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Oneworld Publications Who Really Runs Britain?: The Private Companies
Book Synopsis‘Outsourcing’ – when will the horror stories stop coming? Every year the government gives private companies like G4S, Serco, Capita and ATOS £80 billion of taxpayers’ money to handle some of our most sensitive and important services – but where is their transparency? Immigration is perhaps the most challenging and divisive issue of our time – so why has our government abdicated responsibility? As privatisation looms over an NHS in crisis, how do we hold these companies to account? Now, White speaks to campaigners, Whitehall insiders – and the companies themselves. Who Really Runs Britain? is a shocking compendium of what happens when outsourcing goes wrong – and what we do now.Trade Review‘[A] powerful account of the impact of the privatisation of public services…provides a timely and important analysis of this often overlooked feature of public life.’ * Evening Standard *‘This is a must read…It punctures the myth that the private sector is better at delivering public service.’ -- Dame Margaret Hodge MP‘The takeover of government activity by a cartel of unaccountable corporations is a major shift in the way Britain works. Alan White shines a light into this murky world. Everyone is affected by the shadow state. Everyone should read Shadow State.’ -- Andy Slaughter MP, Shadow Minister for Human Rights‘In February 2014 the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee published a devastating report on the way in which public services were contracted out to the private sector... Alan White’s well-researched book Shadow State, provides many examples that prove the Committee’s case, and will, I hope, act as an urgently needed call for action, particularly to improve the standard of contracting throughout Whitehall.’ -- Lord Ramsbotham, former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales‘Readable and well ordered.’ * Literary Review *
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Verso Books Economics for the Many
Book SynopsisEconomics for the Many, edited and with an introduction by Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell, features contributions from the participants in his New Economics conferences, including Barry Gardiner, Ann Pettifor, Prem Sikka, and Guy Standing. It covers topics from housing, public ownership, and fairer international trading systems to industrial policy for the twenty-first century and how to tackle tax avoidance and regional imbalances. Together, the essays in this volume lay out a vision for a new economics, one that works for the many, not the few.
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Jestina Media Debtor Beginner’s Guide to Corporate Insolvency:
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Earthscan Reader on Risk
Book SynopsisThis new anthology is a comprehensive introduction to the field of risk theory. The introduction provides the ideal starting point for students and professionals new to risk studies and offers a concise refresher for researchers and practitioners. Coverage includes the origins of the 'concept of risk' and its often misunderstood cousin 'uncertainty,' before moving on to address risk perception, risk communication, the idea of trust and post trust as well as risk in policy and regulation with a close look at the Precautionary Principle. Following the introduction, the volume includes a selection of the most significant and influential works on risk in their entirety. These selections, organized thematically to cover the breadth and depth of the field, provide greater detail and elaborate on the key themes and major developments in risk studies. Together they comprise the essential literature necessary for a full understanding of risk theory and practice on any issue and in any context.Trade Review�The collection of papers selected for this volume provides an excellent and representative overview of risk research in philosophical, psychological and social perspectives. This reader combines, in a unique way, breadth, substance and relevance.� ORTWIN RENN, Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology, Stuttgart State University, Germany �L�fstedt and Boholm show the complexity of risk decisions and the richness of risk research, with a collection ranging from seminal articles to current research. It will reward students, scholars, officials, and citizens trying to follow the action in risk controversies.� BARUCH FISCHHOFF, Howard Heinz University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, and former President of the Society for Risk Analysis 'The Earthscan Reader on Risk is an excellent introduction for students, professionals, and even lay readers.' 'Especially recommended as a refresher text for researchers or practitioners in the field of risk management, as well as for college and university library collections' The Midwest Book Review, 2009.Table of ContentsPart I: The Concept of Risk * The Policy Implications of Differing Concepts of Risk * A Philosophical Perspective on Risk * Uncertain Times * The Notion of 'Risk' and the Development of Modernity * Part II: Risk Perception * Gender, Race, and Perceived Risk* How Safe is Safe Enough? A Psychometric Study of Attitudes towards Technological Risks and Benefits * Risk as Feelings * Part III: Communication about Risk * Accounting for the Social Context of Risk Communication * Risk Communication and Management in the 21st Century * Part IV: Trust and Post-Trust * Exploring the Dimensionality of Trust in Risk Regulation * Salient Value Similarity, Social Trust, and Risk/Benefit Perception * Part V: Policy and Regulation * Risk-based Decision Analysis in Support of Precautionary Policies * Risk Regulation Under Pressure: Problem Solving or Blame Shifting? * The Precautionary Principle and its Policy Implications * Uncertainty and Environmental Learning:* Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age: The
Book Synopsis"Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age" explores this highly topical issue and presents a critical argument on the nature of the possible crisis. Its in-depth philosophical analysis of the main ethical positions adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach. This book is important reading for healthcare policy makers and shapers and healthcare managers. Academics in ethics, philosophy, economics, and all healthcare disciplines will find it useful, as will public health specialists, health economists, and social scientists with an interest in health and medicine.Trade Review"'The importance and originality of this book is that it now supplies a clearly argued ethical analysis of the complex medical, social and moral dimensions of this perceived crisis, leaving attentive readers in no doubt that the fundamental questions raised for society are indeed moral ones. The authors of this book have opened up significant new perspectives on many important issues which in practice confront politicians, managers, professionals, patients and the public today. They have done this moreover in a way that is highly accessible to a non-specialist readership. Eric Matthews and Elizabeth Russell are to be congratulated on this major achievement, and this book is to be highly commended to everyone concerned with the future of health care.' Kenneth Boyd, in his foreword"Table of ContentsPerception of crisis. The costs of aging. The moral foundations of publicly funded medical care. Ethics and the crisis. Daniels and the 'Prudent Lifespan' account. Ethics and resource allocation. Callahan and the significance of age. Critique of Callahan. Crisis of aging? Policy implications.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Art of Presenting: Getting It Right in the
Book SynopsisThis informal, fun guide is ideal for anyone involved in public speaking; addressing a group of people in a wide range of situations including lecturing as part of your day job, presenting research findings to your academic peers, and presenting to potential future colleagues as part of an interview process. These situations are all different, and as with many things, context is everything. Whether you’re working with large or small audiences, there are basic rules for speaking that should never be overshadowed by bewildering presentation technology.Trade Review'This easy to read and rather humorous book contains chapters on how to plan your talk, how to deliver it and how to present your graphics all in a very user friendly format[...]An essential for all educators or formal speakers.' ALISON SMITH, PAIN NURSE SPECIALIST, ROYAL BROMPTON & HARE FIELD NHS TRUSTTable of ContentsThe three eras of presentation. The pre-modern era of presentation. The modern era of presentation. The post-modern era of presentation. questions to answer by planning your talk, and your answers. Ten questions to answer about giving your talk. Ten things to do with presentation graphics that aren't bulleted lists that whizz in, do a quick orbit before settling down in a font that can't be read from the front row. The take home message. The afterword.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow: Pt. 1
Book SynopsisThis work traces and anticipates past, present and future changes in mental health services to assess the impact both of developments in care, and of the implications of new organisational change. It includes contributions and perspectives of those involved in services at all levels, including service users, to draw upon their experience to give a fuller picture of today and help sketch in tomorrow. It balances academic scrutiny with personal involvement, to reflect both national trends and local initiatives. Overall this work is in two volumes, each of which can stand alone: this Part 1 focuses on the realities of offering and receiving care at a practical and local level; it concentrates on personal experiences within mental health services as user, carer, provider and professional.The companion book Part 2 reviews policy and practice from national and international perspectives. Together these books provide essential information and views on mental health services for professionals throughout health and social care, managers, policy planners and policy shapers including those in the third sector and patient groups, academics and the media.Trade Review'Public health workers who work in this topic area will find much that is of interest - a useful overview of some current debates.'PUBLIC HEALTHTable of ContentsHonesty without discrimination. Community teams: outreach and intervention. Homelessness and disorder: the challenge of the antisocial and the societal response. Moving on from the National Service Framework for mental health: the social inclusion agenda. A GP’s view: interview with Dr Helen Pelendrides. Dual diagnosis. Advocacy: does it really work? Prejudice and progress. Clients as colleagues: part of the path to recovery? A personal account: from my life. Working with young people. Creating a small community. A space for creativity and healing: Artists in Mind and the mental health system. Enhancing the healing environment. The Retreat: an alternative view from the independent sector.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Nature of Health: How America Lost, and Can
Book SynopsisThis pioneering work addresses a key issue that confronts all industrialised nations: How do we organise healthcare services in accordance with fundamental human rights, whilst competing with scientific and technological advances, powerful commercial interests and widespread public ignorance? "The Nature of Health" presents a coherent, affordable and logical way to build a healthcare system. It argues against a health system fixated on the pursuit of longevity and suggests an alternative where the ability of an individual to function in worthwhile relationships is a better, more human goal. By reviewing the etymology, sociology and anthropology of health, this controversial guide examines the meaning of health, and proves how a community-centred healthcare system improves local economy, creates social capital and is affordable, rational, personal, and just. "This is badly needed nourishment for a medical system glutted on technology, individualism, profit and the pursuit of longevity. Read and be fed." - Christopher Koller, Health Insurance Commissioner, The State of Rhode Island, USA. "Unique. Surprising. A real eye-opener. Just about everyone who doesn't have a vested financial interest in maintaining the status quo will agree that U.S. healthcare is badly broken. [This book] is making it possible for us to refocus from how to provide healthcare to how to achieve health. Their description of health as successful functioning in community, rather than as a measure of longevity is a definition that can make a reader feel healthier as they take gradually appreciate the power of the concept. On this foundation, it is not as hard as one might think to outline a healthcare system that is equitable, affordable and achievable." - Alexander Blount EdD, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Massacusetts Medical Center.Trade Review'Compelling [...] raises important questions about the goals of health- care spending.' AGEING AND SOCIETYTable of ContentsWhat health is not: demented and contracted. The health we have. The health we buy. What we measure is not health. Medications are not health. Medicine is not health either. Science is business, not health. Hancock County. What went wrong and why? The happy victim. The human tsunami. The reductive trap. The trap is sprung. How longevity kidnapped health. Medical services and communities. The zero sum game. Three people, three aortas. What health is. A fib. What Webster thinks. Old villages, new lives. Toward a social definition of health. Health and community together. Health and fairness. Amish boy. What's next? Who gets what? How should it look? How should we pay for it? Which doctors?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sacrificing the WHO to the Highest Bidder
Book SynopsisThis remarkable book offers enlightening reading for everyone interested in international law, human rights, global health, public health and health promotion. Public health and health promotion professionals, including international healthcare organisations, care agencies, and international charities will find the analysis illuminating. It is also of great interest to policy makers and shapers in communities and government, political activists and all those with an interest in equality and globalisation.Table of ContentsThe UN – Its origins, problems and contradictions. Selling off the UN to neoliberalism. Privatisation of water – and the problems of sustainability. Dams and dambusters. WHO – accessory after the fact? The UN’s dalliance with nuclear power. Neoliberalism and the human right to health. Is the WHO mandate workable? Summary and recommendations.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Visualising Health Care Practice Improvement:
Book SynopsisWhy is it that in spite of all the health policy reforms, clinical practice innovations, increasing intersectoral interdependencies and new medical and information technologies, so little has changed in the way we research and evaluate health care? Don't these changes cry out for new ways of being studied and appraised? And don't our approaches to clinical practice innovation cry out for being reinvented too? Surely, we cannot continue to wheel out research and evaluation paradigms, improvement approaches and methods that were designed for 20th century problems and 20th century health care, and assume they will be able to make sense of the problems we experience and the care we provide in the 21st century? These changes necessitate a new paradigm of health service research, evaluation and improvement and this new model adopts approaches and methods that embrace complexity. The approaches and methods can account for the vicissitudes of front-line care, the activities of front-line staff and the experiences of patients and families - where care happens. Visualising Health Care Practice Improvement draws on years of video feedback research shaping an approach that enables not only a retrospective understanding but also a view into the future, of what might be possible. It presents the argument that change is not principally about adopting solutions from elsewhere but that it is conditional on people exploring whether proposed solutions suit existing habituations. It involves a process of exploration, discovery, secession and renewal. Health care managers, policy makers and shapers will find this book enlightening. It will also be empowering to all health care professionals and front-line staff.Trade Review"In my experience, healthcare is a safety-critical world (justifiably) skeptical about outside interventions to 'improve' it. Exnovations are a great answer, and this book demonstrates beautifully how improvements can be made to work from within." - Sidney Dekker, Professor, Safety Science Innovation Lab, Griffith University, Australia "This book shows how to move beyond engagement to empowerment of front-line clinicians in quality and safety improvements, expanding their skills and intelligence to a new level to create sustainable solutions for complex safety challenges." - Ian Leistikow, MD PhD, Senior Inspector, Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, the Netherlands "Relatively recent advances in technology have accumulated like sedimentary rock on the ancient foundation of medicine to produce a complex and error-prone system. Placing the video camera in their hands, clinicians are directed to clearly view and review their daily practices in order to improve the quality of their services. Iedema and colleagues view the world of medical practice and technology with a fresh (video) eye, showing clinicians are able to heal themselves" - Associate Professor Kenneth Herrmann, MD, Neonatal-Intensive Care Specialist, Indiana University School of Medicine (Department of Paediatrics) and Women's Deaconness Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana, USTable of ContentsPreface. About the authors. List of contributors. Glossary. Healthcare practice improvement from within. The complexity of health care work. Does the complexity of care call for 'research complexity'? Exnovation: innovation from within. Improving medical handover using video methodology: two projects, two perspectives. Forms of feedback in video-reflexivity: some notes and observations on a Maastricht experiment. Improving postoperative handovers using video reflexivity: the Utrecht experience. Designing an ambulance paramedic to emergency triage staff handover protocol for New South Wales, Australia. Conclusion: improving one's own practices and relationships 'from within'. Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainably Improving Health Care: Creatively
Book SynopsisCulture, Context and Quality in Health Sciences Research, Education, Leadership and Patient Care (Second book in a series of five) Sustainably Improving Health Care promotes the importance of integrating improved care outcomes, system performance, and professional development so that the future of health-care advancement is creative and sustainable. It addresses the challenge of creating and nurturing a culture of continuous improvement that is able to sustain and generate creative professional work for the improvement of health care. Using real-world examples, the book succinctly reveals how the model can be practically applied from a variety of different perspectives. "This book makes the persuasive argument that well-intended efforts to redesign and reform health care will enjoy only short lives without the full commitment and engagement of the health-care worker - the product of the sustainability- and capacity-building engine of professional development." Dave Davis MD, CCFP, FCFP, in the Foreword "This book is about a model that has emerged from our own work, our observations of the work of colleagues and others, and our refl ections about the requirements for the future of the continual improvement of health care. We explore its origins, its content and manifestations, and its implications, particularly for health professional leaders interested in the ongoing improvement of health care. Form and vitality develop in the model as it engages reality - the reality of trying to create cultures of sustainable, generative approaches to the ongoing improvement of health care." From the PrefaceTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. The evolutionary beginnings of the model. Better patient, population outcome: practical approaches that health systems can adopt for measuring the health of patients and populations. Better system performance: approaches to improving care by addressing different levels of systems. Better professional development - competence, mastery, pride and joy. Teaching the triangle - the Dartmouth-Hitchcock leadership preventive medicine residency program. Simple, complicated and complex phenomena in health care - using the triangle to improve reliability and resiliency in health care systems. Faculty as coaches: their development and their work. Governance, leadership, management, organizational structure and oversight principles and practices. The triangle and undergraduate medical education. Triangle synergies in a national quality and safety education initiative in nursing. Collaborative improvement of cancer care in southeastern Sweden - striving for better patient and population health, better care, and better professional development. Contributing authors' reflections.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic
Book SynopsisThe future of basic and translational research in health care depends on the ability of large, complex health science centers to educate, discover new answers to complex problems, and operate in the service of the public good. So what ingredients are required for successful research in academic health science centers (AHSCs)? This volume presents a number of compelling, international stories about personal and professional investments in research activities as well as the challenges, opportunities, and satisfactions. Each chapter explores concepts for successful research with a focus on the ways communities of practice form and sustain themselves in this complex environment. They explore questions such as creating and sustaining community, promoting innovation, transitions in leadership, and cross-generation collaboration from a personal perspective. They also present a series of portraits of scientists at work: building relationships, supporting one another, and contributing to their fields of study in unique ways. Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic Health Science Centers offers enlightening reading for researchers, administrators, and policy makers interested in present and future research activities in AHSCs, who will be inspired by narratives of perseverance, passion, generosity, and generativity that fuel research in the centers.Table of ContentsPreface. About the authors. What's the story? A composite narrative of success in science in academic health science centers. Challenges and ingredients for success in the health science enterprise: a view from two corner offices. Breaking out of the silos in the heartland: making a clinical and translational science award program sing in Indiana. Sparking and sustaining the essential functions of research: what supports translation of research into health care? Answers from the group health experience. Sparking and sustaining the essential functions of research: what promotes discovery? Experience and insights from a medical school in China. Sparking and sustaining the essential functions of research: how the seeds were sown and grown at a summer camp for young clinicians. Sparking and sustaining the essential functions of research: cultivating 'research mind' - reason, dreams, and discovery. The relationship-centered care research network: its birth, life-cycle, and lessons learned along the way. Successful aging in research.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Confluence of Policy and Leadership in Academic
Book SynopsisAcademic Health Science Centers are complex organizations with three principal functions: the education of the next generation of health professionals; the conduct of biomedical and clinical research that leads to new treatments and approaches to disease; and the delivery of comprehensive and advanced patient care. This is the first comprehensive book that describes in detail the knowledge and skill base necessary to successfully lead these complex organizations. Written by the world's leading authorities it combines the science of leadership, organizational structure, financial and personnel management, public relations and communications, trainee and student policy, community relations, and globalization. "This volume focuses on policy considerations that provide the foundation for AHSCs to thrive. While the legislation, challenges, and strategies will change over time, the need for strong policy to influence and guide organizational and individual behavior will not. AHSCs are complex organizations that must continue to evolve to face the multifactorial nature of health care problems. How they do so will depend to a great extent not only on having appropriate policies in place but also on their success in translating these policies into effective implementation." Andrew M. Ibrahim and M. Roy Wilson, in the ForewordTable of ContentsPreface. Foreword. Glossary of Terms. About the Authors. Introduction: The Hallmarks of Successful Academic Health Science Center Leadership. Academic Health Science Centers in the New World Order: Optimizing Structure and Governance for High Performance. Organizational Structure, Data, and Academic Health Science Center Transformation. Contemporary Challenges in Academic Health Science Center Financial Management. Conflicts of Interest and Commitment: Policy Making in the Academic Health Science Center. Regulation, Accreditation, and the Compliance Function. Human Resources and Personnel Management. Trainee and Student Policy. Faculty Accountability. Developing and Implementing a Communications Philosophy and Supporting Policies. Community Relations. Academic Health Science Centers and Global Medicine. Afterword. Acknowledgement. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Key Tools and Techniques in Management and
Book SynopsisThe Allied Health Professions - Essential Guides series is unique in providing advice on management, leadership and development for those in the Allied Health Professions (AHP). This highly practical volume offers a wide range of assessment tools and techniques in such critical areas as management quality, organisational and management structure, benchmarking, capacity and demand management, care pathway design, activity analysis, report writing and presentation skills. The layout is conducive to easy comprehension; tables, figures and boxed text aid quick reference and everyday application, and many of the resources are also provided on a complimentary CD. With contributions from internationally renowned professionals Key tools and techniques in management and leadership of the allied health professions provides tools that will be vital to all allied health professionals interested in providing timely, efficient and cost-effective care for their patients. These will include AHP managers and aspiring managers, senior clinicians, extended scope practitioners, clinical specialists, AHP educators, researchers, staff and students. 'The NHS is facing the greatest period of challenge in its history. The key to success is leadership. Allied Health Professionals will be a central part of this leadership response. In this work, Robert and Fiona continue their series supporting Allied Health Professionals in that leadership journey. It is an important contribution to this critical effort.' From the Foreword by Jim EastonTable of ContentsManagement quality in the AHPs evaluation matrix. Our assessment tool for evaluating AHP management structures. Benchmarking AHP services. Time is money, how do we spend it?- Analysing staff activity. Principles for computerised information systems for AHP services. Information management and IT support. Using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator within the Allied Health Professions. Appraisal: 360° feedback. Four basic behavioural styles. Adult learning and self-directed learners. Developing your teaching style and techniques. Outcome measurement matrix for AHP services. Models, techniques and approaches for change management. Outcome measurement matrix for AHP services. Care pathways and the allied health professional. Effective report writing and presentation: Planning the report. Top tips for report writing. Top tips for report presentation. Templates. Useful guidance.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Safety and Improvement in Primary Care: The
Book Synopsis'In recent decades most of the international effort given over to studying and improving the safety of patient care has been focused in acute hospital settings. To some extent this was always something of a puzzle to those of us with a direct interest in this important issue...Now, however, the tide is slowly turning. Policymakers, healthcare leaders and research grant funders are beginning to recognise that greater evidence is required to understand more about what can and does go wrong in primary care, with increasing attention now being paid to what can be done to minimise avoidable harm to patients in this setting.' From the Preface This remarkable new book represents a substantial body of work - led by key educators and researchers - devoted to learning about and improving the safety of primary healthcare. It offers highly practical guidance and evidence for a broad range of related improvement methods, concepts and interventions developed and implemented by the NES primary care team, or as a direct result of fruitful partnerships between academic, professional, public or regulatory institutions across the UK and internationally. Skillfully presented, the book is organised into five interlinked parts, each with a number of related chapters. Safety and Improvement in Primary Care: The Essential Guide is ideal for frontline clinicians, managers and healthcare administrators needing practical guidance on safety and is also highly recommended for improvement advisers, patient safety officers, clinical governance facilitators, risk managers, and health services researchers wanting a critical review of theory and evidence.Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. About the editors. List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Dedication. Prologue. Part I: Understanding systems. The heart of the matter: a parent's perspective. Improvement strategies and challenges. Safety culture. The wisdom hierarchy. Measuring harm systems thinking. Task analysis. Process mapping. Policies, procedures and protocols. Patient and public involvement - Part 1. Part II: People and improvement. Patient and public involvement - Part 2. Clinician engagement. Professionalism. Peer review. Professional appraisal. Multi-source feedback. General practice management. General practice nursing. Part III: Learning for improvement. Safety skills. Safety checklist for GP training. Practice-based small group learning. Protected learning time. Consultation skills. The power of apology. Part IV: Managing patient safety. Managing human error. Diagnostic error. Medication error. Medicines reconciliation: a case study. Safe results handling. Never events. Part V: Improvement methods. Enhanced significant event analysis. Criterion audit. Care bundles. The plan-do-study-act method. The trigger review method. Measuring safety climate improving out-of-hours care. Care improvement: a personal reflection. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Using Industrial-Organizational Psychology for
Book SynopsisThis SIOP Organizational Frontiers volume will be one of the first to show how the field of Industrial Organizational psychology can help address societal concerns, and help focus research on the greater good of society. Contributions from worldwide experts showcase the power the IO community has to foster, promote and encourage pro social efforts. Also included will be commentary from an eminent group of IO psychologists who give invaluable insights into the history and the future of IO psychology . By presenting the prosocial contributions, from personal satisfaction and career commitment to organizational effectiveness to societal development, the imperative and easibility of using I-O psychology for the greater good becomes increasingly compelling.Trade Review"This book promises to direct I-O psychology down a new path—one that has historically been ignored by our profession but that will make our field even more relevant and visible to society at large. By assembling a broad—and impressive—team of thought leaders, Olson-Buchanan, Koppes Bryan, and Foster Thompson have set the stage for new and meaningful applications of the psychology of work."—Donald M. Truxillo, Psychology Department, Portland State University"This book really does explore new frontiers for I-O psychology. The book maps amazing areas where I-O psychology faces challenges and can make important contributions in three important regions: the societal well-being in the corporate domain, the nonprofit domain, and the nontraditional domains of humanitarian work psychology. In each chapter new avenues are offered that benefit from the knowledge available in our discipline while stimulating new research and innovative practice in those specific contexts. It is important to note that with the discovery of these new territories the face of our discipline is being changed and enriched with new approaches, contents, methods, and tools for analysis and interventions. The chapters are outstanding sources to inspire innovative teaching, professional practice, and research of I-O psychology. I cordially invite you to read it and discover new ways I-O psychology can serve humanity."—José Maria Peiró, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain"A dream team of scholars and practitioners have come together to provide a truly special resource. Never before have we seen issues of ethics, CSR, sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and humanitarian work discussed together in an evidence-based way. The field of Industrial-Organizational Psychology has a vast wealth of knowledge to offer the creation of positive societal change. This book tells that story."—Deborah E. Rupp, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University"The editors assembled a world class team of experts who provide a comprehensive and insightful discussion on I-O psychology’s prosocial role in organizations. This book is the direction that I-O psychology needs to be going!!"—Ann Hergatt Huffman, Department of Psychology and College of Business, Northern Arizona UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Julie B. Olson-Buchanan, Laura Koppes Bryan, & Lori Foster Thompson 1.Values and Ethics of A Changing I-O Psychology: A Call to (Further) Action Joel Lefkowitz Section 1: Relevance of I-O Psychology to Societal Well-Being in the Corporate Domain 2. Going Green: Eco-I-O Psychology David E. Campbell, Laura Provolt, & J. Elliott Campbell 3.Corporate Leaders of Sustainable Organizations: Balancing Profit, Planet and People Tina Lombardo, Sherry Schneider, & Laura Koppes Bryan 4.Volunteer Programs in the Corporate World Jaime Henning & David Jones 5.Corporate Philanthropy and the Role of Industrial-Organizational Psychology Sara Weiner 6. Building an Inclusive Work World: Promoting Diversity and Positive Inter-Group Relations Through CSR. Jill Bradley-Geist & Eden King 7. The "We" in Wellness: Workplace Health Promotion as a Positive Force for Health in Society Joel B. Bennett & Lois E. Tetrick Section 2: I-O Psychology in the Nonprofit Domain. 8. Recruitment, Retention, and Motivation of Volunteers in the Nonprofit Sector: A Volunteer Socialization Perspective Erika Carello Lopina & Steven G. Rogelberg 9. Salient Challenges of Staffing and Managing Employees in the Non-Profit Sector James M. Schmidtke & Anne Cummings 10. Non-Profit Leadership and Governance Rick Jacobs & Johanna Johnson 11. I-O Psychology Education and the Nonprofit Context Kecia Thomas, Stephanie Downey & Kerrin George Section 3: Nontraditional Domains: I-O Psychology Without Borders 12. I-O Psychology Without Borders: The Emergence of Humanitarian Work Psychology Alexander Gloss & Lori Foster Thompson 13. Entrepreneurship and Poverty Reduction: Applying I-O Psychology to Microbusiness and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Michael M. Gielnik & Michael Frese 14. Assessing and Placing Disaster Relief Volunteers C. Harry Hui, Xiaohua Zhou, M. P. Sally Chan, Xiao Zhang & Jinyan Fan 15. Using I-O Psychology to Improve the Plight of Women in Developing Countries: A Research Agenda Virginia E. Schein 16. Aiding International Development: Some Fresh Perspectives from Industrial and Organizational Psychology Stuart C. Carr, Shahla Eltayeb, Malcolm MacLachlan, Leo Marai, Eilish McAuliffe, & Ishbel McWha 17. Mobilizing Action Through Professional Societies Tracey E. Rizzuto & Vicki V. Vandaveer Commentary Adrienne Colella Commentary Homo Economicus, Industrial Psychology, and the Greater Good Milton Hakel Commentary Kurt Kraiger Commentary Answering the Call: Advancing a Prosocial Organizational Psychology Douglas H. Reynolds
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AK Press The End Of The World As We Know It?: Crisis,
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The Pious Road to Development: The Ideology and
Book SynopsisIslamism is often portrayed as a reaction against, or at best a belated accommodation to, modernization. Refuting this dismissive opinion, Bjørn Utvik explores the movement through the lens of its engagement with social and economic change in Egypt. Utvik provides a comprehensive picture of debates within mainstream Islamist groups that are grappling with concrete economic issues. He also marshals powerful empirical evidence of the modernizing tendencies of these groups. The economic discourse of the Egyptian Islamists, he argues, echoes that of radical nationalism in its support for justice, development, and independence, tempered by advocacy of a moral economy as a platform from which to combat not only the injustices of the current order, but also the archaic social practices and attitudes that are hindering development. * Introduction:'Islam is the Solution,'But What About the Economy? * The Pious Road to Modernity: Understanding Islamism. * A Country Stuck in Limbo: The Economic and Political Environment and the Growth of Islamism. * God's Stewards on Earth: Constructing an Islamist Economic Ideology. * Independence, Strength, and Justice: Islamists on Egypt's Economic Problems. * The 'Islamicness' of the Solution. * Conclusion: A Modernizing Moral Nationalism.Trade Review'Bjørn Utvik's book is most welcome to anyone interested in political Islam.' * Michael J. Twomey, International Journal of Middle East Studies *'A worthy contribution to the understanding of Islamist economics and the struggle for development.' * Elias H. Tuma, Middle East Journal *'Professor Utvik, unlike most Western commentators on Islamist opposition forces, has actually read their works and considered them with care.... His book is an important contribution to our understanding of Islamist thinking on the most critical economic issues of our time.' * Raymond W. Baker, Trinity College *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The CBI Environmental Management Handbook:
Book SynopsisA guide to all aspects of environmental management for businesses. The volume offers information on state-of-the-art techniques, trends and developments taking a user's perspective, capturing key viewpoints and drawing together best practice through the use of case studies. These display the practical implications of the topics under discussion and are set out to enable users to relate their information to their own experience.Trade Review'A broad-ranging yet succinct guide.' From the Foreword by Digby Jones, Director General, The Confederation of British Industry. 'This book presents key viewpoints and current best practices, giving practical examples on how businesses of all sizes, can successfully manage the environmental, economic and social issues, associated with sustainable development.' Social and Environmental AccountingTable of ContentsForeword by Digby Jones, Confederation of British Industry * Introduction by Ruth Hillary, Network for Environmental Management and Auditing * Section I: Sustainability and Biodiversity * Section II: Climate Change * Section III: Financial, Legal and Insurance Issues * Section IV: Products, Producer Responsibility and Final Disposal * Section V: Mobility, Transport, Communication and IT * Section VI: Environmental Management Systems * Section VII: Energy Management * Section VIII: Pollution Prevention, Air Water and IPPC * Section IX: Technology and Innovation * Section X: Planning Challenges, Contaminated Land * Section XI: Measuring and Reporting Environmental Performance and Stakeholder Dialogue * List of Acronyms and Abbreviations * Useful Contacts
£105.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Civil Society: Measurement, Evaluation, Policy
Book Synopsis'What a welcome gift!' John Clark, Project Director, UN Secretary-General's Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations. 'This book truly breaks new ground in the field of civil society studies by introducing an innovative assessment tool which can be of use to practitioners, policy-makers and researchers alike.' Kumi Naidoo, Chief Executive Officer, CIVICUS Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations, institutions and movements - has in recent years emerged as the major force for change in the realms of politics, public policy and society both globally and locally. Yet, despite the crucial importance of this political phenomenon to the principle and practice of democracy, it eludes definition and systematic understanding. This book provides a comprehensive and flexible framework for the definition, measurement, analysis and interpretation of civil society based on the innovative 'Civil Society Diamond'. Written as a guide for both practitioners and academics, the book presents precise and insightful solutions to the issues of how to understand the concept of civil society, where to locate it theoretically and empirically, and which techniques are best suited to its measurement. The approach presented here has been successfully adopted across a wide range of civil society organizations in over 30 countries. The author draws on and applies a diverse repertoire of indicators, tools and data - suitable for various organizational forms, practical contexts and theoretical perspectives - which measure the effectiveness of civil society initiatives and reveal certain strategic and policy options. The aim is to promote and facilitate structured, informed and fruitful dialogue within civil society organizations and between them and the governmental, corporate and academic actors with whom they are now so integrally linked.Table of ContentsMeasuring Civil Society: Why and How * The Civil Society Diamond: The Basics * The Civil Society Diamond: An Unfolding System * The Civil Society Diamond: First Applications * Indicators, Data, Process * Applying the Civil Society Diamond: Case Studies * The Way Ahead * Appendix A: indicator Repertoire and Assessments * Appendix B: Examples of Specific Methodologies * Appendix C: Data Sources and Other Indicators * Notes * References * Index
£130.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Venture Capital
Book SynopsisThe International Library of Management is a comprehensive core reference series comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the management studies field. The collections of essays is both international and interdisciplinary in scope and provides and entry point for investigating the myriad of study within the discipline.Table of ContentsContents: Part 1 Institutional Framework: The structure and governance of venture-capital organizations, William A. Sahlman; Evolution and change: an analysis of the 1st decade of the UK venture capital industry, Gordon C. Murray; Calls on high technology: Japanese exploration of venture capital investments in the United States, Dileep Hurry, Adam T. Miller and E.H Bowman. Part 2 The Venture Capital Process: Screening, Valuation and Contracting: A model of venture capitalist investment activity, Tyzoon T. Tyebjee and Albert V. Bruno; Criteria distinguishing successful from unsuccessful ventures in the venture screening process, Ian C. MacMillan, Lauriann Zemann and P.N. Subbanarasimha; Entrepreneurial ability, venture investments and risk sharing, Raphael Amit, Lawrence Glosten and Eitan Muller; The effects of venture capitalists' characteristics on the structure of the venture capital deal, Edgar Norton and Bernard H. Tenenbaum; Venture capitalists and unquoted equity investment appraisal and the role of accounting information, Mike Wright and Ken Robbie; Robust financial contracting and the role of venture capitalists, Anat R. Admati and Paul Pfleiderer; The syndication of venture capital investments, Joshua Lerner; Risk avoidance strategies in venture capital markets, James C. Fiet. Part 3 Venture Capital Monitoring: Venture capitalists' involvement in their investments: extent and performance, Ian C. MacMillan, David M. Kulow and Roubina Khoylian; Venture capitalists and the oversight of private firms, Josh Lerner; Optimal investment, monitoring, and the staging of venture capital, Paul A. Gompers; UK venture capital funds and the funding of new technology based businesses: processes and relationships, R.C. Sweeting; Post investment demand for accounting information by venture capitalists, Falconer Mitchell, Gavin C. Reid and Nicholas G. Terry; The 'living dead' phenomenon in venture capital investments, John C. Ruhnka, Howard D. Feldman and Thomas J. Dean. Part 4 Investment Realization and Performance: Venture capitalist certification in initial public offerings, William L. Megginson and Kathleen A. Weiss; Venture capitalist participation and the post-issue operating performance of IPO firms, Bharat A. Jain and Omesh Kini; The 2nd equity gap: exit problems for seed and early stage venture capitalists and their investee companies, Gordon Murray; Harvesting and the longevity of management buy-outs and buy-ins: a 4 country study, Mike Wright, Ken Robbie, Yves Romanet, Steve Thompson, Robert Joachimsson, Johan Bruining and Artur Herst;Early rates of return of 131 venture capital funds started 1978-1984, William Bygrave, Norman Fast, Roubina Khoylian, Linda Vincent and William Yue. Part 5 Alternative Sources of Venture Capital: Informal Venture Capitalists, Corporate Venture Capital and Relationship Banking: Angels: personal investors in the venture capital market, John Freear, Jeffrey E. Sohl and William E. Wetzel; After the cash arrives: a comparative study of venture capital and private investor involvement in entrepreneurial firms, Sanford Erlich, Alex F. De Noble, Tracy Moore and Richard R. Weaver; Corporate venture capital: strategies for success, Hollister B. Sykes.
£161.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd CIM Revision Cards: Assessing the Marketing
Book SynopsisDesigned specifically with revision in mind, the CIM Revision Cards provide concise, yet fundamental information to assist students in passing the CIM exams as easily as possible. A clear, carefully structured layout aids the learning process and ensures the key points are covered in a succinct and accessible manner. The compact, spiral bound format enables the cards to be carried around easily, the content therefore always being on hand, making them invaluable resources no matter where you are. Features such as diagrams and bulleted lists are used throughout to ensure the key points are displayed as clearly and concisely as possible. Each section begins with a list of learning outcomes and ends with hints and tips, thereby ensuring the content is broken down into manageable concepts and can be easily addressed and memorised.Table of ContentsThe nature of the organization and the impact of its environment; The micro-environment; Analysis of the competitive environment; The macro-environment; The demographic, social and cultural environment; The economic and international environment; The political and legislative environment; The technical/information environments; Environmental information systems - coping with the challenge of environmental change
£24.51
Taylor & Francis Ltd Europa World Year Bk 2001 V2
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£218.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Far East and Australasia 2002
Book SynopsisA systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands* Essential for anyone with a professional interest in the region* keeps up-to-date with current economic and political developments* presents over 1,400 pages of statistics, directory material and expert analysis.Trade Review'A standard reference source of proven merit.' - International Affairs'A standard reference source of proven merit.'-International AffairsTable of ContentsA detailed calendar of events General Survey: * informative articles on contemporary issues relating to the area as a whole. Topics include: the environment, religion, population, economic trends, Asian-Pacific community. Country Surveys: * individual chapters on each country containing articles on geography, history and the economy; an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population, agriculture, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, and education; directory names, addresses and contact numbers covering the Constitution, government, legislature, judiciary, political organizations, diplomatic representation, religion, the media, finance, trade, industry, tourism, defence, and education; a select bibliography. Regional Information: * includes all major international organisations active in the region, their aims, activities, publications and principal personnel; a detailed survey of major commodities in Asia and the Pacific; a directory of research institutes specializing in the region; select bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the Far East and Australasia.
£275.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Europa World Year Bk 2002 V1
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£356.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Europa World Year Bk 2002 V2
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£332.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Europa World Year Book 2002
Book SynopsisGlobally respected as one of the world's leading reference sources, this 43rd edition contains: * Detailed surveys of over 250 countries and territories* A comprehensive listing of over 1,650 international organizations* Access to the very latest statistics, directory information and current analysis* An in-depth and up-to-date focus on world-wide affairs.* Widely praised by reference librariansInternational OrganizationsA comprehensive profile of over 1,650 international organizations.Coverage of countries and territories from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe An introductory survey of recent history and economic affairs, details of location, climate, language, religion, flag, capital, government, defence, education, public holidays and weights and measures.An extensive statistical survey provides an invaluable and comparative record of figures from official sources on area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, external trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education.A comprehensive directory of invaluable contact names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and internet addresses, and other useful facts about the constitution, government, head of state and legislature, political organizations, diplomatic representation, judicial system, religion, the press, publishers, broadcasting and communications, finance, trade and industry, utilities, transport and tourism.Trade Review'Has justifiably gained a reputation as "the definitive and comprehensive" source of data on every nation in the world.' - Current History'A must for the international company.' - Business International'No work in the English language deals so comprehensively with educational and commercial as well as political, religious, publishing and press activities in all parts of the world.' - Daily Telegraph'For scholars and journalists alike it will be an invaluable reference book.' - The Economist'Fundamental to all reference collections.' - Reference Book Review'The two volumes are virtually a reference library in themselves, unrivalled for their range and accuracy.' - Reference Reviews'Has justifiably gained the reputation as the "definitive" and "comprehensive" source for data on every nation in the world.' - Current History'A source of reliable political, historical, economic, statistical and bibliographic information which no serious reference library may be without' - International Affairs'An exceptional reference book' - The Bookseller - The BooksellerThe Bookseller'No work in the English language deals so comprehensively with educational and commercial as well as political, religious, publishing and press activities in all parts of the world.'-Daily Telegraph'For scholars and journalists alike it will be an invaluable reference book.'-The EconomistTable of ContentsInternational Organizations * Full contact details of over 1,650 organizations are listed together with background information, principal officials and publications World Survey * A separate chapter for every country in the world containing: Introductory Survey - Information on recent history, government, economic affairs, defence, education, social welfare and other useful data. Statistics - An economic and demographic survey using the latest available statistics. Directory - Essential names, addresses, contact numbers and background details on the constitution, government, legislature, political organizations, diplomatic representation, religion, the media, finance, trade, industry, transport and tourism.
£665.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Europa World Year Book 2008
Book SynopsisGlobally renowned for its accuracy, consistency and reliability, the Europa World Year Book provides detailed country surveys containing the latest analytical, statistical and directory information available for over 250 countries and territories.For more than eighty years since its first publication, the Europa World Year Book has been at the forefront of political information on library reference shelves, providing reliable and timely information which is often hard to find.International OrganizationsOver 1,900 international and regional organizations are included, broken down into three sections. All the featured organizations listed appear listed in a comprehensive index. The first section provides detailed coverage of the United Nations and its related agencies and bodies. The second section lists a further 60 other major international organizations. These entries provide in-depth articles on the activities of each organization and the programmes they run, a list of member states, and information covering the structure of the organization. Contact details, publications and information on finance are also included. The third section lists some 1,7500 other international organizations, listed by area of activity. Contact details and publications are listed for each entry, as well as a description of activities. Organizations featured include the United Nations Environmental Programme, the European Union, the International Organization for Migration, the Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.Country SurveysMore than 250 countries and territories are covered by an individual chapter. These chapters contain: Introductory Survey The Introductory Survey includes essays covering recent history, economic affairs, government, defence, education and public holidays. Updated and revised annually, these provide an excellent introduction to the country.Statistical Survey This section provides tables giving the latest available figures on area and population; health and welfare; agriculture; forestry; fishing; mining; industry; finance; trade; transport; tourism; the media; and education. Statistics are sourced from official local or national bodies, or from international organizations where appropriate.Directory Section A comprehensive directory section lists names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and internet addresses, plus other useful facts about organizations from the fields of government; election commissions; political organizations; diplomatic representation; judicial system; religions; the press; publishers; broadcasting and communications; banking; insurance; trade and industry; development organizations; chambers of commerce; industrial and trade associations; utilities; trade unions; transport; and tourism.Trade Review'No work in the English language deals so comprehensively with educational and commercial as well as political, religious, publishing and press activities in all parts of the world.' - Daily Telegraph'A must for the international company.' - Business International'For scholars and journalists alike it will be an invaluable reference book.' - The Economist'The two volumes are virtually a reference library in themselves, unrivalled for their range and accuracy.' - Reference Reviews
£712.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Africa South of the Sahara 2012
Book SynopsisThe definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.New content for the 2012 edition includes: chapter on South Sudan coverage of recent elections, including those in Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, São Tomé and Principé, and Seychelles fully revised government lists for all countries details on major new stories over the past twelve months, including the secession of South Sudan, the famine in the Horn of Africa, events in Cote d'Ivoire following the disputed presidential elections of November 2010 and the return to civilian governments following the military coups in Guinea and Niger information on the transition of Mayotte to an Overseas Department of France. Key Features: over 1,500 pages of analytical essays, economic and demographic statistics and wide-ranging directory material contributions from over fifty leading experts on African affairs. General Survey thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles covering the issues affecting the area as a whole, including: Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara; Health and Medical Issues; State Failure in Africa; A Century of Development; Chinese Stakes in Sub-Saharan Africa; European Colonial Rule; Peace and Security Architecture new essays on The East African Community and Security Dilemmas in West Africa a political map of contemporary Africa and a chronological list of the dates of independence of African countries. Country SurveysIndividual chapters on every country incorporating: an introductory survey, containing essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy of each country an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators, which include area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, political organizations, diplomatic representation, the judiciary, religion, the media, finance, trade and industry, tourism, defence and education a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research Regional InformationDetailed information on the following: regional organizations; major commodities; calendars; research institutes concerned with Africa; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.Trade Review'A well-balanced, well-judged and remarkably comprehensive volume.' - Times Literary Supplement'This is probably the best reference work available on this part of the African continent.'- Reference Reviews'Rather than just a snapshot the directories provide a more comprehensive understanding of the regions covered.' - Refer, Journal of the ISG'The information in these directories is important. Both for understanding current events with a major impact on all of us and for supporting diversity in the community where there are many people with Middle Eastern or African origins and connections. I commend both these works.' - Refer, Journal of the ISGTable of ContentsPart 1: General Survey.Part 2: Country Surveys. Angola. Benin. Botswana. British Indian Ocean Territory. Burkina Faso. Burundi. Cameroon. Cape Verde. The Central African Republic. Chad. The Comoros. The Democratic Republic of The Congo. The Republic of The Congo. Cote D'Ivoire. Djibouti. Equitorial Guinea. Eritrea. Ethiopia. Gabon. The Gambia. Ghana. Guinea. Guinea-Bissau. Kenya. Lesotho. Liberia. Madagascar. Malawi. Mali. Mauritania. Mauritius. Mozambique. Namibia. Niger. Nigeria. Reunion. Rwanda. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Sao Tome and Principe. Senegal. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Somalia. South Africa. Sudan. Swaziland. Tanzania. Togo. Uganda. Zambia. Zimbabwe. Part 3: Regional Information. Regional Organizations. Major Commodities of Africa.
£665.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Africa South of the Sahara 2013
Book SynopsisThe definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.New for 2013: fully revised government lists for all countries details on major news stories over the past 12 months, including the post-secession conflict between Sudan and South Sudan and the military coups in Mali and Guinea-Bissau. essays on Brazil-Africa Relations and West African Security Issues General SurveyThoroughly revised and updated analytical articles covering issues including: Economic Trends; Health and Medical Issues; State Failure; Development; and China’s Influence in Sub-Saharan AfricaCountry SurveysIndividual chapters on every country incorporating: essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research Regional InformationDetailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.
£475.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Africa South of the Sahara 2014
Book SynopsisThe definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.New for 2014: fully revised government lists for all countries coverage of major new stories over the past 12 months, including the strained post-secession relations between Sudan and South Sudan and the Islamist rebellion in Mali election results from Kenya, Djibouti, Zimbabwe and Togo General SurveyThoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on every country incorporating: essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research Regional InformationDetailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.Trade Review"This is probably the best reference work available on this part of the African continent." – Reference Reviews"This edition provides a timely benchmark for the notoriously fluid sub-Saharan region." – RUSI Journal"A well-balanced, well-judged and remarkably comprehensive volume."– Times Literary Supplement"This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to African countries and organizations." – International Affairs"The best thing of its kind on the market." – West Africa"La più accurata e completa radiografia economico geografica di questa parte di mondo." – Atlante Milan"Splendid annual survey."– Reference & Research Book News"A welcome addition to any library shelf." – Africa Events"Packed with information on countries from Angola to Zimbabwe ... an invaluable reference guide to the Continent." – African ReviewTable of ContentsPart 1: General Survey. Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara. Health and Medical Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. European Colonial Rule in Africa. A Country of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa. State Failure in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Responses. China's Steady Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The East African Community. Brazil-Africa Relations. Part 2: Country Surveys. Angola. Benin. Botswana. British Indian Ocean Territory. Burkina Faso. Burundi. Cameroon. Cape Verde. The Central African Republic. Chad. The Comoros. The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Republic of the Congo. Côte d'Ivoire. Djibouti. Equatorial Guinea. Eritrea. Ethiopia. Gabon. The Gambia. Ghana. Guinea. Guinea-Bissau. Kenya. Lesotho. Liberia. Madagascar. Malawi. Mali. Mauritania. Mauritius. Mozambique. Namibia. Niger. Nigeria. Réunion. Rwanda. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. São Tomé and Príncipe. Senegal. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Somalia. South Africa. South Sudan. Sudan. Swaziland. Tanzania. Togo. Uganda. Zambia. Zimbabwe. Part 3: Regional Information. Regional Organizations. Major Commodities of Africa. Calendars. Research Institutes Concerned with Africa. Select Bibliography (Books). Select Bibliography (Periodicals). Index of Regional Organizations.
£475.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Africa South of the Sahara 2015
Book SynopsisThe definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.New for 2015: fully revised government lists for all countries details on major news stories over the past 12 months election results from Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, South Africa and Mauritania new essays on Ghana, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mozambique and Uganda General SurveyThoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on every country incorporating: essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economies an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research. Regional InformationDetailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.Trade Review‘This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to African countries and organizations.’ – International Affairs‘The best thing of its kind on the market.’ – West Africa‘A well-balanced, well-judged and remarkably comprehensive volume.’ – Times Literary Supplement ‘A Welcome addition to any library shelf.’ – Africa Events ‘This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to African countries and organizations.’ – International Affairs ‘The best thing of its kind on the market.’ – West Africa ‘A well-balanced, well-judged and remarkably comprehensive volume.’ – Times Literary Supplement ‘A Welcome addition to any library shelf.’ – Africa Events'Those who wish to inform themselves on the present state of the continent will be well served by this comprehensive and detailed survey' - Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsPart 1: General Survey Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara Donald L. Sparks State Failure in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Responses Paul D. Williams China's Growing Involvement in Africa Ian Taylor Brazil's Engagement with Africa Gerhard Seibert Back to Basics: Decolonizing Democracy in Africa Olivia U. Rutazibwa The East African Community Duncan Woodside A Century of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa Michael Jennings European Colonial Rule in Africa Richard Brown Dates of Independence of African Countries. Outline Political Map of Contemporary Africa Part 2: Country Surveys Sections on geography, history, chronology and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. Part 3: Regional Information Regional Organizations. Major Commodities of Africa. Calendars. Research Institutes Concerned With Africa. Select Bibliography (Books). Select Bibliography (Periodicals). Index of Regional Organizations.
£475.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Harnessing Health Libraries
Book SynopsisThe rise of evidence-based healthcare has put emphasis on finding specific evidence. Trying to find exactly the right article you are looking for can be vital especially when meeting a tight deadline or trying to find evidence for a particular treatment. This book from the Harnessing Health Information series shows the reader how to find the exact article quickly and efficiently. Fully referenced, it includes handy information such as acronyms with full descriptions and the available search tools. It looks at how novice users can find information in a straightforward and friendly way.Table of ContentsWhat is a health library? Understanding the library. Key special collections in health. Finding published materials. The reference enquiry. When it is not in the library. The electronic age. The future.
£34.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Mental Healthcare Matters In Primary Care
Book SynopsisThe National Service Framework for mental health aims to provide uniformly good systems so that mental health problems are detected and therefore treated early. This book sets out how learning more about mental health and reviewing current practice can be incorporated into a personal development plan, or practice learning plan. It shows how to integrate quality improvements into everyday work, and bridges the gap between theory and practice. Doctors, nurses and practice managers can build up a personal development plan, or a practice professional development plan through completing the exercises at the end of each chapter, and it demonstrates how to include clinical governance in the mental healthcare services they offer.Table of ContentsClinical governance and mental health. Depression. Generalized anxiety disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Stress. Schizophrenia. Dementia. Draw up and apply your personal development plan. Draw up your practice personal and professional development plan. Appendix One: Support groups, information and resources, and self help literature about mental healthcare.
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd Quantifying Quality in Primary Care
Book SynopsisHow can the quality of service provision and clinical governance in primary care be assessed? This book is designed to help evaluate the way practices interpret their legal obligations, the way the management systems within practices run, and the quality of the systems and processes that most affect the patient care. Quantifying Quality in Primary Care contains frameworks on which to build policies for the smooth running of practices and provides clear insights into attitudes of those working within them, and how to use this information to improve service provision. This straightforward, concise guide will help general practitioners, registrars and managers in primary care improve both service provision and management in the practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Quality in Primary Care. Using the tool. Part 1: The patients' experience. Practice demography. Access. Building, environment and equipment. Health promotion and chronic disease management. Prescribing. Record keeping and letters. Part 3: Practice management policies, staff and education. Management policies clinical governance and risk management. Staff employment. Communication and team working. IT and computerised systems. Continuing medical education and personal professional development. Patient and service user involvement.
£27.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Third World Health: Hostage to First World Wealth
Book SynopsisGreat and increasing inequities exist between the peoples of the Third World and those of the First. As well, we find ourselves threatened by imminent environmental catastrophes largely as a result of trying to maintain such inequities. This clear and straightforward text explains the complex origins of such bodies as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and others, and demonstrates the extent to which they exacerbate the problem. The situation is now so grave that we can no longer afford the luxury of leaving it to the professionals. We are all involved. We find ourselves hearing daily news reports of wars, starvation, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and natural disasters, rendered worse by inadequate international responses. The United Nations, once seen as an effective arbiter and mediator in such matters, now finds itself unable to exercise authority adequately. Third World Health: hostage to First World Wealth adopts a positive approach and puts forward various ways in which people at all levels can become more involved. It addresses the pivotal issue of health in the Third World and argues that it is very much hostage to the globalization of trade by and for the benefit of First World agencies.Trade Review"'Splendid...thorough...balanced...astonishingly accessible...informing and inspiring. Theodore MacDonald writes with passion, as well as with sense. Much of what he has to say is drawn from his own experience working as a medical doctor and a mathematician in a broad range of the world's poorest nations. Overarching that is a powerful insight into social and economic issues, along with well honed skills as a communicator.' Desmond Tutu, in the Foreword"Table of ContentsHealth and poverty. Problems caused by inequities in wealth and by environmental damage. Mortgaging the Third World. The conflict between health and global conflicts: a case study. Finance. Popular opposition to the inequities. Milk and imperialism. The impact of First World wealth on Third World health: British American Tobacco in China. The tobacco impact worldwide. The Third World and HIV/AIDS. Peru - a detailed case study of one Third World country. Cuba - model or monster? Possible routes to global health equity.
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd Weight Matters for Young People: A Complete Guide
Book SynopsisOfficial publication of Obesity Awareness Week 2006 If only weight didn't matter to young people! But it does - and, in reality, it should. So how can today's youngsters overcome the relentless hype to look like a cool stick insect and combat the enormous pressure from the food industry to eat vast quantities of junk? What can families do to help a teenager that has low self esteem or may even be struggling with an eating disorder? Weight Matters for Young People takes an in depth look at how young people can assume responsibility for their own health, ranging from the various factors that influence teenage decisions right through to practical nutrition. The TOP teen Health Plan assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current lifestyle, whilst the Food Frequency Framework solves family meal dilemmas. Common dieting regimes are assessed to see which are safe or worthwhile, there is a chapter on eating disorders and finally an A to Z of common weight-related conditions. Weight Matters for Young People is a complete reference book that will put young people confidently in charge of their own health. Health workers will find safe, evidence-based nutritional information plus answers to common weight-related queries and plenty of further resources. Trade Review"'Weight Matters for Young People is a complete reference book that can put young people confidently in charge of their own health.' Rachel Pryke, in the Preface"Table of ContentsLooking at things from a young person's viewpoint; Does weight really matter to young people?; Testing time; Parents are no longer in charge of teenage decisions; The role of the food industry and government policy; Nutrition; The 'Top Teen Health Plan'; Nutritional basics for young people; The 'Top Teen Health Plan' family guide; The Food Frequency Framework; Overcoming teenage inertia; Weight and eating problems; All about 'diets'; Eating disorders; An A-Z of conditions that affect weight and eating in young people; Abdominal pain; Colic; Abdominal migraine; Urine infection; Acne; Allergies; Peanut allergy; Egg allergy; Anorexia or loss of appetite; Appendicitis; Coeliac disease; Constipation; Contraception; Depression; Diabetes; Gastroenteritis; Inflammatory conditions of the gut; Irritable bowel syndrome; Polycystic ovaries; Premenstrual syndrome; Teenage pregnancy; Thyroid disorders; Tooth decay; Height and weight charts; Useful websites and addresses.
£21.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Involving People in Healthcare Policy and
Book SynopsisThis book explores the link between the ‘corridors of power’ where healthcare policy is made and the hospital, health center or clinic where it is carried out. It encourages and empowers readers to make changes in the public’s involvement at a local level and explains how this impacts positively on organizational culture. A user-friendly book written in a light and easy-to-read style, it combines theoretical arguments with tried and tested practical applications and features contributions from a wide range of experienced professionals. This is essential reading for every member of the healthcare team. It will be of particular interest to patient and public involvement leads as well as patient advice and liaison service workers, healthcare policy makers and shapers, students and patient groups.Trade Review'The emphasis on people "doing" policy whether they know it or not engages readers in what otherwise could be a dry topic[...]There are many policy books on the market, but none that use this personal narrative, "lived" experience style. The effect is to lure readers into the experience, a great way to learn!' DOODY'S REVIEW SERVICETable of ContentsPart 1: Theory and practice of policy implementation. Service user and career policy, its origins and aims. A further look at factors influencing policy development. ‘You will reach for the stars’ – policy requirements. Part 2: The reality of policy implementation. Rethinking how we interpret service user and career policy. Making policy happen. Telling it like it is. Getting on with the job. Heart of the Trust Scheme. Singing from the same hymn sheet – developing a strategy, structures and systems. And on to policies, protocols, procedures and people. The Human Resource. Part 3: Bringing it together – the ‘lived’ experience. Going the extra mile. Donna’s Story. A rights based approach. A change of heart. Political challenges for the lay representative.
£35.14
Taylor & Francis Ltd Looking After Children In Primary Care: A
Book SynopsisHighly Commended in the 2005 BMA Medical Book Competition The Children's National Service Framework sets standards for children's and young people's services, outlining what support should be available to children and their parents in managing and preventing a wide range of conditions and problems. This book is a companion to the Children's (NSF), enabling those that work within the NHS, social care and education to the put the NSF into practice in primary care. Contributions throughout from key professionals who were involved in the evolution of the framework help by providing guidance and expertise from the knowledge and background material gained throughout its development. The authors expand on the vision, themes and goals published within the NSF and make recommendations for the ways that best practice can be implemented, particularly for children's healthcare throughout the UK and anywhere in the Western world. General practitioners, child health specialists, community nurses and anyone with an interest in or responsibility for the care of children in primary care and the interface with social care and education, will find this book invaluable reading.Table of ContentsThe children's NSF and the vision for primary care. Involving children and young people in how we organise healthcare. Getting it right in primary care: creating a child and young person friendly environment. Referring to others from primary care. Working with patients. Supporting parenting - the evidence. Linking health with education priorities through the National Healthy School Standards (NHSS). Promoting a healthy diet and physical activity for children and young people - the evidence. Promoting good mental health and positive self-esteem - the evidence. Implementing good mental health in primary care settings. Effective care for pregnant teenagers. Reducing unintentional injury in children and young people - the evidence. Immunisation in primary care. Child health surveillance. Disabled children. Children with special circumstances: what it means for primary care. Child abuse: what you can do. Listening to young people's perspectives in relation to adolescent health. Children's National Service Framework Vision and Standards.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Health Care Needs Assessment, First Series,
Book SynopsisHealth care needs assessment provides information to plan, negotiate and change services for the better, and to improve health in other ways. The first edition of this series established itself as a key source on health care needs for specific conditions supported by the Department of Health. Now in its second edition it provides vital updates taking into account how health care has moved on and how the structure of the UK's health service has changed. Each of the chapters follows the same structure; each analysing its topic, reviewing the incidence and prevalence, the range of services available, and the effectiveness of those services. It describes the central role and aim of health care needs assessment in the NHS health care reforms and explains the 'epidemiological approach' to needs assessment and its effectiveness. Volume 1 includes diabetes mellitus, renal disease, stroke, lower respiratory disease, coronary heart disease, colorectal cancer, cancer of the lung, osteoarthritis affecting the hip and knee, cataract surgery and groin hernia. Volume 2 includes varicose veins and venous ulcers, benign prostatic hyperplasia, severe mental illness, Alzheimer's disease, alcohol misuse, drug misuse, learning disabilities, community child health services and contraception, induced abortion and fertility services. All health professionals, including policy makers and shapers and those assessing quality of service will find this book an essential resource.Table of ContentsVolume 2. Varicose veins and venous ulcers. Lower urinary tract symptoms and the benign prostrate hyperplasia. Severe mental illness. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Alcohol misuse. Drug misuse. Learning disabilities. Community child health services. Contraception, induced abortion and fertility services. Reflections. Conclusions.
£137.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Healing Tradition: Reviving the Soul of
Book SynopsisThe Healing Tradition argues that Western medicine is fundamentally flawed because it fails to provide a healing environment for both individuals and society, and indicates potential ways to correct this through an integration model of medical humanities. All health professionals and those with an interest in medical humanities will find this book valuable reading.Table of ContentsSudden infant deaths: models of health and illness. What are heart attacks? Rethinking some aspects of medical knowledge. Conceptions of persons and dementia. The tradition of the healer. The enduring appeal of the Victorian family doctor. Changing priorities in residential medicine and social services. Contrasting perspectives of inequalities in health and in medical care. The creation of partial patients. The nature and role of medical humanities. Biomedical, humoral and alternative systems of medicine. Reflections on a new medical cosmology.
£24.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Helping The Patient with Advanced Disease: A
Book SynopsisHelping others to learn about caring for people with advanced disease has always been a fundamental part of effective palliative care. This flexible learning material, formally evaluated by the Open University, is based on the Current Learning in Palliative Care (CLIP) worksheets to cover all aspects of palliative care. Easy to use, with activities throughout, they can be reproduced as handouts when presenting to a group, or used individually alongside a tutor, or within a group setting. Each worksheet is carefully structured and assigned a learning level from introductory to advanced, to give the reader an indication of how much experience or knowledge is needed to carry out the exercise. This book provides an essential resource to arm health professionals, carers and teams with the knowledge and skills needed in their daily work.Table of ContentsIntroduction to palliative care. Helping the patient with pain. Helping the patient with symptoms other than pain. Moving the ill patient. Psychological needs. Helping the patient with reduced hydration and nutrition. Procedures in palliative care. Understanding and helping the person with alternative communication. The last hours and days. Bereavement.
£24.51
Taylor & Francis Ltd Higher Professional Education for General
Book SynopsisHigher Professional Education for General Practitioners is a practical guide on the best ways to plan educational and vocational training needs throughout professional practice. It clearly outlines the underlying issues surrounding the introduction of higher professional education (HPE) enabling newly qualified professionals to focus on areas that they feel less competent in, and areas that require additional training. In an easy-to-read format it provides all the necessary information to assist readers undertaking HPE, and for all those setting up educational programmes for newly qualified GPs in the first year after their vocational training scheme.Table of ContentsAn introduction to Higher Professional Education. What do trainers offer that has lasting value? Vocational training: the bits that vocational training doesn't reach. Educational needs assessment. Fit for purpose - CPD. Curriculum planning. Action learning and learning groups. Planning and delivering education and learning. Conclusions.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Delivering Cancer and Palliative Care Education
Book SynopsisThe quality of cancer and palliative care is going through unprecedented change and development as a result of policy initiatives. The impact of these policies on education is unparalleled and it is essential that clinicians and educationalists are aware of the policy formation processes and educational strategies that meet the demands of these changing times. This book takes a holistic approach to patient care and draws on the diverse experience in hospices and highlights best practice to present a comprehensive and practical guide. However, it does more. New topics are given an educational perspective; those with limited educational experience are given sound advice; the implication of policy change is outlined. This is an important book and one which should be read by all clinicians, educators and managers responsible for improving services in cancer and palliative care. Table of ContentsThe impact of health and social policy on cancer and palliative care education. Clinical governance in 'face to face' and 'on-line space' palliative care education. Public education. Specialist and advanced nursing practice. Post Shipman - the impact on developing education in cancer and palliative care pain management. Death anxiety and death education: a brief analysis of the key issues. Nurses perceptions of spirituality and the implications for nursing care and education. Art and artistry in practice - a reflective account. The role of psycho-neuroimmunology in cancer and palliative care education. Complementary therapies and community nurses - implications for educational planning. Cancer and palliative care - evidence-based practice. Life review - an educational perspective. Humour in cancer and palliative care: an international perspective. An overview of hospice education.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Harnessing Information for Health Economics
Book Synopsis Series Editor: Michael Rigby This completely up-to-date resource equips readers with practical tools to understand and apply health economic methods. It introduces the key economic tools and the data available that can assist an economic decision and covers a range of areas from primary care and national data to global indicators of health. The information presented is applicable to all economic issues - at individual practice or nationwide policy level. Harnessing Information for Health Economics Analysis is a vital handbook for all clinicians, managers, and policy makers and shapers who make decisions about planning, commissioning and delivering healthcare. It will also be of great value to health economists, and postgraduate students in health economics and related disciplines. Trade Review"'This book is not a theoretical textbook, but an applied book designed to equip its readers with the practical tools to both understand and apply health economic methods. This book seeks to provide anyone faced with making choices, personal or interpersonal regarding the supply or receipt of health care, with the information to make informed decisions about that health care. It seeks to introduce the reader to the key economic tools and the data available that can assist an economic decision and how to use and interpret such data. Its aim is not to turn the decision maker into a health economist but provide the ability to ask the appropriate questions, understand the relevant data and literature and to access the resources available to them.' Marilyn James and Elizabeth Stokes, in the Introduction"Table of ContentsTechniques of economic appraisal. UK National data. Secondary care data. Primary care data. Organisations providing health economics information. Measuring benefit and preferences. Resources and costs. Reflections and futures.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Challenges and Solutions in Patient-Centered
Book SynopsisSeries Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman The application of the patient-centered clinical method has received international recognition. This book introduces and fully examines the patient-centered clinical method and illustrates how it can be applied in primary care. It presents case examples of the many problems encountered in patient-doctor interactions and provides ideas for dealing with these more effectively. It covers a wide range of topics and issues including palliative care, abuse, dying patients, ethical challenges and the role of self-awareness. Many narratives originate from patients' and family members' experiences, providing perspectives of great power and value. The Patient-Centered Care series is of great value to all health professionals, teachers and students in primary care. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Understanding both the patient's disease and illness experience. Understanding the whole person. Finding common ground. Incorporating prevention and health promotion. Enhancing the patient-doctor relationship. Being realistic.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Caring for Jewish Patients
Book SynopsisJewish patients customarily have particular ways of approaching health and healthcare. This book outlines the Jewish practices and customs of direct relevance to health professionals, illustrated throughout with case histories. Information is provided to facilitate day to day communication, discussing etiquette and interpersonal relationships between the health professionals and their patients, describing in detail the dietary laws, customs and festivals. This book will offer practical advice about Jews, Judaism and the Jewish community helping to educate and enable all healthcare professionals in hospitals and in the community to provide care in a culturally appropriate manner.Trade Review'Easy to read - for anyone seeking an appreciation of Jewish belief and practice in a healthcare context (bearing in mind the wide spectrum of Jewish religious observance and practice referred to earlier), this book will be of value.' Inclusion NewsTable of ContentsPart One: Jews and Judaism. Jewish history - in a nutshell. World and British jewry. The traditional way of life. God the healer. Jewish medical ethics - in a nutshell. Healthcare values. Part Two: The Jewish Patient. Judaism and medical treatment. Caring for the jewish patient on the shabbos and festivals. The dietary laws. Women's health - marriage, sex and related topics. Caring for Jewish patients and at the end of life. Jewish genetic diseases. Jews as patients.
£42.74
John Murray Press The Price of Fish: A New Approach to Wicked
Book SynopsisIn The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly long-term problems and go on to suggest that it is not the circumstances that are too complex, but our way of reading them that is too simple. Too simple and often wrong. The authors aim to blend four streams choice, economics, systems and evolution in a combination they believe is the key to making better decisions and, in turn, finding answers to the world's most pernicious problems.Trade ReviewIn this thought-provoking and enlightening book, Mainelli and Harris highlight a point that economists too often forget: that economics is, at its heart, the study of human behaviour, and that both commerce and its wicked sister, finance, mean nothing unless they are connected to people and society. -- Bill Emmott, Former-Editor of the EconomistWe have all discovered, painfully, that there are some areas, important to our existence, where price signals have worked badly or not at all. Financial markets are one. Deep-sea fishing part of the tragedy of the commons - is another. This book is a challenging contribution to understanding these failures. -- Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and SkillsFor someone who is not a professional economist, Michael Mainelli thinks more cleverly about economics than anyone else I’ve met or read. I have never had a discussion with Michael without feeling that I've learned something new. The Price of Fish will provoke, enrage and intrigue people. But above all it will enlighten. -- Douglas McWilliams, Chief Executive, Centre for Economics and Business ResearchI defy anyone not to enjoy this presentation of global issues explained in an innovative way with amusing anecdotes and analogies. -- Sir David Lewis, former Lord Mayor of London, former Chairman and Senior Partner, Norton RoseMainelli and Harris are very bright fellows. It shows in this elegant and witty approach to resource economics which tackles all those dangerous issues which arise when Mother Earth and the market collide. -- Richard D North, media fellow, Institute of Economic AffairsMichael and Ian have proved adept in presenting to commercial enterprises and interested laymen the complicated interactions in the real world of those theories and disciplines with human foibles, accelerating technological change, general noise and interference from misguided politicians with agendas and incompetent bureaucrats, causing unintended consequences and manifest disasters in the global financial and commercial affairs of society. Refreshingly they tell it as it is and we are all the better for it. -- Jack Wigglesworth, founder and former Chairman, LIFFE (now NYSE Euronext Liffe)As one of the world’s largest fish buyers I lived on a daily basis with this ‘Wicked Problem’. Michael’s and Ian’s contribution is a welcome insight to complex commercial decision making. -- Mike Parker, former Deputy CEO, Findus Group, Europe’s largest seafood processorYour mother used to tell you that fish is good for the brain. Reading this terrifying analysis will prove her right. -- Stephen McDowell, Editor-in-chief, Interactive Investor GroupCrazy but worth your attention. -- Sir Willie Purves, former Chairman, HSBCThis book shows how unpicking something as innocent as the price of fish reveals an interconnected world of ‘wicked problems’, unravelling which will be vital to squaring the demands of a rising population with climate change and resource depletion. -- Gerard Wynn, Environmental Markets Correspondent, Reuters NewsIn a planetary economy crying out for fresh thinking, smart analysis and, crucially, pragmatic optimism, anything Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris have to offer is not only worth a look but arguably a must-read. I recommend this book to anyone who thinks there must be cleverer ways in which civilisation can manage its future. -- Brendan May, environmentalist, founder, Robertsbridge Group; UK Chairman, Rainforest Alliance; and former CEO, Marine Stewardship Council
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