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A case-based manualThe third edition of this successful book continues to offer a panoramic view of        palliative care. It introduces a number of new topics including Neurological        Disorders, The Last Days and Palliative Sedation. The contributors illustrate,        through the case studies, the desired skills, attitudes, and knowledge...

The War on Obesity and its Collateral DamageWhat's Wrong with Fat? examines the social implications of understanding fatness as a medical health risk, disease, and epidemic. Examining the ways in which debates over fatness have developed, Abigail Saguy argues that the obesity crisis literally makes us sick, intensifies negative body image, and...

Phillipp Melanchthon's Doctrinal Journey on the Origins of FaithGregory Graybill charts the progression of Phillipp Melanchthon's position on free        will and divine predestination as he shifts from agreement to an important        innovation upon Martin Luther's thought and demonstrates how he came to believe that        the human will does...

Carola Frege explores the evolution of employment research, showing how the field of study we know today grew out of industrial and democratic transformations in 19th century. Comparing this evolution in different countries, Frege traces the influence of distinct state traditions, and draws out the implications for contemporary and future research....

Volume III: Hippolytos and Other PlaysThis volume collects Hippolytos, a dramatic interpretation of the tragedy of        Phaidra; Suppliant Women, a powerful examination of the competing poles of the human        psyche; Ion a complex enactment of the changing relations between the human and        divine orders; and The Children of Herakles, a...

The authors of this groundbreaking text define social epidemiology as the study of        the social determinants of health, implying that an important goal of public health        is to identify and address factors in the social environment that may be related to        health outcomes. In the first systematic account of this field, they focus on...