Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
International Studies: Volume 3
Prevention and Treatment of Disease
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
First published in 1931, this book is the third of a three volume set which focuses on medical work, and in particular, public administration in relation to the prevention of disease. This volume provides the most in depth account of the countries it surveys: England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
by Sir Arthur Newsholme
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
First published in 1908, this book presents a study of tuberculosis. It looks first at its causes, before examining how the problem of mortality from illness had already been reduced. The third part of the book then focuses on measures for reducing and annihilating tuberculosis altogether. Being written...
by Sir Arthur Newsholme
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
First published in 1889, this book provides a guide to vital statistics- the science of numbers applied to the life-history of communities and nations- in relation to medical problems. Chapters cover a wide variety of categories including population, births and deaths, sickness, occupation and mortality, and mortality from special diseases.
Cancer of the Esophagus
Learn What Is Cause, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
Esophageal cancer (or oesophageal cancer) is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer (approx 90–95% of all esophageal cancer worldwide) and adenocarcinoma (approx. 50–80% of all esophageal cancer in the United States). Squamous cell cancer arises...
The Alzheimer's Caregiving Puzzle
Putting Together the Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
In the US 5.2 million people live with Alzheimer's disease, it is the sixth-leading cause of death and ten million baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's in their lifetime. Alzheimer's often takes a bigger toll on the caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer's, generally family members, loved-ones...
by Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
It’s time to unmask the villain within healthcare. The Root Cause That Washington Conceals, Book 3 does just that: it pulls back the curtain so you can see the so-called wizard.
Though Books 1 and 2 were both Amazon Bestsellers, frankly, Book 3 is the best of the “diagnosis” books...
Health Economics from Theory to Practice
Optimally Informing Joint Decisions of Research, Reimbursement and Regulation with Health System Budget Constraints and Community Objectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book provides a robust set of health economic principles and methods to inform societal decisions in relation to research, reimbursement and regulation (pricing and monitoring of performance in practice). We provide a theoretical and practical framework that navigates to avoid common biases and...
The Story of Modern Preventive Medicine (Routledge Revivals)
Being a Continuation of the Evolution of Preventive Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
First published in 1929, this book is a continuation of Arthur Newsholme’s Evolution of Preventive Medicine, published in 1927, which was concerned with the possibilities in progress of prevention of disease, up to the middle of the nineteenth century. The current volume focuses on the modern period...
Help Yourself to Ultimate Health
Know the Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions to Optimal Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
You can have all the knowledge in the world, but when it comes to your health, its all about results. Abdel Jaleel Nuriddin, owner of Genesis Health and Nutrition Center, draws upon the lessons of the Holy Quran to share how we need to change our thinking when it comes to our health. Learn how to...
by Joe Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
The U.S. Healthcare system is, at best, cumbersome and confusing. We all have wondered: Who can I turn to with questions? Who can I trust? What resources are available to me? How can I get healthy? How can I stay healthy? Why is my health insurance so complicated? Am I paying too much? What is my...
by Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Are you contemplating a career in the medical field; an M.D., D.O., Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant? If so, let a former practicing physician guide you through his own career from incubation through fruition, through the good and the bad. Let him describe for you forty years of primary care medical...
Genomic Messages
How the Evolving Science of Genetics Affects Our Health, Families, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Two leaders in the field of genetics—a bioethicist-health lawyer and an obstetrician-gynecologist geneticist—answer the most pressing questions about the application of new genetics to our universal medicine and what personalized medicine means for individual healthcare.
Breakthroughs in...
Unprecedented
The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Foreword by Randy E. Barnett
In 2012, the United States Supreme Court became the center of the political world. In a dramatic and unexpected 54 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts voted on narrow grounds to save the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Unprecedented tells the...
An Insider's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery
A Physical Therapist Shares the Keys to a Better Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Nearly two million Americans undergo elective orthopedic surgery each year. And the numbers keep growing—hip replacements are projected to double over the next fifteen years, and knee replacements will quadruple. When you are ready for your procedure, you’ll want a copy of An Insider’s Guide...