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![Handbook of Health System Resilience]()
Handbook of Health System Resilience
Edited by Steve Thomas, Padraic Fleming
In this Handbook, Steve Thomas and Padraic Fleming compile invaluable and original insights on the resilience of health systems in the face of shocks and crises, from economic and climate emergencies, to conflicts and pandemics. They exa... -
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![A Research Agenda for Gender and Health]()
A Research Agenda for Gender and Health
Edited by Jasmine Gideon, Sarah Hawkes
A Research Agenda for Gender and Health critically examines a diverse range of health topics relating to gender. Employing a global range of empirical case studies, expert authors assert that gender equality is fundamental to creating he... -
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![Handbook on Religion and Health]()
Handbook on Religion and Health
Edited by James R. Cochrane, Gary Gunderson, Teresa Cutts
This revelatory Handbook explores the relationship between religion and health, emphasising the effects of organised religion and spirituality on community, population, and public health. While comprehensively summarising the current sta... -
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The Sociology of Diagnosis
Annemarie G. Jutel
This incisive brief guide critically examines the role of medical diagnoses in social life, shining light on both health and disease. Annemarie Goldstein Jutel shows that diagnosis is not simply the labelling of natural disease, but rath... -
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Understanding Health Systems and Welfare
Bent Greve
Understanding Health Systems and Welfare explores the ways in which we understand health care systems and recommends how individuals, health care providers and society as a whole can best use the resources within the systems for maximum ... -
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![Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life]()
Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life
Edited by Catherine Earl, Philip Taylor
This Research Handbook critically examines the myriad social and economic inequalities faced by those in later life. Contributors dissect examples from the Global North and South to support a new approach to studying ageing that moves be... -
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![Encyclopedia of Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective Wellbeing]()
Encyclopedia of Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective Wellbeing
Edited by Hilke Brockmann, Roger Fernandez-Urbano
This comprehensive Encyclopedia delves into the underpinnings, approaches, and recent advancements in the dynamic global landscape of happiness and wellbeing research. Laying out the foundational concepts and disciplinary perspectives in... -
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Public Policy in the Arab World
Edited by Anis B. Brik
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Public Policy in the Arab World dissects the layered social, economic, and governance issues... -
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![A Research Agenda for Disability and Technology]()
A Research Agenda for Disability and Technology
Edited by Jane Seale
This innovative Research Agenda offers a comprehensive analysis of the role of assistive technology (AT) in the lives of people with disabilities. Contributors representing a diverse range of stakeholders including researchers, practitio...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Research Handbook on Health Care Policy]()
Research Handbook on Health Care Policy
Edited by Martin Powell, Tuba I. Agartan, Daniel Béland
Presenting extensive coverage of key theoretical and policy issues within the field of health care research, this forward-looking Research Handbook contends that students of health care need to take policy more seriously.eBook:Find out more£48.00
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![Handbook of Quality of Life Research]()
Handbook of Quality of Life Research
Edited by Robert W. Marans, Robert J. Stimson, Noah J. Webster
This erudite Handbook demonstrates how multiple approaches have been used to conceptualize, measure, and model the complex issue of quality of life (QOL) and individual well-being, emphasizing place and space as critical factors in a mea...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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China’s Health Silk Road
Gerald Chan
In the fourth instalment of his ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ series, Gerald Chan provides a critical analysis of China’s vaccine diplomacy. Locating it within China’s wider infrastructure development strategy, Chan deploys geo-developmenta...eBook:Find out more£25.00
