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Of Medicines and Markets
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 24.95Central American countries have long defined health as a human right. But in recent years regional trade agreements have ushered in aggressive intellectual property reforms, undermining this conception. Questions of IP and health provisions are pivotal to both human rights advocacy and "free" trade policy, and as this book chronicles, complex political... more...
Japan's Global Health Policy
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2013; US$ 29.99Recent years have seen a considerable shift in the sources of financial assistance for global health activities. With the private sector as well as emerging economies joining the more developed nations as major players, the balance of power is changing, leading to a momentous shift in perceptions of ?global health.? more...
Clarke's Analytical Forensic Toxicology
Pharmaceutical Press 2013; US$ 93.75This invaluable textbook, written by international experts, covers all the main elements of forensic toxicology and analytical toxicology techniques as well as the important parts of pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, and pharmacology in general, with a particular focus on drugs of abuse. more...
Irrationality in Health Care
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 39.95The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries get better results—and we don't know why. To date, we still lack widely accepted answers to such simple questions as "Would requiring everyone to buy health insurance make all of us better off?" The standard tools of health... more...
The Psychiatrist in the Courtroom
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 83.00Over the course of an illustrious career, the late Bernard Diamond established himself as the preeminent forensic psychiatrist of the century. The Psychiatrist in the Courtroom brings together in a single volume Diamond's pivotal contributions to a variety of important issues, including the nature of diminished capacity, the fallacy of the impartial... more...
Managing for Health
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 58.95Expertly mixing theory with practice, this text makes a unique and important contribution to the area of health management. Through examples and case studies drawn from across Europe, Managing for Health explores the management challenge in public health policy and offers pointers to equip students of health management and public health managers... more...
Health Economics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 75.00This popular textbook provides a comprehensive but accessible coverage of health economic principles and applications. It provides an introduction for those with no previous knowledge of economics, but also more advanced material suitable for those with a background in economics. Now into its second edition, Barbara McPake and Charles Normand have... more...
Genetic Policing
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 48.95This book is about the increasing significance of DNA profiling for crime investigation in modern society. It focuses on developments in the UK as the world-leader in the development and application of forensic DNA technology and in the construction of DNA databases as an essential element in the successful use of DNA for forensic purposes. The... more...
Pharmacy on a Bicycle
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2013; US$ 29.95Traditional pathways to delivering health care to the global poor are failing. Five million children die each year before their fifth birthday due to lack of basic health education, services, or low-cost treatments. Bing and Epstein show how focusing micro-innovations at the level of care is the way to end these grim health statistics. more...
Transdisciplinary Public Health
Wiley 2013; US$ 90.00"This book makes a great leap in the conceptualization of transdisciplinary approaches, as well as provides concrete examples in practice, teaching, policy, and research." From the Foreword by Edward F. Lawlor, dean and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor, the Brown School; and founding director, Institute for Public Health... more...









