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  • Cancer and the LGBT Community

    Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship

    Edited by Ulrike Boehmer, Ronit Elk ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This bookcovers the scope of current knowledge of cancer in the LGBT community across the entire cancer continuum, from understanding risk and prevention strategies in LGBT groups, across issues of diagnosis and treatment of LGBT patients, to unique aspects of survivorship and death and dying in these communities. Each chapter includes an in depth analysis of the state of the science, discusses ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Cancer Disparities

    Causes and Evidence-Based Solutions

    Edited by Ronit Elk, PhD, Hope Landrine, PhD, American Cancer American Cancer Society ...
    "The volume sheds new light on reducing disparities by complementing currentlyavailable monographs, through the provision of solutions that are not onlytheoretically innovative but also empirically effective. Indeed, Cancer Disparities: Causesand Evidence-Based Solutions admirably achieves two key objectives that are crucial foradvances in the field: (a) providing an up-to-date overview of cancer ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

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    Management and Policy Perspectives of FASD

    Edited by Edward P. Riley, Sterling Clarren, Joanne Weinberg, Egon Jonsson ...
    Series series Health Care and Disease Management
    Reflecting the recent increased public awareness of the topic, this is the first and most comprehensive resource for over a decade on the molecular basis, prevalence, treatment options, socioeconomic impact and prevention strategies of FADS. Edited by world-renowned experts, this compendium includes the latest research results to provide new insights and realistic estimations of FADS frequencies ... Read more

    $142.00 USD

  • Palliative Care

    Transforming the Care of Serious Illness

    Edited by Diane E. Meier, Stephen L. Isaacs, Robert Hughes ...
    Series Book 33 - Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology
    Palliative Care is the first book to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new field that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness.Diane E. Meier, M.D., one of the field's leaders and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius award" in 2009, opens the volume with a sweeping overview of the field. In her essay, Dr. Meier examines the roots of palliative care, explores ... Read more

    $81.00 USD

  • Dementia

    A Global Approach

    Edited by Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy, Martin J. Prince, Jeffrey L. Cummings ...
    Growth in the incidence of dementia presents major challenges to global healthcare systems. As the burden of dementia in non-Western cultures grows, developing nations are expected to overtake developed nations in terms of dementia prevalence. Insights from developing nations and transcultural considerations are, nevertheless, neglected in the published literature. Dementia: A Global Approach, ... Read more

    $132.09 USD

  • Social Epidemiology

    Edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi ...
    The authors of this groundbreaking text define social epidemiology as the study of the social determinants of health, implying that an important goal of public health is to identify and address factors in the social environment that may be related to health outcomes. In the first systematic account of this field, they focus on the major social variables that influence health, including ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD

    Who is responsible?

    Edited by Sterling Clarren, Amy Salmon, Egon Jonsson ...
    Series series Health Care and Disease Management
    Exposing a developing embryo or fetus to alcohol can produce life long brain damage with neurological, cognitive and behavioural consequences. The implications of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder for the affected individual and the family are devastating. The social and economic burden to society is enormous with formidable expenditures in health care, mental health care, education, social services ... Read more

    $98.00 USD

  • The Handbook of Health Behavior Change, 4th Edition

    Edited by Kristin A. Riekert, PhD, Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd, MA, Lori Pbert, PhD ...
    Choice Outstanding Academic Title! 4 Stars - Doody's!Praise for the Third Edition:"This work will be one that students and clinicians keep on their shelves as the gold-standard reference for health behavior change. Summing up: Essential"--ChoiceSubstantially revised to reflect current trends in the field of health behavior change, this new edition of the highly acclaimed "gold standard" text ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Exercise, Health and Mental Health

    Emerging Relationships

    Edited by Guy E.J. Faulkner, Adrian H. Taylor ...
    Exercise, Health and Mental Health provides an introduction to this emerging field and a platform for future research and practice. Written by internationally acclaimed exercise, health and medical scientists, it is the first systematic review of the evidence for the potential role of exercise in:treating and managing mental health problems including dementia, schizophrenia, drug and alcohol ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Handbook of Life Course Health Development

    Edited by Neal Halfon, Christopher B. Forrest, Richard M. Lerner, Elaine M. Faustman ...
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan ... Read more

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  • The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do About It

    by Hans Krueger, Dan Williams, Barbara Kaminsky, David McLean ...
    Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout the world. In addition, sedentary lifestyles, poor diet, and obesity continue to be major causes of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It synthesizes a vast quantity of recent data on the benefits and cost ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos

    Edited by Amelie G. Ramirez, Edward J. Trapido ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This open access book gives an overview of the sessions, panel discussions, and outcomes of the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference, held in February 2018 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and hosted by the Mays Cancer Center and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio.Latinos – the largest, youngest, and fastest-growing minority group in the United States ... Read more

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