Public Health category: 1911 books
Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this introductory textbook to epidemiology, students will discover the knowledge and skills required for managing population-based health care under health reform. Fundamental epidemiological techniques are presented teaching students to assess the health status of populations served; determine...
by Valerie Michaelson, Nathan King, William Pickett
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
This book presents the results of the Canadian Holistic Health in Children project. Rooted in an ancient concept, this study addresses some novel thinking surrounding the assessment of health and its determinants in adolescent populations. Holism refers to the assessment of complex systems as composite...
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....
by K. Madhav Naidu
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Throughout the history, community health nurses have been an integral part of the health promotion and disease prevention activities as well as health care reform. With the evolving health care system and challenges that clients face in the community, the importance and necessity of community health...
Health Impacts of Waste Management Policies
Proceedings of the Seminar ‘Health Impacts of Wate Management Policies’ Hippocrates Foundation, Kos, Greece, 12–14 November 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
This chapter introduces key themes from the book, reflecting the topics of the 'Awareness of the Health Impacts of Waste Management Policies' Seminar, in Kos, Greece. November, 1998. The waste management and health scene is introduced by an outline of concems relating to persistent organic pollutants,...
Mental Health
A Philosophical Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Mental health issues are a growing concern in our modern Western society. This is part of an increasing interest in questions about health, quality of life, personal development, and self-fulfilment. However, most of what has been written so far has had its focus on mental illness or disease, the...
Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology
Potentials for Home Care Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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....
The Door of Last Resort
Memoirs of a Nurse Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Having spent decades in urban clinical practice while working simultaneously as an academic administrator, teacher, and writer, Frances Ward is especially well equipped to analyze the American health care system. In this memoir, she explores the practice of nurse practitioners through her experiences...
Deadliest Enemy
Our War Against Killer Germs
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
We are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan -- before it's too late.
Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
The continuous development of new technologies has led to significant socio-economic advances in modern society. When applied in the medical sector, healthcare delivery techniques are optimized. Health Information Systems and the Advancement of Medical Practice in Developing Countries is a comprehensive...
Strategic Marketing For Health Care Organizations
Building A Customer-Driven Health System
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
This much-needed text offers an authoritative introduction to strategic marketing in health care and presents a wealth of ideas for gaining the competitive edge in the health care arena. Step by step the authors show how real companies build and implement effective strategies. It includes marketing...
Transforming Health Care Leadership
A Systems Guide to Improve Patient Care, Decrease Costs, and Improve Population Health
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Health care organizations are challenged to improve care at the bedside for patients, learn from individual patients to improve population health, and reduce per capita costs. To achieve these aims, leaders are needed in all parts of the organization need positive solutions. Transforming Health Care...
The Putting Patients First Field Guide
Global Lessons in Designing and Implementing Patient-Centered Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
"This book answers 'why not' and 'how to' for health care accreditation bodies, quality experts, and frontline professionals, moving the reader from timely information, to inspiration, and through patient-centered action with practical tools and potent case studies."
—Paul vanOstenberg, DDS,...
Destroying Sanctuary
The Crisis in Human Service Delivery Systems
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
For the last thirty years, the nation's mental health and social service systems have been under relentless assault, with dramatically rising costs and the fragmentation of service delivery rendering them incapable of ensuring the safety, security, and recovery of their clients. The resulting organizational...