Health Care Issues category: 1336 books

This lucid and comprehensive book explores the ways in which the State, the market and the citizen can collaborate to satisfy people’s health care needs. It argues that health care is not a commodity like any other. It asks if its unique properties mean that there is a role for social regulation and...

Covering a wide range of issues, the 22 cases included in Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and Management constitute an exceptional resource for bringing real-life policy questions into the classroom. Based on actual events, the cases have been developed with input from mid-career professionals...

• Save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars every year by having the right health insurance.  • Turn that confusion-laced fine print into clear, precise details that are simple to understand  • Having the right Health Insurance is your investment in a healthy life  • How to pay your Excess...

You don't need to suffer from bad skin any longer. Like anything else in your body, caring for your skin will improve its health. There are a myriad of methods for caring for skin, and they range from mild to extreme. The advice in this piece can help guide your skin care decisions. IF you...

Herbalism, the study and application of medicinal plants, is nursing practice. Herbal remedies are essential elements of nursing and midwifery care. Nurse-herbalists partner with plants to provide human comfort with plants as a catalyst for change. Step by step, element by element-fire, air, water,...

Issues from weight gain are extremely numerous inside the human body. These incorporate weight, thyroid, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, coronary illness, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. I'll talk about a portion of the more typical ones that happen as an immediate consequence of weight gain. This...

You get what you pay for, right? Not when it comes to health care in America. We pay twice as much as any other developed nation for health care, yet we have the worst health of them all. If the safety record of American hospitals were transposed onto the airline industry, a fully loaded 747...

An incisive look at how personalized medicine is revolutionizing health care for everyone. In this persuasive and compelling book, Pieter Cullis argues that personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, is the biggest revolution of our time. By replacing the current one-size-fits-all...

Nature Gave Us Butterflies, Standard Edition is written for individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families who will be providing care for them. Written in an open and honest writing style, it gently delivers sensitive information in tandem with nature’s metaphor of the caterpillar’s...

Learning is at the heart of change. This book breaks new ground in exploring the need for individuals to engage in personal change, through learning, as an essential part of achieving significant change in organisations. It explains how to engage with people's energy, enthusiasm and abilities to enable...

Dr. Stan Kardatzke is a physician who has practiced and taught clinical family practice for over 25 years. He has been a Chairman of two different managed health care companies. Formerly he was Chief Executive Officer of Physician Corporation of America, a managed care company which took care of the...

Universal Buck-Passing: Socialized medicine never works. It can seem to work for about fifty to seventy years as true costs are hidden and construed as increases in the "cost-of-living" or as nebulous, ill-defined tax increases, rather than increased, dedicated health care costs. The concept...

Managing Projects in Health and Social Care is designed for anyone who is asked to manage a public services project but who lacks the experience or training to feel confident in this role. The book shows how to use project management techniques to ensure that your project will be successful. The...

As the United States faces increasingly difficult and trenchant public health problems, from the Zika virus to the obesity epidemic to the opioid crisis, population health is a growing area of concern for public health organizations, particularly how to care for populations effectively on a shoestring...