Published September, 2017
By E. Fuller Torrey
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution.

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Published August, 2017
By Evan Thompson and Stephen Batchelor
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Cognitive science joins with Asian contemplative traditions and philosophy to bring revolutionary meaning to the human experience.

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Published August, 2017
By Jason Schnittker
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The sociologist Jason Schnittker looks at the multiple actors involved in crafting the DSM and the many interests that the manual hopes to serve. The Diagnostic System urges us to become comfortable with the socially constructed nature of categorization and accept that a perfect taxonomy of mental-health disorders will remain elusive.

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Published August, 2017
By Michael Grossman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature.

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Published August, 2017
By Michael Grossman
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This collection of Michael Grossman's most important papers adds essential background and depth to his work on economic determinants of public health. It contextualizes the issues and addresses the larger stakes of his work. Determinants of Health explains how the economic choices people make influence health and health behaviors.

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Published August, 2017
By Michael Grossman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature.

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Published May, 2017
By Claire D. Clark and Claire Clark
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Phenomena of Power delves into the sociohistorical manifestations of power and breaks through to its general structures. Popitz distinguishes the forms of the enforcement of power as well as of its stabilization and institutionalization, clearly articulating how the mechanisms of power work and how to track them in the social world.

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Published March, 2017
By Ken Richardson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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A rigorous critique of how science has promoted an ideology of limited intelligence and social inequality-and how to overcome it.

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Published February, 2017
By Gunnar Almgren
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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This ambitious book examines how the American health care system must be further reformed to bring it closer in line with the ideals of a modern democracy, as well as how the ACA may change in the coming years. It suggests the next, natural step in the realization of health and well being as a fundamental human right.

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Published February, 2017
By Gunnar Almgren
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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This ambitious book examines how the American health care system must be further reformed to bring it closer in line with the ideals of a modern democracy, as well as how the ACA may change in the coming years. It suggests the next, natural step in the realization of health and well being as a fundamental human right.

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