Blogs

Paul R. Epstein and Dan Ferber University of California Press (June 2012) ISBN 9780520272637 368 pages $24.95 Changing Planet, Changing Health gives a detailed chronology and analysis of the status of climate change and its damaging effects on the health…

Edited by Joseph Millum and Ezekiel J. Emanuel Oxford University Press (February 2012) ISBN 9780195379907 315 pages $42.30 Editors Millum and Emanuel have compiled a series of essays to link the philosophical questions about global justice, especially of…

Jeremy Youde Polity Press (June 2012) ISBN 9780745653099 188 pages $24.95 With a mixed approach combining the international legal environment with increasingly pressing global health issues, Jeremy Youde’s Global Health Governance provides an…

Maude Barlow The New Press (June 2009) ISBN 9781595584533 196 pages $16.95 In Blue Covenant, Maude Barlow seeks to impress upon the reader the importance of sustainable and equitable access to safe drinking water. Starting with a thorough account of why…

An IPS article reports on the human rights violations and health plight of thousands in eastern Myanmar, a region experiencing frequent conflict along the volatile Thai-Myanmar border. The communities in this area are considered “highly vulnerable” and…

Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski, and the Contested Illnesses Research Group University of California Press (December 2011) ISBN 9780520270213 352 pages $29.95 In Contested Illnesses, Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen…