Public Health Policy and Practice Products

By Kant Patel, Mark E Rushefsky

Health policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as institutional and individual entities, in designing the contemporary American healthcare system. Now in a fully…

Paperback – 2019-07-24
Routledge

Edited by Dennie Oude Nijhuis

This edited volume provides a synthesis on the question of business attitudes towards and its influence over the development of the modern welfare state. It gathers leading scholars in the field to offer both in-depth historical country case studies and comparative chapters that discuss…

Hardback – 2019-07-23
Routledge
Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

By Shelley Torcetti

Identifying the existing challenges and shortfalls of China's current HIV/AIDS programming, this book provides an understanding of the history of HIV/AIDS in China, comparing government responses to global best practice in prevention and treatment. Considering three key populations in China,…

Hardback – 2019-07-22
Routledge
Routledge Contemporary China Series

Edited by Susan Pickard, Jude Robinson

The current (postfeminist) gender order comprises a highly complex coexistence of old and new norms and expectations, freedom and constraints, within a neoliberal social order underpinned by individualism and involving a shift in gender performance by men and women. Health, illness and disease at…

Hardback – 2019-07-18
Routledge
Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

By Koji Fukuoka

Marine accidents can occur at any time and everywhere in the world, resulting in loss of life, property, environment and reputation of the companies involved. Preventing accidents and establishing a safer world without accidents is an important agenda for the maritime industry. Since the…

Hardback – 2019-07-15
CRC Press

Edited by Teela Sanders, Mary Laing

The exponential growth of sexual commerce, migration and movement of people into the sex industry, as well as localised concerns about transactional sex, are key areas of interest across the urban west. Given the complex regulatory frameworks under-which the sex industry manifests, the role of the…

Paperback – 2019-07-12
Routledge
Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale

Edited by Marlene Spanger, May-Len Skilbrei

The starting point for this book is the question of how we research sex for sale and the implications of the choices we make in terms of epistemology and ethics. Which dilemmas and ethical aspects need to be taken into account when producing qualitative data within a highly politicised and…

Paperback – 2019-07-10
Routledge
Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale

By Julie D. Trebilcock, Samantha K. Weston

This book explores the controversial relationship between mental health and offending and looks at the ways in which offenders with mental health problems are cared for, coerced and controlled by the criminal justice and mental health systems. It provides a much-needed criminological approach to…

Paperback – 2019-06-25
Routledge

Edited by Wided Batat

Pleasure plays a significant but often neglected role in the creation of consumer wellbeing and the relationship between the food consumption experience and healthy eating. This innovative collection focusses on the experiential and hedonic aspects of food and the sociocultural, economic,…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
Routledge
Routledge Interpretive Marketing Research

By John C. Morris, Martin K. Mayer, Robert C. Kenter, Luisa M. Lucero

After a great deal of discussion and debate across all levels of government, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in March 2010. Since President Trump's election into office, the ACA has stayed in the headlines. Trump has continued to call for the replacement and repeal of…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
Routledge
Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

By Chris Carter

All hospitals have critically ill patients, and their management depends upon the resources available. In many low income countries, critically ill patients may be admitted to a critical care unit; however, many are nursed on wards due to a lack of critical care beds or simply die before they reach…

Paperback – 2019-06-24
Routledge

Edited by Bernadette N. Kumar, Esperanza Diaz

In this time of large-scale global migration at levels unrivalled since World War II, primary care practitioners are providing the first line of care to economic migrants and refugees. In doing so, they face daily the considerable challenges that this heterogenic group brings in terms of…

Paperback – 2019-06-21
CRC Press
WONCA Family Medicine