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Inci Bilgin Tekin's study offers a comparative perspective on two very challenging contemporary female playwrights, Liz Lochhead and Cherrie Moraga...

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The National Drug Control Strategy, a balanced approach to reducing drug use in America focusing on stopping use before it starts, healing America'...

In 1985, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a landmark report documenting the existence of health disparities...

Sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence are major public health problems in the United States. This book presents reports of intim...

Native Americans living in tribal areas experience some of the poorest housing conditions in the United States. Native Americans in tribal areas ar...

Naturalisation is the process that grants U.S. citizenship to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who fulfil requirements established by Congress in ...

This book represents the manifestation of a long-term effort to explore the multifaceted impact of neo-liberal globalisation on institutional refor...

This book attempts to bring together, both theoretically and empirically, a variety of contributions on the ideology of neo-liberal globalisation a...

1998 witnessed the birth of a new disorder... Internet Addiction Disorder. As the number of linkage points, host computers, connected networks and ...

Child abuse and neglect is as, at a minimum any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious p...

This book presents current research in the study of drug abuse, drug trade and various policies surrounding these issues. Topics discussed include ...

Globalisation has changed the political and economic picture of the contemporary world. This book addresses the questions of globalisation, interna...

With the emergence of global environmental issues such as ozone-layer depletion, the loss of biodiversity, global warming and acid rain, the role o...

Alcoholism is a disorder characterised by the excessive consumption of and dependence on alcoholic beverages, leading to physical and psychological...

Over the past decade, several studies have shed light on how the Ambient Assistive Technology (AAT) may increase the life expectancy of older adult...

Methamphetamine (METH) abuse has become a major public health problem world-wide, as demonstrated by increases in the number of emergency room visi...

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