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Herbs and the Evolution of Human Societies
The contributions gathered together in this volume analyse the link that humankind establishes with nature, examining the way in which a dialogue has been initiated between these two worlds and how it has evolved. From a geographical point of view, the text takes the reader to Africa, America, Asia and Europe via Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Somalia, Switzerland, Tibet, Tunisia, Ukraine, and the United States, providing a meeting ground between plants and humanity in different dimensions.
Balancing Wealth and Health
"The research strategy, concepts, and methodologies developed in this book repay careful consideration not only for fruitful deployment to examine dynamics of health and intelectual property in other regions, but also for generating innovative insights in other fields of global regulatory governance"--Foreword.
Guaraná
In this sweeping chronicle of guaraná—a glossy-leaved Amazonian vine packed with more caffeine than any other plant—Seth Garfield develops a wide-ranging approach to the history of Brazil itself. The story begins with guaraná as the pre-Columbian cultivar of the Sateré-Mawé people in the Lower Amazon region, where it figured centrally in the Indigenous nation’s origin stories, dietary regimes, and communal ceremonies. During subsequent centuries of Portuguese colonialism and Brazilian rule, guaraná was reformulated by settlers, scientists, folklorists, food technologists, and marketers. Whether in search of pleasure, profits, professional distinction, or patriotic markers, promote...
The value of life
Not everybody can find a meaning for life in the middle of a moment of unimaginable pain. But Roseli Tardelli did. In the death of her HIV-infected brother, Sérgio, she found a cause worth fighting for. But a glance at Agência AIDS suffices to see all the work that has been done to bring more rights of the HIV-infected and promote information about AIDS to the population. The path is tortuous, the hurdles are enormous and countless, but Roseli and her team of collaborators manage to channel such powerful energy that barriers are crossed nearly every day. With this publication, Senac São Paulo presents more than a story about a fight, it also brings up relevant discussions and information – through the glossary and the timeline – for the reader to reflect upon the journey of the disease in Brazil and in the world and, at the same time, it pays tribute to the people who fight for a more humane treatment of those infected with HIV.
Occupational Injuries and Workplace Risks
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that, worldwide, there are around 340 million occupational accidents annually. Moreover, the underreporting of occupational accidents, injuries and fatalities is giving a false picture of the real scope of the problem. In addition to human suffering, occupational injuries are a serious public-health problem and cause considerable economic losses. This book describes how employees’ individual properties, such as gender, age, and health status affect their vulnerability to suffering occupational injuries. It explores the effects of different ways of organising work, such as precarious work and shift work, on risk rates. Further, it looks at the risk sources encountered by workers in a number of industrial environments, such as transportation, construction sites, manufacturing plants, forestry, fishing, and mines. It also touches on more recent trends in this sector, such as migration and climate change.
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Uma História de "Cabeluda"
Privilegiando uma abordagem social da cultura, o presente livro tem como principal objetivo apresentar uma narrativa Histórica e Sociológica sobre a trajetória de vida de uma Mulher, Mãe e Cafetina, que fez da cidade da Cachoeira seu ponto de trabalho e meio de sobrevivência. Para além da construção desta narrativa, torna-se necessário propor discussões que perpassam pelos estudos de Gênero no Brasil e que estão vinculados com a trama histórica e social da personagem, tais como: Identidade, subjetividade, prostituição, sexualidade, violência doméstica, condição feminina, valores morais cristãos, empoderamento e patriarcado. As problemáticas que envolvem a protagonista desta história redirecionaram a pesquisa a pensar sobre a cartografia da prostituição em Cachoeira e a refletir sobre Histórias de Mulheres vinculadas ao sistema da prostituição local. Pretende-se historicizar as memórias e vivências de Dona Cabeluda e moradores da cidade, utilizando o método oral e atributos epistemológicos e metodológicos da Etnografia enquanto prática importante para compreensão e reflexão das experiências vividas em campo.
The Internet and Health in Brazil
The popularization of the Internet, due in larger part to the advent of multifunctional cell phones, poses new challenges for health professionals, patients, and caregivers as well as creates new possibilities for all of us. This comprehensive volume analyzes how this social phenomenon is transforming long-established healthcare practices and perceptions in a country with one of the highest numbers of Internet users: Brazil. After an opening text that analyzes the Internet and E-Health Care as a field of study, the book comprises six parts. The first part introduces the emergence and development of the internet in Brazil, its pioneering experience in internet governance, digital inclusion, a...
Médicos do Sertão
O processo de institucionalização da medicina goiana no período de 1947 a 1960 é o tema central do livro, que integra a coleção História e Saúde da Editora Fiocruz. Fruto da tese de doutorado da autora no Programa de Pós-Graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, o título evidencia como um conjunto de jovens médicos construiu em Goiás - estado então distante dos mais conceituados centros médicos e científicos do Brasil do século XX - uma comunidade médica de pesquisa e ensino capaz de dialogar com seus pares, nacional e internacionalmente. Um dos resultados desse processo foi, como mostra a pesquisadora, o surgimento de diversas instituições e organizações médicas. Tamara Rangel Vieira aborda ainda a questão das desigualdades regionais e mostra como a atuação dos profissionais de saúde nas endemias típicas do Brasil Central influenciaram diretamente o processo de institucionalização da medicina goiana.
