Books published by Informa Healthcare

Focuses on research procedures in toxicology, aiming to illustrate concepts and types of toxicity from a mechanistic point of view. Examples of chemical intoxicants are used to illustrate mechanisms in each stage of toxicity.

This text examines different ways in which social scientists study environmental change and environmental problems. The history and geography of the relationship between environment and society is explored, as well as social dilemmas and cultural considerations faced when confronting issues.

This introductory handbook discusses the basic principles of medical ethics and includes practical, realistic guidance on how to evaluate and manage common ethical problems, focusing on the care of elderly patients.

In this volume, scholars from these two very different traditions are brought together. Never before has a single volume contained such a distinguished and diverse group of historians of technology.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Alcohol-related problems are recognized as being near the very top of the world league table of health and social problems. "Risk and Resilience" looks at the issue of young adults who grew up in families where a parent, sometimes both, had a drinking problem.