Public Health Policy and Practice

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to stem cell research, starting with the breakthrough discovery up through the present day controversy. The book will help the non-scientist understand the biology, research regulations and funding; and it will help the scientist better comprehend the..

This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of health policy formation in China and presents a novel examination of the underlying causes of the State's budgetary retrenchment from health and health risk protection...

This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of health policy formation in China and presents a novel examination of the underlying causes of the State's budgetary retrenchment from health and health risk protection...

Designed to help readers develop the practical skills they need to become effective public health practitioners, this concise text gives an easily digested overview of public health and health promotion theory in accessible language and diagrams, before moving on to the ways readers can apply this i..

Designed to help readers develop the practical skills they need to become effective public health practitioners, this concise text gives an easily digested overview of public health and health promotion theory in accessible language and diagrams, before moving on to the ways readers can apply this i..

This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data about the welfare systems of all 27 EU member states and offers the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative analysis. It closes with a theoretical reflection by venturing the idea of politically limited plur..

This book provides new insights into the nature of political bias with regard to evidence. It draws on both policy studies and cognitive psychology to understand how the origins of such bias derive from the fundamental nature of policy contestation, as well as the nature of human cognition and infor..

Patient organizations and social health movements offer an illuminating example of civil society engagement and participation in scientific research...

Health systems have long been considered key determinants of well-being within modern societies, a valuable resource which has faced a series of reform initiatives throughout the past decades. These reforms have been used to manage the cost of development, measure the tenability of health systems in..

This practical and accessible book maps out the range of exciting and varied options open to people considering a career in public health, and provides helpful information on how to get there, either as a fully fledged specialist or in an operational practitioner role...

This practical and accessible book maps out the range of exciting and varied options open to people considering a career in public health, and provides helpful information on how to get there, either as a fully fledged specialist or in an operational practitioner role...