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The Dictionary of Health Economics, Third Edition

WebThis third edition of Anthony Culyer’s authoritative The Dictionary of Health Economics brings the material right up to date as well as adding plentiful amounts of new …

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Chapter 4: New materialist perspectives on health, illness and …

WebThe new materialisms bring to the sociological study of health and illness a perspective that is materialist, relational and post-anthropocentric, while its flattened …

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Chapter 20: Sociologies of public health and health promotion

WebSociology and public health both trace their roots to nineteenth-century industrialisation, and are shaped by colonial histories of the period. Whilst Anglophone …

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Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems

WebThis ground breaking Handbook brings together a number of chapters into one comprehensive book on the timely subject matter of the political economy of health and …

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Critical realism in: Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social …

WebAbstract. Critical realism utilises various analytical and methodological traditions in order to navigate a viable ‘third way’ to positivism and interpretivism. It …

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Research Handbook on Socio-Legal Studies of Medicine and Health

WebThis timely Research Handbook offers significant insights into an understudied subject, bringing together a broad range of socio-legal studies of medicine to help answer …

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Contents in: Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management

WebManagement practices within the healthcare sector are shaped by a multitude of professional, social, political and technical factors. This Elgar Encyclopedia …

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Chapter 6: Defining the role of public health in disasters and

WebFrom a public health perspective, a disaster is defined by the consequences on the health and health services of the affected community. The role of health is a vital …

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Chapter 9: Nature-based solutions and mental health

WebThis chapter demonstrates the mental health benefits of nature-based solutions in cities. First, factors that determine urban mental health and adverse health …

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Handbook on the Economics of Leisure Elgar Online: The online …

WebSurprisingly, the field of leisure economics is not, thus far, a particularly integrated or coherent one. In this Handbook a wide ranging body of international scholars get to grips …

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A Research Agenda for Ageing and Social Policy Elgar Online: The

WebForeword by Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology, University of Sheffield, UK Written by a global collective of scholars from a wide variety of …

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Chapter 11: Social capital and health interventions: enhancing …

WebThis chapter engages in the question of causality in a realistic and practical way by reviewing community interventions and their effects. These provided one or more …

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Chapter 2: Global health law and governance: concepts, tools, …

WebThis chapter focuses on the relationship between global health law (GHL) and global governance, conceptualizing GHL as an outcome of and input to broader …

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Chapter 1: Increasing occupational health and safety in …

WebWorkplace health and safety incidents inflict costs to both individuals and societies as a whole. A number of such incidents are described, including workplace …

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Chapter 28: Addressing the market failures of environmental …

WebLow-income populations around the world frequently face an environment characterized by high levels of pollution and environmental contaminants. Improving …

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Chapter 1: Public utilities: essential services, critical

WebThis chapter introduces readers to the diverse nature of the public utilities sector in the United States. After defining the electric power, natural gas, water and …

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Chapter 13: Aggressive and criminal behavior of police officers

WebPolicing is a high-risk occupation, and the purpose of this chapter is to improve policing and the health of police officers and their families by promoting empirical …

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Introduction: why apply industrial policy to the health industry

Weburge to reduce health expenditures is the assumption that the objective of a nation’s health system is to produce an acceptable level of health at

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