Public Health & Preventive Medicine

This title deals with internationally documented variations in medical practice and health service that exist across countries as well as regions a...

In recent decades, we have seen five perilous and interlocking trends dominate global discourse: irreversible climate change, extreme food and wate...

Asbestos have been used in many different environments, including industrial and home construction projects, vehicles, railroads and shipyards, to ...

Many New Zealand families were affected by the 1918 influenza pandemic. In the space of about six weeks, over 6400 Pakeha died and an estimated 250...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS, was first reported in Asia in 2003, after a Chinese-American businessman died from a mysterious i...

It is estimated that more than 50 million Latinos live in the United States. This is projected to more than double by 2050. In Health Issues in Lat...

This book is especially apt for those interested in implementing the practices and strategies that support programmes of health maintenance, preven...

As national borders become more permeable, women are increasingly on the move, travelling from poor to rich countries to take up jobs as care worke...

The federal government is the largest employer in the United States, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) is the largest emplo...

The global village has resulted in the need to tackle cross-cultural issues in the health field. Especially the southern region of Israel (the Ne...