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Barton J. Hirsch, Nancy L. Deutsch and David L. DuBois, Authors of After-School Centers and Youth Development: Case Studies of Success and Failure Win the 2012 Social Policy Book Award!
Congratulations to Barton J. Hirsch, Nancy L. Deutsch and David L. DuBois, winners of the 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence Social Policy Award for Best Authored Book.
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Congratulations to Dr. Judea Pearl! Winner of the 2011 Harvey Prize!
The Technion's 2011 Harvey Prize is awarded to Prof. Pearl in recognition of his foundational work that has touched a multitude of spheres of modern life.
Human Frontiers, Environments and Disease
This compelling account charts the relentless trajectory of humankind across time and geography, and its changing survival patterns, from several million years ago when our ancient ancestors roamed the African savannah to today's populous, industrialised, globalising world. This dynamic expansion of human frontiers--geographic, climatic, cultural and technological--has encountered frequent setbacks from disease, famine and dwindling resources. The central theme of the book encompasses the social and environmental transformations wrought by agrarianism, industrialisation, fertility control, social modernisation, urbanisation and consumerism and how this affects patterns of health and disease.
- $64.00 (Z)
Decision Making in Health and Medicine
Decision making in health care involves navigating through a complex and tangled web of diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainties, patient preferences and values, and costs. In many clinical and health policy decisions it is necessary to counterbalance benefits and risks, and to trade off competing objectives such as maximizing life expectancy vs optimizing quality of life vs minimizing the resources required. This textbook plots a clear course through these complex and conflicting variables and is designed for practitioners and trainees, and for students studying clinical decision analysis, EB-medicine, and clinical epidemiology.
- $114.00 (M)
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