Public health and preventive medicine Books

Book SynopsisPolicing and firearms: it is a crucial relationship. Should police be routinely armed? If so, what restrictions should be imposed on the use of firearms? Where police are not routinely armed, there is still a need for specialist armed police: how do these units operate, and are they effective?This ground-breaking edited book explores the nexus between policing and firearms with a genuinely international focus. Contributors from Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Venezuela, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada explore the issues from a range of perspectives, including human rights, militarization, police legitimacy, and the risks police firearms pose to the community and to police themselves.This thought-provoking collection is an indispensable resource for law enforcement policymakers and students of policing and criminal justice.Table of Contents1. Introduction Richard Evans & Clare Farmer Part 1: Policing, Firearms and Human Rights 2. Unarmed Police: Myths, Rights and Realities 3. Are the Brazilian Police Forces lethal weapons? 4. The Routine Arming of the Police in Britain, the Right to Life and the Security Theory of John Locke and Benedict de Spinoza 5. Armed responses and Critical Shots: Learning lessons from Police involved shootings in England and Wales Part 2: Policing, Firearms and Militarization 6. ‘Gung-ho’? An examination of the move to militarise policing in Australia 7. Direct and indirect militarization of public security in Mexico and gun use during arrests 8. The myth of ‘routinely unarmed’ policing 9. Racism down the Barrel of the Colonial Gun Part 3: Policing, Firearms and Risk 10. Access to firearms – A risk factor for police suicide? 11. How do police die in Venezuela? A comprehensive analysis of the death by homicide of State security force/policing officials 12. Pathways to preventing fatal police-involved shootings of people in mental health crisis 13. ‘Facing death gave him new life’: On-screen police gun violence and Weapon Product Placement Part 4: Policing, Firearms and Legitimacy 14. Predictors of public reactions to armed police: Findings from the UK 15. Armed police in an unarmed country: Legitimacy and self-legitimacy of English firearms officers 16. Public Acceptance of Police Use of Deadly Force: An Exploratory Study 17. Connecting officer appearance with officer safety: A survey of police officers’ perceptions of uniforms and accoutrements

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction to the principles of both cardiovascular epidemiology and molecular pathophysiology; as a unique aspect, it also outlines and discusses the molecular concepts underlying epidemiological observations. This third volume is focused on the most common “cardiovascular events” to provide an overview on pathogenesis and clinical aspects. The book promotes the use of interdisciplinary approaches in the field of preventive medicine based on recent advances in molecular and cellular pathophysiology. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers in basic biomedical fields and clinical scientists alike, as well as guidelines for novel avenues of research in both basic pathophysiology and cardiovascular therapy and prevention.Table of ContentsIschemic heart disease.- Stroke.- Heart Failure.- Cardiac arrhythmias.- Pulmonary hypertension.- Peripheral artery disease.- Venous Thromboembolism.- Abdominar aortic aneurism.​

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Book SynopsisThis book examines all aspects of narrative medicine and its value in ensuring that, in an age of evidence-based medicine defined by clinical trials, numbers, and probabilities, clinical science is firmly embedded in the medical humanities in order to foster the understanding of clinical cases and the delivery of excellent patient care. The medical humanities address what happens to us when we are affected by a disease and narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the importance of patient narratives in bridging various divides, including those between health care professionals and patients. The book covers the genesis of the medical humanities and of narrative medicine and explores all aspects of their role in improving healthcare. It describes how narrative medicine is therapeutic for the patient, enhances the patient–doctor relationship, and allows the identification, via patients' stories, of the feelings and experiences that are characteristic for each disease. Furthermore, it explains how to use narrative medicine as a real scientific tool. Narrative Medicine will be of value for all caregivers: physicians, nurses, healthcare managers, psychotherapists, counselors, and social workers.“Maria Giulia Marini takes a unique and innovative approach to narrative medicine. She sees it as offering a bridge – indeed a variety of different bridges – between clinical care and ‘humanitas’. With a sensitive use of mythology, literature and metaphor on the one hand, and scientific studies on the other, she shows how the guiding concept of narrative might bring together the fragmented parts of the medical enterprise”.John Launer, Honorary Consultant, Tavistock Clinic, London UKTrade Review“Examining some of narrative medicine’s foundational ideologies, Maria Giulia Marini discusses the epistemological value of interdisciplinary connectedness in ‘Narrative Medicine: Bridging the Gap between Evidence-Based Care and Medical Humanities’. … the book holds interesting ideas for medical humanities to further explore. … The book is intended for a wide readership, and different audiences may benefit from various portions of the material.” (Sandra Weems and Paulette Hahn, Centre for Medical Humanities, centreformedicalhumanities.org, May, 2016)“The book has a high value for the contents, and the merit to spread Narrative Medicine out of circumscribed environments, potentially communicating with anybody, in Italy and worldwide. … ‘Narrative Medicine. Bridging the Gap between Evidence-Based Care and Medical Humanities’ is an unique work for the analysis of the sustainability of an humanistic approach … . We wish this book will be read by patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists … .” (Stefania Polvani, MedicinaNarrativa.eu, April, 2016)Table of Contents1 Evidence Based Medicine and Narrative Medicine: a harmonic couple.- 2 Bridging from mythology to contemporary care: the art of listening.- 3 Bridging from oral tradition to writing: the art of empathy.- 4 The tower of Babel: the language of physicians, patients and providers of care.- 5 Patient narrative as a probe for successful coping.- 6 The muted desire for well-being and the abuse of the word “normality” in medicine.- 7 Bridging the gap between personalization of care and research.- 8 The industry of illness-centered movies in medical humanities.- 9 Designing health care based on patient’s needs and rights.- 10 Building a bridge between economic investment and medical humanities: the fears to overcome.- 11 A selection of narratives.

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Book SynopsisLaut wissenschaftlicher Studien könnten 30 bis 70 Prozent unerwünschter Arzneimittelwirkungen vermieden werden. Strittig ist, ob die Sicherheitsprobleme ausreichend an Ärzte und Öffentlichkeit kommuniziert werden. Die Beiträge des XVIII. Kölner Symposiums der "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rechtsanwälte im Medizinrecht" schildern die rechtlichen und ökonomischen Anforderungen u.a. an die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente. Ein Arbeitsbuch für die tägliche Praxis.Table of Contents1.- Probleme der Pharmaindustrie bei der Entwicklung neuer Medikamente.- Arzneimittelsicherheit und der Umgang mit unerwünschten Nebenwirkungen.- Ethik-Kommissionen – ein Beitrag zur Arzneimittelsicherheit?.- 2.- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Arzneimitteltherapie.- Arzneimittelregress: Bezahlt der Arzt in Zukunft die Medikamente seiner Patienten? Beispiel: „Spezielle Schmerztherapie“.- Arzneimittelregress in der anwaltlichen Haftung.- Die Arzneimittelhaftung nach § 84 AMG n.F. anhand des Beispiels VIOXX ®.- 3.- Neue Aspekte der Arzneimittelhaftung.- Entscheidungen der Gutachterkommission zur Arzneimitteltherapie.- Aufklärungspflicht in der Arzneimitteltherapie aus der Sicht der Gutachterkommission.

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Book SynopsisAs one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of public health. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. In their entirety, the general and sub-group reports analyze the evolution and laws governing the development of science and technology, describe the decisive impact of science and technology on the modernization process, predict that the world is on the eve of an impending S&T revolution, and call for China to be fully prepared for this new round of S&T advancement. Based on the detailed study of the demands on S&T innovation in China's modernization, the reports draw a framework for eight basic and strategic systems of socio-economic development with the support of science and technology, work out China's S&T roadmaps for the relevant eight basic and strategic systems in line with China's reality, further detail S&T initiatives of strategic importance to China's modernization, and provide S&T decision-makers with comprehensive consultations for the development of S&T innovation consistent with China's reality. Supported by illustrations and tables of data, the reports provide researchers, government officials and entrepreneurs with guidance concerning research directions, the planning process, and investment. Founded in 1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the nation's highest academic institution in natural sciences. Its major responsibilities are to conduct research in basic and technological sciences, to undertake nationwide integrated surveys on natural resources and ecological environment, to provide the country with scientific data and consultations for government's decision-making, to undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of socio-economic development, to initiate personnel training, and to promote China's high-tech enterprises through its active engagement in these areas.Table of ContentsAbstract.- Trends and National Needs of China’s Public Health.- Overview of the China’s S&T Roadmap on Public Health to 2050.- Biomedical Innovative System.- Population Control and Reproductive Health.- Nutrition and Food Safety.- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Control and Healthcare Management.- Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control.- Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health.- Innovative Drugs and Biomedical Engineering.- Regenerative Medicine.

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Book SynopsisDas praxisnahe Sprach-Lehrbuch wurde von erfahrenen Sprachlehrerinnen und einem Praktiker konzipiert. Vermittelt werden Englischkenntnisse speziell für das Pflegestudium: u. a. zu den verschiedenen Arbeitsbereichen der Pflege, Standardpflegesituationen und Kommunikation sowie Gesundheitssystem und Qualifizierung in Großbritannien und den USA. Mit Übungen, Dialogen und Lückentexten können Grammatik, Aussprache und Vokabeln trainiert werden. Vokabellisten und anatomische Zeichnungen unterstützen das Lernen. Außerdem: Hörbeispiele zum Herunterladen.Table of ContentsHealth an Health Care.- Definition WHO.- Health Care Systems: UK, USA, Australia.- Public Health.- Was ist Managed Care?.- Was ist der NHS?.- Community Health.- Areas of Work: Hospitals, Day Care, Ambulatory, Home Care, Nursing Home.- Hospital Orientation: Surgical, Cardio, Urology, ICU, Administration, Personell, Labs, Kitchen.- Multidisciplinary team.- Interdisciplinary Communication.- Different job titles in the countries.- Daily routine of a nurse in different departments: Medical Ward, Surgical Woard.- Hygiene.- Medication.- Nursing Students.- Introduction.- Nurse Visitation.- Professionalism: University Education.- Life-Long-Learning.- International Council of Nurses.- Higher Nursing Education: UK, USA.- Nursing Science.- Evidence Based Nursing.- Study skills: reading, writing, presentation.- Studying and Working Abroad: Stories.- Job Application:writing a CV, Cover Letter. Appendic: Abkürzungsliste und Lösungen.

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Book SynopsisProgressive Muskel-Entspannung. Die gesundheitsfördernde Wirkung dieser weit verbreiteten Methode zur Stressbewältigung ist bekannt: Sie hilft Muskelverspannungen zu lösen, körperliche Anspannung und psychischen Stress abzubauen, Schmerzen vorzubeugen und Schmerzzustände zu lindern. Dieses Buch, als Textanleitung zum selbst Erlernen und für Gruppenarbeit geeignet, bietet eine neue, interessante Perspektive. Was Dr. Edmund Jacobson wirklich wollte, zeigt „das Original“ der „Progressiven Relaxation“, wie von Edmund Jacobson ursprünglich konzipiert (und zum ersten Mal in dieser Form deutschsprachig veröffentlicht). Es ist ein einfaches, alltagsnahes Übungsprogramm, das überall und jederzeit bequem durchgeführt werden kann. Der besondere, für Jacobson wesentliche Effekt: Die Art, wie der Wechsel von Anspannen und Entspannen der einzelnen Körperteile geübt wird, sensibilisiert zunehmend die Körperwahrnehmung. Als Übender lernt man, auch im Alltag bereits bei sich ankündigendem Stress eine aufkommende (muskuläre und psychische) Anspannung spontan zu lösen – und diese Reaktion zu „automatisieren“. Verhalten und Handeln in Alltagsituationen werden damit entspannter und kräfteschonender.Table of ContentsVorbereitung auf die Selbstübungen.- Selbstübungsprogramm.- Im Alltag: Nachwirkungen der Übungen nutzen, Anspannungen nachspüren und entspannen.- Anhang.

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Book SynopsisIn der gesundheitspolitischen Debatte werden die Gesundheit und das Gesundheitswesen vielfach mit den Kosten für die Gesellschaft in Verbindung gebracht und gleichsam als Problem für das Gemeinwesen gesehen. Dies folgt wohl vor allem daraus, dass in den europäischen Gesundheitssystemen in erster Linie der Staat für die Finanzierung von Gesundheitsleistungen verantwortlich zeichnet. Das Gesundheitsbedürfnis der Menschen ist jedoch ein wesentlicher Wirtschaftsfaktor, mit entsprechenden Auswirkungen auf Produktion, Wertschöpfung, Beschäftigung und öffentliche Einnahmen. Die Erstellung eines eigenen – ins Input-Output-System eingebundenen – Satellitenkontos für den Bereich Gesundheit ermöglicht detaillierte Angaben über die Güterstrom- und Finanzierungsverflechtungen sowie eine Darstellung der wirtschaftlichen Effekte. Das Satellitenkonto folgt dem Ziel, durch eine Extrahierung der relevanten Teilmärkte und Verdichtung dieser Informationen in einem „separaten“ Konto, den gesundheitsrelevanten Wirtschaftsteil in eine praktikable Form zu gießen. Um dabei die Vergleichbarkeit mit dem deutschen Gesundheitssatellitenkonto zu wahren, verwenden die Autoren die dort entwickelte Systematik, nehmen aber landesspezifische Anpassungen für Österreich vor, die letztlich auch in der unterschiedlichen Datenlage begründet sind.Table of ContentsBedeutung und grundlegende Erfassung der Gesundheitswirtschaft Österreich.- Input-Output-Analyse.- Abgrenzung und Klassifizierung der Gesundheitswirtschaft.- Gesundheitsrelevante Güter und Dienstleistungen.- Wertschöpfungskomponenten der Gesundheitswirtschaft.

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Book SynopsisDie Beiträge in diesem Fachbuch stellen die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Gesundheitswesens für eine Gesellschaft aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln dar. Dabei werden wirtschaftliche, sozialwissenschaftliche, medizinische und rechtliche Perspektiven eröffnet. Nach einem Überblick über die Komplexität und einer Einordnung der Vielfalt des Gesundheitswesens folgen Einblicke in die Sichtweisen der jeweiligen Stakeholder im Gesundheitssystem. Aber auch auf aktuelle methodische, prozessuale und technologische Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen wie z.B. digitale Gesundheitstechnologien wird, teils aus theoretischer und teils aus Praxissicht, eingegangen. Diese Interdisziplinarität ermöglicht es dem Leser, den eigenen Fokus zu erweitern und eine ganzheitlichere und zugleich diversifiziertere Sicht auf ein zentrales Funktionalsystem moderner Gesellschaften zu fördern. Neben der wenig überraschenden Bestätigung, dass das Gesundheitswesen eine signifikante wirtschaftliche Bedeutung für eine Volkswirtschaft hat, zeigen die Einzelbeiträge auch dessen Komplexität und Vielschichtigkeit sowie die Notwendigkeit immer wieder neu auszuhandelnder Kompromisse teils widerstreitender Interessen und Zielsetzungen.Table of ContentsAusgewählte Aspekte des Gesundheitswesens aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht.- Institutionelle ambulante ärztliche Versorgung.- Die ökonomische Dimension von Betrug und Missbrauch in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung und die Bedeutung des „verhinderten Schadens“.- Mehr Kooperation wagen!.- Digitale Gesundheitstechnologien in der gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung. Evidenz und Preisfindung aus rechtlicher und ökonomischer Perspektive.- Vom Symptom über die Lebensqualität zur Funktionalität und Teilhabe.- IMPAKT© als Treiber effizienter Behandlung chronischer Krankheiten.- Die Entwicklung des deutschen Gesundheitssystems bei einer linearen Fortschreibung seiner demografischen Beeinflussungsdeterminanten.- Quantifizierung des Gesundheitszustandes im Hinblick auf makroökonomische Analysen.

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Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Theoretische Modelle.- Stand der Forschung.- Material und Methodik.- Resultate.- Diskussion.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.Table of ContentsA. Bau und Verrichtungen des menschlichen Körpers.- B. Allgemeine Lehre von den Erkrankungen und ihren Erscheinungen, besonders Fieber und Puls, Ansteckung, Wundkrankheiten, Asepsis und Antiseptik.- C. Einrichtung in Krankenräumen: den Anforderungen der Gesundheitslehre entsprechende Herrichtung und Ausstattung des Krankenzimmers, Lüftung, Beleuchtung, Heizung, Wasserversorgung, Beseitigung der Abgänge.- D. Krankenwartung, insbesondere Reinlichkeitspflege, Versorgung mit Wäsche, Lagerung und Umbetten des Kranken, Krankenbeförderung, Badepflege.- E. Krankenernährung, Zubereitung und Darreichung der gewöhnlichen Krankenspeisen und Getränke.- F. Krankenbeobachtung: Krankenbericht an den Arzt, Ausführung ärztlicher Verordnungen.- G. Hilfeleistung bei der Krankenuntersuchung und -behandlung, namentlich bei der Wundbehandlung, Lagerung und Versorgung verletzter Glieder, Notverband, Hilfeleistung bei Operationen sowie bei der Betäubung, Vorbereitung des Verbandmaterials und der Instrumente.- H. Hilfeleistung bei plötzlich auftretenden Leiden und Beschwerden, bei gefahrdrohenden Krankheitserscheinungen, bei Unglücksfällen (Blutstallung, künstliche Atmung) und Vergiftungen. Grenze der Hilfeleistungen.- J. Pflege bei ansteckender Krankheit: Verhütung der Übertragung von Krankheitskeimen auf den Kranken, den Pfleger und andere Personen; Desinfektionslehre.- K. Zeichen des eingetretenen Todes; Behandlung der Leiche, 1–12.- L. Gesetzliche und sonstige Bestimmungen, soweit sie die Krankenpflegetätigkeit berühren, 1–66.- M. Verpflichtungen des Krankenpflegepersonals in bezug auf allgemeines Verhalten, namentlich Benehmen gegenüber den Kranken und ihren Angehörigen, sowie gegenüber den Ärzten, Geistlichen und Mitpflegern, Berücksichtigung des Seelenzustandes des Kranken, Verschwiegenheit, 1–17.- N. Die wichtigsten Grundsätze der Säuglingspflege.- O. Die Pflege Geisteskranker (Irrenpflege), 1–18.- Anhang: I. Anleitung zur Beurteilung der wichtigsten Nahrungsmittel und Getränke.- II. Wie entfernt man Arznei- und andere Flecken?.- III. Welche Gesetze und Bestimmungen muß eine Schwester kennen?.- IV. Aufgaben zur praktischen Ausführung, 1–92.- Alphabetisches Inhaltsverzeichnis mit Fremdwörterverdeutschung.

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Book SynopsisDie Gebäudetechnik steht vor einem bedeutenden Paradigmenwechsel. Getrieben durch die Integrale Planung und verknüpft mit der Methodik des Building Information Modelings (BIM) sowie den neuen Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung (Stichwort: Internet of Things; IoT), tritt die ganzheitliche Betrachtung von digital unterstützten Prozessen in den Fokus und erfordert von Fachplanern eine neue Handlungsmaxime. Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchtet dieses Fachbuch die konzeptionellen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen, innerhalb derer sich dieser Paradigmenwechsel vollziehen wird. Danach gilt es zukünftig mehr denn je, die teils konkurrierenden Schutzziele wie Energieeffizienz oder Erhalt der Trinkwassergüte mit zeitgemäßen Komfortansprüchen bei zu vertretenden Kosten in Einklang zu bringen. Aufbauend auf den aktuellsten wissenschaftlichen und technischen Erkenntnissen werden dafür planerische und technologische Lösungswege aufgezeigt, wie sie heute schon praxisgerecht bei der Planung und in einem bedarfsgerechten und hocheffizienten Anlagenbetrieb umgesetzt werden können.Table of ContentsStrukturgeber Gebäudetechnik.- Trinkwassergüte.- Planung und Betrieb 4.0.- Energieperformance.- Rechtliche Herausforderungen.- Index.

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Book SynopsisEinblicke in einer verborgene WeltViren sind Grenzgänger des Lebens. Mikroskopisch klein, als Krankheitserreger gefürchtet, doch in ihrer Vielfalt und in ihrer Bedeutung für die biologischen Netzwerke auf der Erde und für die Evolution des Lebens erst ansatzweise verstanden - und immer wieder für Überraschungen gut. Viren sind Opportunisten, die oft geduldig auf ihre Chance warten - in Ruhestadien oder eingebettet in das Erbgut ihrer Wirte -, und Meister der Anpassung. Ihre Vermehrungsstrategien und Übertragungsmechanismen sind so vielfältig wie ihre Erscheinungsformen. Die meisten Viren sind "nur" Nucleinsäuren in einer Proteinhülle, aber sie kapern Pflanzen-, Tier- und Bakterienzellen, nisten sich dort langfristig ein oder übernehmen unmittelbar die genetische Kontrolle. Dieser Band eröffnet einen faszinierenden Blick auf das ganze Panorama dieser Lebenskünstler, die wir gewöhnlich als Feinde betrachten, die aber auch Helfer sein können. Nach einer Einführung in die Grundlagen der Virologie - was genau sind Viren, woraus bestehen sie, wie sehen ihre Lebenszyklen aus, welche Evolutionspfade haben sie beschritten? - liefern 101 Porträts detaillierte Einblicke in die besonderen Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten einzelner Virustypen, vom Grippeerreger bis zum Bakteriophagen T4, vom Tabakmosaikvirus bis zu den gefürchteten Ebola-, Zika- und Dengue-Viren.Trade Review“... Basisinformationen zum jeweiligen Virus vermittelt eine kurze, aber prägnante und äußerst verständliche Beschreibung. Übersichtliche und einprägsame Zeichnungen erleichtern das Verständnis bestimmter Besonderheiten. Zahlreiche Aufnahmen von Viren lassen sie bei allem Schrecken, den sie verursachen können, in ganz neuem Bild erscheinen.” (Dr. Thomas Patzelt, Hehlen, in: Rundschau für Fleischhygiene und Lebensmittelüberwachung RLF, Jg. 73, Februar 2021)Table of ContentsViren des Menschen.- Viren der Wirbeltiere.- Viren der Pflanzen.- Viren der Wirbellosen.- Viren der Pilze und Protisten.- Viren der Bakterien und Archaeen.

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Book SynopsisDiagnose Krebs – füreinander da sein! Dieser Ratgeber richtet sich an Paare, bei denen der Mann an Krebs erkrankt ist. Er unterstützt die Partnerin bzw. den Partner des Erkrankten und bietet Hilfe bei der Bewältigung paarbezogener Belastungen und Herausforderungen. Die Diagnose Krebs stellt das ganze Leben auf den Kopf. Jeder Lebensbereich ist betroffen, unzählige Fragen kommen auf, Perspektiven verändern sich: Werde ich wieder gesund? Was wird aus meiner Beziehung? Warum musste ich krank werden, was habe ich falsch gemacht? Auch die Angehörigen sehen sich im Spannungsfeld von eigenen Belastungen und Sorge um ihren Partner vielfach mit Problemen konfrontiert. Die erfahrenen Autoren gehen einfühlsam und sachkundig auf die konkreten Herausforderungen im Lebensalltag von Krebspatienten ein. Viele Beispiele und Übungen helfen den Lesern, die eigene Situation besser zu verstehen und einzuordnen. Table of Contents

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Table of Contents1. The Problem.- 2. The Causal Model.- 3. Data and Methods.- 4. Correlational Data.- 5. The Individual as the Unit of Analysis— The Entire Sample.- 6. The Individual as the Unit of Analysis— The Four Categories.- 7. Analysis of the Nursing Units.- 8. Summary and Recommendations.- Appendix A: Questionnaire.- Appendix B: Measurement.- Appendix C: Correlation Matrices for the Four Categories of Nurses.- References.

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Book SynopsisExamines the organization of social responsibility in the USA, in particular of critically ill newborn children. Drawing on medical records and interviews with parents and medical staff, the book investigates two neonatal intensive care units, showing the traumas of extreme medical measures.

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Book SynopsisThis text brings together classic and up-to-date research by economists and public-health experts on theories and measurements of health values. It examines various models of health valuation, including the cost-of-illness, preventive-expenditures and quality-adjusted-life-year approaches.Table of ContentsPreface 1: Overview George Tolley, Donald Kenkel, Robert Fabian. 2: Framework for Valuing Health Risks Mark Berger, Glenn Blomquist, Donald Kenkel, George Tolley. 3: Cost of Illness Approach Donald Kenkel 4: Contingent Valuation of Health Donald Kenkel, Mark Berger, Glenn Blomquist. 5: Household Health Production, Property Values, and the Value of Health Richard Clemmer, Donald Kenkel, Robert Ohsfeldt, William Webb. 6: The Qualy Approach Robert Fabian 7: Issues in Questionnaire Design Robert Fabian, George Tolley. 8: Empirical Results from Household Personal Interviews Michael Brien, Donald Kenkel, Austin Kelly, Robert Fabian. 9: Empirical Results from Mail Questionnaires Wallace Wilson 10: Defining and Measuring Health over Life Lyndon Babcock, Anthony Bilotti. 11: The Quantity and Quality of Life: A Conceptual Framework Sherwin Rosen 12: Modeling of Choices with Uncertain Preferences Charles Kahn 13: Design of Contingent Valuation Approaches to Serious Illness Robert Fabian, Lyndon Babcock, Anthony Bilotti, George Tolley. 14: Future Directions for Health Value Research George Tolley, Robert Fabian. 15: State-of-the-Art Health Values George Tolley, Donald Kenkel, Robert Fabian. 16: The Use of Health Values in Policy George Tolley, Donald Kenkel, Robert Fabian, David Webster. References Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The concept of ‘appropriate technology,’ Janus-faced, has been used both to inspire and to prevent technological assistance to people in resource-poor communities. Morefield’s Developing to Scale provides a fascinating and surprising global history of the origins of the idea and its far-reaching influence on international health and development worldwide. Who should decide what technology is right for whom? What social systems do technologies require to succeed? These questions remain vitally important today.” -- David S. Jones, Harvard University“With engaging prose and illuminating detail, Developing to Scale provides a crucial history of appropriate technology in international aid. Anyone nursing a clever fix to improve the world should first read this book.” -- Peter Redfield, University of Southern California“The first comprehensive history of advocacy for ‘appropriate technology’ for global health, Developing to Scale provides a fresh analytical route into understanding the enduring enthusiasm for cheap technological fixes for fundamental problems of global health inequalities. With an extraordinary combination of scholarly rigor and narrative lucidity, the book works across scales to provide a careful account of key individuals, groups, and encounters, while also illuminating anew the broader social and technological field of global health in an era of emerging postcolonial aspirations and complexly intertwining neoliberal endeavors.” -- Anne Pollock, King’s College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Buddhist Economics Chapter Two: Small Is Beautiful Chapter Three: Networking Development Chapter Four: Carrots and Sticks Chapter Five: Visions of the Future Chapter Six: The Silver Bullet Boys Chapter Seven: Bantu Technology Chapter Eight: Scaling Up Epilogue: COVID-19 Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culpritsand the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks. Starting in 2005, people in the US and Europe were inundated with media coverage announcing the link between cervical cancer and the sexually transmitted virus HPV. Within a year, product ads promoted a vaccine targeting cancer's viral cause, and girls and women became early consumers of this new cancer vaccine. An understanding of HPV's broadening association with other cancers led to the identification of new at-risk populationsnamely boys and menand ignited a plethora of gender and sexual issues related to cancer prevention. Sexualizing Cancer is the first book dedicated to the emergence and proliferation of the HPV vaccine along with the medical capacity to screen for HPVcrucial landmarks in the cancer prevention arsenal based on a novel connection between sex and chronic disease. Interweaving accounts from the realms of biomedical science, publiTrade Review“An engaging, informative, and exceptionally erudite effort to explicate and analyze the complex, decades-long intertwining of HPV, cancer, gender, and sexuality. Sexualizing Cancer will be a welcome resource for scholars, clinicians, and policymakers.” -- Laura M. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University“Mamo has put together an exciting and lively read, highlighting historically through to the present day the many ways in which assumptions about gender and sexuality underpin much of public health decision making. With a focus on HPV, she sets out an extremely compelling and well written narrative that places current debates within their larger economic, social, cultural, and political contexts. Weaving together the local and the global, she ultimately asks us to query how our own assumptions about gender, sexuality, race, and class impact how we read and understand public health, and the social connections and actions we take.” -- Sofia Gruskin, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Sexual Politics of Cancer and a New Regime of Cancer Prevention Chapter One: Producing and Protecting Risky Girls Chapter Two: “What’s In It for the Boys?” Chapter Three: The Cancer That Dare Not Speak Its Name Chapter Four: A Tale of Two Trials: Settling Debate through Evidence-Based Medicine Chapter Five: A “Coming Epidemic” of HPV-Associated Oral Cancer Chapter Six: Sex at the Oncology Office: Oral Cancer Care and the Politics of Prevention Chapter Seven: Cervical Cancer’s Screening Politics Chapter Eight: The Precision Imaginary: Optimizing Cancer Prevention Tools Chapter Nine: Commodities of Sexual Health Care Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities. An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In The City and the Hospital two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple causes of this problem and offer policy solutions. Focusing on three urban hospitalsConnecticut's Hartford Hospital, the flagship of the Hartford Healthcare system; the Cleveland Clinic, which coordinates with other providers for routine care whileits main campus provides specialty care; and the University of Colorado Hospital, a rare example of an urban institution that relocated to a new communitythe authors analyze the complicated relationship between a hospital and its neighborhoods. On the one hand, hospitals anchor the communities that surround them, often staying in a neighborhoTrade Review“By comparing three different hospitals and their communities, The City and the Hospital shows how hospitals are not only medical institutions but powerful and complex forces within urban contexts. This truly novel recasting generates important insights about policy interventions that could transform hospital/city relationships and improve population health.” -- Sara Shostak, Brandeis University“Across America, communities are often excluded from the world-class care provided walking-distance from their homes. This book chronicles these gut-wrenching urban health disparities—how they came to be, how hospitals and policymakers learned to tolerate them, and what we must do about them. The City and the Hospital is essential reading for any citizen, policymaker, and hospital leader who wishes to address this profound failure of America’s medical political economy.” -- Harold Pollack, University of Chicago"An important and timely contribution for those who care about the life of the American city, about inequalities, and about our medical system. Benefiting from three scholarly perspectives, this work provides a beautifully written and empirically rich assessment of how hospitals fit within communities, and provides clear policy prescriptions for how these institutions could better serve their mission and our cities." -- Shamus Khan, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsAcronyms Introduction 1 Why Are So Many Hospital Neighborhoods Health Poor? 2 How History “Keys” the Hospital and Community Relationship 3 “What’s Your Total Commitment to the Community?”: Explicit and Implicit Hospital Development Strategies 4 Healthcare in the Contact Zone: Unconventional Spaces, Institutional Changes, and Communities of Color 5 Ambiguous Obligations and Mixed Expectations 6 Six Policy Areas for Communities and Hospitals Acknowledgments Appendix A: On Methods Appendix B: Comparative Data Appendix C: Hospital-Identified Needs and Programs Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities. An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In The City and the Hospital two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple causes of this problem and offer policy solutions. Focusing on three urban hospitalsConnecticut's Hartford Hospital, the flagship of the Hartford Healthcare system; the Cleveland Clinic, which coordinates with other providers for routine care whileits main campus provides specialty care; and the University of Colorado Hospital, a rare example of an urban institution that relocated to a new communitythe authors analyze the complicated relationship between a hospital and its neighborhoods. On the one hand, hospitals anchor the communities that surround them, often staying in a neighborhood for decades. Hospitals also craft strategies to engage with the surrounding community, many of those focused on buying locally and hiring staff from their surrounding area. On the other hand, hospitals will often only provide care to the neighboring community through emergency departments, reserving advanced medical care and long-term treatment for those who canpay a premium for it. In addition, the authors show, hospitals frequently buy neighborhood real estate and advocate for development programs that drive gentrification and displacement. To understand howurban healthcare institutions work with their communities, the authors address power, history, race, and urbanity as much as the workings of the medical industry. These varied initiatives and effects mean that understanding urban hospitals requires seeing them in a new lightnot only as medical centers but as complicated urban forces. Trade Review“By comparing three different hospitals and their communities, The City and the Hospital shows how hospitals are not only medical institutions but powerful and complex forces within urban contexts. This truly novel recasting generates important insights about policy interventions that could transform hospital/city relationships and improve population health.” -- Sara Shostak, Brandeis University“Across America, communities are often excluded from the world-class care provided walking-distance from their homes. This book chronicles these gut-wrenching urban health disparities—how they came to be, how hospitals and policymakers learned to tolerate them, and what we must do about them. The City and the Hospital is essential reading for any citizen, policymaker, and hospital leader who wishes to address this profound failure of America’s medical political economy.” -- Harold Pollack, University of Chicago"An important and timely contribution for those who care about the life of the American city, about inequalities, and about our medical system. Benefiting from three scholarly perspectives, this work provides a beautifully written and empirically rich assessment of how hospitals fit within communities, and provides clear policy prescriptions for how these institutions could better serve their mission and our cities." -- Shamus Khan, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsAcronyms Introduction 1 Why Are So Many Hospital Neighborhoods Health Poor? 2 How History “Keys” the Hospital and Community Relationship 3 “What’s Your Total Commitment to the Community?”: Explicit and Implicit Hospital Development Strategies 4 Healthcare in the Contact Zone: Unconventional Spaces, Institutional Changes, and Communities of Color 5 Ambiguous Obligations and Mixed Expectations 6 Six Policy Areas for Communities and Hospitals Acknowledgments Appendix A: On Methods Appendix B: Comparative Data Appendix C: Hospital-Identified Needs and Programs Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisCOVID-19: A History presents a global history of the virus, with a focus on Canada. Jacalyn Duffin’s broad approach ranges from medical interventions, such as the development of tests, treatments, and vaccines, to the practical politics behind quarantines, barrier technologies, lockdowns, and social and financial supports.Trade Review“As a physician, historian, and now volunteer contact-tracer, Duffin provides a unique perspective on the history of COVID-19. This well-written and engaging book is the most detailed historical overview to date on the first waves of the pandemic in Canada and around the world.” Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and author of The Smile Gap: A History of Oral Health and Social Inequality“Although there is a COVID book on almost every topic, Jacalyn’s Duffin’s history instantly stands out. She has written a global history that is both measured and sophisticated. Although there will be other histories of the pandemic, I am confident that Duffin’s analysis will occupy an important place in the historiography of COVID-19 for years to come.” The American Review of Canada Studies“With verve and skill, Duffin tells a compelling story that is familiar in its big picture and new in its fine details. In the hands of most any other scholar, a short history of COVID-19 would be a blur, but in the hands of this leading medical historian, it’s a tour-de-force of smart analysis and clear writing. Among Duffin’s many strengths are her ability to draw on ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern history to deepen our understanding of the present, as well as her ability to weave different themes in and out of her text. Two stand out: scapegoating and the social determinants of health.” Literary Review of Canada

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Book SynopsisA social, political, and human history of the epidemic, with a look at its ongoing challenges, written by a scientist, physician, and pioneering world health leader.Trade ReviewAIDS Between Science and Politics is superb, well-crafted, and timely. The book is an excellent and valuable addition to the scientific literature. And who is better placed to address the multitude of issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS than Peter Piot? -- Mark Wainberg, McGill University AIDS Between Science and Politics is a compelling, expert analysis from the founding director of UNAIDS. A must-read for anyone interested in the international AIDS response and the ongoing social, political, and medical challenges posed by HIV. -- Nicoli Nattrass, author of The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back The author's findings, updated to 2012, should give anyone pause who thinks that AIDS is a thing of the past... of considerable use to readers with an interest in public health issues. Kirkus Reviews An enlightening account of how HIV and AIDS have shaped-and continue to shape-international public health policy. -- Beth Mole Science News AIDS Between Science and Politics is a must-read for anyone interested in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. More broadly, it offers lessons- and interesting anecdotes - useful in the response to Ebola and indeed to every challenge in global health and development. Nature Highly Recommended. CHOICE It is quite a task to write a history of the emergence and response to HIV/AIDS around the world and to do so in an accessible fashion. Yet this is precisely what AIDS Between Science and Politics accomplishes, appealing equally to AIDS experts and novices. -- Claire Laurier Decoteau Isis: A Journal of the History of Science SocietyTable of ContentsTranslator's Note Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Heterogeneous and Still-Evolving Epidemic 2. Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa: The Heritage of Apartheid 3. AIDS as an International Political Issue 4. A New Type of Transnational Civil Society Movement 5. The Right to Treatment 6. Combination Prevention 7. The Economics of AIDS 8. Prominence of Human Rights 9. The Long-Term View Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA leading bioethicist explores the intractable threats to our well-being that persist despite the multigenerational effort to defeat them.Trade ReviewThis book is a wide-ranging, sincere, and syncretic attempt to identify and analyze the greatest threats to the planet today. It is a work of tremendous breadth of vision, with an earnest concern about some of the most serious problems of our time. Callahan is a master of clear communication. -- Donna Dickenson, author of Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good Daniel Callahan's powerful, lucid book offers a sober confrontation with some of the most serious problems facing the world today, asking us to change our ideas of progress to mitigate the catastrophic consequences of how we have come to live. -- Michael Roth, Wesleyan University Callahan, a pioneer in bioethics, has written a thoughtful meditation on our most recalcitrant worldly challenges, from the health of our bodies to the wellbeing of our planet. Well-written and accessible, The Five Horsemen of the Modern World demonstrates how the complex mix of technology, politics, and media have slowed progress and calls for a more productive partnership with sustainable businesses to chart a path forward. -- Paul Sabin, author of The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon and Our Gamble Over Earth's Future Callahan is subtle in expressing his point of view-you never feel like he is pushing an ideology or a single-minded solution at the reader. He lets the data speak first, and then he sets the path. -- Sheldon Krimsky, author of Stem Cell Dialogues: A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry Into Medical Frontiers Callahan's analysis of the evolution of global problems is instructive and accessible; his use of data, clear and persuasive. A work of impressive scope. -- Steve Cohen, Columbia University It is hard enough to write a wise book on a single major social problem, but Daniel Callahan has written a wise book about five of them, ultimately proposing important suggestions for moving forward. The Five Horsemen should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in climate change, food distribution, the water supply, chronic illness or obesity-in other words, all of us. This book challenges us to look at the global and local ramifications of everything we know and do. -- Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD, Author of The Good Doctor: A Father, A Son and the Evolution of Medical Ethics Pragmatic and measured. Nature Recommended. CHOICETable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments I. Mapping an Irregular Terrain 1. Our Overheating, Fraying Planet 2. Feeding a Growing Population: How, and with What Kind of Food? 3. Water: Not Everywhere and Not Always Fit to Drink 4. Chronic Illness: Rich or Poor, Few Escape 5. Obesity: The Scourge of Bad Diets and Sedentary Habits II. Examining the Pathways Through the Thickets 6. Always More People and Ever More Elderly: Caring and Paying 7. The Technology Fix: A Way Out? 8. A Volatile Mix: Public Policy, the Media, and Public Opinion 9. Law and Governance: Managing Our Public Planet and Our Private Bodies III. Toward the Future: Progress, Hope, and Fear 10. Progress and Its Errant Children: More Is Never Enough 11. The Necessary Coalition: Social Movements, Legislatures, and Business Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of Michael Grossman’s most important papers adds essential background and depth to his work on economic determinants of public health. It contextualizes the issues and addresses the larger stakes of his work. Determinants of Health explains how the economic choices people make influence health and health behaviors.Trade ReviewA volume of Grossman's selected works is long overdue. One of the founders of the field of health economics, he has been an incredibly prolific researcher, and there is enormous value to having his seminal papers available in book form. -- Joseph Newhouse, Harvard University They say that success has many fathers - and one clear share of paternity for the incredibly successful field of health economics belongs to Mike Grossman. His work on health capital defined the framework for economists' modeling health outcomes, and his broad empirical agenda has led the way in applying the model. And his research agenda on addictive behaviors paved the way for the entry of this area into mainstream health economics. This book is a terrific chance for those inside and outside the field to reflect on Mike's many accomplishments. -- Jonathan Gruber, MIT Michael Grossman is one of the founders of the field of health economics, who has contributed enormously to our understanding of the demand for health, the relationship between education and health, determinants of infant health, and the economics of risky health behaviors. This volume of his best, most often-cited articles (which are required reading in graduate courses in health economics) is long overdue. I use and cite these papers routinely, and this volume will have a prominent place on my bookshelf, next to the works of Gary Becker. -- John Cawley, Cornell University, coeditor of the Journal of Health Economics This volume collects papers that rest on and flow from Michael Grossman's seminal 1972 model of health capital. The coherent and impressive body of work informs and serves as a "hypothesis generating machine." Discerning readers will be inspired to push the frontier of knowledge about the rational production of health. -- Dean Lillard, The Ohio State University Michael Grossman was the original intellectual leader in the economics of population health and health behaviors, and his leadership internationally has persisted over five decades. This book assembles his work from disparate sources in one place. His commentaries on his studies provide helpful perspective, especially for relative newcomers to the field. However, even old-timers are likely to discover papers relevant to their own work that they wish they had read previously. -- Frank Sloan, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsForeword, by John MullahyIntroduction and AcknowledgmentsPart 1. The Demand for Health: Theoretical Underpinnings and Empirical ResultsIntroduction to Part 11. On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health, by Michael Grossman2. The Human Capital Model, by Michael GrossmanAfterword to Part 1Part 2. The Relationship between Health and SchoolingIntroduction to Part 23. The Correlation between Health and Schooling, by Michael Grossman4. An Exploration of the Dynamic Relationship between Health and Cognitive Development in Adolescence, by Robert A. Shakotko, Linda N. Edwards, and Michael Grossman5. Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan, by Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu, Michael Grossman, and Ted Joyce6. Women’s Education: Harbinger of Another Spring? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey, by Mehmet Alper Dinçer, Neeraj Kaushal, and Michael GrossmanAfterword to Part 2Part 3. Determinants of Infant Health with Special Emphasis on Public Policies and ProgramsIntroduction to Part 37. Variations in Infant Mortality Rates among Counties of the United States: The Roles of Public Policies and Programs, by Michael Grossman and Steven Jacobowitz8. Determinants of Neonatal Mortality Rates in the United States: A Reduced Form Model, by Hope Corman and Michael Grossman9. Birth Outcome Production Functions in the United States, by Hope Corman, Theodore J. Joyce, and Michael Grossman10. Unobservables, Pregnancy Resolutions, and Birth Weight Production Functions in New York City, by Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce11. The Impact of National Health Insurance on Birth Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in Taiwan, Shin-Yi Chou, Michael Grossman, and Jin-Tan LiuAfterword to Part 3Part 4. The Economics of Unhealthy BehaviorsIntroduction to Part 412. The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Smoking, by Eugene M. Lewit, Douglas Coate, and Michael Grossman13. Beer Taxes, the Legal Drinking Age, and Youth Motor Vehicle Fatalities, by Henry Saffer and Michael Grossman14. Effects of Alcoholic Beverage Prices and Legal Drinking Ages on Youth Alcohol Use, by Douglas Coate and Michael Grossman15. Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption, by Gary S. Becker, Michael Grossman, and Kevin M. Murphy16. An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction, by Gary S. Becker, Michael Grossman, and Kevin M. Murphy17. An Empirical Analysis of Alcohol Addiction: Results from the Monitoring the Future Panels, by Michael Grossman, Frank J. Chaloupka, and Ismail Sirtalan18. The Demand for Cocaine by Young Adults: A Rational Addiction Approach, by Michael Grossman and Frank J. Chaloupka19. An Economic Analysis of Adult Obesity: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, by Shin-Yi Chou, Michael Grossman, and Henry Saffer20. Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood Obesity, by Shin-Yi Chou, Inas Rashad, and Michael Grossman21. Food Prices and Body Fatness among Youths, by Michael Grossman, Erdal Tekin, and Roy WadaAfterword to Part 4ReflectionsIndex

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Book SynopsisA seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature.Trade ReviewA most remarkable study, which ranks among the very most important and pioneering ones in health economics. -- Gary S. Becker A seminal work in health economics, which led to a major stream of literature dealing with the determinants of the health status of the population. -- Joseph Newhouse, Harvard University Grossman's The Demand for Health did for health economics what Gary Becker's Human Capital did for labor economics by describing the broad, integrative power of human capital theory. -- Robert Michael, University of Chicago The Demand for Health revolutionized economists' theorizing about health. -- Arleen A. Leibowitz, University of California, Los Angeles The Demand for Health quickly had a major impact on health economics and has continued to inspire streams of research ever since. -- Victor Fuchs, Stanford University A pathbreaking work on the demand for health, the production of health, and health capital. -- John Mullahy, University of Wisconsin An elegant study in the tradition of Becker, using micro-economic methods to explore an area of non firm capital formation, and then ingeniously exploiting survey data to test some interesting theoretical propositions. -- J. D. Pole Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A ground breaking work which has produced a model that is theoretically sound, intuitively appealing, and yields significantly testable implications. -- Ronald Anderson The Journal of Economic Literature Grossman's theoretical model, which is a major innovation, treats the demand for health (and the derived demand for medical care) as determined in the context of a life-cycle model of human capital investment. -- David Salkever American Journal of Agricultural EconomicsTable of ContentsList of TablesForeword to the 2017 EditionForeword to the 1972 EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Summary1. A Stock Approach to the Demand for Health2. The Shadow Price of Health3. The Pure Consumption Model4. An Empirical Formulation of the Model5. Empirical Results: The Norc Sample6. Joint Production and the Mortality DataAppendix A. Utility MaximizationsAppendix B. Derivation of Investment Model FormulasAppendix C. Derivation of Consumption Model FormulasAppendix D. Statistical Properties of the ModelAppendix E. Additional Empirical ResultsAppendix F. Sources and Methods: Mortality AnalysisNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a layperson’s guide to understanding chemical risk. The toxicologist Gerald A. LeBlanc offers a nontechnical overview of the key factors in evaluating whether exposure to chemicals in our daily lives could be harmful.Trade ReviewEveryday Chemicals makes an essential yet fairly nuanced topic both intelligible and engaging. LeBlanc's narrative voice, humor, and good wit help readers navigate information and decision making regarding personal choice around toxicological risk. -- James C. Zimring, author of Partial Truths and What Science Is and How It Really WorksEngaging. Well-written. Recommended. * Choice Reviews, the American Library Association (ALA) *Table of ContentsPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. The Chemical Paradox2. Lessons from the Past3. Elements of Risk4. Coping with Uncertainty and Variability5. Assessing Risks6. Susceptible Populations7. A Cumulative Risk Assessment: Chemicals on the Produce Shelf8. Assessing Risks: Pharmaceuticals9. Assessing Risks: Herbal Supplements10. Assessing Risks: Chemicals in Our Water11. Assessing Risks: Chemicals in Our Food12. Assessing Risks: Chemicals on Our Skin13. Assessing Risks: The Curious Case of BPAEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a go-to guide for all families seeking trustworthy information about the science and safety of vaccines.

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Book SynopsisExamines important aspects of China's century-long search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its people.Trade ReviewMedical Transitions in Twentieth Century China provides rich insights into how one country has dealt with perhaps the most central issue for any human society: the health and wellbeing of its citizens. Yet the book sheds light on more than simply China's own medical transitions, and should appeal to anyone interested more broadly in the modern history of health. * The Lancet *Anyone interested in the history of modern medicine will find this an especially instructive book for its focus on China, its treatment of political and social issues, and its explanation of how decollectivization and China's opening to a market economy have impacted medicine and health care. A substantial bibliography and detailed index make this a particularly useful volume for promoting further scholarship on the history and politics of medicine in contemporary China. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *[T]his volume provides an invaluable synthesis of modern medical development in China, and useful sources for survey courses on medical history, public health and the global circulation of knowledge. * Social History of Medicine *Overall, this work achieves what it set out to do: write a general overview of the great changes in the history of health and health care in twentieth-century China. The collection of papers is impressive and gives the reader a good introduction into the transformations in health and medical care in China. * Frontiers of History in Chinca *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Health Transitions 1. China's Exceptional Health Transitions: Overcoming the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse / Lincoln Chen and Chen Ling2. Changing Patterns of Diseases and Longevity: The evolution of health in 20th century Beijing / Zhang Daqing3. Maternal and Child Health in Nineteenth- to Twenty-first-Century China / Yi-li Wu and Tina Johnson4. Tobacco Smoking and Health in Twentieth-Century China / Carol BenedictPart 2: Disease Transitions5. Epidemics and Public Health in Twentieth-Century China / Yu Xinzhong6. Schistosomiasis / Miriam Gross and Fan Ka Wai7. Tuberculosis control in Shanghai: bringing health to the masses, 1928-present / Rachel Core8. The Development of Psychiatric Services in China: Christianity, Communism and Community / Veronica PearsonPart 3: Adaptations and Innovations9. Foreign Models of Medicine in Twentieth-Century China: Part One / Gao Xi10. John B. Grant: Public Health and State Medicine / Bu Liping11. The Influence of War on China's Modern Health Systems / Nicole Barnes and John Watt12. The Institutionalization of Chinese Medicine / Volker Scheid and Sean Hsiang-lin Lei13. Barefoot doctors and the provision of rural health care / Fang XiaopingPart 4: Professional Transitions14. A Case Study of Transnational Flows of Chinese Medical Professionals: China Medical Board and Rockefeller Foundation Fellows / Mary Brown Bullock15. The Development of Modern Nursing in China / Sonya Grypma and Zhen Cheng16. The Evolution of the Hospital in Twentieth-Century China / Michelle RenshawConclusionAppendix: TimelineNotesGeneral BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisHealth patterns in Southeast Asia have changed profoundly over the past century. This volume provides an approach to the history of health in Southeast Asia.Trade ReviewThe essays in this volume . . . deserve a wide readership, not only by those interested in the history of medicine but by all who are interested in the history of Southeast Asia. * East Asian Science, Technology and Society *[T]his volume is a remarkable addition to scholarship. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Sunil Amrith and Tim HarperPart I. The Long Duree1. Knowledge Transition and the Transformation of Medicine in Early Modern Siam / Komatra Chuengsatiansup & Nopphanat Anuphongphat Part II. Health and Crisis2. Pilgrim Ships and the Frontiers of Contagion: Quarantine Regimes from Southeast Asia to the Red Sea / Eric Tagliacozzo3. The Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19 / Kirsty Walker4. Disaster Medicine in Southeast Asia / Greg BankoffPart III. Uneven Transitions5. The Demographic History of Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century / Peter Boomgaard6. "Rural" Health in Modern Southeast Asia / Atsuko Naoko 7. Population Ageing and the Family: The Southeast Asian Context / Theresa W. Devasahayam8. Epidemic Disease in Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia / Mary WilsonPart IV. The Politics of Health9. The Internationalization of Health in Southeast Asia / Sunil Amrith10. Modernising yet Marginal: Hospitals and Asylums in Southeast Asia in the 20th Century / Loh Kah Seng11. Healing the Nation: Politics, Medicine and Analogies of Health in Southeast Asia / Rachel Leow12. Health or Tobacco: Competing Perspectives in Modern Southeast Asia / Loh Wei Leng13. The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the Field of Health in Modern Southeast Asia: the Philippine Experience / Teresa S Encarnacion TademNotesContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe therapeutic gap between traditional and modern medicineTrade ReviewBodies, Politics, and African Healing is a bold and imaginative account that deserves to be read not only as an ethnography of medical pluralities in postcolonial Tanzania but also as an exemplary investigation into the field of ontological politics that unsettles deep-seated assumptions about truth and power. It will change the way many anthropologists think and write about medical ontologies in Africa and elsewhere. * Anthropology and Humanism *This book contributes to the understanding of traditional medicine in a contemporary African setting. It makes clear the inequalities that shape the space under which healers must operate, and their efforts to work this to their advantage. * Anthropos *This is an important and convincing reframing not only of the meaning of healing in postcolonial Tanzania, but also of what healing does. Bodies, Politics, and African Healing successfully challenges us to reconsider the very way in which we think about African healing. * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Stacey Langwick draws on the insights raised by science technology studies and anthropological–historical analyses to reconsider what health and healing means in the town–district of Newala, situated on the edge of the Makonde Plateau, in southeastern Tanzania. . . She pushes readers to consider seriously how healers bring into material being the often unseen entities from other realms, an important part of their therapeutic practice39.2 May 2012 * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Translation Prologue: AIDS, Rats, and Soldiers' Belts 1. Orientations Part 1. A Short Genealogy of Traditional Medicine 2. Witchcraft, Oracles, and Native Medicine 3. Making Tanzanian Traditional MedicinePart 2. Hailing Traditional Experts 4. Healers and Their Intimate Becomings 5. Traditional Birth Attendants as Institutional EvocationsPart 3. Healing Matters 6. Alternative Materialities 7. Interferences and Inclusions 8. Shifting Existences, or Being and Not-Being Conclusion: Postcolonial Ontological Politics EpilogueGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Smell Detectives is a brilliant, entertaining book informed by careful archival research. Supplemented by fascinating illustrations, the book navigates a rich and eclectic archive that is frequently obscured when historians overemphasize the perspectives of health experts and government officials. . . . Kiechle's remarkable study opens up productive new questions and lines of inquiry." -- Hsuan L. Hsu * Journal of Historical Geography *"Kiechle’s addition to sensory history provides many points to discuss about the people who made the smells that they did not like." -- Alexandra Kindell * H-Net Reviews (H-Socialisms) *"This book is a highly creative and unusual glimpse into a realm of environmental history that is rarely accessible to modern observers." -- Sean Munger * New Books Network podcast *"An attractive edition . . . beautifully written, with a flair for the attention-grabbing turn of phrase that is compulsory in sensory studies. The work is also finely illustrated, offering prints from the nineteenth century that are at no occasion superfluous. As environmental history, Smell Detectives is an essential read, offering new contexts for a field in search of freshly radical tones to combat environmental degradation." -- Andrew J. Kettler, University of Toronto * Journal of Social History *Table of ContentsForeword / Paul S. Sutter Acknowledgments Introduction | What’s That Smell? 1. The Smells of Sick Cities 2. Navigating by Nose: Common Sense and Responses to Urban Odors 3. Smells like Home: Odors in the Domestic Environment 4. The Stenches of Civil War 5. Smelling Committees and Authority over City Air 6. Learning to Smell Again: Managing the Air between the Civil War and Germ Theory 7. Visualizing Vapors and Seeing Smells 8. Dirty Cities, Smelly Bodies: City Odors after Germ Theory Conclusion: If You Smell Something, Say Something

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Book SynopsisA forceful intervention into the philosophy of therapeutics at the level of the individualTrade Review"Meyers’ exceptional work does a wonderful job of making ‘visible what is visible’ about the lived realities of adolescent drug users, the emergent geographies of contemporary drug treatment, and the philosophical foundations of the clinic." -- Jessie Proudfoot * Society and Space—Environment and Planning *"Central to this compelling ethnographic monograph, as indicated by its subtitle, is what the author calls the ‘afterlife’ of therapy: what happens to teenagers following buprenorphinetreatment?...There is much to recommend here for scientists concerned with what happens to the substances they develop once they have left the walls of the laboratory, and how young lives are impacted and changed in the process." -- Dr. Martyn Pickersgill * The Biologist *"Unlike the more commonly encountered statistics of drug use and abuse found in other books, the author’s ethnographic approach provides a very real sense of the subjects’ lives, their experiences, and their definitions of success and failure." * Choice Reviews *"A book rich in ideas and one that resists oversimplification…the richness, the layers, and the range of theoretical and methodological discussions that form part of the book are what makes Meyers’ contribution relevant to ongoing discussions in a range of fields." -- Patricia Thille * Health *"[A]n appropriate book to teach a wide range of anthropology classes. . . . [A]n excellent example of writing about the intersection of methodology and theory. . . . Through its seriousness of purpose and intellectual rigor, The Clinic and Elsewhere leaves us, thankfully, curious and unsettled, asking: What will happen next in addiction medicine? And, equally important, how will we think about it?" -- Kelly Ray Knight * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. New Uses for Old Things 2. Monasticism 3. Appropriations of Care 4. Therapy and Reason 5. Patienthood 6. Disappearances Conclusion: Enduring Presence Notes Bibliography Index

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