1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783789803321

Autore

Moore Michele

Titolo

A woman's concise guide to common medical tests [[electronic resource] /] / Michele C. Moore, Caroline M. de Costa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-36090-9

9786610360901

0-8135-3777-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

De CostaCaroline <1947->

Disciplina

618.1/075

Soggetti

Diagnosis

Medical screening

Periodic health examinations

Women - Health and hygiene

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is a screening test? -- The annual physical exam -- Pap smears -- Colposcopy -- Screening for breast cancer -- Screening for colon cancer -- Screening for diabetes -- Screening for heart disease -- Screening and testing for communicable disease -- Screening for bone loss -- Vision screening -- Screening in older women -- Screening in pregnancy -- What's left out and why -- Genetic screening -- Laboratory tests -- The positive side of prevention.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a well-written, thoughtful and eminently readable guide through the often complex maze of preventive medical care. Women who want to gain a better understanding of the risks, benefits, strengths, and limitations of the health care practices and procedures that they commonly undergo, should read this book.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300486503321

Autore

De Satgé Rick

Titolo

Urban Planning in the Global South : Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space / / by Richard de Satgé, Vanessa Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319694962

3319694960

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages)

Disciplina

307.1216091724

Soggetti

Economic development

Political planning

Sociology, Urban

Africa - Politics and government

Human geography

Ethnology

Development Studies

Public Policy

Urban Sociology

African Politics

Human Geography

Ethnography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Conflicting Rationalities and Southern Planning Theory -- Chapter 3. African Cities: Planning Ambitions and Planning Realities -- Chapter 4. Struggles for Shelter and Survival in Post-Apartheid South African Cities: The Case of Langa -- Chapter 5. Voices From and Within the State -- Chapter 6. Conflicting Rationalities in the N2 Gateway Project: Voices from Langa -- Chapter 7. Implications for Southern Planning Theory and Practice -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

'Refusing to be drawn in by the universalising claims of planning



theory, de Satgé and Watson are as attentive to the micro-politics of everyday life as to the global dynamics shaping the broader territory, offering new insights into the concept of 'conflicting rationalities'. This book offers a springboard in the vital development of southern planning theory and practice.' - Colin Marx, University College London, UK   'This path breaking book will profoundly shape social science and planning debates about how urban planning, development programmes and governmentality become enmeshed in everyday practices of survival in poor neighbourhoods in the global South.' - Steven Robins, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa   This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. de Satgé and Watson advance a Southern perspective on planning theory identifying how key precepts informing urban planning theory and practice must change fundamentally if social conditions are to improve in these settings. They argue that such changes will require an understanding of the 'conflict of rationalities' at the heart of the encounters between state planning norms and those struggling to survive in informal settlements. The complex nature of these contestations is explored through an in-depth case study of Langa, a township in Cape Town, South Africa. This reveals the many layers that frame the conflicts between the ambitions of state planners, shack-dwellers and township residents, and examines how these have shaped the changing dynamics of power and permeated all state-society engagements in the planning process.   Richard de Satgé is Director of Research at Phuhlisani, a non-profit company. He has 40 years' experience working in NGOs across southern Africa as an educator and researcher with a focus on land, livelihoods, poverty and informality.   Vanessa Watson is Professor in Planning at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a university Fellow. She conducts research through the African Centre for Cities. Her research over the last 35 years has focused on urban planning in the global South.