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  • Social Poison

    The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control in Britain and France, 1821–1926

    de Howard Padwa ...
    This comparative history examines the divergent paths taken by Britain and France in managing opiate abuse during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Though the governments of both nations viewed rising levels of opiate use as a problem, Britain and France took opposite courses of action in addressing the issue. The British sanctioned maintenance treatment for addiction, while the ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • Ending Medical Reversal

    Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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  • Doctors Without Borders

    Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières

    de 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” ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Reducing Gun Violence in America

    Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Global Health Law

    de 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, ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Tapping into The Wire

    The Real Urban Crisis

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • A History of Global Health

    Interventions into the Lives of Other Peoples

    de Randall M. Packard ...
    A sweeping history explores why people living in resource-poor areas lack access to basic health care after billions of dollars have been invested in international-health assistance.Over the past century, hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in programs aimed at improving health on a global scale. Given the enormous scale and complexity of these lifesaving operations, why do millions ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • The Global War on Tobacco

    Mapping the World's First Public Health Treaty

    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • Generic

    The Unbranding of Modern Medicine

    de Jeremy A. Greene ...
    The turbulent history of generic pharmaceuticals raises powerful questions about similarity and difference in modern medicine.Generic drugs are now familiar objects in clinics, drugstores, and households around the world. We like to think of these tablets, capsules, patches, and ointments as interchangeable with their brand-name counterparts: why pay more for the same? And yet they are not quite ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Banking on the Body

    de Kara W. Swanson ...
    Each year Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for use by strangers in medical procedures. Who gives, who receives, who profits? Kara Swanson traces body banks from the first experiments that discovered therapeutic uses for body products to current websites that facilitate a thriving global exchange. ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century

    A History

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Telling Genes

    The Story of Genetic Counseling in America

    de Alexandra Minna Stern ...
    The history of contemporary genetic counseling, including its medical, personal, and ethical dimensions.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLFor sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD