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  • The New Best Thing New England Patriots - 284 Things You Need To Know

    by Peggy Watson ...
    First in its New England Patriots field. There has never been a New England Patriots Guide like this.It contains 284 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This all-embracing guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Generational Consciousness, Narrative, and Politics

    by Molly Andrews, Ron Eyerman, Mike Hepworth, Ángela López, Susan H. McDaniel, Tommi Hoikkala, Semi Purhonen, J P. Roos, Peggy Watson ...
    With the erosion of strong class theory, sociologists have recently started to look at aspects of social stratification other than class. One of the most interesting new areas of investigation is the sociology of generations.This book brings together the work of scholars who are making a major contribution to this new sociological interest. Through a combination of innovative theoretical and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Health Care Reform and Globalisation

    The US, China and Europe in Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Peggy Watson ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy
    In the post-Cold War, post financial crisis era, health care is an issue of critical political, personal and economic concern. In the US, plans to address a troubled health care model were met by vocal opposition. In the UK and post-communist Europe, attempts to introduce aspects of that model have resulted in controversy and violent protests, while China and Russia have recently backpedalled on ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Epic Measures

    One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.

    by Jeremy N. Smith ...
    Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time—the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: how do we live and die?—and the visionary mastermind behind it.Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • The Oxford Guide to Library Research

    by Thomas Mann ...
    The information world has undergone drastic changes since the publication of the 3rd edition of The Oxford Guide to Library Research in 2005, and Thomas Mann, a veteran reference librarian at the Library of Congress, has extensively revised his text to reflect those changes. This book will answer two basic questions: First, what is the extent of the significant research resources you will you miss ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Health of Nations

    Towards a New Political Economy

    by Gavin Mooney ...
    Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health and premature death? Why do massive inequalities in health, both within and between countries, remain? In this devastating critique, internationally renowned health economist Gavin Mooney places the responsibility for these problems firmly at the door of neoliberalism.Mooney analyses how power ... Read more

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  • Saving Gotham

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    by Tom Farley, MD ...
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  • The Body Politic

    The Battle Over Science in America

    by Jonathan D. Moreno ...
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Scientific American Book Club selectionMoreno pulls apart the debates on eugenics, abortion, end-of-life decisions, embryonic stem-cell research, reproductive cloning, chimeras and synthetic biology, among others, carefully reassembling what’s at stake for each side. In graceful, sparkling prose, he illuminates intricate threads of history and complex ... Read more

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  • Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform

    by Richard (Buz) Cooper ...
    Proof that high health care spending is linked directly to poverty.In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues that US poverty and high health care spending are inextricably entwined. Our nation's health care system bears a financial burden that is greater than in any other developed country in large part because impoverished patients use more health care, ... Read more

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  • A Town Called Asbestos

    Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community

    by Jessica van Horssen ...
    Series series Nature | History | Society
    For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos to produce a multitude of fire-retardant products. As use of the mineral became more widespread, medical professionals discovered it had harmful effects on human health. Mining and manufacturing companies downplayed the risks to workers and the general public, but eventually, as the devastating nature of asbestos-related deaths ... Read more

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