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Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery
by Tim Lockley • Deirdre Cooper Owens • Chelsea Berry • Robin Derby • Sharla Fett • Vanessa Northington Gamble • Mary Hicks • Rana Hogarth • Elisa A. Mitchell • Leslie Schwalm • Brandi M. WatersCONTENTS:Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble“Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby“Zemis and Zombies: Amerindian Healing Legacies on Hispaniola,” Lauren Derby“Poisoned Relations: Medical Choices and Poison Accusat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (Ecological Studies #232)
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) - blooms that cause fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins, or cause human or ecological health impacts and harm to local economies - are occurring more often, in more places and lasting longer than in past decades. This expansion is primarily the result of human act... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Disparities in Child Health: A Solutions-based Approach (SpringerBriefs in Public Health)
This forward-looking resource shines needed light on—and offers realistic solutions for eliminating—health disparities affecting one of the most vulnerable populations: children. Its multilevel framework identifies sources of pediatric health inequities in developmental, societal, familial, financia... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Social Tourism: Global Challenges and Approaches
by Anya Diekmann • Lynn Minnaert • Neil Carr • Elisabete Figueiredo • Scott McCabe • Maria João Carneiro • Raija Komppula • Elisa Alén González • Zorana Medaric • Helena Alvelos • Trinidad Domínguez Vila • Adriana E. Estrada-González • Celeste Eusébio • Janja Gabruc • Konstantinos I Kakoudakis • Elisabeth Kastenholz • Nieves Losada Sánchez • Cátia Loureiro • Michel Xavier • Katerina Papadoulaki • Mariana Pedrosa • Rutherford Gill • Fathimath Shiraani • Elli VentoSocial tourism - the practice of offering programmes, events and activities to enable disadvantaged population groups to enjoy tourism - is of increasing interest to academia. Beginning with an introduction to the social tourism concept, its relevance and target groups, this book then provides refle... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Widows' Words: Women Write on the Experience of Grief, the First Year, the Long Haul, and Everything in Between
by Ellen Schrecker • Anne Bernays • Kelli Dunham • Lise Menn • Kathryn Temple • Merle Froschl • Mimi Schwartz • Alice Goode-Elman • Penelope Dugan • Melanie K Finney • Raquel Ramkhelawan • Maxine Marshall • Lauren Vanett • Alice Derry • Michele Neff Hernandez • Elisa Clark Wadham • Deborah E Kaplan • P. C. Moorehead • Edie Butler • Debby Mayer • Sonia Jaffe Robbins • Barbara Marwell • Maggie Madagame • Roni Sherman Ramos • Doris Friedensohn • Nancy H Womack • Joan Michelson • Tracy Milcendeau • Andrea Hirshman • Molly A McEneny • Heather Slawecki • Kathleen Fordyce • Patricia Life • Nancy Shamban • Susanne Braham • Alice Radosh • Parvin Hajizadeh • Jean Y Leung • Joan Gussow • Carrie L West • Christine Silverstein • Tara SabharwalBecoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words. Some were widowed young, while others were married... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019