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  • Liberating Abortion

    Our Legacy, Stories, and Vision for How We Save Us

    A vital and galvanizing history of abortion and how its stigma is intrinsically connected to racism and systemic oppression, told from the viewpoint of people of color, focusing on their experiences with the American health care system and the injustices they have suffered.For far too long, the narrative around reproductive rights has excluded the experiences of people of color—the majority of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Blind Spots

    When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

    From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay-an eye-opening expose of the conventional medical “wisdom” that has led the public to harm, and how we can correct this.One in thirteen children in the United States today has a peanut allergy. Why? In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a strict recommendation that parents ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Great Escape

    Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

    by Angus Deaton ...
    Series Book 133 - Princeton Classics
    A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuriesThe world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Nobel Prize ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Sant'Egidio's Dream

    How a Catholic People's Movement Is Meeting the Challenge of AIDS in Africa and Shaping the Future of Global Health

    The story of an innovative program of treatment for AIDS in Africa that succeeded in the face of international development agencies’ “afro pessimism”Until this century, Western governments and foundations framing policies for AIDS relief in Africa maintained that prevention alone was a preferable alternative to prevention-plus-treatment, which would be costly and impractical in Africa, or would ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • The Organisation of Crime and Harm in the Construction Industry

    Series series Routledge Studies in Organised Crime
    Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrialstate processes.The UK context arguably represents a classic ‘neoliberal’ system categorised by privatisation of services and minimal regulation, whereas Finland broadly provides a ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Infecção Hospitalar

    Um erro Médico?

    No intrigante mundo da saúde, um tema que desperta curiosidade é a infecção hospitalar considerada como erro médico. Mas não se preocupe, esta jornada é repleta de informações fascinantes e divertidas sobre esse assunto complexo. Imagine um hospital como um imenso castelo, onde médicos e pacientes se cruzam. Nessa aventura, desvendaremos o que é exatamente uma infecção hospitalar, suas causas e ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • Equal Care

    Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State

    Introduces a vision for the future of health equity and explains practical policy measures for how to achieve it.Health inequity is one of the defining problems of our time. But current efforts to address the problem focus on mitigating the harms of injustice rather than confronting injustice itself. In Equal Care, Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, offers an innovative vision for the future of health ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Compêndio Biojurídico sobre Reprodução Humana Assistida

    "Se, de um lado, pode parecer pretensioso o título do livro – Compêndio Biojurídico sobre Reprodução Humana Assistida – de outro, ao nosso sentir, é a melhor maneira de demonstrar a busca pela amplitude e profundidade que o escrito sobre o tema nos demandou. É preciso apontar que parte do livro se dedica a apresentar fundamentos médicos (advindos da medicina reprodutiva; da embriologia; da ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Government of Insiders

    The People Who Made the Affordable Care Act Possible

    Translated by Melanie Mauthner ...
    Discover the hidden forces that shaped one of the most significant health care reforms in US history.In A Government of Insiders, William Genieys traces the winding path from the failed health policy priorities of the Clinton administration to the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Genieys uncovers the pivotal role of a committed group of unelected governmental elites known as "long-term ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Pandemics, Public Health, and the Regulation of Borders

    Lessons from COVID-19

    This book examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has engendered a new and challenging environment in which borders drawn around people, places, and social structures have hardened and new ones have emerged.Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, borders closed or became unwelcoming at the international, national, sub-national, and local levels. Debate persists as to whether those countries and ... Read more

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  • The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus

    How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks

    by Troy Tassier ...
    How can we make society more resilient to outbreaks and avoid forcing the poor and working class to bear the brunt of their harm?When an epidemic outbreak occurs, the most physical and financial harm historically falls upon the people who can least afford it: the economically and socially marginalized. Where people live and work, how they commute and socialize, and more have a huge impact on the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Guia jurídico da harmonização facial

    O Brasil está entre os maiores consumidores de procedimentos estéticos do mundo. Segundo a Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, entre 2014 e 2019, o número de harmonizações faciais teve o expressivo aumento de 255%. Em tal cenário, o livro de Guilherme Cattani oferece ferramentas legais para advogados e profissionais de medicina aprenderem a lidar com os conflitos de clientes insatisfeitos. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Disparities in Urban Health

    The Wounds of Policies and Legal Doctrines

    A firsthand look at how policies and legal doctrines affect families living in low-income urban neighborhoods.In Disparities in Urban Health, Edward V. Wallace examines the impacts of political and structural determinants of health on people living in urban settings. This timely book intertwines the personal stories of real families with a comprehensive analysis of the policies and legal doctrines ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Health Care Benefits Law

    Making sense of the nonstop parade of federal and state legislation, regulation and decisional law governing health care benefits is not an easy task. For professionals in the field, however, it is an essential one. Fortunately, there is a comprehensive and practical guide to this complex, evolving area that clarifies the legal framework, including the most recent developments, and keeps you on ... Read more

    $647.99 USD

  • The Intercultural Approach to Covid 19 Management

    In Germany, France and the Indian Ocean countries

    This book is divided into 5 chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of the management of this unprecedented health crisis. The first chapter is devoted to issues of respect for constitutional law and fundamental freedoms in the countries examined focusing on emergency measures. The second chapter deals with Covid management in a comparative study, taking into account intercultural aspects ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • The European Convention on Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This book provides detailed analysis of the applicability of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. It encompasses in-depth discussion of the emerging jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relating to issues arising from the pandemic. To date, a substantial number of complaints concerning such issues have been made to the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Health Care Fraud Enforcement and Compliance

    Health Care Fraud: Enforcement and Compliance is the most complete, essential and up-to-date guide for criminal and civil lawyers, law enforcement officials, health care providers and anyone interested in the health care industry. You'll find discussion of: the latest anti-fraud initiatives from Congress, enforcement agencies and the private bar; advice on criminal law and procedures that health ... Read more

    $657.99 USD

  • Global Pandemics and International Law

    An Analysis in the Age of Covid-19

    by Ilja Pavone ...
    This book reviews the efficacy of Global Health Law, assessing why its legal framework based on the International Health Regulations did not represent a valid tool in the containment of modern global pandemics such as COVID-19. The book provides an introduction to the international legal framework surrounding epidemics and pandemics and the main global governance issues that have been generated by ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Home-based Work in Victorian Britain

    Insights for Contemporary Occupational Health and Safety

    Home- based work has increased in recent decades and intensified as a result of policies created to control the spread of COVID-19, creating a labour market in rapid transition. Yet little attention has been paid to the issues associated with occupational health and safety or to how employers will monitor and maintain employee health and safety in a home- based work environment. Using historical ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law and Access to Medicines

    A Holistic Approach for Least Developed Countries

    Series series Routledge Research in Health Law
    This book examines the potential for regionalisation of intellectual property law and policy as a means of improving pharmaceutical access for least developed countries. The challenge of sustainable access to pharmaceuticals continues to be an issue of global significance. While much has been written on emerging economies in this context, least developed countries have been largely overlooked. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Global Human Smuggling

    Buying Freedom in a Retreating World

    Edited by Luigi Achilli, David Kyle ...
    Completely revised and updated: an essential edited collection of essays on global human smuggling.Migrant smuggling is now more entrenched than ever in many regions around the world, with efforts to combat it both largely unsuccessful and often counterproductive. In Global Human Smuggling, editors Luigi Achilli and David Kyle bring together up-to-date contributions from a wide array of ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Das A und O der Versicherungen

    Warum dieses Buch?Dieses Buch ist ein Muss für jeden, der sich mit dem Abschluss einer Versicherung beschäftigt. Das gilt für die Privatperson genauso wie für den Firmeninhaber.Sehr umfassend aber auch in Kürze klärt Sie der Autor über die wichtigsten Details der verschiedensten Versicherungsarten auf und gibt Tipps und Hinweise, was man bei deren Abschluss zu beachten hat.Lassen Sie sich von ... Read more

    $9.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Curing Cancerphobia

    How Risk, Fear, and Worry Mislead Us

    by David Ropeik ...
    Our fear of cancer causes great harm to individual health and to society.The fear of cancer is understandable. But that fear is in some ways outdated, as it fails to account for the medical progress made against this family of diseases. In Curing Cancerphobia, David Ropeik reveals the fascinating historical and psychological roots of our fear of cancer and documents the dramatic health and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Covid – an Alternative Inquiry

    Putting Health at the Heart of a Green Recovery Strategy

    «This is a very good argument, with impressive detail, clear structure, and vehement commitment.»(M. McEldowney, Emeritus Professor of Planning)This book provides a post-Covid recovery strategy for the UK that is based on all aspects of health, but also addresses the ever-greater threat from global warming. Health and sustainability are interlocked.More than other European nations, we favour ... Read more

    $54.99 USD