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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare by Dr Annabel Sowemimo
    Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare - by Dr Annabel Sowemimo

    £20.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781788169202 | ISBN 10: 1788169204

    A vital, eye-opening exploration of race and health.  A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023  'Prepare to be blown away' CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, Assistant Director General at WHO& ... more

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  • Cover image of book Vital Signs: The Deadly Costs of Health Inequality by Lee Humber
    Vital Signs: The Deadly Costs of Health Inequality - by Lee Humber

    £17.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780745338323 | ISBN 10: 0745338321

    As standards of healthcare decline, so do our bodies; we need a radical vision for healthcare.  Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is. This makes health care one of the most important political issues today. This book loo ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being by William Davies
    The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being - by William Davies

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784780951 | ISBN 10: 1784780952

    Why are we so interested in measuring happiness?   What was a Buddhist monk doing at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos lecturing the world’s leaders on mindfulness? Why do many successful corporations have a ‘chief happiness officer†... more

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  • Cover image of book NHS for Sale: Myths, Lies and Deception by Jacky Davis, John Lister and David Wrigley
    NHS for Sale: Myths, Lies and Deception - by Jacky Davis, John Lister and David Wrigley

    £10.95   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780850366273 | ISBN 10: 0850366275

    In 2010 David Cameron's coalition government discarded pre-election promises about the NHS. Instead they imposed savage spending cuts and pushed through 'reforms' which put at risk the health and lives of all of us. As a result the NHS is now in cris ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth by Barbara Seaman
    The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth - by Barbara Seaman

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781583228623 | ISBN 10: 1583228624

    With the ardent tone of a close friend, Barbara Seaman draws on forty years of journalistic research to expose the “menopause industry” and shows how estrogen therapy often causes more problems — including breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke — th ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business by Gabrielle Palmer
    The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business - by Gabrielle Palmer

    £11.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781905177165 | ISBN 10: 190517716x

    As revealing as Freakonomics, shocking as Fast Food Nation and thought provoking as No Logo, The Politics of Breastfeeding exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time.  Every thirty seconds a baby die ... more

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  • Cover image of book NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson Pollock
    NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care - by Allyson Pollock

    £20.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781844675395 | ISBN 10: 1844675394

    Universal, comprehensive health care, equally available to all and disconnected from income and the ability to pay, was the goal of the founders of the National Health Service. This book, by one of the NHS's most eloquent and passionate defenders, te ... more

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