Health category: 185398 books
No Margin, No Mission
Health Care Organizations and the Quest for Ethical Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2003
Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace? On this question hinges not only the future of health care in the US, but that of the health care systems of all advanced countries. This book presents both an analytic framework and a menu...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
This book brings together the world’s leading perfectionism researchers and theorists to present their latest findings and ideas on how and why perfectionism may confer risks or benefits for health and well-being, as well as the contexts which may shape these relationships. In addition to providing...
Biodiversity and Health
Linking Life, Ecosystems and Societies
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
There is a gap between the ecology of health and the concepts supported by international initiatives such as EcoHealth, One Health or Planetary Health; a gap which this book aims to fill.
Global change is accelerated by problems of growing population, industrialization and geopolitics, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
In this second edition of the bestselling title from the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook series, Public Health Nutrition has been extensively revised to ensure that it reflects the latest evidence-based knowledge and research. Ground-breaking and comprehensive in both its scope and approach,...
by Stephanie Ridd
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Now, without any doubt, a bone broth diet is a traditional diet that is highly rich in amino acids, collagen, as well as containing abundant trace minerals. In other words, a bone broth diet is among the most nutrient-rich diets, which play a significant part in health and fitness improvement.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Experiences of health and illness are fundamental to how we understand ourselves, and the postmodern obsession with body image has made health even more significant in identity formation. The study of subjective experiences of health and illness can also provide a challenge to traditional objective...
Being and Well-Being
Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
As the great American work-benefit experiment erodes, companies are increasingly asking people to take responsibility for managing their own health. There's no question work and health are intertwined. But what effect does an intensely productive, globally connected, high-tech work environment have...
by Eleanor DeArman Kinney
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2002
Despite the attention to the problem of protecting the health care interests of Americans, there is little consensus on what should be done politically or otherwise to address this problem. In Protecting American Health Care Consumers Eleanor DeArman Kinney, a nationally regarded expert on health...
Trends in Health Care
A Global Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
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...
Researching Health Needs
A Community-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999
`[It is] difficult to find a single volume that addresses the specific range of methodological challenges [in] health needs assessment… Judy Payne's book is a very welcome answer to this problem. [This book] offers a lucid d logical exposition of the research process. It begins with a short introduction...
Health of South Asians in the United States
An Evidence-Based Guide for Policy and Program Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Leading scholars and practitioners come together in this contributed volume to present the most current evidence on cutting edge health issues for South Asian Americans, the fastest growing Asian American population. The book spans a variety of health topics while examining disparities and special...
by Valentina Marinescu, Bianca Mitu
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Health is a contested concept that has been defined in numerous ways. The media is extremely powerful in promoting health beliefs and in creating role models for contemporary people. The ways in which health is defined or understood can have wide-ranging implications and can have an impact on issues...
Environmental Health for All
Risk Assessment and Risk Communication for National Environmental Health Action Plans
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Accurate assessment of environmental hazards and related risks is a primary prerequisite for effective environmental health protection, at both the individual and collective level. National and regional policies on environmental health need to be guided by knowledge about the risks to the populations...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
A Psychologist's Proactive Guide to Managed Mental Health Care offers a concise overview of the evolution of managed mental health care and its impact on the working lives of clinical and counseling psychologists. Although many books explore the ramifications of managed care for psychotherapy, this...