Health Policy category: 748 books
Social Work
Voices from the inside
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Social Work: Voices from the Inside offers unique insight into social work from the perspectives of those ‘on the inside’, that is, service users, carers and practitioners.
Drawing on a narrative tradition, fifty-nine people from across the UK tell their stories about how and why social...
Unhealthy Politics
The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicine
The U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Treatments can go into widespread use before they are rigorously...
A Big Fat Crisis
The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic - and How We Can End It
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Obesity is the public health crisis of the twenty-first century. Over 150 million Americans are overweight or obese, and across the globe an estimated 1.5 billion are affected. In A Big Fat Crisis, Dr. Deborah A. Cohen has created a major new work that will transform the conversation surrounding the...
A Pivotal Moment
Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Through a series of essays by leading demographers, environmentalists and reproductive health advocates, A Pivotal Moment offers a new perspective on the complex connection between population dynamics and environmental quality. It presents the latest research on the relationship between population...
by Patricia Edgar
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
Retirement is not the time to cut all ties and head off to live in a warm climate but rather to ask: Who do I want to be near? How will my relationships be reaffirmed? What do I care about? What can I create and contribute to the world?
Meet Jim Brierley, who was still jumping out of planes...
The Cannabis Manifesto
A New Paradigm for Wellness
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Written bythe founder and CEO of the world's largest medical cannabis dispensary, The Cannabis Manifesto delivers a clear, concise history of cannabis as a medicine, details the unintended consequences of prohibition, and considers its future as a regulated consumer product. Steve DeAngelo draws on...
by Sally C. Pipes
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
This Broadside will look at the changes that can be made to halt the full implementation of the law over the next few years, including repealing parts of the act that are unpopular with members of both parties. These parts are the medical device tax, IPAB, the new 3.8 percent tax on unearned income,...
The U.S. Drug Policy Landscape
Insights and Opportunities for Improving the View
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Discussions about reducing the harms associated with drug use and antidrug policies are often politicized, infused with questionable data, and unproductive. This paper provides a nonpartisan primer on drug use and drug policy in the United States. It aims to bring those new to drug policy up to speed...
by Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
"The painful truth is here! “Washington’s BARRC Is Its Bite” proves that so-called public servants in D.C. are indeed serving us: we are their dinner and dessert!
Politicians create BARRC—bureaucracy, administration, rules, regulations, and compliance—and their BARRC consumes...
by Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Our Allies Have Become Our Enemies: You Need This Book to Protect Yourself … From Healthcare!
The system that is supposed to nurture, protect and restore you is actually a leach, not a life-saver. Your trusted ally is in fact your fierce enemy. How did this happen? What must you do...
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...
by Paul Michael Garrett
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Remaking Social Work with Children and Families provides a sustained examination of the 'modernisation' of this area of social care. It analyses some of the key themes introduced by the administrations of John Major and Tony Blair and provides a critical exploration of contemporary policy initiatives...
AIDS in Asia
A Continent in Peril
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
AIDS in Asia provides a thorough introduction to the social and economic issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Asia including:
* Geographic obstacles to health care
* Gender inequality and human trafficking
* Political turmoil and poor leadership
* Asia's role in the sex and drug trade
* Economic...
The Case of Terri Schiavo
Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. While many observers had thought the right to refuse medical treatment was well established, this case split a family, divided a nation, and counfounded...