The story of a forgotten health education film, Challenge: Science Against Cancer (1950), and what it tells us about mid-twentieth century North American cancer research, medical filmmaking, and health education campaigns.
This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child.
In recent years Latin America has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of people forced to flee their homes due to the activities of organized criminal groups. What are the reasons behind this emerging crisis of forced displacement in the Americas? As the first book to deal with this evolving phenomenon, this innovative collection offers a range of fresh perspectives from leading experts working across Latin America.
This book presents a detailed study of the return of conflict-afffected internally displaced persons (IDPs) under international law. Part I of the book undertakes a wide-ranging analysis of the scope of protection under existing international law for IDP returns. Part II addresses the implementation of the international framework in practice through a case study of the national law, policy and practice of IDP returns during the most intense te...
Rather than viewing Hippocratic ideals and values as an unchanging legacy, historians have increasingly explored the ways in which Hippocrates and his medicine have been constructed and reconstructed over time. This book examines the multiple uses, constructions, and meanings since the Renaissance.
This collection of essays explores the multiple uses, constructions and meanings of Hippocrates and Hippocratic medicine since the Renaissance, and elucidate the cultural and social circumstances that encouraged the creation of such varied proposals.
Research in the field of personality psychology has culminated in a radical departure. The result is Personality Psychology: Recent Trends and Emerging Directions. Drs. Buss and Cantor have compiled the innovative research of twenty-five young, outstanding personality psychologists to represent the recent expansion of issues in the fields. Advances in assessment have brought about more powerful methods and the explanatory tools for extending p...
This book contributes to a long-standing but ever topical debate about whether persons fleeing war to seek asylum in another country - 'war refugees' - are protected by international law. It seeks to add to this debate by bringing together a detailed set of analyses examining the extent to which the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) may usefully advance the legal protection of such persons. This generates a range of questions...
In recent years Latin America has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of people forced to flee their homes due to the activities of organized criminal groups. What are the reasons behind this emerging crisis of forced displacement in the Americas? As the first book to deal with this rapidly evolving phenomenon, this innovative collection's ten chapters offer fresh perspectives from leading experts.
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A complete clinical reference on the management of neonates in emergency and acute care settings!Neonatal Emergencies details the diagnostic procedures and clinical management strategies for the full spectrum of acute illness and emergencies seen in the n...
Explores efforts to control and prevent cancer in North America and Europe. This collection of essays is suitable for historians of medicine and public health as well as health policy analysts, medical sociologists and anthropologists, and medical researchers and practitioners.