Jackie Green Bücher

What is health? What does health mean to people? How do we make sense of health and experience it? There are no simple answers to these questions. Health is complex, subjective and varied. Drawing on theory, research and contemporary debates, Ruth Cross explores the nature of health in depth and challenges our thinking about it. Moving beyond taken-for-granted assumptions, she gives the meaning of ‘health’ its due attention, exploring everyday perspectives as well as ‘expert’ medical, academic and policy understandings and approaches. In doing so, the book brings together different knowledge and expertise on health, also considering the inextricable links between human and planetary health. This book is important for all those working in the health field, or training to do so, seeking a broad understanding about health and all its complexity.

In a gripping tale of two families reuniting for a wedding, Morgan and Benji's surprise invitation to Maine stirs up old wounds and hidden agendas. Twelve years after the tragic loss of sixteen-year-old Alice, Benji's sister and Morgan's best friend, the couple's decision to marry brings their fractured families together for the first time since the funeral. As guests arrive in the serene coastal town, skepticism about the marriage mingles with their own deep-seated secrets. Morgan's father, Peter, may attempt to dissuade her from going through with the wedding, while Linnie, Benji's mother, introduces a new boyfriend with a troubled past. Benji's father, Nick, is preoccupied with securing a new job before his wife, Caro—his former secretary and mistress—discovers his recent unemployment. Meanwhile, Morgan harbors delicate secrets that could jeopardize her long-desired happiness, and Benji is focused on preventing the weekend from spiraling out of control. As the event unfolds, old passions reignite, deep wounds resurface, and newly uncovered secrets threaten to disrupt the fragile peace the wedding symbolizes. The couple and their families are compelled to reevaluate their understanding of one another amidst the chaos.