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Quality of Life Assessment: International Perspectives
Proceedings of the Joint-Meeting Organized by the World Health Organization and the Fondation IPSEN in Paris, July 2 – 3, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Considerable data and expertise have accumulated in the assessment of quality of life, but to date this assessment has largely been restricted to the devel- ment of instruments that are used only in the setting in which they were dev- oped. The chapters of this book, taken together, apply this expertise...
by Meenakshi Chopra, Charu Mohan Marya, Ruchi Nagpal
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Document from the year 2015 in the subject Medicine - Dentistry, , course: MDS, language: English, abstract: Culture plays an important role in human societies. It lays down norms of behavior and provides mechanisms which secure for an individual, his personal and social survival. Culture includes...
by Kathy Voigt Geurink, RDH, MA
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Created by a dental hygienist for dental hygienists, Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist, 3rd Edition, helps you acquire the understanding to improve the oral health care of people throughout various communities and build a successful career in the public health sector. Learn how...
Dermatology in Public Health Environments
A Comprehensive Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
This book provides a reference guide in the field of dermatology, presenting and discussing its interface with public health.
Dermatological diseases are extremely common in populations around the globe, and the systematization of knowledge about these dermatoses and their relationships with...
Key Themes in Health and Social Care
A Companion to Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Key Themes in Health and Social Care is a learning resource for students in health and social care. It provides an overview of foundational issues and core themes in the field and introduces key areas of debate, moving from an introductory level to in-depth discussion as the book progresses. Divided...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Fish and Fish Oil in Health and Disease Prevention provides an authoritative review of the role of fish and fish oil intake in the promotion of human health. This up-to-date volume provides a complete examination of intake patterns as well as research evidence of intake in disease prevention and treatment.
Readers...
Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology
Computer Assisted Medical Imaging. The Case of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS).
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
As noted in the Foreword, this report is one of several volumes resulting from this study of future health care technology. The purpose of the study, as formulated by the STG, was to analyze future health care technology. Part of the task was to develop an 'early warning system' for health care technology....
Health in Saudi Arabia Volume Two
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Health in Saudi Arabia Vol. One, published in 1985, presented and introduction to health problems, health manpower and medical education in Saudi Arabia. This book Vol. two discusses the epidemiology of certain health problems and the development of health services and health manpower. The material...
Participation in Health and Welfare Services
Professional Concepts and Lived Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Today, healthy ageing and active, meaningful lives are core values and aims for international and national health policies. Health services are challenged to ensure that the recipients of their services are active participants in their own care and beyond. Participation allows patients to become less...
Medicare Nightmare
The Great Australian Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
For decades, public discourse on the Australian health system has been reduced to focusing on limited issues such as e-health or budget cuts while failing to capture the greatest challenge facing our national healthcare system. That is, inefficient access to crucial information that empowers patients...
7 Times a Woman
Ancient Wisdom on Health & Beauty for Every Stage of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2013
7 Times a Woman: Ancient Wisdom on Health & Beauty for Every Stage of Your Life is the product of a 20 year personal and clinical journey in understanding and balancing women's cycles. It began with Dr. Andrews' personal health challenges which led her to become an acupuncturist and open her own...
Beholden
Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Religion Global health efforts today are usually shaped by two very different ideological approaches: a human rights-based approach to health and equity-often associated with public health, medicine, or economic development activities; or a religious or humanitarian...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
This book presents the patient management challenges that rural health centers face, and establishes the criteria for the type of medical imaging services that should be available in such facilities. To make the work of the center’s health practitioners more effective and efficient, the book assesses...
Palliative Care Within Mental Health
Care and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This thought provoking and highly practical book is not just about caring for the dying within mental health, but also applying the quality care and practice of palliative care within mental health practice. Multidisciplinary in its approach, it focuses on intervention, treatment, care and practice,...