Medical Law category: 575 books
Assembling Health Rights in Global Context
Genealogies and Anthropologies
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
What do we mean when we talk about rights in relation to health? Where does the language of health rights come from, and what are the implications of using such a discourse?
During the last 20 years there have been an increasing number of initiatives and efforts – for instance in relation...
Betraying the NHS
Health Abandoned
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Based on his experiences of helping to fight cuts and closures in Suffolk, Michael Mandelstam delivers a damning verdict on the mismanagement of the NHS at national, regional and local level. He charts the widespread cutbacks and closures, both rural and urban, to clinics, A&E services, beds,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Advancing the Human Right to Health offers a prospective on the global response to one of the greatest moral, legal, and public health challenges of the 21st century - achieving the human right to health as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other legal instruments....
Genital Autonomy:
Protecting Personal Choice
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Circumcision affects 15.3 million children and young adults annually. In terms of gender, 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls are subjected to the involuntary removal of part or all of their external sexual organs every year. The problem of female circumcision has been addressed on an international...
by John M. Butler
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
John Butler, bestselling author of Forensic DNA Typing, now applies his expertise on the subject of DNA analysis into an introductory textbook. Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing walks students step-by-step through the DNA analysis process beginning with collection of evidence at a crime scene to...
Benefit Sharing
From Biodiversity to Human Genetics
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Biomedical research is increasingly carried out in low- and middle-income countries. International consensus has largely been achieved around the importance of valid consent and protecting research participants from harm. But what are the responsibilities of researchers and funders to share the benefits...
Women Who Perpetrate Relationship Violence
Moving Beyond Political Correctness
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Find out what drives women to violence in their intimate relationships-and how to prevent it
Women Who Perpetrate Relationship Violence examines the causes and consequences of violence initiated by women against their partners. This unique book fills the void of available literature on domestically...
Politics in the Corridor of Dying
AIDS Activism and Global Health Governance
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Few diseases have provoked as many wild moralistic leaps or stringent attempts to measure, classify, and define risk and treatment standards as AIDS. In Politics in the Corridor of Dying, Jennifer Chan documents the emergence of a diverse range of community-based, nongovernmental, and civil society...
by S. Matthew Liao
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
S. Matthew Liao argues here that children have a right to be loved. To do so he investigates questions such as whether children are rightholders; what grounds a child's right to beloved; whether love is an appropriate object of a right; and other philosophical and practical issues. His proposal is...
Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Meeting the Needs of Young Offenders
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Written for practitioners and policymakers, this book will help professionals across health, education, social care and juvenile justice services to understand the needs of young offenders and adolescents at risk of entering the criminal justice system. Developmental in approach, the textbook provides...
by Ngaire E. Genge
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
**THE ULTIMATE READERS’ GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS!
An intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect’s wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealer’s...
by John Douard, Pamela D. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The metaphor of the monster or predator—usually a sexual predator, drug dealer in areas frequented by children, or psychopathic murderer—is a powerful framing device in public discourse about how the criminal justice system should respond to serious violent crimes. The cultural history of the...
Toxic Safety
Flame Retardants, Chemical Controversies, and Environmental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Initially marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Some argue that data show the chemicals are unsafe while others continue to support their use. The tactics of each side have far-reaching consequences for how we interpret new scientific discoveries.
An...
Everything on the Line:
Calming & De-escalation of Aggressive & Mentally Ill Individuals on the Phone - A Comprehensive Guidebook for Emergency Dispatch (9-1-1) Centers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Although call-takers at an Emergency Dispatch Center are under no immediate physical threat, they are often the focus of intense verbal violence. In this comprehensive guidebook, Ellis Amdur, with the assistance of consultants whose cumulative experience in emergency call-taking and emergency dispatch...