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The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years


Sonia Shah



This fascinating, mordant pop-sci account tells us why malaria is one of the world™s greatest...
Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care

Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care


Martin Makary, Marty Makary



A New York Times Bestseller—Peter Boyer, senior correspondent for NewsweekLaura Landro, The Wa...
Health and the Rise of Civilization

Health and the Rise of Civilization


Professor Mark Nathan Cohen



Civilized nations popularly assume that "primitive" societies are poor, ill, and malnourished and that progress through civilizati...
AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal: A Kinship of Bones (Amsterdam University Press - Care and Welfare Series)

AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal: A Kinship of Bones (Amsterdam University Press - Care and Welfare Series)


Patricia C. Henderson



Taking the reader through landscapes of disease, devastation and hope, Henderson's book is theoretic...
Unsafe Motherhood: Mayan Maternal Mortality and Subjectivity in Post-War Guatemala (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality)

Unsafe Motherhood: Mayan Maternal Mortality and Subjectivity in Post-War Guatemala (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality)


Nicole S. Berry



"Unsafe Motherhood is a finely argued monograph. It does what it sets out to do well: offering valua...
The Drug Effect: Health, Crime and Society

The Drug Effect: Health, Crime and Society


David Moore, Suzanne Fraser



The Drug Effect: Health, Crime and Society offers new perspectives on debates in the field of drug u...
Forced to care: coercion and caregiving in America

Forced to care: coercion and caregiving in America


Evelyn Nakano Glenn



A powerful and persuasive critique, Forced to Care weaves together an insightful historical narrativ...
The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age

The Politics of Sleep: Governing (Un)consciousness in the Late Modern Age


Simon J. Williams



'This carefully crafted book is beautifully written, providing an elegant and convincing argument of...
Gender and Well-being: The Role of Institutions

Gender and Well-being: The Role of Institutions


John Eriksen



Elisabetta Addis, University of Sassari, Italy, Paloma de Villota, Complutense University of Madrid,...
Ashamed to Die: Silence, Denial, and the AIDS Epidemic in the South

Ashamed to Die: Silence, Denial, and the AIDS Epidemic in the South


Andrew J. Skerritt



“Mr. Skerritt’s book is both poignant and beautiful, even as the subject is tragic. ...
Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies

Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies


Deborah Lupton



`This is, as the title suggests, a very comprehensive book. The author successfully attempts to summ...
Governing Health and Consumption: Sensible Citizens, Behaviour and the City

Governing Health and Consumption: Sensible Citizens, Behaviour and the City


Clare Herrick



“A timely and challenging discussion of the dilemmas of contemporary health policy that recogn...
Boundaries of Contagion: How Ethnic Politics Have Shaped Government Responses to AIDS

Boundaries of Contagion: How Ethnic Politics Have Shaped Government Responses to AIDS


Evan S. Lieberman



Lieberman's methodologically eclectic study constitutes the most thorough cross-national examination...
How's Life?: Measuring Progress and Well-Being

How's Life?: Measuring Progress and Well-Being


Organization For Economic Cooperation, Development Oecd



How's Life?: Measuring Progress and Well-Being...
Understanding Health Inequalities

Understanding Health Inequalities


Hilary Graham



Hilary Graham is professor of health sciences at the University of York, UK. She has a track record o...
Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care

Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care


Augustus A. White Iii



When White attended Stanford in the late '50s he was one of four students of color. A recommendation ...
Joint Ventures: Inside America's Almost Legal Marijuana Industry

Joint Ventures: Inside America's Almost Legal Marijuana Industry


Trish Regan



Pot has moved out of the shadows and into the mainstream. Thousands of new medical marijuana dispensa...
Future Global Shocks: Improving Risk Governance (OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies)

Future Global Shocks: Improving Risk Governance (OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies)


Development, Oecd, Organization For Economic Cooperation



Future Global Shocks is an in-depth examination of how major disruptive events such as pandemics, financial crises, critical infra...
Leadership for Healthcare

Leadership for Healthcare


Jean Hartley, John Benington



"Hartley and Bennington's Leadership in healthcare offers a fresh and compelling approach to understa...
Social Aspects of Health, Illness and Healthcare

Social Aspects of Health, Illness and Healthcare


Mary Larkin



Mary Larkin is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort Universit...