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  • Denying to the Grave

    Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us

    de Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman ...
    Why do some parents refuse to vaccinate their children? Why do some people keep guns at home, despite scientific evidence of risk to their family members? And why do people use antibiotics for illnesses they cannot possibly alleviate? When it comes to health, many people insist that science is wrong, that the evidence is incomplete, and that unidentified hazards lurk everywhere. In Denying to the ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The Anatomy of Deception

    Conspiracy Theories, Distrust, and Public Health in America

    de Sara E. Gorman ...
    Veteran health writer Sara Gorman compellingly argues that the backbone of medical conspiracy theories is not misinformation but lack of trust--in our hospitals and in our democracy writ large. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in the healthcare system seems to be at an all-time low. Conspiracy theories are now mainstream, and distrust of government health agencies is common among ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Denying to the Grave

    Why We Ignore the Science That Will Save Us, Revised and Updated Edition

    de Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman ...
    With science denial as a rising danger to public health, Sara E. Gorman and Jack M. Gorman analyze society's resistance to scientific evidence relating to health and safety, and the tools to combat these tendencies. Why do some parents decide not to vaccinate their children? Why do some people keep guns at home, despite ample evidence that doing so increases the risk of a gun-related injury? And ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

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    The Anatomy of Deception

    Conspiracy Theories, Distrust, and Public Health in America

    de Sara E. Gorman ...
    Narrado por Jennifer Walden ...

    Completo

    10 hora 14 minutos

    In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in the healthcare system seems to be at an all-time low. Conspiracy theories are now mainstream, and distrust of government health agencies is common among private citizens. Yet many of those same individuals still profess trust in their doctors. What, then, is driving the general mistrust in medicine, and how can the public's faith be restored?The ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Denying to the Grave

    Why We Ignore the Science That Will Save Us

    de Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman ...
    Narrado por Rosemary Benson ...

    Completo

    17 hora 20 minutos

    In Denying to the Grave, Sara Gorman and Jack Gorman explore the psychology of health science denial. Using several examples as case studies, they propose six key principles that may lead people to reject "accepted" health-related wisdom: the charismatic leader; fear of complexity; confirmation bias; fear of corporate and government conspiracies; causality and filling the ignorance gap; and the ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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  • In the Kingdom of the Sick

    A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

    de Laurie Edwards ...
    Thirty years ago, Susan Sontag wrote, "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom of the sick ... Sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place." Now more than 133 million Americans live with chronic illness, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all health care dollars, and untold ... Leer más

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  • Theorist-at-Large: One Woman's Ambiguous Journey into Medical Cannabis

    de Regina Nelson ...
    "Theorist-at-Large: One Woman's Ambiguous Journey into Medical Cannabis" is author, Regina Nelson's first book. This book offers the reader a unique experience learning about "medical marijuana" though the eyes of a Ph.D. student bent on taking an academic look at this emerging social issue; as well it shares parts of her own personal journey as a medical cannabis patient after she faces a near ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Inequality Kills Us All

    COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World

    de Stephen Bezruchka ...
    The complex answer to why the United States does so poorly in health measures has at its base one pervasive issue: The United States has by far the highest levels of inequality of all the rich countries. Inequality Kills Us All details how living in a society with entrenched hierarchies increases the negative effects of illnesses for everyone.The antidote must start, Stephen Bezruchka recognizes, ... Leer más

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  • Realities of Canadian Nursing

    Professional, Practice, and Power Issues

    de Carol McDonald, Marjorie McIntyre ...
    In Realities of Canadian Nursing, influential scholars throughout Canada give voice to the unheard concerns of nurses and go to great lengths to ensure the text offers readers more than an update on current and pressing professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues in nursing and healthcare. In chapter 1 of the text, authors Carol McDonald PhD, RN and Marjorie ... Leer más

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  • Bad Science

    Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

    de Ben Goldacre ...
    Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption? Or how a drug that is pulled off the market for causing heart attacks ever got approved in the first place? How can average readers, who aren't medical doctors or Ph.D.s in biochemistry, tell what they should be paying attention ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care

    de Maria Ferreiro Peteiro, Elizabeth Rasheed, Linda Wyatt, Pete Wedlake ...
    Exam board: CACHELevel: 3Subject: Health and Social CareFirst teaching: 2017First exams: Various datesMaster the essay-writing skills and concepts required to succeed in the Level 3 Extended Diploma with this CACHE-endorsed textbook.- Covers all 15 mandatory units of the qualification and the two synoptic external assessments.- Clearly ou... ... Leer más

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  • United States of Fear

    How America Fell Victim to a Mass Delusional Psychosis

    de Mark McDonald M.D. ...
    As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, LA-based psychiatrist Mark McDonald grew increasingly concerned by the negative mental health effects he witnessed among his patients—and Americans nationwide. These negative effects—stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, domestic violence, suicidal ideation—were all directly traceable to the climate of fear being stoked by public health authorities and ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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