Science: Two Sides of Humanity16. Addiction, Recovery, and Art: My StoryPart III: Health Care, Social, and Policy Issues17. Advancing the Science Base for the Treatment of Addiction18. "Going UPstream": Thoughts for Substance Abuse Professionals19. In Praise of Stigma20. Addiction as Disease: Policy, Epidemiology, and Treatment Consequences of a Bad Idea21. Parsing the Future of Behavioral Intervention for Drug Abuse: Clinical Science and Policy22. Protecting Patient Confidentiality in Alcohol and Drug Treatments23. Deterring Sales and Marketing of Alcohol to Youth: The Role of Litigation24. How Social Policy Can Foster Advances in the Treatment of Addiction: Tobacco Smoke Pollution and the Hospitality Industry as an Example25. The Role of the Food and Drug Administration in Accelerating the Development and Release of New Medications for the Addictions26. Smoking Status as the New Vital Sign: Progress and ChallengesEpilogueIndex

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Book Synopsispopulation, and present a balanced-and reassuring-assessment of the future.Trade ReviewJames Schulz and Robert Binstock unquestionably take places of honor among the elders of the gerontological tribe. Decades of study, teaching, civic engagement, writing, and speaking to peers, lawmakers, and informed citizens have secured their reputations as knowledgeable, judicious, respected experts on the economics and politics of aging, respectively. -- W. Andrew Achenbaum, PhD Journal of Aging and Social Policy 2008 This is a useful primer for any person who wants a sneak preview of the difficult days ahead. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2008 This timely book offers a worthwhile read for anyone interested in learning about the history of pension plans in the United States, their administration, and their economic impact on retirees. -- Marvin Pelaez Monthly Labor Review 2009 Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review 2008Table of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition1. Baby Boomers and the Merchants of Doom2. The Phony Threat of Population Aging3. The Search for Security with Dignity4. Dealing with Risk5. The Company Pension: Altruism or Self-Interest?6. The Pension Lottery: Personal Pension Accounts7. To Work or Not to Work: That Is the Question8. Health and Longevity: What Lies Ahead?9. A Gerontocracy? The Politics of Aging10. Framing the Issues for an Aging NationNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisBioethics in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society.Trade ReviewMay's book is a helpful overview and introduction to the political framework of bioethics decision making within a liberal society. It touches explicitly on the issues of perceived and actual lack of competence, substituted decision making, advanced directives and the important roles of ethics committees and consultants. There is no doubt that this book marks an important contribution to the literature. -- Christopher Newell, Ph.D. MetapsychologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Liberal Framework I Patient Autonomy 2 Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 3 Patient Responsibility for Decision Making 4 Advance Directives: Extending Autonomy for Patients II Professional Rights of Conscience 5 Beneficence, Abandonment, and the Duty to Treat 6 Rights of Conscience in the Physician-Patient Relationship 7 Conclusion: Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework References Index

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Book SynopsisPlanning and evaluating any health care program is a formidable task: how do you measure the health of a population? This fundamental question has been approached from various perspectives in medical, administrative, and economic studies. This book provides a guide to health measurement literature and relates it to Ontario's current and prospective policy choices and to the federal context of health indicators and indices to existing statistics in Ontario in a county-by-county survey of the province's health care. He also outlines the kinds of information essential to health assessment but not currently available.The book as a whole emphasizes the importance of health care measurement in the humane and efficient planning of health services. It will be of interest to all concerned with the practice of medicine in the 1980s and the planning of health services at the federal and provincial levels, as well as to those with a special interest in health from the economic, political

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important contribution to the fields of regulatory politics and food policy."—A. Bryce Hoflund, Political Science Quarterly"Thomas has written an exceptionally good synthesis of the history of food regulation in America and contextualized the changing regulatory regime. . . . This book's provocative arguments and detailed examples make it ideal for students and researchers of public health-related disciplines, food regulatory agencies, and those who are interested in American food safety regulations."—Fremont Hung, Food, Culture and Society"With this new awareness of the processes and politics behind the food in their pantries and refrigerators, readers of In Food We Trust will be hard pressed to subscribe to the myth of the safety of the national food supply."—Jessica Derleth, Journal of American Culture“Courtney Thomas has written a valuable and significant book that examines the evolving challenge of governing complex networked food safety systems that involve actors at multiple levels and with varied interests.”—Bryan McDonald, author of Food Security “In Food We Trust is as interesting as it is frightening. Like Upton Sinclair before her, Courtney Thomas is aiming for both the public’s mind and stomach and hits both spot on.”—Nik Heynen, professor of geography at the University of Georgia and coeditor of Neoliberal Environments: False Promises and Unnatural Consequences Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Twentieth-Century ProblemPart 1: The U.S. Food Safety Regulatory Regime1. Escape from the Jungle2. The Cranberry Crisis3. Science and Politics CollidePart 2: Crises, Scandals, and Food Safety Regulation4. Models of Food Safety Regulation5. Pandora's Jack in the Box6. From Spinach to GAPsPart 3: A New Regime for the Twenty-first Century7. The Peanut Butter Crisis8. The Future of Food SafetyEpilogue: A Twenty-first-Century MandateAppendix A. Recall List from 2008-9 Peanut OutbreakAppendix B. Food Safety Proposals before the 111th CongressNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic?Trade Review"SARS in China not only makes a significant contribution to China studies but also provides important clues about the state of preparation for global health challenges such as avian flu."—China Review International"This book has lined up a remarkable team of authors to try to answer the question: what can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? And its value lies in the significant issues that it has highlighted."—The China ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface vii Contributors xi Introduction: SARS in Social and Historical Context 1 arthur kleinman and james l. watson Part I. The Epidemiological and Public Health Background 1. The Epidemiology of SARS 17 megan murray 2. The Role of the World Health Organization in Combating SARS, Focusing on the Efforts in China 31 alan schnur 3. SARS and China's Health-Care Response: Better to Be Both Red and Expert! 53 joan kaufman Part II. Economic and Political Consequences 4. Is SARS China's Chernobyl or Much Ado About Nothing? 71 tony saich 5. SARS and China's Economy 105 thomas g. rawski 6. SARS in Beijing: The Unraveling of a Cover-Up 122 erik eckholm Part III: Social, Moral, and Psychological Consequences 7. Psychological Responses to SARS in Hong Kong-- Report from the Front Line 133 dominic t. s. lee, m.d., and yung kwok wing, mrcpsych 8. Making Light of the Dark Side: SARS Jokes and Humor in China 148 hong zhang Part IV: Globalization and Cross-Cultural Issues 9. SARS and the Problem of Social Stigma 173 arthur kleinman and sing lee 10. SARS and the Consequences for Globalization 196 james l. watson Notes 205 Index 235

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic?Trade Review"SARS in China not only makes a significant contribution to China studies but also provides important clues about the state of preparation for global health challenges such as avian flu."—China Review International"This book has lined up a remarkable team of authors to try to answer the question: what can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? And its value lies in the significant issues that it has highlighted."—The China ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface vii Contributors xi Introduction: SARS in Social and Historical Context 1 arthur kleinman and james l. watson Part I. The Epidemiological and Public Health Background 1. The Epidemiology of SARS 17 megan murray 2. The Role of the World Health Organization in Combating SARS, Focusing on the Efforts in China 31 alan schnur 3. SARS and China's Health-Care Response: Better to Be Both Red and Expert! 53 joan kaufman Part II. Economic and Political Consequences 4. Is SARS China's Chernobyl or Much Ado About Nothing? 71 tony saich 5. SARS and China's Economy 105 thomas g. rawski 6. SARS in Beijing: The Unraveling of a Cover-Up 122 erik eckholm Part III: Social, Moral, and Psychological Consequences 7. Psychological Responses to SARS in Hong Kong-- Report from the Front Line 133 dominic t. s. lee, m.d., and yung kwok wing, mrcpsych 8. Making Light of the Dark Side: SARS Jokes and Humor in China 148 hong zhang Part IV: Globalization and Cross-Cultural Issues 9. SARS and the Problem of Social Stigma 173 arthur kleinman and sing lee 10. SARS and the Consequences for Globalization 196 james l. watson Notes 205 Index 235

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