Public Health category: 1911 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2008
`A Sociology of Health charts a way forward for a medical sociology that can make a positive contribution to medical practice and health policy' - Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, East London GP and author of The Tyranny of Health
`This is a very lively book that will stimulate good debate amongst students...
by Michael Ross
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The impact of the United Nations "Healthy Prisons" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations. This invaluable book discusses the many health and medical issues that arise or are introduced into prisons from the perspective of both...
Caring for Mental Health in the Future
Future Scenarios on Mental Health and Mental Health Care in the Netherlands 1990–2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
1 311 9. 2 The results in the four areas 313 9. 3 Likely causes of the growing demand for services 314 9. 4 The dominant perception of mental health problems 315 95 A shifting balance 317 9. 6 Mental health problems as a policy issue 319 311) 9. 7 Culture-dependence as an approach 9. 8 Culture-dependence...
Health and Sustainability
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
Health and sustainability have become ubiquitous topics in all realms of popular discourse. What these discussions often overlook is the fact that the two concepts are interrelated, and that their surrounding policies and practices can often inform and reinforce each other. As sustainability measures...
by Andrew Briggs, Mark Sculpher, Karl Claxton
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
In financially constrained health systems across the world, increasing emphasis is being placed on the ability to demonstrate that health care interventions are not only effective, but also cost-effective. This book deals with decision modelling techniques that can be used to estimate the value for...
Promising Care
How We Can Rescue Health Care by Improving It
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Promising Care: How We Can Rescue Health Care by Improving It collects 16 speeches given over a period of 10 years by Donald M. Berwick, an internationally acclaimed champion of health care improvement throughout the course of his long and storied career as a physician, health care educator and policy...
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...
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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...
by Yasar A. Ozcan
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
A compendium of health care quantitative techniques based in Excel
Analytics and Decision Support in Health Care Operations is a comprehensive introductory guide to quantitative techniques, with practical Excel-based solutions for strategic health care management. This new third edition has...
Health Care Information Systems
A Practical Approach for Health Care Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
BESTSELLING GUIDE, UPDATED WITH A NEW INFORMATION FOR TODAY'S HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT
Health Care Information Systems is the newest version of the acclaimed text that offers the fundamental knowledge and tools needed to manage information and information resources effectively within a wide...
Foundations of Health Care Management
Principles and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Foundations of Health Care Management
Leaders and managers throughout the health care system are facing ever more challenging changes in the way care is delivered, paid for, and evaluated. Foundations of Health Care Management: Principles and Methods offers an innovative, concise, reader-friendly...
A History of Global Health
Interventions into the Lives of Other Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Over the past century, hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in programs aimed at improving health on a global scale. Given the enormous scale and complexity of these lifesaving operations, why do millions of people in low-income countries continue to live without access to basic health...
Aboriginal Health in Canada
Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2006
Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. Aboriginal Health in Canada is about the complex web of physiological, psychological, spiritual, historical, sociological,...
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...