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1. Environmental Destruction and Psychosocial Breakdown: Health and human development

   By Roberto De Vogli

   Global warming and the depletion of natural resources are widely recognized as the major threats to the future of industrial society and the survival of human species. However, this environmental destruction is paired with an often-overlooked deterioration of psychosocial wellbeing. In spite of...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-49069-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Gender and Health

   Edited by Kate Hunt, Ellen Annandale

   Life expectancy is higher for women than men in almost every country, leading the World Health Organization to suggest that ‘their innate constitution’ gives women ‘an advantage over men’. However, this differential is far greater in some countries (e.g. Japan) than others (e.g. Qatar and Botswana)...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-56976-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. Autism

   By Stuart Murray

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

7. 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)

8. Public Health in the British Empire: Intermediaries, Subordinates, and Public Health Practice, 1850-1960

   Edited by Amna Khalid, Ryan Johnson

   Over the last several decades, historians of public health in Britain’s colonies have been primarily concerned with the process of policy making in the upper echelons of the medical and sanitary administrations. Yet it was the lower level staff that formed the backbone of the medical systems in the...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-89041-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. The Handbook of Deviant Behavior

   Edited by Clifton D. Bryant

   The Handbook of Deviant Behavior presents a comprehensive, integrative, and accessible overview of the contemporary body of knowledge in the field of social deviance in the twenty-first century. This book addresses the full range of scholarly concerns within this area – including theoretical,...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-48274-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. 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)