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“monirul azam”

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  • Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World

    by Monirul Azam ...
    Across the world, developing countries are attempting to balance the international standards of intellectual property concerning pharmaceutical patents against the urgent need for accessible and affordable medicines. In this timely and necessary book, Monirul Azam examines the attempts of several developing countries to walk this fine line. He evaluates the experiences of Brazil, China, India, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Rethinking Patent Law

    by Robin Feldman ...
    Scientific and technological innovations are forcing the inadequacies of patent law into the spotlight. Robin Feldman explains why patents are causing so much trouble. She urges lawmakers to focus on crafting rules that anticipate future bargaining, not on the impossible task of assigning precise boundaries to rights when an invention is new. ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Global Health Law

    by Lawrence O. Gostin ...
    The international community has made great progress in improving global health. But staggering health inequalities between rich and poor still remain, raising fundamental questions of social justice. In a book that systematically defines the burgeoning field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective global governance for health and offers a blueprint for reform, ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

  • Bioethics in Perspective

    Corporate Power, Public Health and Political Economy

    by Scott Mann ...
    In Bioethics in Perspective Scott Mann demonstrates the importance of issues of corporate power, global inequality and sustainability in shaping health outcomes around the world. The text develops a comprehensive ethical and practical critique of the neoliberal economic ideas which have guided policy in the English-speaking world. It explores the consequences of such policies for health and ... Read more

    $72.19 USD

  • The Politics of Precaution

    Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States

    by David Vogel ...
    The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American health, safety, and environmental regulations were more stringent, risk averse, comprehensive, and ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Nudging Health

    Health Law and Behavioral Economics

    Edited by I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Christopher T. Robertson ...
    A deep look at the role of behavioral “nudges” for improving health.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLBehavioral nudges are everywhere: calorie counts on menus, automated text reminders to encourage medication adherence, a reminder bell when a driver’s seatbelt isn’t fastened. Designed to help people make better health choices, these reminders have become so ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century

    A History

    by George Weisz ...
    How the evolving concept of chronic disease has affected patients and politics in the United States and Europe.Long and recurring illnesses have burdened sick people and their doctors since ancient times, but until recently the concept of "chronic disease" had limited significance. Even lingering diseases like tuberculosis, a leading cause of mortality, did not inspire dedicated public health ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform

    by Andrew Koppelman ...
    Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. But legal experts observed that the decision might prove a strategic defeat for progressives. Roberts grounded his decision on Congress's power to tax. He dismissed the claim that it is allowed under the Constitution's commerce clause, which has been the basis of virtually all ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Prepare Your Own Provisional Patent

    by Scott Thorpe ...
    Provisional patents are fast inexpensive alternatives to the more well-known utility patent. A provisional patent application can be prepared by a non-professional and filed for a minimal fee. Yet the provisional patent gives the inventor a priority or filing date that is recognized around the word. This is critical for winning the race to the patent office in a global, highly competitive world. ... Read more

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  • Social Poison

    The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control in Britain and France, 1821–1926

    by Howard Padwa ...
    This comparative history examines the divergent paths taken by Britain and France in managing opiate abuse during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Though the governments of both nations viewed rising levels of opiate use as a problem, Britain and France took opposite courses of action in addressing the issue. The British sanctioned maintenance treatment for addiction, while the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Genetically Modified Organisms in Food

    Production, Safety, Regulation and Public Health

    by Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy ...
    Genetically Modified Organisms in Food focuses on scientific evaluation of published research relating to GMO food products to assert their safety as well as potential health risks. This book is a solid reference for researchers and professionals needing information on the safety of GMO and non-GMO food production, the economic benefits of both GMO and non-GMO foods, and includes in-depth coverage ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Harm Reduction

    A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs

    Edited by Patricia Erickson, Diane Riley, Yuet Cheung, Pat O'Hare ...
    Series series Heritage
    Since the First International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm, held in 1990, the term 'harm reduction' has gained wide currency in the areas of public health and drug policy. Previously the field was characterized by heated struggle between prohibition and legalization of addictive substances, and this debate tended to obscure practical, collective approaches. Harm reduction, an ... Read more

    $41.79 USD