Public Health Books


The Healing Brain: A Radical New Approach to Health CareThe Healing Brain: A Radical New Approach to Health Care
This book sets out to demonstrate that physical health and sickness and the spiritual life,...
The Psychology of Women's Health and Health CareThe Psychology of Women's Health and Health Care
The psychology of women's health is an area traditionally controlled by male-orientated...
Mental Health and Learning Disability (Nursing Times Open Learning Texts)Mental Health and Learning Disability (Nursing Times Open Learning Texts)
In Mental Health and Learning Disability, Part I invites learners to explore the complex...
Promoting Health PrPromoting Health Pr
This lively and accessible book explores the relationship between the theory and practice of...
An Introductory Study Guide to Public Health and EpidemiologyAn Introductory Study Guide to Public Health and Epidemiology
Best Price: $34.92
This book is primarily written for students of nursing and is relevant to all branches of...


The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia ('Race', Health and Social Care)The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia ('Race', Health and Social Care)
Best Price: $36.34
'...a most interesting, eye-opening and often challenging book...it should be read by anyone...
The Politics Of Old Age In Europe (Rethinking Ageing)The Politics Of Old Age In Europe (Rethinking Ageing)
Best Price: $35.71
The politics of old age in Europe have entered a critical new phase. This timely collection of...
Disability, The Family And Society (Disability, Human Rights and Society)Disability, The Family And Society (Disability, Human Rights and Society)
Read writes with a fluid style and clear structure which mean that "Disability, the...
Public Health for the 21st CenturyPublic Health for the 21st Century
Best Price: $41.15
"Public Health for the 21st Century is a comprehensive consideration of the emerging...
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The Healing Brain: A Radical New Approach to Health CareThe Healing Brain: A Radical New Approach to Health Care
This book sets out to demonstrate that physical health and sickness and the spiritual life,...
The Psychology of Women's Health and Health CareThe Psychology of Women's Health and Health Care
The psychology of women's health is an area traditionally controlled by male-orientated...
Mental Health and Learning Disability (Nursing Times Open Learning Texts)Mental Health and Learning Disability (Nursing Times Open Learning Texts)
In Mental Health and Learning Disability, Part I invites learners to explore the complex...
Promoting Health PrPromoting Health Pr
This lively and accessible book explores the relationship between the theory and practice of...
An Introductory Study Guide to Public Health and EpidemiologyAn Introductory Study Guide to Public Health and Epidemiology
Best Price: $34.92
This book is primarily written for students of nursing and is relevant to all branches of...

The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia ('Race', Health and Social Care)The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia ('Race', Health and Social Care)
Best Price: $36.34
'...a most interesting, eye-opening and often challenging book...it should be read by anyone...
The Politics Of Old Age In Europe (Rethinking Ageing)The Politics Of Old Age In Europe (Rethinking Ageing)
Best Price: $35.71
The politics of old age in Europe have entered a critical new phase. This timely collection of...
Disability, The Family And Society (Disability, Human Rights and Society)Disability, The Family And Society (Disability, Human Rights and Society)
Read writes with a fluid style and clear structure which mean that "Disability, the...
Public Health for the 21st CenturyPublic Health for the 21st Century
Best Price: $41.15
"Public Health for the 21st Century is a comprehensive consideration of the emerging...
Approved Codes of PracticeApproved Codes of Practice

Adequacy of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program: A Focused AssessmentAdequacy of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program: A Focused Assessment
Best Price: $30.00
New Findings on Poverty and Child Health and Nutrition: Summary of a Research BriefingNew Findings on Poverty and Child Health and Nutrition: Summary of a Research Briefing
Best Price: $15.00
Clearing the Smoke : Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm ReductionClearing the Smoke : Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction
Best Price: $19.89
Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco's harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking...
Biological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities, Workshop SummaryBiological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities, Workshop Summary
Best Price: $14.81
In the wake of September 11th and recent anthrax events, our nation's bioterrorism response...
Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef: Review of a Draft Risk AssessmentEscherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef: Review of a Draft Risk Assessment
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Report from the Committee on the Review of the USDA E-coli 0157:H7, Farm to Table Process Risk...

An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research ProgramAn Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program
Best Price: $33.00
In 1998, the Department of Defense (DoD) began a program of mandatory immunization against...
Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm SeriesPreventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series
Best Price: $20.00
In 1996, the Institute of Medicine launched the "Quality Chasm Series", a series of...
Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event: Workshop ReportAssessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event: Workshop Report
Best Price: $38.50
A nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists--even with a low-yield improvised nuclear...
Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges -- Finding Solutions, Workshop SummaryGlobal Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges -- Finding Solutions, Workshop Summary
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Making Medical Spending Decisions: The Law, Ethics, and Economics of Rationing MechanismsMaking Medical Spending Decisions: The Law, Ethics, and Economics of Rationing Mechanisms
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A fresh and comprehensive exploration of how health care rationing decisions are made, this book...

The Human Radiation ExperimentsThe Human Radiation Experiments
Best Price: $45.56
For the first time, an interested reader is able to find a clear treatment of a very sensitive...
Disease and Social Diversity: The European Impact on the Health of Non-EuropeansDisease and Social Diversity: The European Impact on the Health of Non-Europeans
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This book discusses the various social, political, and cultural forces that shape the...
Women and Children in Health Care: An Unequal MajorityWomen and Children in Health Care: An Unequal Majority
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The ideal of equality constitutes a criterion for assessing current practice through attention...
Injury Prevention: An International Perspective: Epidemiology, Surveillance, and PolicyInjury Prevention: An International Perspective: Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Policy
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Throughout the world, injuries are the leading cause of death for young adults, adolescents, and...
Design and Analysis of Group- Randomized TrialsDesign and Analysis of Group- Randomized Trials
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Group-randomized trials are trials in which randomization takes place at a level higher than the...

Genetics and Public Health in the 21st Century: Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent DiseaseGenetics and Public Health in the 21st Century: Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease
Best Price: $34.49
With the accelerating discovery of human genes, public health professionals are increasingly...
Rural Health in the United StatesRural Health in the United States
This work aims to provide a view of the health status and health care resources of the rural...
Epidemiology: An IntroductionEpidemiology: An Introduction
As a graduate student in public health, I found this book to be a life-saver when it came time...
A Biologic Approach to Environmental Assessment and EpidemiologyA Biologic Approach to Environmental Assessment and Epidemiology
Best Price: $51.30
Environmental chemical hazards are a highly contentious topic in modern life. Nearly every...
Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless CommunicationIdentification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication
Best Price: $18.89
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the use of wireless communications devices...

Psychological and Medical Aspects of Induced Abortion: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1986 (Bibliographies and Indexes in Women's Studies)Psychological and Medical Aspects of Induced Abortion: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1986 (Bibliographies and Indexes in Women's Studies)
Best Price: $79.95
This bibliography provides citations for five hundred classic or representative works on the...
The AIDS Crisis: A Documentary History (Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues)The AIDS Crisis: A Documentary History (Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues)
Best Price: $35.89
This work has fully lifted the veil on AIDS. It has focused on the various dimensions in which...
Controversies in the Practice of Medicine: (Contemporary Controversies)Controversies in the Practice of Medicine: (Contemporary Controversies)
Best Price: $36.95
From the medical use of marijuana to organ donations to animal testing, the medical profession...
Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues [2 volumes]Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues [2 volumes]
Best Price: $174.89
From the Athenian flu pandemic to the Black Death to AIDS, this extensive two-volume set offers...
Scientific Errors and Controversies in the U.S. HIV/AIDS Epidemic: How They Slowed Advances and Were ResolvedScientific Errors and Controversies in the U.S. HIV/AIDS Epidemic: How They Slowed Advances and Were Resolved
Best Price: $25.00
I enjoyed this book. I am a physician, and I did my Internal Medicine residency from 1987...

Poisons on Our Plates: The Real Food Safety Problem in the United States (Politics and the Environment)Poisons on Our Plates: The Real Food Safety Problem in the United States (Politics and the Environment)
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The safety of our food supply is an environmental health issue that affects every American...
Medical Imaging (Health and Medical Issues Today)Medical Imaging (Health and Medical Issues Today)
Best Price: $35.00
Medical Imaging describes the discovery and development of diagnostic imaging technologies,...
Statistics in MedicineStatistics in Medicine
Best Price: $25.00
I have found this book to be a very good review of inferential statistical methods as applied to...
WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR (MACMILLAN TROPICAL COMMUNITY HEALTH MANUALS)WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR (MACMILLAN TROPICAL COMMUNITY HEALTH MANUALS)Child Labour: A Public Health PerspectiveChild Labour: A Public Health Perspective
Best Price: $28.00
Child labour constitutes a major public health concern, with estimates that world-wide 110...

Mental Health and Social Policy: The Emergence of Managed Care (4th Edition)Mental Health and Social Policy: The Emergence of Managed Care (4th Edition)
Best Price: $23.68
Just a few years ago there was much optimism that the American health care system would be...
Bodies, Politics, and African Healing: The Matter of Maladies in TanzaniaBodies, Politics, and African Healing: The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania
Best Price: $15.00
This subtle and powerful ethnography examines African healing and its relationship to medical...
Melancholia and Moralism: Essays on AIDS and Queer PoliticsMelancholia and Moralism: Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics
Best Price: $19.74
In Melancholia and Moralism, Douglas Crimp confronts the conservative gay ...
Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (Urban and Industrial Environments)Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (Urban and Industrial Environments)
Best Price: $18.69
When environmental health problems arise in a community, policymakers must be...
Rationing Health Care in America: Perceptions and Principles of JusticeRationing Health Care in America: Perceptions and Principles of Justice
Best Price: $37.95

Environmental Health LawEnvironmental Health LawReincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects Volume 1: BirthmarksReincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects Volume 1: Birthmarks
Anyone attempting to understand the scientific evidence suggestive of reincarnation MUST read...
The Limits of Principle: Deciding Who Lives and What DiesThe Limits of Principle: Deciding Who Lives and What Dies
Best Price: $3.00
This is a superb book for nurses, doctors, social workers and family members wrestling with...
The Hawk's Nest Incident: America's Worst Industrial DisasterThe Hawk's Nest Incident: America's Worst Industrial Disaster
Best Price: $329.70
Until visiting Hawk's Nest State Park, I had never heard of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel or...
Mental Health Services: A Public Health PerspectiveMental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective
Best Price: $6.00
Increasingly, a public health framework is needed to develop and advance mental health systems...

Terrorism and Public Health: A Balanced Approach to Strengthening Systems and Protecting PeopleTerrorism and Public Health: A Balanced Approach to Strengthening Systems and Protecting People
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In a wide-ranging, timely discussion of urgent issues, this volume examines the health...
Community Interventions and AIDSCommunity Interventions and AIDS
Best Price: $29.98
As news headlines report staggering numbers of people infected with HIV or AIDS across the globe...
Ethical Dimensions of Health PolicyEthical Dimensions of Health Policy
Best Price: $35.54
This book takes the conversation between bioethics and health policy to a new level. Moving...
Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health CareWasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care
Best Price: $35.00
This is a provocative book that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. It...
Aspects of Community HealthAspects of Community Health
Best Price: $34.09
"Aspects of Community Health" introduces a range of views on community nursing and...

The Politics of Maternity Care: Services for Childbearing Women in Twentieth Century BritainThe Politics of Maternity Care: Services for Childbearing Women in Twentieth Century Britain
This concise volume examines the maternity care of British women, in both historical and social...
Prevention and Treatment of Suicidal Behaviour: From Science to PracticePrevention and Treatment of Suicidal Behaviour: From Science to Practice
Best Price: $98.67
Worldwide, at least 1 million people die by suicide each year and many millions more attempt...
Food Policy: Integrating health, environment and societyFood Policy: Integrating health, environment and society
Best Price: $48.09
For over half a century, food policy has mapped a path for progress based upon a belief that the...
Economic Evaluation of Interventions for Occupational Health and Safety: Developing Good PracticeEconomic Evaluation of Interventions for Occupational Health and Safety: Developing Good Practice
Best Price: $51.11
Undertaking economic evaluations of workplace-based occupational health and safety interventions...
Creating a Comprehensive Trauma Center: Choices and Challenges (Springer Series on Stress and Coping)Creating a Comprehensive Trauma Center: Choices and Challenges (Springer Series on Stress and Coping)
Best Price: $84.99
The goal of the comprehensive trauma center (CTC) is to help survivors and/or victims...

Stopping Domestic Violence: How a Community can Prevent Spousal Abuse (Prevention in Practice Library)Stopping Domestic Violence: How a Community can Prevent Spousal Abuse (Prevention in Practice Library)
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This volume examines models of collaboration between personnel in social service agencies,...
A Quarter Century of Community PsychologyA Quarter Century of Community Psychology
Best Price: $71.94
This work contains original research from the first 25 years of the American Journal of...
World Mental Health Casebook: Social and Mental Programs in Low-Income CountriesWorld Mental Health Casebook: Social and Mental Programs in Low-Income Countries
Best Price: $7.13
Using real cases based in the South Pacific, Asia, South and Latin America and Europe, this...
Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
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This book drew together an international group of basic scientists to explore the topic of...
Health Services Planning, Second EditionHealth Services Planning, Second Edition
Best Price: $75.88
-First edition by McGraw-Hill, 1998. -Textbook for courses on health administration and...

Managing a Public Speaker Bureau: A Manual for Health and Human Services Organizations (Falk Symposium)Managing a Public Speaker Bureau: A Manual for Health and Human Services Organizations (Falk Symposium)Regulating Pesticides in Food: The Delaney ParadoxRegulating Pesticides in Food: The Delaney Paradox
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Concern about health effects from exposure to pesticides in foods is growing as scientists learn...
Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United StatesEmerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States
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The emergence of HIV disease and AIDS, the reemergence of tuberculosis, and the increased...
Schools & HealthSchools & Health
Best Price: $45.00
Schools and Health is a readable and well-organized report on comprehensive school health...
Oxford Textbook of Public Health: Volume 3: Applications in Public Health (Oxford Medical Publications)Oxford Textbook of Public Health: Volume 3: Applications in Public Health (Oxford Medical Publications)
Although infectious agents play an important role in the aetiology of disease, the major...

Nutrition and Dental HealthNutrition and Dental Health
Interest in nutrition, diet, and health has never been higher than during the last ten years....
Health Promotion: Models and Values (Oxford Medical Publications)Health Promotion: Models and Values (Oxford Medical Publications)
Best Price: $72.62
The term "health promotion" has come to signify a radical movement that challenges the...
Where's the Evidence?: Convtroversies in Modern Medicine (Oxford Medical Publications)Where's the Evidence?: Convtroversies in Modern Medicine (Oxford Medical Publications)
Best Price: $84.99
Where's the Evidence is a collection of essays written by William A. Silverman, a pioneer...
Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice (Oxford Handbooks)Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice (Oxford Handbooks)
This is a book of FIRST RESORT. The handbook will help a practitioner scope a public health...
A Life Course Approach to Women's Health (Life Course Approach to Adult Health)A Life Course Approach to Women's Health (Life Course Approach to Adult Health)
Best Price: $90.34
How far is the health of middle aged and older women shaped by biological, social, and...

Research Methods for Community Health and Welfare: An IntroductionResearch Methods for Community Health and Welfare: An IntroductionClinical Trials: Design, Conduct, and Analysis (Monographs in Epidemiology & Biostatistics)Clinical Trials: Design, Conduct, and Analysis (Monographs in Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
Best Price: $100.85
A good book on clinical trials of the first ste
Virtues in Medical PracticeVirtues in Medical Practice
Best Price: $43.35
In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and...
Contested Ground: Public Purpose and Private Interest in the Regulation of Prescription DrugsContested Ground: Public Purpose and Private Interest in the Regulation of Prescription Drugs
Best Price: $1.43
Addressing the key issues in the public debate about prescription drugs, this book establishes...
Mental Retardation and Sterilization (Applied Clinical Psychology)Mental Retardation and Sterilization (Applied Clinical Psychology)

Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Volume 6Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Volume 6
Best Price: $79.50
Home Health Care Options: A Guide for Older Persons and Concerned FamiliesHome Health Care Options: A Guide for Older Persons and Concerned Families
Best Price: $10.00
Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Volume 10: Alcohol and CocaineRecent Developments in Alcoholism: Volume 10: Alcohol and Cocaine
Best Price: $110.00
This latest volume addresses the causes, consequences and clinical management of alcoholism and...
Reproductive Tract Infections (Reproductive Biology)Reproductive Tract Infections (Reproductive Biology)
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International Women's Health Coalition, New York City. Reproductive Biology Series. Fourteen...
Pediatric Orthopedics: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician (Critical Issues in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)Pediatric Orthopedics: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician (Critical Issues in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)
Many residency programs in primary care specialties do not provide the education in pediatric...

Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)
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As a student I found the book to be loaded with facts and useful information. The flow of...
Handbook of Health Behavior Research I: Personal and Social DeterminantsHandbook of Health Behavior Research I: Personal and Social Determinants
Best Price: $224.73
"An excellent overview...The chapters are well written, focused on research, and nicely...
Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)
Best Price: $48.83
"The editor and individual chapter authors clearly put much thought and effort into...
Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)
Best Price: $67.73
Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS recognizes HIV as a socially...
 
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