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Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance
This open access book charts how South Africa’s gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining. For most of the twentieth century, South Africa was the world’s largest producer of gold. Although the country enjoyed a reputation for leading the world in occupational health legislation, the mining companies developed a syste…
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- 978-981-19-8327-6
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- XIII, 459
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Bioethics and the Holocaust
This open access book offers a framework for understanding how the Holocaust has shaped and continues to shape medical ethics, health policy, and questions related to human rights around the world. The field of bioethics continues to face questions of social and medical controversy that have their roots in the lessons of the Holocaust, such as debates over beginning-of-life and medical genetics…
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- 978-3-031-01987-6
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- The International Library of Bioethics
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- XII, 323
Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit im Jugendalter
Dieser Open-Access-Band bietet eine Übersicht disziplinärer Zugänge und aktueller empirischer Befunde zum Wohlbefinden und gesundheitsrelevanten Verhalten von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen. Internationale Perspektiven renommierter Experten sowie Beiträge von Akteuren aus verschiedenen Praxisfeldern in Luxemburg ergänzen die Sammlung. Sie machen diesen Band zu einem unverzichtbaren We…
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- 978-3-658-35744-3
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- XVIII, 729
Pflege-Report 2022
Der Pflege-Report, der jährlich in Buchform und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, rückt im Schwerpunkt 2022 jene Pflegebedürftigen in den Mittelpunkt, die nicht wie im „Normalfall“ aus altersassoziierten Gründen Unterstützungsbedarf aufweisen: Fast ein Fünftel der Pflegebedürftigen ist noch keine 60 Jahre alt. Neben Kindern und Jugendlichen zählen hierzu auch Erwachsene im erwe…
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- 978-3-662-65204-6
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- XVI, 313
Improving Oncology Worldwide
This open access book describes strategies and experiences of highly skilled professionals in improving oncology care worldwide. The book is structured into three main sections with several chapters each, reflecting the authors' individual, real-life experiences. It explores ways to improve oncology education and scientific training, how to set up and run a clinical research facility ethical…
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- 978-3-030-96053-7
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- Sustainable Development Goals Series
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- XVII, 144
The Pathway to Publishing: A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Scie…
Writing manuscripts is central to the advance of scientific knowledge. For an early career aspiring scientist, writing first author manuscripts is an opportunity to develop critical skills and to credential their expertise. Writing manuscripts, however, is difficult, doubly so for scientists who use English as a second language. Many science students intentionally avoid a writing-intensive curr…
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- 978-3-030-98175-4
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- XIII, 186
Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa
This is an open access book which brings together leading scholars and critical discourses on political, economic, legal, technological, socio-cultural and systemic changes and continuities intersecting media and health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume extensively discusses COVID-19 but it also covers other epidemics, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS as well as “silent” health crises such …
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- 978-3-030-95100-9
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- XVIII, 283
Integrating Science and Politics for Public Health
This open access book bridges the divide between political science and public health, whilst simultaneously embracing the complexities and differences of both. Although public health is inherently political, the tools and insights of political science are often ignored in public health scholarship. Bringing together academics and researchers working at the intersection of both, the book demonst…
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- 978-3-030-98985-9
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Assessment of Cancer Screening
Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control in the United States, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data eludes many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This open access primer rectifies that situation by teaching readers, in simple language and with straightforward examples, why and how the population-level cancer burden changes when screening is im…
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- XX, 123
Krankenhaus-Report 2022
Der Krankenhaus-Report, der jährlich als Buch und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, greift 2022 das Schwerpunktthema „Patientenversorgung während der Pandemie“ auf. Die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie haben auch 2021 die Diskussionen zur stationären Versorgung zentral geprägt. Im Fokus stehen weiterhin Fragen rund um die Versorgung von Erkrankten mit und ohne Covid-19 sowi…
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- XXIII, 430
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