Health Care Issues category: 1336 books

Demographic change is a defining issue of our time. As the worldwide population ages, the healthcare systems of every country will meet challenges of scale in providing for their elderly. Aging with Dignity: Innovation and Challenge in Sweden: The Voice of Elder Care Professionals is a study in the...

Our health care system is sick.  We live in an era of factory style medicine, spiralling costs, complex and chronic conditions, and doctors at the heart of it under pressure as never before.  Witnessing worrying burnout in her doctor husband, Lucy Mayes went on a quest to find out what is really...

Chronic diseases—cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes—are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems...

This book will help you to acquire the required knowledge and self-care skills to quickly and easily manage sickle cell trait and sickle cell disorder. With  adequate knowledge and self-care skills presented in this book ,people with sickle cell trait or sickle cell disorder can complement the efforts of health caregivers to live a graceful, purposeful and productive normal life.

Promoting Health in Aotearoa New Zealand is the first comprehensive text on health promotion in New Zealand. Primarily written for students, practitioners and policy makers in the health sector, it will be of interest also to those promoting health in Maori, Pacific Island and other NGOs and to those...

Imparts quick, easy-to-understand medical knowledge that anyone can apply to make smart health care decisions and save money at the same time. Written by a board-certified emergency medicine physician who practices in ER and urgent care settings, the book is divided into chapters based on the most common reasons people seek help.

This is the recent true story of one lone nurse who stood up to a corrupt government health system. Despite possessing all indisputable evidence to back up her claims, the investigative bodies fought to silence her. Not only did this government practice deny any hope of accountability of health system...

The British National Health Service celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 1978. A Royal Commission was set up to consider the role of the National Health Service, and it is the debates that surrounded this Royal Commission that form the basis for the twelve topics covered by this book. The economic...

First published in 1925, this book explores public health and its administration. It looks at both local and central health administration and surveys the various departments including The Board of Education and The Home Office. The book discusses motives, principles, and results of reform in the...

CARE MANAGEMENT: ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE Marking the Care Management Summit 2014: Achieving Excellence!, the State University of New York - Binghamton University's College of Community and Public Affairs presents this Anthology on current Trends in Care Management for use by students and healthcare professionals seeking to build, develop or improve their practice.

The book you are holding is an introduction to the questions which arise when considering the future of healthcare. It tackles the history of healthcare systems and their complex evolution, focuses on new trends and increasingly sophisticated technology while acknowledging that health is one of the...

As we get older there are few things more frightening than forgetting someone's name or where you left your house keys. For millions of us the first few times this happens we fear we're experiencing the onset of dementia. Many of us worry when there's no need to. Understanding the signs and symptoms...

Contemporary globalization has had tremendous impact on health equity across the globe. However, no volume has systematically analyzed the relationship between globalization and global trends in health outcomes. This book consolidates and updates the findings of a global research project undertaken...

A medical error occurs when a healthcare provider chooses an improper method of care, or inappropriately executes a correct method of care. Medical errors result in death and disability. More often than not, the medical error results from a system failure, a lack of coordination amongst those responsible...