Personal & Public Health

This book addresses the analysis of self-containment of employment (SCE), which measures journey-to-work trips among the percentage of workers who ...

Originally published in 1987, reissued here with a new preface, this book presented a history of the Queens Nursing Institute on the occasion of th...

This book presents an integrated international exploration of social well-being from a comparative standpoint: how it is framed, how it is perceive...

This book presents an integrated international exploration of social well-being from a comparative standpoint: how it is framed, how it is perceive...

Whilst death, dying and bereavement are universal life events, the social conditions under which death takes place are fundamental in shaping how i...

This book focuses on injustices that have taken place to deaf people and the sign language community in Finland from 1900.For decades, memories and...

This book is to elucidate personal and social bases for personal resilience, thus addressing the issue concerning the predominance of social factor...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Dance and movement are everywhere and for everyone with a body,...

This important book provides a much-needed exploration and examination of honor abuse, violence, and killings from a psychological perspective. Wri...

This important book provides a much-needed exploration and examination of honor abuse, violence, and killings from a psychological perspective. Wri...

Decades of demographic studies and applied efforts have convinced scholars, students, and social workers that young people coming of age and transi...

Decades of demographic studies and applied efforts have convinced scholars, students, and social workers that young people coming of age and transi...

Why a thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this book about theories of disease distribution, in past and present societal and ecologica...

This book uses the notion of discretionary medicine to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan. It considers how patients freq...

Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies is the first book to highlight contributions from critical disability scholarship to the fields of ...

Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies is the first book to highlight contributions from critical disability scholarship to the fields of ...

This book synthesizes the nascent but growing body of literature and research emerging on risk management and treatment of persons who sexually off...

This book synthesizes the nascent but growing body of literature and research emerging on risk management and treatment of persons who sexually off...

This book explores how studies of language and aging can be applied to build an aging-friendly society, drawing on the socio-pragmatic turn in lang...

In the early 1900s, panic over the arrival of South Asian immigrants swept up and down the west coast of North America. While racism and fear of la...

The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment examines current debates as well as cross-examining traditionally held beliefs around visual impairment...

Social Capital for a Child-Friendly City argues for the importance of relationship networks (social capital) in childrens growth and socialization,...

Social Capital for a Child-Friendly City argues for the importance of relationship networks (social capital) in childrens growth and socialization,...

Almila Kakinc-Dodd has made a name for herself in the digital world. Her website, The Thirlby, attracts a worldwide audience hungry for her tips on...

In an era of public Mars fascination, this book offers an objective presentation of the challenges of crewed Mars missions and discusses scenarios ...

In an era of public Mars fascination, this book offers an objective presentation of the challenges of crewed Mars missions and discusses scenarios ...

Originally published in 1989, Infertility looks at how fertility treatments fail women. At the time there was disturbing evidence of medical malpra...

In the early 1980s the new reproductive technologies available supposedly offered infertile women a chance to have children. However, there was gro...

This book examines and theorizes about the birth, growth, impact, co-optation, and rejuvenation of a sex worker movement in India, exploring the ma...

A Guide to Womens Health, Second Edition is a practical and multidisciplinary text that enables students and clinicians to identify and treat condi...

The Manipal Interdisciplinary Health Science and Technical Reports-2023 is a comprehensive compilation of cutting-edge research and innovative find...