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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
CRC Press 2013; US$ 149.95Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of febrile illnesses caused by RNA viruses from several viral families. These infectious viruses lead to a potentially lethal disease syndrome characterized by fever, malaise, vomiting, mucosal and gastrointestinal bleeding, edema, and hypotension. The four viral families known to cause VHF disease in humans... more...
Major Incident Management System (MIMS)
Wiley 2013; US$ 89.95This highly practical aid to management of major incidents is the refined and improved new edition of Prehospital Emergency Management Master. Concentrating on the essential elements in treatment and transport of the wounded in a major incident this new system provides easily assimilable information on: symbols and terminology; first actions; METHANE... more...
Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Wiley 2013; US$ 32.95Infectious disease pandemics are a rising threat in our globalizing world. This agenda-setting collection provides international analysis of the pressing sociological concerns they confront us with, from cross-border coordination of public health governance to geopolitical issues of development and social equity. Focuses on vital sociological issues... more...
Mass Fatality Management Concise Field Guide
CRC Press 2013; US$ 59.95In a mass fatality incident, members of the medical examiner or coroner's office are faced with a host of complex and time-sensitive responsibilities. These include identifying victims, collecting property and evidence, determining cause and manner of death, issuing death certificates, and returning the bodies to their families. Written for all personnel... more...
UN Millennium Development Library: Prescription for Healthy Development
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015?income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter?while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold... more...
UN Millennium Development Library: Coming to Grips with Malaria in the New Millennium
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015?income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter?while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold... more...
UN Millennium Development Library: Investing in Strategies to Reverse the Global Incidence of TB
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015?income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter?while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold... more...
HIV/AIDS in China - The Economic and Social Determinants
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 148.00South and East Asia may well become the epicentres of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than three-quarters of a million people are now estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in China. In 2009, AIDS had already become the leading cause of death by infectious disease. Yet, even despite China?s recent economic and social progress, a number of development... more...
Flood Hazards and Health
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95Flood hazards and the risks they present to human health are an increasing concern across the globe, in terms of lives, well-being and livelihoods, and the public resources needed to plan for, and deal with, the health impacts. This book is the first detailed assessment and discussion of the global health implications of flooding and future flood risk.... more...
Food Over Medicine
BenBella Books, Inc. 2013; US$ 24.95Includes recipes from Chef Del Sroufe, author of the bestselling Forks Over Knives?The Cookbook and Better Than Vegan Nearly half of Americans take at least one prescription medicine, with almost a quarter taking three or more, as diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and dementia grow more prevalent than ever. The problem with medicating common... more...









