Health Care Delivery category: 1556 books

In the late 1990s, treatment-related deaths or “complications” were the fifth leading cause of death for Americans. Spurred by the crisis, a group of dedicated physicians like Paul Batalden and Don Berwick made it their goal to study the concepts of “quality improvement” used at Toyota and NASA,...

Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children’s lives and family life are seen to be at stake. Vital as child protection work is, this book argues that there is a pressing need for change in the understanding and consequent organization...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Patient Confidential will teach readers to be active players in their healthcare and to get the most out of the healthcare system with the least amount of risk. It prepares readers for medical office visits, surgeries, rehabilitation, insurance and more. Patient Confidential also functions as a handbook readers can consult before every encounter with the healthcare system.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Driven by the growing reality of international terrorism, the threats to civil liberties and individual rights in America are greater today than at any time since the McCarthy era in the 1950s. At this critical time when individual freedoms are being weighed against the need for increased security,...

I can't work, I can't think, I can't connect with anyone anymore. . . . I mope through a day's work and haven't had a promotion in years. . . . It's like I'm being sucked dry, eaten away, swallowed up, coming unglued. . . . These are voices of a few of the tens of millions who suffer from chronic...

An engaging contribution to the increasing body of knowledge about gender and organizations, Gender, Culture and Organizational Change examines gender-based inequality in organizations and considers how sexual and social relations between women and men based on sexuality, power and control determine...

A compelling look at the ethics of social work administration and the inherent integration of ethics in social organizations.

Social Work: The Basics is an insightful introduction to the often misrepresented world of social work. This accessible book presents a broad view of contemporary social work, exploring its roots and its possible future. It dispels myths surrounding social work, addresses media debates, and offers...

First published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines ‘the digital divide’ as the unequal access and utility of internet...

CANCER FOR TWO: Conquering a Cancer Together by David Bennett is groundbreaking as of his own experience David informs us what we might expect at two levels after a diagnosis of cancer. He writes of the medical sequence and issues and of their emotional consequences on him and his wife Ann. We learn...

Sexual crime is a topic of massive public concern. Yet the debate over its causes and the appropriate responses of the criminal justice system is often fuelled by ignorance and prejudice, with little understanding of the reality of sexual crime. Acts of Abuse explores the response of the criminal...