Product Description: David Phillips' second novel is a DC thriller of corruption and deceit at the intersection of religion and politics. The story starts with the murder of three high-ranking Catholic Priests by Jonathan Hill, who was molested by the priests when he was a boy...read more

Product Description: It was just about ten years ago that platelet membrane glycoproteins were first charac­ terized and their abnormalities in congenital bleeding disorders first recognized. Dur­ ing this decade there has been a remarkable growth in our understanding of the structure and membrane organization of the platelet surface glycoproteins, their in­ teractions with external ligands during the process of hemostasis, and their defects causing hemorrhagic disease...read more

During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces. This book provides a comprehensive review of research and the policy area of 'ageing and place'. An insightful book on an important topic, Andrews and Phillips have together edited a valuable information and reference source for those with interests in the spatial dimensions of ageing in the twenty-first century. Ranging from macro-scale perspectives on the distribution of older populations on national scales, to the meaning of specific local places and settings to older individuals, on the micro-scale, the book spans an entire range of research traditions and international perspectives.

Health is an elusive concept and environmental change is leading us to new health risks and exposure to new forms of danger. Development, in its many facets, can have very positive, but also negative, effects on physical and mental health. Poverty continues to afflict Third World cities and increasing numbers in the developed world. Meanwhile macro-economic policies, recession in the West, debt servicing in the Third World and the impacts of structural adjustment policies, often mean cutbacks in already poor health services, and increases in differential access to resources and health care. Yet people are living longer, their lifestyles are changing and so too are the diseases from which they suffer. Clearly structured, with regional and country case studies accompanying conceptual and thematic sections, "Health and Development" focuses on central issues such as the effects of economic adjustment and environmental change on health, the possiblity of extending health services, socio-cultural factors in HIV/AIDS transmission, and the health of women beyond that of maternal and child health.

Product Description: Population ageing in East and Southeast Asia is proceeding faster than anywhere else in the world to date. By early next century many of the countries in this region will have relatively high proportions of people aged over 60 and this will have important implications for services and care...read more

Product Description: '...a scholarly and thought-provoking volume...a book which can be thoroughly recommended.' Progress in Physical Geography This book considers all aspects of Third World health care, discussing differing access to medicine, the cost, the implications of targeting certain groups for care, and looks ahead to developments likely before the end of the century...read more