Depression and Globalization

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Carl Walker 2008 The Politics of Mental Health in the 21st Century When I sat down to write a book on how recent global political changes are contributing to our current prevalence and understanding of depression, a colleague and good friend asked ‘why now?’ The implication was that depression had been around for a great many years and […]

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The Handbook of Salutogenesis

The Handbook of Salutogenesis-1

Maurice B. Mittelmark • Shifra Sagy Monica Eriksson • Georg F. Bauer Jurgen M. Pelikan • Bengt Lindstrom Geir Arild Espnes Editors 2017 The need for a handbook of salutogenesis has long been felt by researchers in the field. The salutogenesis literature is scattered over many disciplines whose discussion arenas hardly overlap. Across the disciplines, English language […]

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Quality

Quality-1

Ivan Barofsky 2012 Its Definition and Measurement As Applied to the Medically Ill My first and primary objective for this book is to contribute to what is known about how to infuse an ethical perspective into the conduct of human affairs, particularly in the conduct of medical care, by expanding the role that assessing quality plays in these activities.

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Physical Activity Across the Lifespan

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Aleta L. Meyer ● Thomas P. Gullotta Editors 2012 Prevention and Treatment for Health and Well-Being This book was written during the Obama administration, an administration with a focus on universal health care. While the bulk of this policy discussion centers on strategies for containing costs and making affordable treatment available, there is a small undercurrent taking into […]

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