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Health Psychology - Bok av Charles Abraham - Häftad

Health Psychology - Bok av Charles Abraham - Häftad

Now in its third edition, Health Psychology offers the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field. Clearly explaining the psychological processes that shape health-related behaviors, and affect core functions such as the immune and cardiovascular systems, it shows how these relationships provide the foundation for psychological interventions which can change cognition, perception and behavior, thereby improving health.Divided into five parts, the book looks at the biological bases of health..

SEK 776.00
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Health Education and Promotion - Bok av Diana Karczmarczyk - Häftad

Health Education and Promotion - Bok av Diana Karczmarczyk - Häftad

This comprehensive textbook provides students with an accessible overview of both the key concepts and practical skills required to work in the field of health education and promotion.Primarily aligned with the core competencies identified by the National Health Education Commission, Inc. Areas of Responsibility and designed as ideal preparation for those taking the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination, the book offers both the theoretical foundations and practical skills required..

SEK 660.00
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Health Promotion Ethics - A Framework for Social Justice - Bok av Ruth Cross - Häftad

Health Promotion Ethics - A Framework for Social Justice - Bok av Ruth Cross - Häftad

Health Promotion Ethics: A Framework for Social Justice critically considers the ethical dimensions of promoting health with individuals and communities, encouraging a nuanced understanding of health promotion in the context of fairness, empowerment and social justice.The concept of social justice, indeed, is central. The book explores how health promotion should be considered in relation to moral, social and legal issues, from individual responsibility to government intervention, as well as the..

SEK 586.00
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Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health - Bok av Richard Parker - Häftad

Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health - Bok av Richard Parker - Häftad

In the early twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage on the global scene, and health has been placed at the heart of our collective aspirations for human development and well-being. But significant debate exists not only about the causes, but also about the possible solutions for nearly all of the most important global health challenges.Competing visions of the values and perspectives that should underlie global health policies have emerged, ranging from..

SEK 700.00
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Health, Disease and Society - A Critical Medical Geography - Bok av Kelvyn Jones - Häftad

Health, Disease and Society - A Critical Medical Geography - Bok av Kelvyn Jones - Häftad

Originally published in 1987 this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing field of medical geography. It illustrates the ideas, methods and debates that inform contemporary approaches to the subject, demonstrating the potential of a social and environmental approach to illness and health. The central theme is the need to reject an exclusively biological approach to health. The authors examine both the geography of health care and outline a selection of health service planning..

SEK 531.00
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Community Health Systems in the Rural American South - Linking People and Policy - Bok av Carole E Hill - Häftad

Community Health Systems in the Rural American South - Linking People and Policy - Bok av Carole E Hill - Häftad

A cultural perspective of health care systems can provide health care providers and policymakers with a broader understanding of the issues they face when planning and implementing new health programs in communities. Healthcare tales place in a community setting while health care policy is developed at an entirely different level in the larger socioeconomic system. In this study the author attempts to link the community level systems of health with those of the policy level system and allow for a..

SEK 630.00
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Mental Health Care and Social Policy - Bok av Phil Brown - Häftad

Mental Health Care and Social Policy - Bok av Phil Brown - Häftad

Originally published in 1985, at a time when the previous 2 decades had witnessed dramatic changes in the US mental health system. These included the decline of the state mental hospital, the birth of the community mental health center and the expansion of psychiatric services in general hospitals. The inevitable results of the changes were the creation of a huge nursing home population of the chronically mentally ill, and the multiplication of urban 'street people'. Mental health care is uncoordinated..

SEK 546.00
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Making Mental Health - A Critical History - Bok av Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen - Häftad

Making Mental Health - A Critical History - Bok av Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen - Häftad

Making Mental Health: A Critical History historicizes mental health by examining the concept from the 'madness' of the late 19th century to the changing ideas about its contemporary concerns and status. It argues that a critical approach to the history of psychiatry and mental health shows them to constitute a dual clinical-political project that gathered pace over the course of the twentieth century and continues to resonate in the present. Drawing on scholarship across several areas of historical..

SEK 600.00
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Women's Health and Corporate Marketing - Our Bodies, Their Business - Bok av Mary Hunter - Häftad

Women's Health and Corporate Marketing - Our Bodies, Their Business - Bok av Mary Hunter - Häftad

This compelling collection of essays examines how historically significant marketing schemes have profoundly impacted women's health and healthcare across the world.Written by scholars and activists from a range of disciplines, including law, sociology and the health sciences, the book spotlights a range of products that have had a damaging impact on women's health, unpicking the values and assumption engrained within the marketing campaigns which promoted them. Examples include the advertisement..

SEK 600.00
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Public Relations for Public Health and Social Good - Bok av Brooke W McKeever - Häftad

Public Relations for Public Health and Social Good - Bok av Brooke W McKeever - Häftad

Foregrounding the work professional communicators do to support public health and social missions, this book examines how the principles and practices of public relations can be applied by nonprofit, government, and corporate entities working to understand and improve public health and social conditions.Many organizations attempt to influence prosocial behaviors, such as donating one's time, money, or talents; participating in advocacy or activism; or otherwise working to protect public health or..

SEK 616.00
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Women, Health, and Healing - Toward a New Perspective - Bok av Ellen Lewin - Häftad

Women, Health, and Healing - Toward a New Perspective - Bok av Ellen Lewin - Häftad

Originally published in 1985, this collection of essays expands the understanding of both health itself and the ways in which women may experience their roles as consumers and providers of health care. The authors represent a number of disciplines - anthropology, sociology and political science - and examine issues of public concern on both sides of the Atlantic. Many important health questions are discussed, including the increasing use of high technology methods on obstetrical care, HRT, the treatment..

SEK 516.00
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Lifestyle Medicine from the Inside Out - Using Positive Psychology in Healthy Lifestyles for Positive Health - Bok av Liana S Lianov - Häftad

Lifestyle Medicine from the Inside Out - Using Positive Psychology in Healthy Lifestyles for Positive Health - Bok av Liana S Lianov - Häftad

Lifestyle Medicine From the Inside Out, Using Positive Psychology in Healthy Lifestyles for Positive Health summarizes the principles, science and practice of how positive psychology can be integrated into lifestyle medicine for positive health in health care and self-care. This integration builds physical health and well-being, buffers against adversity and promotes personal growth after traumatic experiences. By intertwining healthy habits and positive psychology-based activities, including personal..

SEK 540.00
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Issues in the Political Economy of Health Care - Bok av John B McKinlay - Häftad

Issues in the Political Economy of Health Care - Bok av John B McKinlay - Häftad

Originally published in 1984, this book attempted to fill a gap by providing a broad-ranging structural analysis of the health care sector and the political and economic forces which influence its shape and contents, both in the western world and developing countries. The contributors examine the relationships of capitalism to health care, in terms of its influence on the physical environment, the incidence of social diseases and the prevailing (20th Century) view of what constitutes health itself;..

SEK 531.00
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Negotiating the Emotional Challenges of Conducting Deeply Personal Research in Health - Bok av Alexandra Xan C H Nowakowski - Häftad

Negotiating the Emotional Challenges of Conducting Deeply Personal Research in Health - Bok av Alexandra Xan C H Nowakowski - Häftad

Public health researchers and clinicians regularly work with people who have suffered physical and mental trauma. Knowing how to conduct a study or treat a patient while navigating deep emotional issues requires special skills and overall awareness of how trauma can impact the process and outcomes of participating in research and/or receiving health care. This book presents a diverse array of case examples from scholars of health-related topics, focusing on biographical narrative as a window into..

SEK 627.00
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Mad Studies Reader - Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health - Bok av Bradley Lewis - Häftad

Mad Studies Reader - Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health - Bok av Bradley Lewis - Häftad

The last few years have brought increased writings from activists, artists, scholars, and concerned clinicians that cast a critical and constructive eye on psychiatry, mental health care, and the cultural relations of mental difference. With particular focus on accounts of lived experience and readings that cover issues of epistemic and social injustice in mental health discourse, the Mad Studies Reader brings together voices that advance anti-sanist approaches to scholarship, practice, art, and..

SEK 946.00
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Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health - Recognition, Equity, and Aanhpi - Bok av Karen J Leong - Inbunden

Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health - Recognition, Equity, and Aanhpi - Bok av Karen J Leong - Inbunden

Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health addresses the sexual and reproductive health needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women from a structural and intersectional perspective.AANHPI women in the United States have often been grouped together due to their race and gender, regardless of their specific communities' diverse histories with the United States and different educational and economic opportunities. The authors argue that AANHPI women are misunderstood by..

SEK 786.00
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The Human Biome and Human Behaviour - A Biopsychological Perspective - Bok av Jorge A Colombo - Häftad

The Human Biome and Human Behaviour - A Biopsychological Perspective - Bok av Jorge A Colombo - Häftad

The book represents a critical update on interactions between the host and its gut microbiome that conditions the socio-biology of the mind and behaviour. Evidence has been scientifically approached and reveals that our conscious behaviour involves a complex interplay of multiple non-conscious domains, including complex host-gut microbiome relationships.The book describes trends and issues on which there is increasing evidence of the impact of host-gut microbiome interactions on behaviour and cultural..

SEK 700.00
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Justice in Global Health - New Perspectives and Current Issues - Bok av Himani Bhakuni - Häftad

Justice in Global Health - New Perspectives and Current Issues - Bok av Himani Bhakuni - Häftad

Rather than making another attempt at proposing a single and unifying theory of global health justice, this timely collection brings together, instead, scholars from a range of traditions to frame the issue more broadly, highlighting not only different perspectives but also key topics and debates.The volume features chapters that offer both new theoretical approaches to global health justice, as well as fresh takes on existing frameworks. Others adopt a bottom-up approach to tackle specific problems,..

SEK 600.00
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Social Justice, Social Discrimination, and Mental Health - Theory, Practice, and Professional Issues - Bok av Rachel Tribe - Häftad

Social Justice, Social Discrimination, and Mental Health - Theory, Practice, and Professional Issues - Bok av Rachel Tribe - Häftad

Social Justice, Social Discrimination, and Mental Health explores the theory and background of social justice in the context of mental health of individuals, cultures, and communities.This ground-breaking book is a comprehensive text which defines what the 'social justice agenda' in therapeutic fields is and provides concrete and innovative descriptions of social justice in practice. With case studies and examples of real-life practice from a team of international contributors, it covers the full..

SEK 616.00
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Making Health Public - How News Coverage Is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life - Bok av Charles L Briggs - Häftad

Making Health Public - How News Coverage Is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life - Bok av Charles L Briggs - Häftad

This book examines the relationship between media and medicine. Drawing on insights from anthropology, linguistics, and media studies, it considers the fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health and disease. The authors advance the notion of 'biomediatization' and demonstrate how health knowledge is co-produced through connections between dispersed sites of knowledge making and through multiple forms of expertise.The chapters offer an innovative combination..

SEK 586.00
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The Intersection of Food and Public Health - Current Policy Challenges and Solutions - Bok av A Bryce Hoflund - Häftad

The Intersection of Food and Public Health - Current Policy Challenges and Solutions - Bok av A Bryce Hoflund - Häftad

Presently, ideas about food are in flux from a variety of sources. Examples of this evolution include recognizing the importance of food on health by public health and medical professionals; changing consumer desires around the production methods and components of their food; a greater focus on injustices within the national food system; evolving knowledge of how the food system impacts the environment; and, shifting economic and technological realities that underpin where and how food is produced,..

SEK 646.00
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The Curriculum of the Body and the School as Clinic - Histories of Public Health and Schooling - Bok av Kellie Burns - Häftad

The Curriculum of the Body and the School as Clinic - Histories of Public Health and Schooling - Bok av Kellie Burns - Häftad

This collection brings together cutting-edge research on the history of embodiment, health and schooling in an international context. The book distinguishes a set of educational technologies, schooling practices and school-based public health programmes that organise and influence the bodies of children and young people, defining the curriculum of the body.Taking a historical approach, with a focus on the period in which mass schooling became an international phenomenon, the book is organised according..

SEK 600.00
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Case Study Methodology for Nursing - Exploring the Lived Experience of Those with Chronic Health Problems - Bok av Donna M Zucker - Inbunden

Case Study Methodology for Nursing - Exploring the Lived Experience of Those with Chronic Health Problems - Bok av Donna M Zucker - Inbunden

This innovative text introduces and illustrates case study methodology for nursing research by exploring how it can be used to uncover the varied and complex life experiences of persons with chronic illness and post-traumatic stress conditions. Nursing practice demands care and compassion, but often nurses do not have the tools to examine their clients' health and wellness experiences. This book presents an approach to finding shared solutions for common health problems from a nursing perspective...

SEK 800.00
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