Public Health & Preventive Medicine

This timely, engaging and practical book explores why leadership matters in primary care, and how everyone can discover their leadership potential ...

First published in 1998, this volume examines a major function of research which is to strengthen the knowledge base of health professions and so e...

The U.S., and countries around the globe, are facing an ever-evolving series of health issues, including obesity, food deserts, child hunger, poor ...

Much of the scientific work on environmental health research has come from the clinical and biophysical sciences. Yet contributions are being made ...

This title was first published in 2000: Although the apartheid regime has now been abolished there is still a great deal of work to be done in orde...

The Handbook provides an essential resource at the interface of Genomics, Health and Society, and forms a crucial research tool for both new studen...

This Atlas of Dermatology has a unique clinical orientation with an emphasis on morphology. The disease entities are arranged according to the morp...

The book explains the underlying pathophysiology of the disease and covers in detail all its main forms and complications. Separate chapters consid...

This book addresses an extremely prevalent medical problem: low back pain. It is not a general anatomy book, but it relates specifically to the lum...

Biosimilars have the potential to change the way we think about, identify, and manage health problems. They are already impacting both clinical res...

Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions ...

This book addresses an extremely prevalent medical problem: low back pain. It is not a general anatomy book, but it relates specifically to the lum...

This title was first published in 2001. Featuring contributions from the UK, Finland, The Netherlands and Greece, this unique book explores the ong...

This title was first published in 2002.This invaluable collection of essays critically evaluates the treatment received by women as recipients and ...

Suicide and Social Justice unites diverse scholarly and social justice perspectives on the international problem of suicide and suicidal behavior. ...

This title was first published in 2003. The fulfilment of health care rights in a world where resources are scarce is a prominent issue. In this vo...

Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss: The Art of Dreamscaping introduces a wide range of therapists to a novel, strengths-based and imaginal pra...

AIDS has a unique political history. As fears grew of a global pandemic on the scale of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS was briefly treated as an ...

This title was first published in 2003: As new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implicat...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease of the cardiac muscle leading to severe debilitating symptoms with relentless progression. Medical options...

Edited by Robert Baran, MD Honorary Professor, University of Franche-Comté; Nail Disease Center, Cannes, FranceDimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD Profess...

Covering the full range of dermatologic surgery, this text will be essential reading for residents in dermatology, family practice, and surgical sp...

Its always been said, Children are not young adults, and the examination of a child needs to be conducted with emphasis on the physiologic differen...

Pre-eclampsia, a complication of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and/or edema and/or proteinuria, can have profound effects on the mother a...

This book sheds light on important philosophical assumptions made by professionals working in clinical and research medicine. In doing so, it aims ...

Policy-makers are increasingly concerned about the impact of climate variability and change on the health of vulnerable populations. Variations and...

Gender inequality is entrenched in the cultural, political and market systems that operate at household, community, and national levels. Global cha...

Edited by Robert Baran, MD Honorary Professor, University of Franche-Comté; Nail Disease Center, Cannes, FranceDimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD Profess...

As the comprehensive textbooks of Dermatology grow longer and more specialized, there is a need for a text to cut the subject back to the essential...

Viruses do not behave as other microbes; their life cycles require infecting healthy cells, commandeering their cellular apparatus, replicating and...

Evaluating Climate Change Impacts discusses assessing and quantifying climate change and its impacts from a multi-faceted perspective of ecosystem,...

Written by experts in the analytical chemistry of tobacco smoke, Tobacco Smoke Exposure Biomarkers summarizes the toxicology, metabolic pathway, an...

There are overwhelming demands for health and rehabilitation services due to rise in the number of disabled people. The existing literature on disa...

Researchers often have difficulties collecting enough data to test their hypotheses, either because target groups are small or hard to access, or b...

Medical professionals are often involved in the management of the pregnant patient without necessarily being experts on all the complications surro...

This unique book is the first to bring together primary care experiences from around the world, with emphasis on non-Western regions. Utilising pub...