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Throughout history, humanity has been plagued by a myriad of humanitarian crises that seemingly take the form of perpetual human suffering. Today, approximately 125,000,000 people require humanitarian assistance as the result of famine, war, geopolitical conflict, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-12-06
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This book sheds new light on health issues that concern both aging patients and their caregivers, and provides practical and in-depth insights. The respective chapters address various topics including locomotive organ disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus,...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-11-02
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This is the story of a professor of Medical Sociology, diagnosed with colon cancer. He undergoes the appropriate medical treatment. Passing through that trajectory, he realizes that things happen that he never read about in the professional literature. During his...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-05-08
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This text provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on the effects of dietary patterns and whole plant foods on general health, aging, and cardiometabolic disease risk from major prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and their...
Editeur :
Humana
Parution :
2018-02-13
Collection :
Nutrition and Health
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Drawing from the work of academics and practitioners from ten states across the country, this edited volume showcases and synthesises the diversity and richness of efforts to understand and act on the social determinants of health in India, the conditions in which we...
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Springer
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2017-12-13
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This book presents essential insights into lifelong learning and education in healthy and sustainable cities, providing a basis for strategies to help achieve the 2030 Agenda sustainable development and health promotion goals. The interface between environment, health...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-11-27
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This newest addition to the Nutrition and Health series is a comprehensive, yet portable, guide to the use of dietary fiber for the management of health and disease. Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease covers all sources of dietary fiber with a focus on preventing and...
Editeur :
Humana
Parution :
2017-11-16
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This innovative collection offers a wide-ranging palette of psychological, public health, and sociopolitical approaches toward addressing the multi-level prevention needs of gay men living with HIV and AIDS.This book advances our understanding of comprehensive health...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-10-27
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This book raises questions about the changing relationships between technology, people and health. It examines the accelerating pace of technological development and a general shift to personalized, patient-led medicine. Such relationships are increasingly mediated...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-05
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This wide-ranging volume reviews the experience and treatment of HIV/AIDS in rural America at the clinical, care system, community, and individual levels. Rural HIV-related phenomena are explored within healthcare contexts (physician shortages, treatment disparities)...
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Springer
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2017-07-13
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Representing the first collection on the topic, this book builds from foundations to case studies, to future prospects, providing the reader with a rich and comprehensive understanding of the use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-04-18
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Providing a fascinating insight into the factors that influence individual choices regarding eating habits, diet and other behavioral patterns relevant to obesity, this book offers a new perspective about the relationship of obesity to poverty and inequality. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-02-22
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Prof. Dr. Miriam Hägerbäumer beleuchtet das als Präsentismus bezeichnete Phänomen des Arbeitens trotz Krankheit hinsichtlich seiner Ursachen und Folgen und entwickelt hierzu ein valides Messinstrument. Mit einem Überblick zum Thema Gesundheit und Krankheit im...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-02-20
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This newest addition to the Nutrition and Health series focuses on nutrition’s key role in lifestyle interventions to prevent and manage diseases. The book pays particular attention to nutritional considerations related to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease....
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Humana
Parution :
2016-12-29
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This book addresses the growing problem of multimorbidity in cancer patients and survivors with the focus on how to best integrate the effective cancer care with the care of multiple chronic conditions. As cancer is more prevalent in older individuals, many patients...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-09-02
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This timely reference analyzes the rationale, impact, and feasibility of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) as a public health measure to contribute curbing obesity and diabetes rates, specifically in Canada. It presents the pros and cons of taxing soda, with...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-08-17
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This book uniquely combines cutting-edge medical, psychological, and sociocultural topics pertinent to eating disorders. In the medical realm, the book focuses on Eating Disorders’ newly investigated associations with ADHD and sleep disorders, and on innovative...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-13
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This book provides international perspective for those studying or working in the security domain, from enforcement to policy. It focuses on non-traditional threats in a landscape that has been described as transnational in nature and incorporates natural disasters,...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-02-11
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Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen profunden Einblick über das Forschungsgebiet gesundheitsorientierter Dienstleistungen und deren Management im Krankenhaus. Die Erbringung von Dienstleistungen ist im Krankenhauswesen mit hohen Kosten verbunden. Eine große Herausforderung...
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Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-12-10
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Mobile Persuasion Design presents five conceptual design projects (or ‘Machines’) for new mobile applications (smartphone or tablet with Web portals) that combine theories of persuasion and information design to change people’s behavior. The Green Machine persuades home...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-11-03
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