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![The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness]()
The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness
Edited by Plácido Rodríguez , Stefan Késenne, Brad R. Humphreys
Including an array of distinguished contributors, this novel book fills a gap in the literature by addressing an important, yet under-researched, issue in the field of sports economics. It places great emphasis on the notion that sport i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Welfare States and Public Opinion
Claus Wendt, Monika Mischke, Michaela Pfeifer
Welfare States and Public Opinion comprises an informed inquiry into three fields of social policy – health policy, family policy, and unemployment benefits and social assistance. Though the analyses stem from research spanning fifteen c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Democratizing Health
Edited by Hans Löfgren, Evelyne de Leeuw, Michael Leahy
This book examines the important role of consumer activism in health policy in different national contexts.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation and Health
Thomas Grebel
Innovation and Health investigates both the origin and the diffusion of novelty in the field of health. It also provides a critical discussion of the methodology and theory of health economics. Neoclassical and evolutionary elements are... -
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Setting Priorities for HIV/AIDS Interventions
Robert J. Brent
HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost–benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the mo...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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![Obesity and the Economics of Prevention]()
Obesity and the Economics of Prevention
Franco Sassi
The authors, including special contributions from health and obesity experts Marc Suhrcke, Tim Lobstein, Donald Kenkel and Francesco Branca, challenge the perception that explanations for the obesity epidemic are simple and solutions are... -
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Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care
John Connell
The international migration of health workers has been described by Nelson Mandela as the ‘poaching’ of desperately needed skills from under-privileged regions. This book examines the controversial recent history of skilled migration, an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation and Commercialisation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
Bruce Rasmussen
This path-breaking book addresses the ongoing implications for traditional pharmaceutical companies and biopharmaceutical start-ups of the realignment of the industry knowledge-base. The theoretical approach draws on the modern theory of...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Health Tourism
David Reisman
In this unique and pathbreaking book, David Reisman examines the relatively new phenomenon of health travel. He presents a multidisciplinary account of the way in which lower costs, shorter waiting times, different services, and the chan...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Distributive Justice and the New Medicine
George P. Smith II
The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society...eBook:Find out more$41.56
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Social Policy in an Ageing Society
David Reisman
Around half the world’s population live in countries where the fertility rate is far below the replacement rate and where life expectancy is increasing dramatically. Using Singapore as a case study, Social Policy in an Ageing Society exp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Health Care and Public Policy
David Reisman
Health Care and Public Policy is a comprehensive and intelligible cross-disciplinary account of the objectives of health care policy (medical, social, economic) and of the policy-tools that government can employ (cost–benefit analysis, e...eBook:Find out more$62.36
