Provides a fresh perspective on health, health care, and illness. In addition to traditional health sciences and sociological approaches, this also book provides human rights and political economy per...
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Genetics and traditional risk factors such as activity, diet and tobacco use are not the best predictors of whether we stay healthy or become ill. What, then, are the predictors of adult-onset diabete...
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Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its importance to the health and quality of life for Canadians. This book's central issues include: definitions of poverty and means of measuri...
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Health and quality of life are vital indicators of societal functioning. The way a society distributes resources among its population reveals much about the society itself. This title unites readings ...
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