Health Care Delivery category: 1556 books
Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Studies in Social Context
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Stepping back from the immediate demands of policy-making, Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine allows a complex and informative picture to emerge of the different social forces at play in the integration of CAM with orthodox medicine. Complementing books that focus solely on practice,...
by Julie Stone
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2005
As growing numbers of patients turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the focus of attention has largely been on whether these therapies work and whether they are safe. These questions are central to further integration of CAM with orthodox medicine. But in the absence of formal regulation,...
Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations
An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
In this newly revised edition, Philip J. Flores, a highly regarded expert in the treatment of alcoholism and in group psychotherapy, provides you with proven strategies for defeating alcohol and drug addiction through group psychotherapy. For the first time, practical applications of 12-step programs...
Substance Use in Social Work Education and Training
Preparing for and supporting practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Substance use has become an increasingly common concern for all aspects of social work practice, and especially when working with mental health and vulnerable families. This requires all social workers to have sufficient education and training in alcohol and other drugs across a range of settings.
This...
Unternehmerisches Wagnis in der stationären Pflege
Rechtslage und Quantifizierung der Vergütung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Regelungen des dritten Pflegestärkungsgesetzes
Language: German
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Im dritten Pflegestärkungsgesetz hat der Gesetzgeber explizit die Berücksichtigung eines „angemessenen Unternehmerrisikos“ im Rahmen der Pflegevergütung für die Träger der stationären Einrichtungen und ambulanten Pflegedienste verankert. Die Konkretisierung bleibt den Akteuren der Selbstverwaltung...
by Michael P. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that has a number of long-term complications and creates certain short-term problems for the sufferer. Michael Kelly, himself a sufferer, describes the experience of ulcerative colitis from the perspective of men and women who have had the disease and examines the social and psychological issues surrounding the condition.
Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision
Fundamental International Themes
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global ‘state of the art’ overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.
This authoritative volume builds on a previous volume, Fundamental...
by Sharon Freedberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Relational Theory for Clinical Practice offers students and practitioners a conceptual framework for thinking relationally about social work with clients within a biological, psychological, and socio-cultural framework.
Integrating relational theory with the principles of clinical practice,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This collection of essays examines obesity not as an objective medical or psychological problem, but as a subjective social and cultural phenomenon. The contributors take a cross-cultural perspective, examining both the negative casting of obesity in developed countries and the traditional view of...
Unternehmerisches Wagnis in der ambulanten Pflege
Rechtslage und Quantifizierung der Vergütung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Regelungen des dritten Pflegestärkungsgesetzes (PSG III)
Language: German
Release Date: February 15, 2019
IMit dem dritten Pflegestärkungsgesetz hat der Gesetzgeber explizit formuliert, was seit langem Rechtsprechung des Bundessozialgerichtes und Notwendigkeit einer wettbewerblichen Ordnung im preisregulierten Markt ist: die Berücksichtigung eines „angemessenen Unternehmerrisikos“ bei der Preisfindung...
Krank durch Medikamente
Wenn Antibiotika depressiv, Schlafmittel dement und Blutdrucksenker impotent machen
Language: German
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Noch nie haben wir so viele Schmerzmittel, Psychopharmaka, Cholesterinsenker und Betablocker geschluckt wie heute. Allein 2012 verordneten Ärzte den Deutschen mehr als 38 Milliarden Tagesrationen unterschiedlichster Medikamente. Doch viele Krankheiten, die heute diagnostiziert werden, gehen gar nicht...
by DJ Brown
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
The Meaning of Careful addresses the pressing need to improve patient safety and cost efficiencies while at the same time nurturing staff morale & improving the patient experience. It offers a unique perspective on the possibilities for change within the healthcare system informed both by Dr Brownʼs...
Autism's False Prophets
Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused...
Youth Policy and Social Inclusion
Critical Debates with Young People
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2004
Taking a holistic and multidisciplinary approach this book identifies and analyzes the factors which promote or discourage social inclusion of young people in today’s society. It critically examines the discriminatory attitudes towards young people, and focuses on the 'problem' of adults rather...