Published October, 2008
By David Moore and Paul Dietze
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Drugs and Public Health focuses on two key areas: an overview of existing practice responses to alcohol and other drug use, and the identification of emerging innovations in practice. It covers a range of drug types, populations and areas of intervention, and draws on psychological, sociological and environmental perspectives.

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Published July, 2008
By Joy Higgs, Rola Ajjawi, Lindy McAllister, Franziska Trede and Stephen Loftus
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Communicating in the Health Sciences introduces students to the nature and importance of communication in the health sciences, with comprehensive coverage of all the written, electronic, visual and interpersonal communication skills essential for professions in the health sciences.

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Published December, 2007
By Sophia Couzos, Richard Murray and Sophie Couzos
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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The third edition of Aboriginal Primary Health Care is an invaluable advocacy tool for students and practitioners of medicine and aboriginal health. Using a primary care approach, it aims to help general practitioners, nurses and aboriginal health workers to manage the important health problems faced by aboriginal people in the community.

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Published October, 2007
By Judy Taylor, David Wilkinson and Brian Cheers
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Working with Communities in Health and Human Services embeds community participation in well established social science theory about community and participation. It provides both concepts and practical tools for increasing community participation in health and human services programs.

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Published October, 2007
By Sandra Taylor, Michelle Foster and Jennifer Fleming
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Explores and analyses the challenges faced by contemporary Australian health professionals, proposes principles for contemporary health care practice, and provides examples of innovations in practice.

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Published October, 2007
By Karen Willis and Shandell Elmer
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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This book takes a sociological approach to issues of relevance for students studying nursing and related health professions.The book examines the sources of ideas about health and illness, including the biomedical model, folk and lay approaches and the influence of the media.

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Published April, 2007
By Catherine Anne Berglund
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Considers ethics in the context of routine health care. Focusing on the interaction between the health provider and client, it draws on practical experience and contemporary issues in its exploration of the ethical choices that must be made in health care. C Berglund, University New Sth Wales.

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Published February, 2007
By Helen Keleher, Berni Murphy and Colin MacDougall
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Focuses on strategic approaches to health promotion practice. This title considers health promotion from the perspective of different sectors of society, and reviews the expertise required of health promotion practitioners in the context of healthy public policy and strategic health promotion program planning and evaluation.

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Published January, 2007
By Bruce S. Singh, Graham Meadows, Margaret Grigg and Bruce Singh
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Offers an overview of the issues, practice and policy affecting mental health in Australia. This title covers chapters on community responses, conceptual modes, global perspectives, research, and evaluation of mental health care delivery. It focuses on clinical practice and case management, and includes discussion of future directions.

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Published November, 2006
By Anne Johnson and Kevin Paton
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Health Promotion and Health Services provides an innovative new framework for reorientating health services to become more health promoting. It outlines the tools necessary for health care managers and practitioners to implement organisational change.

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