Health Care Delivery category: 1556 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Native Americans suffer disproportionately from many social and health disparities. High rates of poverty, exposure to environmental toxins, and various forms of violence all increase the risk of health problems, including disabilities, yet there is very little published scholarship concerning Native...
by Hilary Graham
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Health Economics For Nurses
Intro Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Carol-Ann Hooper
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care adn protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, as...
Physical Environments and Aging
Critical Contributions of M. Powell Lawton to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
A tribute and guide to M. Powell Lawton's groundbreaking work!
Dr. M. Powell Lawton, who died in January 2001, was arguably the most significant thinker, researcher, and practitioner in environment-behavior studies within the field of gerontology. The authors of Physical Environments and Aging...
Vulnerability
Challenging Bioethics
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Alongside globalization, the sense of vulnerability among people and populations has increased. We feel vulnerable to disease as new infections spread rapidly across the globe, while disasters and climate change make health increasingly precarious. Moreover, clinical trials of new drugs often exploit...
Emotions in Social Life
Critical Themes and Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
The development of a sociology of emotions is crucial to our understanding of social life as they hold the key to our understanding of social processes and sociological investigation.
First published in 1997, Emotions in Social Life consolidates the sociology of emotions as a legitimate and...
Patents, Pills, and the Press
The Rise and Fall of the Global HIV/AIDS Medicines Crisis in the News
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
HIV/AIDS is a global health crisis of unprecedented proportions. Afflicting millions worldwide, its social, political, economic, and ethical dimensions have rendered explicit the vast inequalities of our «negatively globalized planet». Since the late 1990s, a major feature of the crisis has been...
Critical Resilience for Nurses
An Evidence-Based Guide to Survival and Change in the Modern NHS
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The nursing profession is under pressure. Financial demands, student debt, the target culture, political scrutiny in the wake of major care scandals and increasing workloads are all taking their toll on professional morale and performance. This timely book considers the meaning of resilience in this...
Traumatic Stress and Its Aftermath
Cultural, Community, and Professional Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Explore the aftermath of traumatic stress as it affects various populations, including therapists themselves!
This book will educate you about the aftermath of traumatic stress as it impacts people in a variety of settings. It explores the factors that lead to increased or reduced vulnerability...
Trauma Treatment Techniques
Innovative Trends
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Examine alternative techniques for dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder
Trauma Treatment Techniques: Innovative Trends examines alternative approaches to talk therapies that help relieve stress in trauma survivors. Experts in a range of practice areas present mental health providers...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
Welfare, Exclusion and Politcal Agency develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. It provides theoretical tools for students, academics and professionals whose work involves them in supporting the political agency of excluded...
by David Charles-Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
An estimated 3,500 people die every day in the UK. If someone at work or their partner or close family member dies, managers and colleagues need to respond appropriately. This book breaks new ground in placing bereavement on the management agenda. It addresses some challenging questions such as:
What...
by Lee Ann Hoff
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
First published in 1990, this book is basedon a field study of domestic abuse victims and their social network members. In a life history perspective, using values and network analysis, it uncovers the social context of a ‘secret’ crime against women and reveals the relationship between personal...