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  • Underuse of Applied Science in Changing Societies

    Trust in Applied Science Among Lay People

    by Töres Theorell ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses the fact that applied science is underused in modern societies. The problem is discussed both from external points of view (trust among lay people, attitudes among politicians) and from the inside (recruitment of researchers, research education, violations of scientific rules, financial processes). The book concludes with suggested solutions.Democracy is threatened in many ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Music, Health and the Body

    Cross-Cultural Perspectives

    by Poonam Bala, Julia C. Basso, Fabian Cannizzo, James J. Chriss, Bamba Ndiaye, Justin Patch, Renya K. Ramirez, Noor Tasnim, Töres Theorell, Kenneth H. Wilson0, Farren Yero1 ...
    Music, Health and the Body: Cross-Cultural Perspectives focuses on the role of music in understanding new dimensions of health and healing through a unique relationship between identity, social interactions and the human body under the overarching paradigm of culture. The recent Covid-19 pandemic also has highlighted the significance of social and individual factors in people’s perception of and ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Handbook of Socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Health

    From Macro-level to Micro-level Evidence

    Edited by Töres Theorell ...
    Series series Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
    This anthology provides readers of scientific literature on socioeconomic factors and working conditions with the newest knowledge in this field. Since our world is subjected to constant change in accelerating speed, scientific reviews and updates are needed. Fortunately, research methodology in epidemiology, physiology, psychology and sociology is also developing rapidly and therefore the ... Read more

    $404.99 USD

  • Developing Leadership and Employee Health Through the Arts

    Improving Leader-Employee Relationships

    by Julia Romanowska, Anna Nyberg, Töres Theorell ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book examines the problems that a “laissez faire” attitude from managers can create in the workplace, as well as the ensuing illness such problems may cause among employees. The book offers new ideas for dealing with these problems and proposes the use of cultural experiences as an active component in leadership development programmes for managers. It presents the findings from a randomized ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Psychological Health Effects of Musical Experiences

    Theories, Studies and Reflections in Music Health Science

    by Töres Theorell ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book is about links between music and health. It focuses on music and public health, and, in particular, the potentially positive and negative effects of listening to and making music on the health of the general population. The book starts out by discussing the protection music offers against adverse effects of stress. It then discusses social aspects of music production and listening and ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Work and Health in India

    by Vimal Kumar, Mangadv Paramasivan Ganesh, Sarlaksha Ganesh, Subrata K Roy, T.J. Kamalanabhan, Vaijayanthee Kumar, Anshul Kastor, Sanjay K Mohanty, Harihar Sahoo, A.V. Jose, Tores Theorell, Hugo Westerlund, Linda Magnusson Hanson ...
    The rapid economic growth of the past few decades has radically transformed India’s labour market, bringing millions of former agricultural workers into manufacturing industries, and, more recently, the expanding service industries, such as call centres and IT companies.Alongside this employment shift has come a change in health and health problems, as communicable diseases have become less common ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • Music and Public Health

    A Nordic Perspective

    Edited by Lars Ole Bonde, Töres Theorell ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    From the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) comes an exciting source of theoretical approaches, epidemiological findings, and real-life examples regarding the therapeutic and health-enhancing effects of music. Experts across fields including psychology, neurology, music therapy, medicine, and public health review research on the benefits of music in relieving physiological, ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Health Effects of the New Labour Market

    Edited by Kerstin Isaksson, Christer Hogstedt, Charli Eriksson, Töres Theorell ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The background for the international research conference “Health Hazards and Challenges in the New Working Life” was the emerging questions concerning the health and social effects of the rapid changes in the labour market leading to increasing long-term unemployment, temporary employment and irregular employment contracts. We knew that other countries have had this development at the labour ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • European Welfare Production

    Institutional Configuration and Distributional Outcome

    by Joachim Vogel, Töres Theorell, Stefan Svallfors, Heinz-Herbert Noll, Bernard Christoph ...
    Series Book 18 - Social Indicators Research Series
    European Welfare Production is of interest to researchers in quality of life research, economists and political scientists interested in welfare regimes and comparative social welfare research, and administrators in social planning and social work.The aim of this book is to identify the variation in welfare regimes (distribution of responsibilities for welfare delivery between the labour market, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    Edited by Maurice B. Mittelmark, Georg F. Bauer, Lenneke Vaandrager, Jürgen M. Pelikan, Shifra Sagy, Monica Eriksson, Bengt Lindström, Claudia Meier Magistretti ...
    This open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding to the rapidly growing salutogenesis research and application arena.Revised and updated from the first edition are background and historical chapters that trace the development of the salutogenic model of health and flesh out the central concepts, most notably generalized ... Read more

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  • Neuroethics

    Anticipating the future

    Edited by Judy Illes ...
    Pressing ethical issues are at the foreground of newfound knowledge of how the brain works, how the brain fails, and how information about its functions and failures are addressed, recorded and shared. In Neuroethics: Anticipating the Future, a distinguished group of contributors tackle current critical questions and anticipate the issues on the horizon. What new balances should be struck between ... Read more

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  • Advance Care Planning

    Communicating About Matters of Life and Death

    Edited by Susana McCune, MA, CT, Leah Rogne, PhD ...
    "This is a very substantive book that encompasses the various aspects of advance care planning, both prior to and after a diagnosis of a life-limiting disease. The realistic case studies help readers understand the complexities of decision-making by the individual and the family."--Doody's Medical ReviewsWhile advance directives hold a great deal of promise for ensuring self-determination and ... Read more

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