Bodies and Culture is a collection of contemporary interdisciplinary research on bodies from emerging scholars in the humanities and social sciences disciplines and addresses issues relating to a range of historical and contemporary contexts, theories, and methods. Examining the…
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Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. Murray argues that the ideal existence isn't simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Until we can…
Aimed at athletes and trainers who want to learn the benefits derived from a ketogenic diet. Includes sample menus and recipes.
Investigating the dynamics between place, music and health/wellbeing, this book explores how music relates to health, ranging from international charity and activism, to therapeutic therapies, to how wellbeing is attained in music's everyday production and consumption.
Popular music has become increasingly embedded in complex and often contradictory discourses of wellbeing. For instance, some new genres and sub-cultures of popular music are associated with violence, drug-use, and the angst of living yet simultaneously define the hopes and drea…
Kropp och genus i medicinen
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"Geology and Health is an integrated collection of papers from earth scientists, biologists, and medical specialists on health issues of concern to people worldwide, demonstrating how human health and well-being now and in the future can benefit through coordinated scientific ef…
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts…
"Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugel…
Health & society: critical perspectives
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"Bringing together fourteen original chapters written by Canadian experts, Health and Society: Critical Perspectives provides a compelling introduction to the field of health studies. Taking a critical social sciences approach, the text extends beyond a biomedical perspective to…
