Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, eve…
Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, eve…
Social inequalities are established features of the distribution of physical disease in the UK and many other developed countries. In most physical diseases, a clear trend of poorer health is evident with each step down the hierarchy of social position. By contrast, the nature o…
David Melzer, Tom Fryers and Rachel Jenkins -- Report 1. A Systematic Literature Review / Tom Fryers, David Melzer, Brenda McWilliams and Rachel Jenkins -- Report 2. Quantifying Associations Between Social Position and the Common Mental Disorders in Britain / David Melzer, Tom F…
"In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh …
"In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh …
Offers advice and suggestions to teachers on how to motivate at-risk students to achieve academically, focusing on helping them develop a sense of competence, belonging, usefulness, potency, and optimism.
Offers advice and suggestions to teachers on how to motivate at-risk students to achieve academically, focusing on helping them develop a sense of competence, belonging, usefulness, potency, and optimism.