10,034円 This Research Handbook examines the many ways in which health engages human rights law. It also explores current debates which challenge traditional perspectives of rights and identifies potential new directions in which human rights law might venture, including the legal status of medical device...

10,034円 This unique Research Handbook examines voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws through the lens of regulatory theory. It sheds light on interdisciplinary perspectives and outlines policy debates around the revision and implementation of these laws. Ben P. White brings together global experts to discu...

3,800円 Dieser Ratgeber richtet sich an alle, die mit der Herausforderung der Pflegebedürftigkeit konfrontiert sind. Angesichts der steigenden Zahl pflegebedürftiger Menschen in Deutschland, die bis 2055 um 37 % zunehmen wird, ist es entscheidend, verlässliche Informationen und praktische Anleitungen zur...

7,157円 The shopping mall seems an unlikely place to go for health care services. Yet, the mall has become home to such services as well as a model for redesigning other health care facilities. In Medicine Moves to the Mall, David Charles Sloane and Beverlie Conant Sloane document the historical changes ...

7,296円 This is the story of a war against a disease that we can never win but must continue to fight. In Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States, Margaret Humphreys presents the first book-length account of the parasitic, insect-borne disease that has infected millions and influen...

3,973円 Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problemsーbirth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesityーare now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly pe...

7,688円 Why would a university renowned for its school of medicine ever sell its teaching hospital? In his newest book, Dr. John A. Kastor presents an insider’s view of why university medical centers decide to sell teaching hospitals, why the decision might be a good one, and how such transitions are rec...

5,698円 This thought-provoking studyexamines the ethical, legal, and social problems that arise with cutting-edge medical technology. Using as examples four powerful and largely unregulated technologiesーoff-label use of drugs, innovative surgery, assisted reproduction, and neuroimagingーMargaret L. Eato...

4,902円 Who will speak for the children? is the question posed by Judith S. Palfrey, a pediatrician and child advocate who confronts unconscionable disparities in U.S. health careーa system that persistently fails sick and disabled children despite annual expenditures of $1.8 trillion. In Child Health in...

4,371円 The past half-century has been marked by major changes in the treatment of mental illness: important advances in understanding mental illnesses, increases in spending on mental health care and support of people with mental illnesses, and the availability of new medications that are easier for the...

4,908円 Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 from Choice Magazine The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on both different population segments and society as a whole. The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the new technologies, outlinin...

5,831円 Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice Magazine Much has been written about medicine and the market in recent years. This book is the first to include an assessment of market influence in both developed and developing countries, and among the very few that have tried to evaluate the actual h...