Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health Books

New and Published Books

1. Equity and Difference in Physical Education, Youth Sport and Health

   A Narrative Approach

   Edited by Fiona Dowling, Hayley Fitzgerald, Anne Flintoff

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Issues of equity remain an essential theme throughout the study and practice of physical education (PE), youth sport and health. This important new book confronts and illuminates issues of equity and difference through the innovative use of narrative method, telling stories of difference that...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Population Mental Health

   Evidence, Policy, and Public Health Practice

   Edited by Neal Cohen, Sandro Galea

   Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

   Over the last century public health efforts, such as immunization, safer food practices, public health education and promotion, improved sanitation, and water purification have been very successful in eradicating and controlling a host of diseases. The result has been a dramatic improvement in...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Gender and Genetics

   Sociology of the Prenatal

   By Kate Reed

   Series: Genetics and Society

   Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe. While studies have highlighted the importance of women’s experiences of such screening, little is known about men’s roles and direct involvement in this process. With a focus on the...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Human Health and Ecological Integrity

   Ethics, Law and Human Rights

   Edited by Laura Westra, Colin L. Soskolne, Donald W. Spady

   The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization. It is now being included in some legal instruments, although for the most part caselaw does not explicitly make that connection. Neither the right to life nor the...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Medicinal Plants

   Biodiversity and Drugs

   Edited by M. K. Rai, Geoffrey A. Cordell, Jose L. Martinez, Mariela Marinoff, Luca Rastrelli

   This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development, of the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information, of determining the active principles, and of examining the genetic diversity and range of actions of traditional medicines. It discusses the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
6. Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia

   Trends, causes and policy issues

   Edited by Paulin Straughan, Angelique Chan, Gavin Jones

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong SAR are among the very lowest-fertility countries in the whole world, and even China has reached fertility levels lower than those in many European countries. If these levels continue over long periods East Asia will soon face accelerating...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

   Governing Bodies

   Edited by Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Disability and Social Work Education

   Practice and Policy Issues

   Edited by Francis K.O. Yuen, Carol B. Cohen, Kristine Tower

   Bridging the chasm between the disabled and a just and fair society takes skill, dedication, and a deep understanding of the issues. Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues presents leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Researching Trust and Health

   Edited by Julie Brownlie, Alexandra Greene, Alexandra Howson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   There is currently a lively debate ongoing in society about the nature of trust and the conditions necessary to establish and sustain it. Given the role of trust in bridging uncertainty, it is perhaps not surprising that as our consciousness of risk has increased, the role and nature of trust in...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Obesity

    Prevention and Treatment

    Edited by James M. Rippe, Theodore J. Angelopoulos

    The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years. Linked to heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, it is also the leading cause of osteoarthritis and the second leading cause of cancer. With...

    Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press