Available online or as a five-volume print set, this is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness. The online version will be regularly updated with new research and theoretica…
The accidental monocrop -- Killer soy -- The absent state -- A living barrier -- The plant health service -- A vast tofu conspiracy -- Capturing the Civil Service -- Citizen participation -- Regulation by denunciation -- Citation, sample, and parallel states -- Tactical sovereig…
Public Health: Prevention, Promotion, Protection -- Social Determinants of Health (Part 1) : Where You Live Impacts Your Health -- Social Determinants of Health (Part 2) : Keys to Improving Community Health -- Prevention, Challenges, and Population Health -- The Role of Data in …
The anthropological demography of health
"The anthropological demography of health, as a field of interdisciplinary population research, has grown from the 1990s, extending to a remarkable range of key human and policy issues, including: genetic disorders; nutrition; mental health; infant, child, and maternal morbidity…
Durch die Arbeit verursachte Erkrankungen im Kontext von psychischer und physischer Belastung sind die häufigste Krankheitsursache der Welt. Vor diesem Hintergrund veranstaltete die SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University zum dritten Mal den internationalen BGM-Kongress zum T…
This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness, uncovering and historicizing the complex negotiations among physical embodiment, emotional response, and communally-sanctioned behavior in Shakespeare's literary …
"So begins The Elephant in the Room, Tommy Tomlinson's remarkably intimate and insightful memoir of his life as a fat man. When he was almost fifty years old, Tomlinson weighed an astonishing--and dangerous--460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to …
Daoist Body Cultivation is a comprehensive volume by a group of dedicated scholar-practitioners that covers the key practices of medical healing, breathing techniques, diets and fasting, healing exercises, sexual practices, Qigong, and Taiji quan. Each presentation places the pr…