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Forthcoming Health Policy Books

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Epidemiological Criminology

    Theory to Practice

    Edited by Eve Waltermaurer, Timothy Akers

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

    Epidemiological criminology is an emerging paradigm which explores the public health outcomes associated with engagement in crime and criminal justice. This book engages with this new theory and practice-based discipline drawing on knowledge from criminology, criminal justice, public health,...

    To Be Published May 26th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Women and Therapy in the Last Third of Life

    The Long View

    Edited by Valory Mitchell

    What is distinct about the last third of life, about women, that makes psychotherapy different? In this diverse collection, the psychological meanings and challenges of the last third of life are explored, as the capacity of the psyche expands, sense of time changes, and some questions take on new...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People

    Edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir, Mary Ellen Purkis

    Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

    Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  4. Food

    By John Coveney

    Series: Shortcuts

    The centrality of food in life, and the importance of food as life, is undeniable. As a source of biological substrates, personal pleasure and political power, food is and has been an enduring requirement of human biological, social and cultural existence. In recent years, interest in food has...

    To Be Published July 8th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Globalizing Disorders

    The Psychiatrization of the Majority World

    By China Mills

    Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology

    To Be Published August 4th 2013 by Routledge

  6. Geographies of Health, Disease and Well-being

    Recent Advances in Theory and Method

    Edited by Mei-Po Kwan

    This book is a collection of papers reflecting the latest advances in geographic research on health, disease, and well-being. It spans a wide range of topics, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies - including anti-racism, post-colonialism, spatial statistics, spatiotemporal modeling,...

    To Be Published August 12th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Transnational Social Support

    Edited by Adrienne Chambon, Wolfgang Schröer, Cornelia Schweppe

    Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

    In the context of ever-increasing globalization, transnational systems of support have emerged in response to the needs of transnational families, labour forces, and the communities within which they are located. This volume will be the first to systematically address transnational support...

    To Be Published September 14th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Social Marketing

    From Tunes to Symphonies, 2nd Edition

    By Gerard Hastings, Christine Domegan

    Social Marketing involves the application of marketing techniques (usually associated with promoting consumption) to social ends. Beyond this simple definition, social marketing offers an alternative to the standard Western economic model of consumption at all costs. This popular introductory...

    To Be Published September 24th 2013 by Routledge

  9. The Policy Context of Midwifery and Maternity Services

    By Kuldip Bharj, Mari Phillips

    At a time of upheaval for the NHS, this text discusses the contemporary social context and policy drivers affecting childbirth and maternity services in the UK, making clear links to practice throughout. Complex health and social care demands, and particularly the policy commitment to choice for...

    To Be Published March 28th 2014 by Routledge

  10. M-Health in Developing Countries

    Design and Implementation Perspectives on Using Mobiles in Healthcare

    By Arul Chib

    Series: Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy

    The first book on m-health in developing countries, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the design and evaluation of m-health projects. Including original research in six countries and drawing on a wide range of international secondary material, it covers both theory and practice, elucidating...

    To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge