Health Care Delivery category: 1556 books

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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012

Led by both children’s rights perspectives and methodological arguments, there is an increasing emphasis on children and young people’s participation in health and social care research by researchers, policy makers and funding bodies – with many now considering the active involvement of children...
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Compassion

Compassion, Continuity and Caring in the NHS

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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015

Compassion takes as its starting point 'Cum scientia caritas', the motto of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Translated as 'Science with compassion', it captures the technical and caring aspects of being a doctor. Science is continually developing but compassion is unchanging. But how relevant...
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by Hunter, David J.
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016

Health care systems everywhere face multiple pressures from changing demography, the rise of non-communicable disease, the growing demand on health services, and limited resources at a time of austerity. Focusing on the British NHS from a political science perspective, this second edition of this...
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Dying to Care

Work, Stress and Burnout in HIV/AIDS Professionals

by David Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2005

Based on major multi-centre research in the UK, Dying to Care identifies why work stress is a problem in health care generally, and in HIV health care in particular. The similarities and differences between work stress experienced in general health care settings and in HIV/AIDS are explored in a state-of-the-art...
Cover of Medication A.R.E.A.S. Bundle: A Prescription for Value-Based Healthcare to Optimize Patient Health Outcomes, Reduce Total Costs, and Improve Quality and Organization Performance
by Elizabeth Oyekan
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017

In this value-based healthcare era, governments, insurers, and healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to address the various healthcare challenges and simultaneously meet these five goals: reduce total healthcare costs, improve the quality of care delivered, optimize patient health...
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Trauma and Physical Health

Understanding the effects of extreme stress and of psychological harm

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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008

Trauma research and clinical practice have taught us much about the widespread problems of child maltreatment, partner violence, and sexual assault. Numerous investigations have documented links between such trauma exposure and long-term negative mental health consequences. As we learn more about...
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Emotional Labour in Health Care

The unmanaged heart of nursing

by Catherine Theodosius
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008

Do nurses still care? In today’s inflexible, fast-paced and more accountable workplace where biomedical and clinical models dominate health care practice, is there room for emotional labour? Based on original empirical research, this book delves into personal accounts of nurses' emotion expressions...
Cover of Health Care for Underserved Women, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, E-Book
by Wanda Kay Nicholson, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017

Dr. Nicholson's issue is devoted to providing health care to the underserved woman. Leading experts in the area have written reviews to address the leading thinking and management of patient outcomes in the following areas: Racial/ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare; Perinatal Quality Indicators...
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by Rosemary Mander
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004

Since the development of modern medicine, men have become increasingly involved in childbearing as obstetricians and, more recently, as fathers. This book argues that the beneficial contribution of men has been taken for granted. Certain changes to childbearing practice have resulted, which, together...
Cover of Improving Medication Management in Home Care
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Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016

Help stop the widespread problem of medication errors among the elderly The problem of medication errors among the elderly is widespread. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions tackles this tough issue by closely examining the challenges faced in preventing medication...
Cover of Older People and Their Caregivers Across the Spectrum of Care
by Judith Howe
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015

Examine recently developed concepts and strategies to help social workers and caregivers improve the quality of care for senior citizens! Older People and Their Caregivers Across the Spectrum of Care focuses on two major aspects of elderly care: assessment and caregiving. This book examines...
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Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses

Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care

by Maureen A. Coombs
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004

Through observations in three intensive care units, this book draws on the reality of practice to explore how nurses and doctors work in intensive care settings. It examines: · the power held by the competing knowledge bases · the roles of the different professions · the decision-making...
Cover of Leading Interprofessional Teams in Health and Social Care
by Vivien Martin, Anita Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2004

The move to multidisciplinary teams in primary care and the emphasis on joined-up working across the human services make it increasingly necessary for health and social care professionals to take on a variety of leadership roles in teams made up of people from different professional backgrounds. This...
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Partners in Palliative Care

Enhancing Ethics in Care at the End-of-Life

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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013

The Collaborative for Palliative Care ("Collaborative") is a grassroots consortium of public and private organizations that came together in 2005 for the purposes of studying the increasing need for palliative care and the methods for such care. It has grown from a small fledgling group...
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