World Report on Violence and Health

World Report on Violence and Health
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2002
Genre: Adolescence
ISBN: 9789241545624

This report is part of WHO's response to the 49th World Health Assembly held in 1996 which adopted a resolution declaring violence a major and growing public health problem across the world. It is aimed largely at researchers and practitioners including health care workers, social workers, educators and law enforcement officials.

War Surgery

War Surgery
Author: Christos Giannou
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2009
Genre: Amputees
ISBN:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains graphic footage of various war wound surgeries.

Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health

Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health
Author: Graham Dukes
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783471107

The pharmaceutical industry exists to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged massively in corporate crime, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health documents the pr

The Cambridge History of Medicine

The Cambridge History of Medicine
Author: Roy Porter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2006-06-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0521864267

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.