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ObamaCare Survival Guide: The Affordable Care Act and What It Means for You and Your Healthcare

by Nick Tate

When President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he handed Americans one of the most sweeping pieces of social legislation in U.S. history. Now that the Supreme Court has upheld...


The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T.R. Reid

A New York Times Bestseller

With an Explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill

Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid...


In Their Own Words

by Phillip Miller

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a doctor in today's highly regulated and often dysfunctional healthcare system? Would it interest you to learn why so many physicians are disillusioned with the conditions...


Debating Human Genetics

by Alexandra Plows

This book examines contemporary public debate on emerging developments in medical genetics, including cloning, gene therapy, gene patenting, biobanks, genetic testing and screening, and pharmacogenomics.


A Return To Healing: Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of Medicine

by MD, Len Saputo & Byron Belitsos

For several decades, a rapidly emerging new medical paradigm--integrative medicine--has supported a renaissance in our understanding of lifelong wellness. In this timely book, Dr. Saputo presents the inspiring...


From Calcedonies to Orchids: Plays Promoting Humanity in Health Policy

by Jeff Nisker

Jeff Nisker has been writing plays since the early 1990s. He did this in order to bring audiences to the position of persons immersed in the vortex of new scientific capacity and its social implications. Jeff...


Family and Community Life of Older People: Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas

by Miriam Bernard, Jim Ogg & Judith and Phillips

Family life has changed rapidly over te past fifty years and the number of people living longer increases year on year Family and Community Life of Older People revisits three areas (Bethnal Green in London,...


Effective Writing for Health Professionals: A Practical Guide to Getting Published

by Megan-Jane Johnstone

Health professionals are increasingly expected to conduct and publish their research, apply for grants, write newsletters, liaise with the media, present conference papers and contribute articles to professional...


50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law

by Michael F. Cannon

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress and the Supreme Court have granted each state the power to veto major provisions of the law before...


Code Red: An Economist Explains How to Revive the Healthcare System without Destroying It

by David Dranove

The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition--but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance...


Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children

by Gerald Markowitz & David Rosner

In this incisive examination of lead poisoning during the past half century, Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner focus on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. Lead Wars...


International Perspectives on Elder Abuse

by Amanda Phelan

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue. This volume provides a much-needed international...


European Union Public Health Policy: Regional and global trends

by Scott L. Greer & Paulette Kurzer

Ranging from influence over world trade laws affecting health to population health issues such as obesity to the use of comparative data to affect policy, the EU's public health policies are increasingly important,...


The Politics of AIDS Denialism: South Africa's Failure to Respond

by Pieter Fourie & Melissa Meyer

The controversial views on HIV and AIDS held by successive South African governments have led to allegations that the country is in a state of denial about the AIDS epidemic. This study addresses these claims...


Humanizing Healthcare Reforms

by Gerald Arbuckle & Maria Theresa Ho

This book looks at the problems facing healthcare systems from a social anthropological angle, and argues for a return to a values-based approach to healthcare. The author clarifies how organizations need to...


Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor

by Gerald Bloom, Barun Kanjilal & Henry Lucas

There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades. This has substantially increased the availability of health-related goods and services in all but...


Malaria in the Social Context: A Study in Western India

by Lancy Lobo

This book underscores how, apart from bacteriological factors, human behavioural characteristics as well as the socio-cultural factors that affect people's lives contribute to the risk for and prevention of...


MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know

by Michael Fitzpatrick

The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses. In the medical world, the weight of opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of MMR. In the public world, the anti-MMR campaign has a much greater...


Studying the Organisation and Delivery of Health Services: A Reader

by Pauline Allen & Nick Black

Research into the delivery and organisation of health care is a vital component in the improvement of health services. A wide range of disciplines and methods needs to be deployed to address research questions...


Global Health Disputes and Disparities: A Critical Appraisal of International Law and Population Health

by Dru Bhattacharya

Global Health Disputes and Disparities explores inequalities in health around the world, looking particularly at the opportunity for, and limitations of, international law to promote population health by examining...