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  • Global Perspectives on ADHD

    Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries

    Modifié par Meredith R. Bergey, Angela M. Filipe, Peter Conrad, Ilina Singh ...
    Examining ADHD and its social and medical treatments around the world.Attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis was much less common—even unknown—in other parts of the world. By the end of the twentieth century, this was no longer the case, and ADHD diagnosis ... En savoir plus

    $74.79 CAD

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  • Ending Medical Reversal

    Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives

    par Vinayak K. Prasad, Adam S. Cifu ...
    Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late.Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

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  • Doctors Without Borders

    Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières

    par Renée C. Fox ...
    An intimate portrait of the renowned international humanitarian organization.Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence, Sociology and Social Work of the Association of American PublishersThis study of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization’s founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its “without borders” ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

  • Reducing Gun Violence in America

    Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

    Modifié par Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick ...
    Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Global Health Law

    par Lawrence O. Gostin ...
    The international community has made great progress in improving global health. But staggering health inequalities between rich and poor still remain, raising fundamental questions of social justice. In a book that systematically defines the burgeoning field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective global governance for health and offers a blueprint for reform, ... En savoir plus

    $75.89 CAD

  • Tapping into The Wire

    The Real Urban Crisis

    par Peter L. Beilenson, MD MPH, Patrick A. McGuire ...
    Story lines from The Wire challenge public perceptions about the deadly, real-world connections between drugs, crime, and poverty.Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to save neglected kids like Wallace and Dukie? Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Global War on Tobacco

    Mapping the World's First Public Health Treaty

    par Heather Wipfli ...
    "A major contribution not just to tobacco control research but also to research on global governance and public health . . . thorough [and] compelling." —Frank J. Chaloupka IV, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois–ChicagoAs the era of globalization progressed, the tobacco industry capitalized on its elements—including trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, and ... En savoir plus

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  • Code Red

    An Economist Explains How to Revive the Healthcare System without Destroying It

    par David Dranove ...
    The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition--but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance of becoming law and even less of succeeding. In Code Red, David Dranove, one of the nation's leading experts on the economics of healthcare, proposes a set of feasible solutions that address ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Precaution

    Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States

    par David Vogel ...
    The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American health, safety, and environmental regulations were more stringent, risk averse, comprehensive, and ... En savoir plus

    $67.09 CAD

  • Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century

    A History

    par George Weisz ...
    How the evolving concept of chronic disease has affected patients and politics in the United States and Europe.Long and recurring illnesses have burdened sick people and their doctors since ancient times, but until recently the concept of "chronic disease" had limited significance. Even lingering diseases like tuberculosis, a leading cause of mortality, did not inspire dedicated public health ... En savoir plus

    $36.29 CAD

  • The Body Politic

    The Battle Over Science in America

    par Jonathan D. Moreno ...
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Scientific American Book Club selectionMoreno pulls apart the debates on eugenics, abortion, end-of-life decisions, embryonic stem-cell research, reproductive cloning, chimeras and synthetic biology, among others, carefully reassembling what’s at stake for each side. In graceful, sparkling prose, he illuminates intricate threads of history and complex ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Politics in the Corridor of Dying

    AIDS Activism and Global Health Governance

    par Jennifer Chan ...
    A comprehensive study of global AIDS activism over the past twenty-five years.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 groups engaged in ... En savoir plus

    $47.29 CAD