Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
by American Medical Association
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
The last time you visited your doctor, did you . . .
* hesitate to ask a question-and leave without the answer you needed?
* not understand your doctor's explanation of your illness or its treatment?
* wish you could be more in control of your healthcare?
You can take control. The more you...
by Alberto Moreno Conde, Dipak Kalra
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Aligned with the increased adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, it is recognized that semantic interoperability provides benefits for promoting patient safety and continuity of care. This research proposes a framework of quality metrics and recommendations for developing semantic interoperability...
Cardiovascular Health
Living Your Best with a Healthy Heart
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
A complete guide to the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Being diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease seems unlikely to many, yet cardiovascular diseases are actually the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The good news is that by modifying our lifestyle habits, it’s...
Shaping Academia for the Public Good
Critical Reflections on the CHSRF/CIHR Chair Program
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
With increasing demands for evidence-based decision-making, the academic community must be ready to train researchers who can reduce the gap between health care research and practice. One program dedicated to promoting such training is the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF, now the...
Mediscams
Dangerous Medical Practices and Health Care Frauds--and How to Prevent Them from Harming You and Your Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Where their health is concerned, Americans want answers. Too often, what they get are false promises from medical "professionals" more intent on lightening their patients' wallets than helping to shave off those stubborn five pounds. These medical scam artists run from the petty to the downright...
Self-Management of Hypertension
Among Residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Research shows that African-Caribbean populations with hypertension have poorer health outcomes. This exploratory and descriptive study described and analyzed self-management behavior among male and female hypertensive residents of a village in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This qualitative...
Mura Solwata Kosker
We Saltwater Women
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Throughout her lifetime, Ellie Gaffney has been a strong advocate both within Australia and internationally of the interests and welfare of Torres Strait Islanders.
She has been particularly committed to advancing the rights of Indigenous women. Her interests have spanned a wide spectrum of...
by Owen Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable.
The information in this ebook on various aspects of maintaining healthy blood and related subjects is organized into 16 chapters of about 500-600 words each.
I hope that it will interest those who are concerned...
Surviving the Ebola Crisis
The Preppers’ Guide to Making It Through A Worst-Case Outbreak
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Now that Ebola has reached US shores, are you ready to deal with it? Surviving the Ebola Crisis tells you why you should act now to safeguard you and your family from the possible threat of an Ebola outbreak. You will learn everything you need to know about this deadly disease as well as what you...
Eating Well With Baby Belly
Healthy Eating While Pregnant (Pregnancy Nutrition Guide)
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
"About the book" Eating Well With Baby Belly: Healthy Eating While Pregnant (Pregnancy Nutrition Guide) Pregnancy is a good introduction to a conscious diet that will benefit parents and children in the long run. With few exceptions, the same recommendations apply as for women who are not...
by Dr Jason Mallia PhD
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
The objective of this research study is to examine aspects of integrative medicine in order to help the reader understand its benefits, limitations and application, and to outline why there is a need for such an approach and how it is possible. A practical approach has been used to demonstrate how...
The Nurses
A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
A New York Times bestseller. “A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes.”—People
Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing—one of the world’s most important...
Unaccountable
What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
New York Times Bestseller
"Every once in a while a book comes along that rocks the foundations of an established order that's seriously in need of being shaken. The modern American hospital is that establishment and Unaccountable is that book.†?-Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated
Dr....
by Kym Kostos
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
My dear sweet little guy was "sunny-side up" and turned around, so I was scheduled for a C-Section on August 10, 2004 in the morning. They had estimated a few weeks too early and my son was taken to NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and hooked up to all sorts of machines and a life support machine...