Allied Health Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

   Governing Bodies

   Edited by Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Health, Illness and Culture

   Broken Narratives

   Edited by Lars-Christer Hydén, Jens Brockmeier

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
6. Nutrition and Football

   The FIFA/FMARC Consensus on Sports Nutrition

   Edited by Ron Maughan

   Nutrition and Football is a FIFA endorsed book which provides the first formal scientific consensus on players’ energy use fluid, and optimal nutritional requirements. Including: nutrition for pre-season, training, match play and in different climates analysis of the energy and metabolic...

   Published September 28th 2009 by Routledge