Health Policy category: 748 books
Managing Health in Africa
The Health Systems Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
An authoritative analysis of the challenges of public health management in Africa, based on a combined experience of more than 83 years in national and ...
Global Health Disputes and Disparities
A Critical Appraisal of International Law and Population Health
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Global Health Disputes and Disparities explores inequalities in health around the world, looking particularly at the opportunity for, and limitations of, international law to promote population health by examining its intersection with human rights, trade, and epidemiology, and the controversial issues...
by William H. Markle, Melanie A. Fisher, Ray A. Smego Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
A complete introductory review of global health--updated to reflect the latest issues and challenges
The first edition of Understanding Global Health set a new information standard for this rapidly emerging subject. Written by a remarkable group of authors and contributors, this comprehensive, engagingly...
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
The concept of global health has moved on from focusing on the problems of the developing world to encompass health problems with global impact. Global health issues impact daily on local healthcare delivery and professional practice. This illuminating guide for healthcare students and practitioners...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
In this multidisciplinary book, the editor and contributors provide the most accurate and most recent information on health and health care in the State of Mississippi. They explain why the state finds itself in precarious health conditions and reveal the prevailing circumstances as the state debates...
Differential Diagnoses
A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Although the United States spends 16 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, more than 46 million people have no insurance coverage, while one in four Americans report difficulty paying for medical care. Indeed, the U.S. health care system, despite being the most expensive health care...
Millions Saved
New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Over the past fifteen years, people in low- and middle-income countries have experienced a health revolution-one that has created new opportunities and brought new challenges. It is a revolution that keeps mothers and babies alive, helps children grow, and enables adults to thrive.
Millions...
A Plan for a Single-Payer Health Care System
The Best Health Care in the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2008
Approximately fifty million people in the United States have no health insurance. Dr. Charles Chen, an obstetrician and gynecologist for almost thirty years, agrees with many people in this country that health insurance should cover every citizen, not just those who can afford to pay the rates.
A...
The World’s Health Care Crisis
From the Laboratory Bench to the Patient’s Bedside
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
At present, human society is facing a health care crisis that is affecting patients worldwide. In the United States, it is generally believed that the major problem is lack of affordable access to health care (i.e. health insurance). This book takes an unprecedented approach to address this issue...
by Frank A. Sloan, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
The new edition of a textbook that combines economic concepts with empirical evidence, updated with material on the Affordable Care Act and other developments.
This book introduces students to the growing research field of health economics. Rather than offer details about health systems without...
Litigating the Right to Health in Africa
Challenges and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Health rights litigation is still an emerging phenomenon in Africa, despite the constitutions of many African countries having provisions to advance the right to health. Litigation can provide a powerful tool not only to hold governments accountable for failure to realise the right to health, but...
Health-Care Reform
A Surgeon’S Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
In this study, Dr. Ashraf A. Hilmy, with a surgeons objective, no-nonsense precision and an unabashed lack of political correctness, dissects the current state of health-care delivery in America. In practice since 1979, he is board certified in surgery, anesthesiology, critical-care medicine, and...
Researching Corporations and Global Health Governance
An Interdisciplinary Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
The profound changes to the world economy since the late twentieth century have been characterised by a growth in the number and size of transnational corporations. In this context, there is now increasing evidence of unprecedented reversals in health indicators among populations around the world....
The Truth About Big Medicine
Righting the Wrongs for Better Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Many Americans believe that their healthcare is second to none. Most patients, therefore, fail to appreciate the flaws and dangers present while receiving medical care. In fact, the American health care industry is one of the great tragedies of this country, which is now being brought to its knees...