Award-winning broadcaster and academic Aleks Krotoski journeys from those cult fringes to the heartlands of government to meet the moguls, effective altruists, geroscientists and entrepreneurs who are disrupting death. This razor-sharp, powerful and at times chilling investigation empowers us to consider what it truly means to be human, asking- do we really want a handful of Silicon Valley techno-fundamentalists to be the architects of our forever?

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Delivering Health Care in the United States: A Systems Approach, Ninth Edition is the most current and comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system—from its historical origins and resources to its individual services, cost, and quality. Using a unique “systems” approach, the text brings together an extraordinary breadth of information into a highly accessible, easy-to-read resource that clarifies the complexities of health care organization and finance while presenting a solid overview of how the various components fit together.

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Scaling Up Health Innovations in Africa focuses on the lessons learned from scaling up health innovations across the continent. Obidimma Ezezika provides engaging and insightful evidence on the challenges and triumphs of taking health innovations to scale by addressing the unique socio-cultural, financial, and logistical constraints faced in these regions, alongside insights, successes, and next steps for scaling innovations within the African context.

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This book combines research, historical analysis, and narratives to examine systemic flaws in health care, education, justice, and the environment. It offers evidence-based frameworks to reimagine policies for equity, sustainability, and human dignity.

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In Health Justice, Sridhar Venkatapuram takes up the problem of identifying what claims individuals have in regard to their health in modern societies and the globalized world. Recognizing the social bases of health and longevity, Venkatapuram extends the ‘Capabilities Approach' of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum into the domain of health and health sciences. In so doing, he formulates an inter-disciplinary argument that draws on the natural and social sciences as well as debates around social justice to argue for every human being's moral entitlement to a capability to be healthy.

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This encyclopedia explores exercise and physical activity from a variety of angles, including anatomy and exercise science, health benefits and risks, the wide array of sports and recreational activities available, and the sociocultural context of physical fitness.

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Explores how digital transformation is revolutionizing traditional healthcare, featuring expert interviews, startup profiles, and strategies for navigating regulatory, financial, and ethical challenges. It serves as a guide for building sustainable, future-proof digital health ventures.

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In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a wakeup call, explaining why global depopulation is coming, why it matters, and what to do now. They investigate what depopulation would mean for the climate, for living standards, for equity, for progress, for freedom, for humanity's general welfare. And what it would mean if, instead, people came together to share the work of caregiving and of building societies where parenting fits better with everything else that people aspire to.

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Drawn from the experiences of an international editor team with extensive field experience, Nutrition for Developing Countries brings together the essential basics of nutrition, and addresses both the long standing problems of undernutrition and malnutrition, and the growing epidemic of overnutrition and obesity.

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This book aims to present a comprehensive examination of the challenges and opportunities associated with the sustainable management of electronic waste (e-waste).

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