Published June, 2009
By Denis G. Arnold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The twentieth century saw sweeping changes in health care worldwide, from pharmaceuticals, to new technologies, to increasing health care costs in industrialised nations. These essays examine costs and profits in relation to just health care, the often controversial practices of pharmaceutical companies, and corruption in the professional practice of medicine.

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Published June, 2009
By Denis G. Arnold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The twentieth century saw sweeping changes in health care worldwide, from pharmaceuticals, to new technologies, to increasing health care costs in industrialised nations. These essays examine costs and profits in relation to just health care, the often controversial practices of pharmaceutical companies, and corruption in the professional practice of medicine.

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Published June, 2009
By Earl L. Grinols and James W. Henderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Health Care for Us All challenges the common belief that health care problems in the United States are difficult and possibly insoluble. It examines what Americans want from health care spending and applies an efficiency filter to identify a virtually unique framework that will meet their needs.

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Published June, 2009
By Walter Karcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Monographs on Cancer Research
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First published in 1992, this volume provides a systematic survey of the dibenzanthracenes and of their chemical, physiochemical and biological properties. This is the first comprehensive account of this important group of environmental pollutants and carcinogens. It will be of interest to all scientists studying carcinogenesis, and the mutagenicity and toxicology of environmental pollutants.

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Published June, 2009
By M. S. Newman, B. Tierney, S. Veeraraghavan and M.S. Newman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Monographs on Cancer Research
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First published in 1988, this volume surveys the chemical synthesis and biological activity of the benz[a]anthracenes.

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Published June, 2009
By Mangan, J. F. Golding, G.L. Mangan and J.F. Golding
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book examines why individuals smoke and looks at the complex interaction between the toxicology of smoking and genetically based susceptibility to smoking-related disease.

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Published June, 2009
By A.H. Bittles, K.J. Collins, A. H. Bittles and K. J. Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The processes that control senescence have been the subject of more then a century of serious biological research. Two institutions closely involved in this programme held a joint symposium in 1984 to consider human ageing and longevity from an interdisciplinary point of view. The fundamental nature of the subject will generate interest across a wide range of biological and medical disciplines.

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Published June, 2009
By Robert Elsner and Brett Gooden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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First printed in 1983, this book concerns the comparative physiological adaptations of vertebrate animals, especially mammals, to cessation of breathing. These adaptations were originally identified in species living in aquatic habitats. The book's purpose is to acquaint its readers with some advances resulting from research in this field.

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Published May, 2009
By Earl L. Grinols and James W. Henderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Health Care for Us All challenges the common belief that health care problems in the United States are difficult and possibly insoluble. It examines what Americans want from health care spending and applies an efficiency filter to identify a virtually unique framework that will meet their needs.

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Published May, 2009
By Mike Slade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Values-Based Practice
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This book sets an agenda for mental health services internationally, by converting ideas of recovery into an action plan for professionals. The principles are explored, and five reasons identified for why supporting recovery should be the primary goal. These are illustrated by twenty-six case studies from around the world.

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