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Critical Perspectives in Public Health
This book explores the concept of ‘critical’ public health, at a point when many of its core concerns appear to have moved to the mainstream…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40951-3 (Routledge)
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Critical Perspectives in Public Health
This book explores the concept of ‘critical’ public health, at a point when many of its core concerns appear to have moved to the mainstream…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40952-0 (Routledge)
more information about Critical Perspectives in Public Health
Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills
Pharmaceutical Companies and the Medicalisation of Normal Life
This is a highly accessible and reassuring account of how the pharmaceutical industry is redefining health, making it a state that is almost impossible to…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39069-9 (Routledge)
Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills
Pharmaceutical Companies and the Medicalisation of Normal Life
This is a highly accessible and reassuring account of how the pharmaceutical industry is redefining health, making it a state that is almost impossible to…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39071-2 (Routledge)
The New NHS
A Guide
Dr Alison Talbot-Smith, an experienced doctor and researcher, and Professor Allyson M. Pollock, one of the UKs leading authorities on the NHS, give a lucid…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32841-8 (Routledge)
The NHS Experience
The 'Snakes and Ladders' Guide for Patients and Professionals
The NHS Experience is an accessible and engaging guide for all those journeying through the NHS, whether as patients, carers or professionals. It draws on…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33671-0 (Routledge)
Health Action Zones
Partnerships for Health Equity
Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and most prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon after it…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32551-6 (Routledge)
Health Action Zones
Partnerships for Health Equity
Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and most prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon after it…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32550-9 (Routledge)
Compassionate Cities
Once it was difficult to see end of life care beyond conventional medical intervention, but hospice and palliative care introduced a more holistic approach, providing…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36772-1 (Routledge)
Compassionate Cities
Once it was difficult to see end of life care beyond conventional medical intervention, but hospice and palliative care introduced a more holistic approach, providing…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36773-8 (Routledge)
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