Published November, 2017
By Nana K. Poku, Robert L. Ostergard, Geir Honneland and Lars Rowe
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The emergence of new and re-emergence of old infectious diseases since the early 1990s has attracted interest from various fields of investigation. This timely work provides a detailed account of how the states around the Baltic Sea have met the challenge of communicable diseases and used health issues as an instrument in their foreign policy.

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Published November, 2017
By Michael Gossop
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Written in an accessible style and providing a balanced perspective, the book is ideal for non-specialists in training, such as student nurses and social workers and for anyone with an interest in this complex, ever-present and emotive issue.

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Published November, 2017
By Margaret Voysey Paun
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Published in 1975, A Constant Burden was truly ground-breaking in the field of medical sociology as a study of families with a disabled child; based on an analysis of interviews with parents on the effects of their child's disability on their family life. Over thirty years later this revised edition gives new life to this important work.

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Published November, 2017
By Kaisa Kauppinen
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A comparative European overview focusing upon the main areas of social construction as it relates to health and illness; including an emphasis upon lay beliefs and the different way understandings of health can impact upon health behaviour, examining health knowledge and the interaction and comparison between lay and professional knowledge systems.

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Published November, 2017
By Sue Chilton, Ann Clarridge, Karen Melling and Dee Drew
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This book is designed to support nursing staff who may be new to working in a community setting, and is an essential guide to practice. It reflects government health and social care policy reforms and the effect of these on the roles and responsibilities of community nurses.

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Published November, 2017
By Paul Iganski and David Mason
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This title was first published in 2002: An up-to-date assessment of the state of equal opportunities provision and initiatives in the National Health Service, set against a consideration of political and social trends in modern Britain associated with the changing character of ethnic identities and disadvantage.

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Published November, 2017
By Carlos Pavesio, Gwyn Samuel Williams, Mark Westcott and Bushra Thajudeen
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This accessible, jargon-free guide to uveitis for non-specialists explains in practical, easy to understand language how to diagnose and manage inflammatory eye disease.

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Published November, 2017
By Nancy E. Carpenter
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Published November, 2017
By Daniel S. Goldberg, Ana S. Iltis and Mark Cherry
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Published November, 2017
By Andrew Malekoff
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This book of personal narratives about group work practice and education, encompasses acceptance and respect for various dimensions of difference. It was originally published as a special issue of the Social Work with Groups journal.

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