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xxvii, 266 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Here are highlights from Paul Farmers' speeches to a variety of audiences, from Princeton to Harvard to Notre Dame to Berkeley. Paul is a rock star of the academy who has a large following among many groups: students, doctors, general readers, activists, public health folks, professors. He is the pied piper of everyone who wants to change the world. Not only is he cofounder of Partners In Health, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti, head of social...
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307 pages ; 25 cm
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"An intimate, heart wrenching portrait of one small hospital that reveals the magnitude of America's health care crises. By following the struggle for survival of one small-town hospital, and the patients who walk, or are carried, through its doors, The Hospital takes readers into the world of the American medical industry in a way no book has done before. Americans are dying sooner, and living in poorer health. Alexander argues that no plan will...
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317 pages ; 21 cm
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"A leading microbiologist tackles the scientific and sociopolitical impact of viruses in twelve striking essays. Invisible in the food we eat, the people we kiss, and inside our own bodies, viruses flourish-with the power to shape not only our health, but our social, political, and economic systems. Drawing on his expertise in microbiology, Joseph Osmundson brings readers under the microscope to understand the structure and mechanics of viruses and...
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"A deeply affecting work from one of the important and innovative voices in American health and medicine." -Arianna Huffington, physician Sandro Galea examines what Americans miss when they fixate on healthcare: health. Americans spend more money on health than people anywhere else in the world. And what do they get for it? Statistically, not much. Americans today live shorter, less healthy lives than citizens of other rich countries, and these trends...
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xvi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Plagues and parasites have played a central role in world affairs, shaping the evolution of the modern state, the growth of cities, and the disparate fortunes of national economies. This book tells that story, but it is not about the resurgence of pestilence. It is the story of its decline. For the first time in recorded history, virus, bacteria, and other infectious diseases are not the leading cause of death or disability in any region of the world....
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292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over. But even as governments around the world try to get it under control, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent another pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this? Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and he has written a largely upbeat book that lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should learn from...
10) Snot, sneezes, and super-spreaders: everything you need to know about viruses and how to stop them
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"Discover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation and transmission to vaccination. If we didn't know it before, we certainly know it now: viruses can be powerful--so powerful, in fact, that they can hold the world in their grip for months at a time. But what exactly is a virus? Where do they come from and what do they do to our bodies? How do they spread, and what can we do to protect ourselves? Author Marc ter Horst tackles these...
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1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Director Carolyn Jones looks at how the USA's biggest public health challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the opioid crisis to gun violence and lack of insurance, collide in emergency departments. She follows emergency nurses and their patients in seven unique settings across the U.S., shedding light on some of the biggest health care crises facing Americans today, and the opportunity that emergency nurses have to help break a vicious cycle for...
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xiii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"With global cooperation and cohesion in decline, Hotez, a former member of the US Science Envoy Program, zeroes in on the factors that drive our most controversial and pressing global health concerns, including war and conflict, climate change, antivaxxers, and poverty. He proposes historically proven methods to soothe fraught international relations while preparing us for a safer, healthier future. The 2020 coronavirus crisis makes the book more...
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xii, 330 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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"Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist, mostly unregulated, despite their toll on the country's health and vitality. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data is inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt...
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Legalización versus criminalización, servicios médicos seguros versus clandestinidad, liberalización versus restricciones conservadoras: el aborto en América Latina presenta un abanico de situaciones tan contradictorio y diverso como nuestras sociedades. En esta trama compleja, quienes luchan por la legalización y quienes resisten esas reivindicaciones recurren cada vez más al derecho para fundar sus demandas. ¿Qué herramientas jurídicas...
15) Epistemología de la salud: Perspectivas desde la transdisciplinariedad y el pensamiento complejo
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La obra presenta reflexiones en torno a las nociones de salud desde una perspectiva transdisciplinaria y compleja. Se analizan algunas de las transformaciones de la noción de salud desde diferentes campos de conocimiento, lo cual denota su complejidad y la necesidad de un abordaje que supere los límites de la disciplinariedad. La construcción del concepto de salud ha marcado la incorporación de las diferentes ciencias básicas y sociales a cada...
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Gracias a los espectaculares avances de la medicina, nuestra esperanza de vida aumenta de forma constante y, en la actualidad, la gran mayoría de las personas de más de sesenta años vive con pleno disfrute de sus capacidades. Sin embargo, para disfrutar con total plenitud y autonomía de la segunda juventud, es fundamental prepararse lo mejor posible. Bajo la práctica forma de 200 preguntas, las más frecuentes, con sus correspondientes respuestas,...
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Partout dans les pays avancés, on cherche des solutions novatrices pour mieux répondre aux besoins des individus en ce qui a trait aux services sociaux et de santé. Le présent ouvrage explore une piste particulièrement prometteuse, mais exigeante: celle de l'intégration. Pour la suivre jusqu'au bout, il faut passer d'un mode d'organisation traditionnel fondé sur les besoins des systèmes à une approche qui se soucie d'aménager les services...
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La garantía del derecho a la salud en el trabajo, desde los albores del capitalismo, se ha visto afectada en tanto se ha buscado ocultar la relación entre trabajo y enfermedad, por esta razón, enfermarse y morir por causas laborales, en evidentes condiciones injustas, se naturaliza y se desconoce en la sociedad. A esto se suma la actitud indolente de los empresarios, el lucro de las aseguradoras y la actitud pasiva y cómplice el Estado frente...
19) Genetic Heavy Metal Toxicity: Explaining SIDS, Autism, Tourette's, Alzheimer's and Other Epidemics
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Something is dreadfully wrong. Of those who survive life in the womb, one out of two go on to have a serious defect, disease, or neurological disorder. Half the population! About 1 out of 500 babies dies of "SIDS," while about 1 out of 150 develops autism. Many more have varying degrees of Tourette's syndrome, OCD, ADHD, or behavioral disorders. Alzheimer's is an epidemic among the elderly. Depression, violence, and sleep disorders plague our society....
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Anonymous Nurse Nightingale is a licensed nurse currently working in methadone treatment center in the Unites States. She has written down, in this short piece, a review of the experiences and observations she has witnessed handing out methadone to hundreds of patients. This short read is more than that however. It also discusses drug addiction and the nuts and bolts of a methadone treatment program from the point of view of an "insider." A quick...
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