Our current healthcare system’s broken. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) predicts health care costs could increase from 6% to 14% of GDP by 2060. The cause of this inc
Much of framing scholarship focuses either exclusively on the analysis of words or of visuals. This book aims to address this gap by proposing a six-step approach to the analysis of verbal frames, vis
This book presents best practices for ethical and safe international health elective experiences for trainees, and the educational competencies and evaluation techniques that make them valuable. It in
During and after World War I, policy makers, public health advocates, and veterans laid the groundwork for the extension of government-sponsored medical care to millions of former service members. In
Social scientists have only recently begun to explore the link between health and political engagement. Understanding this relationship is vitally important from both a scholarly and a policy-making p
Health issues have long occupied top headlines in Canadian media, and no journalist has written on public health with more authority or for as many years as Andre Picard. Matters of Life and Death col
A unique set of values and decisions have built Portland, Oregon from a forest clearing to a young metropolis in a century and half. Anatomy of a Healthy City is a critical examination of a city worki
The "human right to healthcare" has had a remarkable rise. It is found in numerous international treaties and national constitutions, it is litigated in courtrooms across the globe, it is increasingly
The "human right to healthcare" has had a remarkable rise. It is found in numerous international treaties and national constitutions, it is litigated in courtrooms across the globe, it is increasingly
Taking a ‘decentred’ approach to the analysis of health policy means being attentive to the historical contingencies and circumstances within which reforms are located, the influence of dominant or el
Suffering: Bodies, Emotions and Relations of Care is a critical response to a range of problems – some theoretical, others empirical - that shape questions surrounding the lived experience of sufferin
This timely book takes seriously the idea of understanding how our social world – and not individual responsibility or the healthcare system – is the primary determinant of our health. Kat
This timely book takes seriously the idea of understanding how our social world ? not individual responsibility nor the health care system ? is the primary determinant of our health. Kathryn Strother
Examines the issue of obesity, asking if it is a serious threat, whether people are individually responsible for their weight, whether the food industry plays a major role, and whether it is possible
Examines the issue of abortion, asking if fetuses should be considered persons, if the procedure endangers women, if it harms society, and whether state laws should be made more or less restrictive.
Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Jessie Rees Foundation contributes positively to the world.
Iraq was once the leading hub of scientific and medical training in the Middle East. Since the British Mandate, Iraqi governments had invested in cultivating Iraq's medical doctors as agents of statec
