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COVID Studies

A Reader

by Joie Acosta, George Aumoithe, Tanya Buhler Corbin, Anirban Kapil Baishya, Jih-Fei Cheng, Moon Choi, Vivian Choi, Nishaant Choksi, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sukanya Deogam, Kim Fortun, Alice Fothergill, Danya Glabau, Monica H. Green, Dolly Jørgensen, Dani Joslyn, Christine Keeves, Hyunah Keum, Christos Lynteris, Rachel Margolis, Katherine A. Mason, Tyesha Maddox, Luke J. Matthews, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Samantha Montano, Courtney Page-Tan, Hyeonbin Park, Lori Peek, Elisa Perego, Rashawn Ray, Kalpesh Rathwa, Monica Sanders, Amanda Savitt, Sarah Senk, Robert Soden, Jacob Steere-Williams, Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger, Kathleen Tierney, Kristin Urquiza, Ashton M. Verdery, Carlos Villegas, Haowei Wang, Jacqueline Wernimont, Sarah S. Willen, Heather M. Wurtz, Myungji Yang, Carl A. Zimring ...

Series series Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster
A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their ... Read more

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A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their
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Empowering Educational Innovation Through Design: Volume Two

Best Practices from University Students

Edited by Dejian Liu, Guangju Chen, Michael Agyemang Adarkwah, Cheng Fei, Hongyan Kuai, Ronghuai Huang ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book features 20 practical and innovative educational design projects from university students worldwide. It is organized into five key areas of educational design, presenting a wide range of innovative ideas that showcase how design solutions can be applied in real educational settings. This book highlights the creativity of students globally, and encourages the wider community, including ... Read more

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This book features 20 practical and innovative educational design projects from university students worldwide. It is organized into five key areas of educational design, presenting a wide range of innovative ideas that showcase how design solutions can be applied in real educational settings. This book highlights the creativity of students globally, and encourages the wider community, including
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AIDS and the Distribution of Crises

Edited by Jih-Fei Cheng, Alexandra Juhasz, Nishant Shahani ...

AIDS and the Distribution of Crises engages with the AIDS pandemic as a network of varied historical, overlapping, and ongoing crises born of global capitalism and colonial, racialized, gendered, and sexual violence. Drawing on their investments in activism, media, anticolonialism, feminism, and queer and trans of color critiques, the scholars, activists, and artists in this volume outline how the ... Read more

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AIDS and the Distribution of Crises engages with the AIDS pandemic as a network of varied historical, overlapping, and ongoing crises born of global capitalism and colonial, racialized, gendered, and sexual violence. Drawing on their investments in activism, media, anticolonialism, feminism, and queer and trans of color critiques, the scholars, activists, and artists in this volume outline how the
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Chiral Drugs

Chemistry and Biological Action

Edited by Guo-Qiang Lin, Qi-Dong You, Jie-Fei Cheng ...

An integrated view of chiral drugs-from concept and synthesisto pharmaceutical propertiesChirality greatly influences a drug's biological and pharmacological properties. In an effort to achieve more predictable results from chiral drugs, the Food and Drug Administration now requires that these medicines be as pure as possible, which places great demands on drug synthesis, purification, analysis, ... Read more

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An integrated view of chiral drugs-from concept and synthesisto pharmaceutical propertiesChirality greatly influences a drug's biological and pharmacological properties. In an effort to achieve more predictable results from chiral drugs, the Food and Drug Administration now requires that these medicines be as pure as possible, which places great demands on drug synthesis, purification, analysis,
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United States of Fear

How America Fell Victim to a Mass Delusional Psychosis

by Mark McDonald M.D. ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, LA-based psychiatrist Mark McDonald grew increasingly concerned by the negative mental health effects he witnessed among his patients—and Americans nationwide. These negative effects—stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, domestic violence, suicidal ideation—were all directly traceable to the climate of fear being stoked by public health authorities and ... Read more

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As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, LA-based psychiatrist Mark McDonald grew increasingly concerned by the negative mental health effects he witnessed among his patients—and Americans nationwide. These negative effects—stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, domestic violence, suicidal ideation—were all directly traceable to the climate of fear being stoked by public health authorities and
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An Abundance of Caution

American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions

by David Zweig ...

A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments’ decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.An Abundance of Caution is a devastating account of the decision-making process behind one of the worst American policy failures in a century—the extended closures of public schools during the pandemic. In fascinating and meticulously reported detail, ... Read more

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A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments’ decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.An Abundance of Caution is a devastating account of the decision-making process behind one of the worst American policy failures in a century—the extended closures of public schools during the pandemic. In fascinating and meticulously reported detail,
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The Black Agenda

Bold Solutions for a Broken System

Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ...

" The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice." ... Read more

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" The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice."
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Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die

Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America

by Amy Gutmann, Jonathan D. Moreno ...

NOW FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD, "PANDEMIC ETHICS"From two eminent scholars comes a provocative examination of bioethics and our culture’s obsession with having it all without paying the price.Shockingly, the United States has among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any high-income nation, yet, as Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno show, we spend twice as much per ... Read more

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NOW FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD, "PANDEMIC ETHICS"From two eminent scholars comes a provocative examination of bioethics and our culture’s obsession with having it all without paying the price.Shockingly, the United States has among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any high-income nation, yet, as Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno show, we spend twice as much per
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Narrative Ethics in Public Health: The Value of Stories

Edited by Drue H. Barrett, Leonard W. Ortmann, Stephanie A. Larson ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This Open Access book illustrates the power of stories to illuminate ethical concerns that arise in public health. It complements epidemiological or surveillance evidence, and reveals stakeholder perspectives crucial for public health practitioners to develop effective and ethical public health interventions. Because it relies on the natural and universal appeal of stories, the book also serves to ... Read more

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This Open Access book illustrates the power of stories to illuminate ethical concerns that arise in public health. It complements epidemiological or surveillance evidence, and reveals stakeholder perspectives crucial for public health practitioners to develop effective and ethical public health interventions. Because it relies on the natural and universal appeal of stories, the book also serves to
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All This Safety Is Killing Us

Health Justice Beyond Prisons, Police, and Borders--Abolitionist frameworks and practices from clinicians, organizers, and incarcerated activists

Edited by Ronica Mukerjee, Carlos Martinez ...

**A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine – featuring writings and artwork from 10+ incarcerated and post-detention activistsExposing how marginalized communities are vilified by “carceral safety” systems, educators and health justice advocates Carlos Martinez and Ronica Mukerjee call for a radical break with reformist strategies in favor of ... Read more

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**A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine – featuring writings and artwork from 10+ incarcerated and post-detention activistsExposing how marginalized communities are vilified by “carceral safety” systems, educators and health justice advocates Carlos Martinez and Ronica Mukerjee call for a radical break with reformist strategies in favor of
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Misguided

Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It

by Matthew Facciani ...

Winner, 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleSilver Winner, 2026 Nautilus Book Award in Psychology, Mental and Emotional Well-BeingWhy are people inclined to believe misinformation? This wide-ranging and comprehensive book shines a light on how false beliefs take root and spread, exploring the cognitive, emotional, and social factors that make us all susceptible to misinformation.Challenging ... Read more

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Winner, 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleSilver Winner, 2026 Nautilus Book Award in Psychology, Mental and Emotional Well-BeingWhy are people inclined to believe misinformation? This wide-ranging and comprehensive book shines a light on how false beliefs take root and spread, exploring the cognitive, emotional, and social factors that make us all susceptible to misinformation.Challenging
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Crisis and Care

Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic

by Adrian Shanker ...

Crisis and Care reveals what is possible when activists mobilise for the radical changes our society needs. In a time of great uncertainty, fear, and isolation, Queer activists organised for health equity, prison abolition, racial justice, and more. Nobody who lived through the COVID-19 pandemic will soon forget the challenges, sacrifices, and incredible loss felt during such an uncertain time in ... Read more

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Crisis and Care reveals what is possible when activists mobilise for the radical changes our society needs. In a time of great uncertainty, fear, and isolation, Queer activists organised for health equity, prison abolition, racial justice, and more. Nobody who lived through the COVID-19 pandemic will soon forget the challenges, sacrifices, and incredible loss felt during such an uncertain time in
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