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11. Histories of the Normal and the Abnormal

    Social and Cultural Histories of Norms and Normativity

    By Waltraud Ernst

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

    This fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms 'normal' and 'abnormal'. Originally meaning 'as occurring in nature', normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognizes and explores that fact. The essays engage with the concepts of the normal and the...

    Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
12. Disability and Social Work Education

    Practice and Policy Issues

    Edited by Francis K.O. Yuen, Carol B. Cohen, Kristine Tower

    Bridging the chasm between the disabled and a just and fair society takes skill, dedication, and a deep understanding of the issues. Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues presents leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the...

    Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
13. State Health Insurance Market Reform

    Toward Inclusive and Sustainable Health Insurance Markets

    By Joel C. Cantor, Alan C. Monheit

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics

    In this volume, leading American health economists provide a critical assessment of the current state of knowledge of insurance market reform that is accessible to both policy-makers and researchers....

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
14. Planning in Health Promotion Work

    An Empowerment Model

    By Roar Amdam

    Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

    Community development, planning and partnerships have become important terms in health promotion but, up until now, debate around these concepts have been discussed more in planning science than in public health literature. Roar Amdam draws on theories and new empirical evidence from local,...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
15. Global Public Health Vigilance

    Creating a World on Alert

    By Lorna Weir, Eric Mykhalovskiy

    Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

    Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health. This book explores a remarkable period of conceptual innovation during which infectious disease,...

    Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
16. Globalization and Health

    Pathways, Evidence and Policy

    Edited by Ronald Labonté, Ted Schrecker, Corinne Packer, Vivien Runnels

    Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

    Contemporary globalization has had tremendous impact on health equity across the globe. However, no volume has systematically analyzed the relationship between globalization and global trends in health outcomes. This book consolidates and updates the findings of a global research project...

    Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
17. Gender Equity in Health

    The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action

    Edited by Gita Sen, Piroska Östlin

    Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

    This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and political science, who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest...

    Published July 10th 2012 by Routledge
18. Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia

    Trends, causes and policy issues

    Edited by Paulin Straughan, Angelique Chan, Gavin Jones

    Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

    Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong SAR are among the very lowest-fertility countries in the whole world, and even China has reached fertility levels lower than those in many European countries. If these levels continue over long periods East Asia will soon face accelerating...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
19. Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century

    The Quest for Independence

    By Sue Hawkins

    This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
20. Mental Illness and Learning Disability since 1850

    Finding a Place for Mental Disorder in the United Kingdom

    Edited by Pamela Dale, Joseph Melling

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

    Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including such things as the community, Poor...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge