Personal & Public Health

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the...

Do you feel that your life is out of control? Your health, mind and ambitions . . . none are panning out as planned?Does it appear as if there is a...

From Nietzsche's pronouncement that God is dead to Camus' argument that suicide is the fundamental question of philosophy, the concept of death pla...

Offering an entryway into the distinctive worlds of sexual health and a window onto their spillover effects, sociologist Steven Epstein traces the ...

This book reviews the political significance of COVID-19 in the context of earlier pandemic encounters and scares to understand the ways in which i...

The field of lifestyle medicine, which is the study of how daily habits and actions impact on both short- and long-term health and quality of life,...

Model-based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications provides an introductory account of model-based geostatistics, its imp...

Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-bein...

Health Communication and Mass Media is a much-needed resource for those with a professional or academic interest in the field of health communicati...

Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among adults, yet it need not be fatal. Though survival in most communities is very poor, a few...

This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United Kingdoms public health respons...

Respect for patient autonomy and data privacy are generally accepted as foundational western bioethical values. Nonetheless, as our society embrace...

Digital technology use, whether on smartphones, tablets, laptops, or other devices, is prevalent across cultures. Certain types and patterns of dig...

War causes death, disability, and disease. It damages the health-supporting infrastructure, displaces populations, violates human rights, and diver...

FDA's approval of aducanumab has radically changed the world of Alzheimer's disease and you're going to need guidance regarding whether they should...

War causes death, disability, and disease. It damages the health-supporting infrastructure, displaces populations, violates human rights, and diver...

This text is an authoritative analysis of current services for children and young people in the UK. Drawing upon European-wide data, this innovativ...

This fully revised, new edition of Innovations in Hospice Architecture responds to the need for an up-to-date, theoretically based reference book s...

For more than a generation, activists and advocacy organizations have been instrumental in agitating for women's health reforms in Ireland. Over th...

Remember things better by understanding how your memory works. If memory is a simple thing, why does it so often go awry? Why is forgetting so com...

More than 85% of people with diabetes receive their diabetes care in the primary care setting. With the busy primary care practitioner in mind, Eve...

Public Health Law in Practice offers an accessible deep dive into public health law for public health students and practitioners with or without a ...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a wo...

'A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth' New York Times Book Review'A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together com...

A frank, funny and inspiring new memoir from the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness about the search for meaning in midlife'Brilliant.....

Today, approximately two billion children breathe toxic air at levels exceeding standards set by the World Health Organization, causing immediate a...

Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information on caring for patients with dementia at your fingertips.Evidenc...

This book showcases rights based participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research with children and youth.Throughout its three part...

Applying economics to vaccine delivery can save money and lives. With better analytical knowledge and better skills in decision-analysis, decision ...

For Personal Health Courses Connecting Your Health to Your World-Money and Technology Edition Health: The Basics, Eleventh Edition focuses health c...

It's time to break up with boozeThere's life beyond alcohol. Drinking less or stopping completely can revitalize your world, from health and mood t...

The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for thos...

When does epidemic disease disrupt society to the point where it becomes a political crisis? In the early 1980s, almost unnoticed in the larger dra...

A growing body of knowledge has revealed the profound impact of the social determinants of healththe social, political, and economic factors apart ...

America is at a crossroads in its approach to work and retirement. Many policymakers think it's logical--almost inevitable--that Americans will de...

A practical manual on dealing with physical diseases that commonly affect psychiatric patients. As a psychiatrist, you may be the only medically qu...

Wellness medicine is the field that focuses on improving overall functioning, quality of life, and wellbeing, beyond symptom management of medical ...

How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? Peter Lindert examines the experience of coun...

The first major book by political scientists explaining global tobacco control policy. It identifies a history of minimal tobacco control then char...

Stiamo vivendo una crisi sistemica, epocale, che non riguarda solo leconomia e la finanza, ma anche lecosistema, il nostro mondo di valori e la cul...

The truth is most people dont actually need grueling, extreme workouts or aggressively limited diets to lose weight and feel proud to flaunt their ...

New perspectives on the history of twentieth century public health in Europe. European public health was a playing field for deeply contradictory ...

Bad Souls is an ethnographic study of responsibility among psychiatric patients and their caregivers in Thrace, the northeastern borderland of Gree...

In this unique book, international trainer and consultant Lisa Cherry invites professionals from education, social work and healthcare to engage in...