UWA Press - Food & Health

Geriatric Medicine:
Early Policy and Practice in Western Australia

Richard Lefroy
2005
978 1 920694 447 $24.95 Pb Add to cart

In 1963, the Western Australian Public Health Department introduced geriatric healthcare services into the state’s hospital system. In Geriatric Medicine, Dr Lefroy provides a fascinating chronicle of the pioneering days of this service, charting its development and growth from humble beginnings in a so-called ‘benevolent home’ (itself a relic of the asylum era), to a more enlightened era where principles of rehabilitation, provision of home care and patients’ rights inform the care of the elderly and those with chronic illnesses and disabilities throughout Western Australia.

Harvest of the Suburbs:
An Environmental History of Growing Food in Australian Cities

Andrea Gaynor
2006
978 1 920694 48X $39.95 Pb Add to cart

A valuable resource for gardeners and scholars of environmental, urban and cultural management alike, Harvest of the Suburbs traces the history of urban food production in Australian cities and challenges some of widespread myths about ‘backyard farming’.

Andrea Gaynor draws on sources ranging from gardening books and magazines to statistics and oral history to illustrate a range of fascinating theories regarding the relationships between people and nature, work, social organisation, health, the body and gender roles – all with the aim of providing new insights into the tension between the quest for independence and the desire for interdependence to be found in suburban Australia.

Kissing Can Be Dangerous

Criena Fitzgerald
2006
978 1 920694 781 $39.95 Pb Add to cart

In the first half of the 20th Century, the social consequences of tuberculosis here in Western Australia (as in most communities around the world), were almost as confronting as the disease itself. Until the advent of chemotherapy in 1947, people with the disease were advised to adopt a way of living that would protect those with whom they came in contact. Kissing and close contact with an infected person, therefore, became absolutely forbidden.

Combining the oral histories of patients and doctors with rare photographs and extensive archival research, Kissing Can Be Dangerous reveals the way in which social and cultural perceptions of tuberculosis - as well as its biological effects - shaped both the experience of tuberculosis sufferers and the Public Health Department’s response to the disease.

‘A fascinating history of an important subject... Very little has been written on the history of [tuberculosis] disease and health care in Western Australia. [This book] will be of interest to health professionals nationally and internationally. - Pen Hetherington, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia

‘An extremely good story of a major health issue, and one which sheds light on a new area of historical analysis in this state...[this book] is of wide scale significance.’ -Jan Gothard, Senior Lecturer in History, Murdoch University, Western Australia

Living With Your Looks

Roberta Honigman and David J. Castle
2007
978 1 920694 9 51 $29.95 Pb Add to cart

Living with Your Looks outlines the social, cultural and historical influences that affect the way people view their bodies and how concerns about body image can give rise to a range of body image disorders such as:

Muscle Dysmorphia
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
Habit Disorders

The book also covers how these problems are diagnosed and treated as well as what family and friends can do to assist in the recovery process. In an unsensational way Living With Your Looks also gives straightforward information about the controversial area of cosmetic surgery.

Medicine For Dentists: A Problem-Based Approach (Second Edition)

Dr Simon Dimmitt
2003
978 1 920694 021 $39.95 Pb Add to cart

In busy day-to-day practice, without warning dentists can be confronted with a patient at risk because of some pre-existing medical condition, possible drug sensitivity or interaction. Medicine for Dentists: A Problem-Based Approach answers the profession’s need for a concise, clinically-orientated reference text containing: comprehensive patient questionnaires; the essentials of pathophysiology; suggested co-operation strategies for medical colleagues and a glossary of more than five hundred commonly used medical terms.

Fully revised, this new edition also includes useful website listings for further reading and research.

‘Valuable material for both the busy practitioner and the student... a concise, easily readable and systematic text that should enhance every student's understanding of the impact of medical conditions on the practice of dentistry.’ - Australian Dental Journal

New Perennial Legumes For Sustainable Agriculture

Sarita Jane Bennett
2003
978 1 920694 064 $38.95 Pb Add to cart

New Perennial Legumes for Sustainable Agriculture is a comprehensive review of the current knowledge and use of perennial legumes for Australia’s Mediterranean agricultural areas. An invaluable reference for researchers working in the fields of grassland and rangeland improvement, genetic resources, pasture and forage ecology, Sarita Jane Bennett explores the potential of some of the major legume genera including Medicago and Trifolium in the context of dramatic climate change and the resulting planting and crop-rotational implications for Australian farmers.

Passion For Pulses

Compiled by Nancy Longnecker
2004
978 1 920694 293 $29.95 Pb Add to cart

Nutritious pulses such as chickpeas, beans, peas and lentils are delicious, easy to prepare, versatile and economical. Passion for Pulses is a tasty compendium of over one hundred and fifty vegetarian recipes from around the world, including old favourites like hummus, dhal and chili con carne together with exotic recipes for Brazilian croustade, lentil tom kha soup and stuffed eggplant as well as decadent indulgences like wattle seed shortbread, lentil brownies and gluten-free chocolate cake.

With lavish colour photographs throughout and easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, let Passion For Pulses take you on a healthy and highly nutritional culinary adventure.

For further information, visit www.passionforpulses.com.

Rational Clinical Examination

Dr Simon Dimmitt
Illustrations by Dr Levent Efe
2006
978 1 920694 862 $39.95 Pb Add to cart

Of value to all clinicians and senior medical students, Rational Clinical Examination presents a detailed, practical, evidence-based guide to the physical examination of adult patients from both critical and practical perspectives.

Full of insights derived from the author’s more than twenty-five years of clinical practice, Rational Clinical Examination aids bedside evaluation by listing differential diagnoses in order of likelihood and emphasizes aspects relevant to clinical management. Sections in the book also provide hints useful in preparing for MBBS and Fellowship examinations.

‘...a marvelous integration of the elicitation of physical signs with their interpretation and clinical relevance. It is a very complete source which will be of enormous assistance to undergraduate students and those in vocational training.’ - Prof. Lou Landau, former Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Australia

‘...this book will provide a buttress against those who are inclined to the view that there is little to be gained from a thorough history and examination. Students of all levels will be rewarded by using this book to guide them through the labyrinthine ways of clinical assessment in this time of evidence-based medicine.’ - Dr Michael McComish, Consultant Physician, Royal Perth Hospital

Sounding the Alarm:
Remote Area Nurses and Aboriginals at Risk

Jennifer Cramer
2004
978 1 920694 366 $38.95 Pb Add to cart
Jennifer Cramer brings together years of nursing experience and meticulous research in this insightful and disturbing exposé of the dilemmas and deficiencies experienced in delivering health services to Aboriginal people in Warburton in Western Australia’s remote Central Desert.

A frightening description of aberrant norms of practice, Sounding the Alarm reveals the inadequacies associated with recruiting nurses and their lack of preparation in dealing with the complex health problems often endemic to remote Indigenous communities. The findings of this year-long study raise questions that have serious implications - not only for nursing - but also for other health professions and government authorities.

Food & Health

Geriatric Medicine:Early Policy and Practice in Western Australia

Harvest of the Suburbs: An Environmental History of Growing Food in Australian Cities