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1. Cost-Benefit Analysis Cases and Materials

   By Euston Quah, Raymond Toh

   Cost-Benefit Analysis is the systematic and analytical comparing of benefits and costs when assessing the desirability of a project or programme. It is therefore a cornerstone of public finance and government decision-making. This book highlights the key concepts and principles of cost-benefit...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56226-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Global Health: An introduction to current and future trends

   By Kevin McCracken, David R. Phillips

   The health of human populations around the world is constantly changing and the health profiles of most nations in the early twenty first century global health landscape are unrecognizable compared with those of just a century ago. This book examines and explains these health changes. While the...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-55757-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Global Health Governance

   By Sophie Harman

   In the light of scares about potential pandemics such as swine fever and avian flu, the issue of global health and its governance is of increasing concern to scholars and practitioners of medicine, public health, social work, and international politics alike. This concern has arisen from...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-56158-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Autism

   By Stuart Murray

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-88499-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa

   Edited by Howard Stein, Amal Fadlalla

   In recent years a broader and richer idea of human security has become increasingly influential among academics and international development practitioners. The aim is to generate a human-centered construct that can incorporate various dimensions of the downside risks affecting the generalized...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-59784-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Grief, Loss and Bereavement Care: An Evidence-Informed Approach for Health and Social Care Practitioners

   Edited by Peter Wimpenny, John Costello

   Bereavement is a challenging area for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This invaluable text draws together a comprehensive evidence-base for supporting grieving people from a wide range of research, and...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-46751-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Distinguishing Clinical and Upper Level Management

   Edited by Marvin D. Feit, Michael J. Holosko

   This co-edited book examines social work administration by separating management and administrative practise into two distinct aspects – clinical management and upper level management. This process enables the editors to explicates the tasks appropriate to each type of management for providing...

   June 2011 | 978-0-7890-2539-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent, 3rd Edition

   By Rebecca Abrams

   The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-59012-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares: An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

   By Mika Aaltola

   Reactions to pandemics are unlike any other global emergency; with an emphasis on withdrawal and containment of the sight of the infected. Dealing with the historical and conceptual background of diseases in politics and international relations, this volume investigates the global political...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-60381-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology

    Edited by Graham Scambler

    Essential Thinkers for Medical Sociology explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness. Encouraging students and researchers to use mainstream sociological thought to inform their substantive research on health and healthcare,...

    June 2011 | 978-0-415-59783-8 | Paperback (Routledge)