Global Health Products

Edited by Helen Macdonald, Ian Harper

Over the last two decades attempts to control the problem of tuberculosis have become increasingly more complex, as countries adopt and adapt to evolving global TB strategies. Significant funding has also increased apace; diagnostic possibilities have evolved; and greater attention is being paid to…

Paperback – 2019-06-15 
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Edited by Tanya Saroj Bakhru

This book interrogates the politics of sexual and reproductive rights from a transnational feminist perspective. Taking an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach, the book provides the reader with a nuanced and in depth understanding of the role that forces of globalization have played in…

Paperback – 2019-05-27 
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By Chris Carter

This book provides guidance on the unique challenges for nurses working in these challenging environments, while considering ethical decision making, providing appropriate services, and the types of patients admitted. Topics covered include: Working in a resource limited environment Cultural…

Paperback – 2019-05-14 
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By Emily Ying Yang Chan

This book provides a theoretical framework and related technical skills for investigating climate change and its public health consequences and responses with a focus on urban settings, and in particular Hong Kong, a subtropical metropolis in Asia. Specifically, the book examines the impact of…

Hardback – 2019-04-30 
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Routledge Studies in Environment and Health

By Eduardo Missoni, Guglielmo Pacileo, Fabrizio Tediosi

Global Health Governance and Policy outlines the fundamentals of global health, a key element of sustainable development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it explores the relationship between the globalization process and global health’s social, political, economic and environmental…

Paperback – 2019-04-15 
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By Fay Dennis

Drug use is widely understood in terms on its subjects, substances and settings. But what happens when these distinctions start to blur? Injecting Bodies in More-than-Human Worlds moves away from the ‘materiality’ of drug use and non-human matter and offers unique and fresh insights into the world…

Hardback – 2019-03-26 
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Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

Edited by Mathilde Bourrier, Nathalie Brender, Claudine Burton-Jeangros

Recent epidemics have prompted large-scale international interventions, aimed at mitigating the spread of disease in a globalized world. During a crisis, however, global health actions – including planning and organizing, communicating about risk, and cost–benefit evaluations – aren’t usually part…

Hardback – 2019-02-28 
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Routledge Studies in Public Health

Edited by Claudia Mitchell, Marni Sommer

Participatory Visual Methodologies in Global Public Health focuses on the use of participatory visual methodologies such as photovoice, participatory video (including cellphilming or the use of cell phones to make videos), drawing and mapping in public health research. These approaches are modes of…

Paperback – 2019-01-21
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By Elaine Jeffreys, Gang Su

HIV and AIDS have long been problematized in the People’s Republic of China as objects of governance in political frameworks and institutions. The state’s attitudes towards health programs have, nevertheless, changed significantly during the 21st century. Pilot programs at the beginning of the…

Paperback – 2019-01-17
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Edited by Bryan Mercurio, Daria Kim

This collection reflects on contemporary and contentious issues in international rulemaking in regards to pharmaceutical patent law. With chapters from both well-established and rising scholars, the collection contributes to the understanding of the regulatory framework governing pharmaceutical…

Paperback – 2019-01-08
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Routledge Research in Intellectual Property

Edited by Richard Parker, Jonathan García

In the early twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage on the global scene, and health has been placed at the heart of our collective aspirations for human development and well-being. But significant debate exists not only about the causes, but also about…

Hardback – 2018-12-27
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By Peter H. Koehn

Transnational Mobility and Global Health spotlights the powerful and dynamic intersections of human movement, inequality, and health. The book explores the interacting political, economic, social, cultural, and climatic drivers of health and migration, proposing innovative ways to enhance global…

Hardback – 2018-09-10
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Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration