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by Roger M. Battistella
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
An expert debunks popular misconceptions about health policy, including the merits of single-payer plans, and offers an alternative.
by Lori-Ann Rickard
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Without a doubt, healthcare in the United States today is a challenge. Changes in the law, bureaucracy, and mounting paperwork overwhelm both doctors and patients. Doctors have to do more with less and often feel they have less time with the patient.
Patients must cope...
Find the Black Box
Prevent Needless Hospital Deaths
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
200,000 preventable deaths each year in the US healthcare system is like having 20
Boeing 747 airliners crashing each week. Things are bad in our nations healthcare
delivery system; people are dying needlessly in hospitals every single day. In Find
the Black Box, author Dr. Ira Williams provides a...
Betraying the NHS
Health Abandoned
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Based on his experiences of helping to fight cuts and closures in Suffolk, Michael Mandelstam delivers a damning verdict on the mismanagement of the NHS at national, regional and local level. He charts the widespread cutbacks and closures, both rural and urban, to clinics, A&E services, beds,...
Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring
A User's Guide to Effective Diabetes Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A diabetes diagnosis no longer means giving up an active life. New technology, such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, can help people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes stay active and flexible and maintain healthy attitudes and lifestyles. Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring...
by Jenny Henson
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Diabetes is said to be one of the top health conditions that contributes to most deaths in a year around the world. More than 300 million people around the world are diabetic. More than 8.3% of America’s population is diabetic. It affects children and parents both alike. ...
by Charlotte Lundgren, Carl Molander
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Good teamwork ensures the close collaboration and coordination between professional groups and across disciplinary boundaries. This is particularly important in healthcare centres and clinics admitting complicated patient cases, but contrary to what many healthcare organisations seem to believe, effective...
Health at Risk
America's Ailing Health System—and How to Heal It
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
In this volume, the nation's leading advisors on health policy and financing appraise America's ailing healthcare system and suggest reasonable approaches to its rehabilitation. Each chapter confronts a major challenge to the country's health security, from runaway costs and uneven quality of care...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Fully revised and updated for the third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for all those working in this broad field. Structured to assist with practical tasks, translating evidence into policy, and providing concise summaries and real-world issues from...
It's a Great Time to Be a Physician:
Building a Healthcare System That Works
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
It’s a Great Time to Be a Physician: Building a Healthcare System that Works is a call to action for physicians. It is a first-hand account of the changes being demanded of the US healthcare system and their implications for physicians. Eight trends are described that will create a better, more...
The Truth about Cancer
What You Need to Know about Cancer's History, Treatment, and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Cancer touches more lives than you may think. According to the World Health Organization, one out of three women alive today, and one out of two men, will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.
To Ty Bollinger, this isn’t just a statistic. It’s personal. After losing seven members of...
Medical Futility
A Cross-National Study
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Medical futility is a controversial issue not only in its definition but also in its application. There are few books on the subject, and those in existence mostly focus on the situation in the United States. This title, however, provides extensive international perspectives on medical futility.
This...
Pragmatic Children's Nursing
A Theory for Children and their Childhoods
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Pragmatic Children’s Nursing is the first attempt to create a paediatric nursing theory which argues for the importance of giving children living with illness access to a childhood which is, as far as possible, equal to that of their peers. Set in the historical context of the development of children’s...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The debate about health care reform has gone on for many years. The debate has generated often innovative ideas for reform that transcend national boundaries. For example, proposals have been made for an extension of health insurance with a framework of social protection; progressive development of...