Health category: 185398 books
The Mental Health of Refugees
Ecological Approaches To Healing and Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
It is estimated that at least 33 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes by war or persecution. Numerous studies have documented high rates of psychological distress among these survivors of extreme violence and forced migration, yet very few have access to clinic-based...
Global Health Watch 5
An Alternative World Health Report
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health.
This new edition addresses the key challenges facing governments and health practitioners today, within the context of rapid shifts in global governance mechanisms and the UN’s Sustainable...
New Law and Ethics in Mental Health Advance Directives
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Choose
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Penelope Weller considers the relationship between human rights and...
Just Medicine
A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Just Medicine offers us a new, effective, and innovative plan to regulate implicit biases and eliminate the inequalities they cause, and to save the lives they endanger.
Over 84,000 black and brown lives are needlessly lost each year due to health disparities, the unfair, unjust, and avoidable...
by Jimoh Amzat, Oliver Razum
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book presents a comprehensive discussion of classical ideas, core topics, currents and detailed theoretical underpinnings in medical sociology. It is a globally renowned source and reference for those interested in social dimensions of health and illness. The presentation is enriched with explanatory...
Health Care 911
“A Health Care Crisis That Did Not Have to Happen.”
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The author spent over forty years working in the health care industry, gaining fi rsthand knowledge about the interworkings of the various industries that represent the whole. After graduating from the University of Texas Pharmacy School in 1959, Fritz worked in retail pharmacies for about twenty...
by Mark L. Goldstein, Stephen J. Morewitz
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of certain chronic disorders among children and adolescents. For example, health experts warn of an epidemic of diabetes mellitus due to an increase in the sedentary life style and poor nutrition of children. There are many questions still to...
by Dan Purser MD
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
A Referenced Guide to Your Body, Life, Mind, Bones, Prevention and Diet While Dealing With Osteoporosis
From the TEN TIME #1 Bestselling Medical Author & Educator -- Transform Osteoporosis with a NATURAL Approach to Your Bone Health! Women -- this is about YOUR Osteoporosis.
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Aloe Vera and Aloe Arborescens: How to Grow, Care for and Use your Medicinal Plants for Better Health!
Organic Gardening's, #4
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Aloe Vera and Aloe Arborescens
Most of us are familiar with the very popular plant known as Aloe Vera. Thanks to today’s world of advertising mediums, we are familiar with many of the products that contain or are based on Aloe vera. It seems that its many health benefits make it a must for...
by Maggie Percy, Nigel Percy
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
You can have the health you want by looking at healing in a new way.
To become truly successful in your quest for health, you must realize that your frustration about the results you are not getting is not because you didn’t find the silver bullet, the magic potion or the special method that...
by Catherine E. Burns, PhD, RN
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Covering the full spectrum of health conditions seen in the primary care of children, Pediatric Primary Care, 5th Edition emphasizes both prevention and management from the unique perspective of the Nurse Practitioner. Written by an expert editor/contributor team, it provides in-depth, evidence-based...
Doing Health Anthropology
Research Methods for Community Assessment and Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2006
What is the relationship between health, human nature, and human needs?
The impact of social change on communities?
The processes by which communities confront and overcome their health problems?
How do we study these health questions in new communities and become advocates for change?
These...
Health Economics and Policy
Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
"The collection represents an extraordinary intellectual achievement and ... a handbook for anyone thinking about health and health policy."
Foreword by Sir Angus Deaton
winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
"Victor Fuchs ... is one of the world's most influential figures...
by Stefan Priebe, Mike Slade
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Mental health care increasingly faces a challenge to be 'evidence based'. However, despite much policy activity in the UK, it's still not clear what sort of evidence researchers should be producing for mental health services, or what purchasers should be looking for. Evidence in Mental Health Care...