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Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics
Public Health and Private Illness
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
This book looks at health policy through the lens of public versus private: population health versus the somatic, social, or emotional experiences of a patient. Rather than presenting policy/ethics as overly technical, this book takes a novel approach of framing public and private...
Sexy by Nature
The Whole Foods Solution to Radiant Health, Life-Long Sex Appeal, and Soaring Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
In "Sexy by Nature", female health expert Stefani Ruper outlines five easy-to-follow steps that heal you and make it impossible not to love the skin you're in. This book is a must-have for any woman who wants to be healthy, sexy, and free.Women's health is more complicated than men's health. How often...
by Patrice Renee
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
"What does it mean to be MIND FULL of your health?We all have an understanding of health and being healthy but being MIND FULL, not just mindful of your health means something far beyond what most of us usually consider. Being MIND FULL as it relates to your personal health reaches past...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Beer in Health and Disease Prevention is the single comprehensive volume needed to understand beer and beer-related science. Presenting both the concerns and problems of beer consumption as well as the emerging evidence of benefit, this book offers a balanced view of today's findings and the potential...
Less Medicine, More Health
7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Medical Care
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The author of the highly acclaimed Overdiagnosed describes seven widespread assumptions that encourage excessive, often ineffective, and sometimes harmful medical care.
You might think the biggest problem in medical care is that it costs too much. Or that health insurance is too expensive, too...
Digital Health
Critical and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and public health challenges we face today. This is the first book to articulate a critical response to the techno-utopian and entrepreneurial vision of the digital health phenomenon. Deborah Lupton, internationally...
How To Be Your Own Health Visitor
The Complete Guide to Breast or Bottle Feeding, Weaning, Sleeping, Immunisation, Growth and Development, Behavioural Issues and much more.
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
*Babies don't come with an instruction manual!* That is why this practical guide to making your family life less stressful and more rewarding book is for you. 'How To Be Your Health Visitor' will impart the knowledge you need and empower you to decide how to parent your child. Ann Guindi's book provides...
The Right to Health at the Public/Private Divide
A Global Comparative Study
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Through a comparative global study of countries from all continents representing a diversity of health, legal, political, and economic systems, this book explores the role of health rights in advancing greater equality through access to health care. Does health care promote equality, or does it in...
by Dr Mary Zennett
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
The principles of health reform are actually simple but remain formidable due to the size and complexity of the necessary implementation.The purpose of this book in this era of health reform is to educate and offer potential solutions that represent an actual overhaul of the existing health care system...
by Marc Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
‘This book belongs on the bookshelf of everyone with a personal or professional interest in mental health. Roberts addresses the subjects that are troubling professionals across the globe, providing a sound theoretical base on which a professional viewpoint can be formed. Complex concepts are presented...
by Katherine M. Keyes, Sandro Galea
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE formalizes an emerging discipline at the crossroads of social and medical sciences, demography, and economics--an emerging approach to population studies that represents a seismic shift in how traditional health sciences measure and observe health events. Bringing together...
by Lilian Nickson
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
The Body Book is grounded in the science of the body, mind and spirit. It is inspired by daily personal experiences. Learning about body nourishing nutrition, and how they connect and illuminate from inside, from the soul and the mind is one of the life-changing lessons that have inspired the writing...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
This book examines the social aspects of healthy ageing for older individuals. It features more than 15 papers that explore the relevance of the social environment for health on the micro, meso, and macro level. Overall, the book applies a comprehensive contextual approach that includes discussion...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
Growth is one of the human body’s most intricate processes: each body part or region has its own unique growth patterns. Yet at the individual and population levels, growth patterns are sensitive to adverse conditions, genetic predispositions, and environmental changes. And despite the body’s...