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Cambridge University Press PostIntensive Care Syndrome
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Cambridge University Press Using Polyvagal Theory to Optimize Healthcare Excellence
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Making Genetics and Genomics Policy in Britain
Book SynopsisThis important book traces the history of genetics and genomics policy in Britain. Detailing the scientific, political, and economic factors that have informed policy and the development of new health services, the book highlights the particular importance of the field of Public Health Genomics.Although focused primarily on events in Britain, the book reveals a number of globally applicable lessons. The authors explain how and why Public Health Genomics developed and the ways in which genetics and genomics have come to have a central place in many important health debates. Consideration of their ethical, social, and legal implications and ensuring that new services that are equitable, appropriate, and well-targeted will be central to effective health planning and policymaking in future.The book features: Interviews with leading individuals who were intimately involved in the development of genetics and genomics policy and Public Health Genomics InsigTable of Contents0.Introduction. 1.Origins. 2.Foundations. 3.Progress. 4.New Directions. 5.Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Medical Presentations
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to planning, constructing, and delivering presentations. This is the missing manual that every doctor needs.Rowan Parks, Professor of Surgical Sciences and Honorary Consultant Surgeon,University of Edinburgh; President of Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghA fantastic, fool proof guide to presenting like a pro!Alice Roberts, Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Birmingham; Broadcaster and AuthorThis book will teach healthcare professionals how to craft more effective and engaging PowerPoint presentations, taking readers through the preparation of a presentation from concept to delivery. The book is based on decades of the authors' personal experiences teaching PowerPoint and slide design. The text is based on a sound understanding of educational theory. Readers will learn how to present interesting and visually appealing slides. In particular, the focus will be on desi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Voices of Innovation Payers
Book SynopsisAs the health delivery landscape in the United States evolves in a post-COVID-19 era, both incumbents and new entrants are reimagining models of care. Technology and medical advancements are transforming the way care is delivered and experienced, and changes in regulations and incentives across the industry are redefining how the healthcare system works and interacts. As a result, care delivery is undergoing several transformations: from sick care to preventative whole-person care, from intermittent to continuous care, from facility-based settings to omnichannel offerings through virtual care and video or telephonic technologies, and from standardized to personalized solutions. In addition to healthcare providers, payers are also redefining their role in care delivery through provider ownership, technology, and provider enablement to deliver higher-value care to members. While the payer community has been slow to innovate, they now have an opportunity and an incentive to play an act
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Routledge Abortions Shifting Landscape
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Healing and Medicine
Book SynopsisHealing is on many people's minds today. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and a host of other disruptions and disasters, many of us feel that we need healing in our personal lives, for the environment and for our planet. But healing is rarely defined and is not an accepted part of medicine in the West. This book examines the relationship between healing and medicine through the eyes of an academic physician who changed his interests from biomedical research to healing late in his career in medicine. It is based on his experiences and stories of his encounters with patients, practitioners and others for whom healing has had a particular significance, as well as his rigorous research into the subject. A central theme of the book is that modern medicine needs to be more pluralistic in its approach to health and accept that spirituality and healing techniques have roles to play alongside scientific medicine, which currently has its base in materialism alone. Trade Review"How should healing, that mysterious process we all know, be studied? Dr Dieppe is one of those rare researchers who seeks out and listens carefully to people whose accounts of healing are typically dismissed. He examines closely experiences of his own that most choose to ignore. Building on this attentiveness, he gives us the story of his journey from a biomedical approach to healing to one that takes the powers of the body to be at the heart of healing’s mystery. Dieppe’s style is that of a gifted raconteur. His story of discovery becomes ours in the course of his telling. His vision of the body as fundamentally spiritual offers a picture of healing as the activity of living with love into our connections with all that is."David Schenck. Co-author of "Healers: Extraordinary Clinicians at Work" and "What Patients Teach: Everyday Ethics of Healthcare," and the author of "Into the Field of Suffering: Finding the Other Side of Burnout.""In medicine we learn to discount what doesn’t fit our biomedical version of reality. Lately though, it seems ever clearer that Biomedicine is but a small part of the long art. Our profession should be thankful then, that this distinguished clinician and researcher has stayed faithful to his own experience and been so rigorously curious about inexplicable recovery and reconciliation."David Peters. Professor Emeritus, University of Westminster, Editor in Chief, Journal of Holistic Healthcare & Integrative Medicine "Healing often draws meaning from suffering. It encompasses trustworthy relationships that include kindness, a sense of being known, and unconditional love. The author of this book shares his deep knowledge of the healing process. From hard won personal experience and research that involves deep listening to others’ journeys, he recounts authentic experience that can serve as lenses, or sometimes even as mirrors, for us to understand and grow in our own healing journeys. Whether we are experiencing our roles as healers or as people in need of healing, this book offers us practical wisdom for the individual, collective, and systemic changes needed to foster healing."Kurt C. Stange. Professor of Family Medicine & Community Health, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Oncology and Sociology, and Director, Centre for Community Health Integration. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio. Founding editor of the Annals of Family Medicine"Since Victorian times western medicine has endorsed a model which has prioritised curing over healing. It has had spectacular scientific and technical success but in recent decades it’s shortcomings have become increasingly clear. A number of pioneers have already pointed to the direction which is required, an integration of arts and sciences as well as the spiritual and material. In his varied and illustrious medical career Paul Dieppe exemplifies just what is needed if this new model is to take hold. His book should be required reading for all healthcare professionals and complementary therapists and will also appeal to a wider audience who want to see medicine fulfil its potential for healing."David Greaves, formerly senior lecturer in Medical Humanities at Swansea University and author of ‘The Healing Tradition’ (Routledge, 2004)."Medicine and healing have been the twin themes of my career for 60 years; my journey as well as Paul Dieppe’s. I am profoundly glad that our paths converged, and profoundly grateful for the vision he brings to the shared vocation of all who tread the same path. The courage and honesty with which he combines personal experience and insight with diligent enquiry and academic authority, are moving and powerful; and richly evoke the healing that medicine needs."Jeremy Swayne. Doctor and Priest; one time General Practitioner, Dean of the Faculty of Homeopathy UK, and Chair of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Healing Advisory Group; author of Remodelling Medicine (Saltire Books, 2012)."Healing and Medicine: A Physician’s Journey adds a unique voice to the 21st century entreaty that health must be viewed as more than the absence of disease. The remarkable message of this book is that a more complete level of health is achievable not solely through improved techniques, technology and pharmaceuticals, but through a deeper understanding of the many facets of healing, itself.Dr. Dieppe shares with readers how his several life-threatening personal challenges as much as his keen observations of physician-patient clinical encounters set him on the journey to explore the nature of healing. We travel with him to interview those who heal and those who have been healed, to visit hospitals, community health fairs and Lourdes, and to explore healing through clinical trials and public art. What emerges are insights and hypotheses that will pique the interest of all who rely on, all who practice and all who are committed to improving contemporary healthcare."Richard Hammerschlag. Co-Director of Research and Innovation, Consciousness and Healing Initiative, La Jolla, California. Emeritus Research Director, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, Oregon"Professor Dieppe brings a lifetime of outstanding clinical and research experience as an internationally acclaimed academic physician, combined with his personal insights and experiences of healing, to this book. It is the most rigorously researched and insightful book on human healing to date.This book should be read by everyone involved in the delivery of healthcare, whether as doctors, nurses, allied healthcare professionals, or therapists. It is a powerful rallying call to move beyond the blinkered confines of reductionism to elevate medicine to a new plane – as a healing art and science. And it serves as an illuminating guide for anyone interested in self-care – and that should be all of us – to embark on a healing journey whatever their stage of life."Stewart Mercer. Professor of Primary care and Multimorbidity, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. Co-Author of ‘Embracing Empathy in Healthcare’ (Radcliffe 2014)"As we navigate through challenging times, this book offers a refreshing perspective on the role of healing in medicine. This book is a must-read for professional health care trainees and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of healing and its role in our lives."Professor Ian Fussell, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Education, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter"Paul Dieppe is an internationally renowned rheumatologist with an esteemed career in academia and evidence-based medicine. In this book he has courageously and creatively charted different waters, mostly unexplored and sadly neglected by the medical profession. His professional and personal journey plumbs the depths of healing, and what that actually means to each of us as people. This resonates deeply with physicians like me, and will with those grappling with illness or trauma. We increasingly have to question the limitations of our scientific biomedical approach, with its focus on curing alone. This book brings messages of hope that are, themselves, healing."Brian M. Berman. Professor Emeritus Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Founder and President, Nova Institute for Health; Founder and Director, Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field; Bravewell Leadership Award in Integrative MedicineTable of ContentsForeword by Dr. Michael Dixon, LVO, OBE, FRCGP, FRCP, Chair, College of Medicine Preface Part One: Preparation Chapter 1: Early Influences Chapter 2: Kuwait and Iraq Part Two: Investigation Chapter 3: A New Beginning and Placebo Research Chapter 4: Learning About Energy Healing Chapter 5: Some Other Healing Experiences Chapter 6: Lourdes, Belief and Healing Chapter 7: Healers and Their Clients Views of Healing Chapter 8: Public Views on the Nature of Healing Chapter 9: Nature Art and Healing Part Three: Integration Chapter 10: Doctors as Healers Chapter 11: Modern Medicine and Healing Chapter 12: Towards an Understanding of Healing Chapter 13: Epilogue
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Cengage Learning, Inc Clinical Application of Mechanical Ventilation
Book SynopsisCLINICAL APPLICATION OF MECHANCIAL VENTILATION, FOURTH EDITION integrates fundamental concepts of respiratory physiology with the day-to-day duties of a respiratory care professional. Utilizing the wide degree of topics covered, including airway management, understanding ventilator waveforms, and addressing critical care issues, readers have the best resource available for understanding mechanical ventilation and its clinical application. Enhancing the learning experience are valuable illustrations of concepts and equipment, highlighted key points, and self-assesment questions in NRBC format with answers. Whether preparing for the national exam or double-checking a respiratory care calculation, this book provides the fundamental principles of repsiratory care with the clinical guidance necessary for mechanical ventilation.Table of Contents1. Principles of Mechanical Ventilation. 2. Effects and Complications of Positive Pressure Ventilation. 3. Classification of Mechanical Ventilators. 4. Operating Modes of Mechanical Ventilation. 5. Special Airways for Ventilation. 6. Airway Management in Mechanical Ventilation. 7. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation. 8. Initiation of Mechanical Ventilation. 9. Monitoring in Mechanical Ventilation. 10. Hemodynamic Monitoring. 11. Ventilator Waveform. 12. Management of Mechanical Ventilation. 13. Procedures Related to Mechanical Ventilation. 14. Critical Care Issues. 15. Pharmacotherapy for Mechanical Ventilation. 16. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation. 17. Neonatal and Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation. 18. Mechanical Ventilation in Non-Traditional Settings. 19. Case Studies. Appendix 1. Reference Laboratory Values. Appendix 2. Respiratory Care Equations and Normal Values. Appendix 3. Hemodynamic Equations and Normal Values. Appendix 4. Conversion Factors. Appendix 5. Dubois Body Surface Chart. Appendix 6. Anatomic Values in Children and Adults. Appendix 7. Selection of Airways for Children and Adults. Appendix 8. Oxygen Transport Normal Ranges. Appendix 9. Glasgow Coma Score. Appendix 10. APACHE II Severity of Disease Classification System. Appendix 11. Triage Scores for Mass Casualty Incidence. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How to Implement EvidenceBased Healthcare
Book SynopsisBritish Medical Association Book Award Winner - President''s Award of the Year 2018 From the author of the bestselling introduction to evidence-based medicine, this brand new title makes sense of the complex and confusing landscape of implementation science, the role of research impact, and how to avoid research waste. How to Implement Evidence-Based Healthcare clearly and succinctly demystifies the implementation process, and explains how to successfully apply evidence-based healthcare to practice in order to ensure safe and effective practice. Written in an engaging and practical style, it includes frameworks, tools and techniques for successful implementation and behavioural change, as well as in-depth coverage and analysis of key themes and topics with a focus on: Groups and teams Organisations Patients Technology Policy Networks and systems How to Implement Table of ContentsForeword vi Acknowledgements viii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Evidence 10 Chapter 3 People 29 Chapter 4 Groups and teams 57 Chapter 5 Organisations 76 Chapter 6 Citizens 99 Chapter 7 Patients 118 Chapter 8 Technology 138 Chapter 9 Policy 161 Chapter 10 Networks 182 Chapter 11 Systems 203 Appendix A Frameworks, tools and techniques 231 Appendix B Psychological domains and constructs relevant to the implementation of EBHC 257 Index 261
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Cengage Learning, Inc Currens Math for Meds
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION 1: REFRESHER MATH. 1. Relative Value, Addition and Subtraction of Decimals. 2. Multiplication and Division of Decimals. 3. Solving Common Fraction Equations. SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION TO DRUG MEASURES. 4. Metric, International (SI) System. 5. Unit, Percentage, Milliequivalent, Ratio,and HouseholdMeasures. SECTION 3: CALCULATING DOSAGES FROM MEDICATION LABELS AND SYRINGE CALIBRATIONS, AND SAFE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION. 6. Oral Medication Labels. 7. Safe Medication Administration. 8. Hypodermic Syringe Measurement. 9. Reading Parenteral Medication Labels. 10. Reconstitution of Powdered Drugs. 11. Measuring Insulin Dosages. SECTION 4: DOSAGE CALCULATIONS. 12. Ratio and Proportion. 13. Dimensional Analysis/Units Conversion. 14. Formula Method. SECTION 5: DOSAGE CALCULATION FROM BODY WEIGHT AND BODY SURFACE AREA. 15. Adult and Pediatric Dosages Based on Body Weight. 16. Adult and Pediatric Dosages Based on Body Surface Area. SECTION 6: INTRAVENOUS CALCULATIONS. 17. Introduction to IV Therapy. 18. IV Flow Rate Calculation. 19. Calculating IV Infusion and Completion Times. 20. IV Medication and Titration Calculations. 21. Heparin Infusion Calculations. SECTION 7: PEDIATRIC MEDICATION CALCULATIONS. 22. Pediatric Oral and Parenteral Medications. 23. Pediatric Intravenous Medications.
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Taylor & Francis Feedback Toolkit
Book SynopsisThis book provides expert guidance on using feedback as a performance improvement tool. It includes many simple tools readers can use to improve feedback in their work unit. The book suggests that feedback works best when the giver and receiver realize that they are in a dance together.Trade ReviewPraise for the Bestselling First Edition:… a well-organized guide for creating open and honest communication in the workplace. This clearly written book is like having your own personal coach assisting you with techniques that foster productive interactions.—Nedra Weinstein, Principal, Arden Consulting Table of ContentsUsing the Toolkit. About Feedback. When Feedback Works. What Gets in the Way. General Guidelines. Applying the Guidelines. The Importance of Dialogue. Tools for Giving Feedback. Learning from Mistakes. A "What Are We Doing" Meeting. Expectations for Exchange. Project Debriefing. How’s Our Team Doing? Management by Wandering Around. Positive Feedback for Teams. Conducting a Performance Review. Acid Bath Feedback. Providing Feedback as a Mentor. Open-Book Management. Tools for Receiving Feedback. Preparing to Receive Feedback. Guidelines for Receiving Feedback. Don’t Forget SARA (Surprise, Anger, Rationalization, Acceptance).Feedback from Staff. Feedback from Your Boss. Feedback from Peers. Feedback from a Coach. Feedback from Questionnaires.
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Bristol University Press Ageing and the Crisis in Health and Social Care
Book SynopsisCurrent and future provision of health and social care for older people is explored in this timely study. It draws on examples from Germany, Sweden and the UK to measure the impact of trends including neoliberalisation and marketisation and it considers new solutions to contemporary challenges in a complex care system.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Discourse, Capital, Intersectionality and Precarity 3. Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Welfare State Models: A Comparative Analysis 4. Failing Health and Social Care in the UK: Austerity, Neoliberal Ideology and Precarity 5. Public Health, Emergency Settings and End of Life Care 6. The COVID-19 Health and Social Care Challenge 7. Innovative Solutions and Cultural Change Appendices
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Bristol University Press Public Health Spatial Planning in Practice
Book SynopsisWith examples of policy and approaches, this book supports those working in the built environment and public health sectors, with the knowledge and insight to maximise health improvement through planning and land use decisions.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Scene Setting 1. Evidence Case for Action 2. Policy and Professional Skills Context 3. Current State of Planning for Health Part 2: Health, Wellbeing and Equity Impacts 4. Health in All Policies 5. Health Impact Assessment in Planning 6. Health in Other Impact Assessments Part 3: Actions to Improve Practice 7. Health and Wellbeing in Planning Policy 8. Health and Wellbeing in Planning Decisions 9. Rise of the Public Health Spatial Planning Practitioner Part 4: Health Benefits and Outcomes 10. Value and Outcomes 11. Securing Value Concluding Reflections
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Bristol University Press A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States
Book SynopsisAcademic experts review the impact of neoliberal politics and ideology on the status of care work in Nordic countries. They explore different understandings of the care crisis, the consequences for gender equality and the long-term sustainability of the Nordic welfare states.Table of Contents1 Introduction: A care crisis in the Nordic welfare states? - Hanne Marlene Dahl and Lise Lotte Hansen 2 The ‘care crisis’: its scientific framing and silences - Hanne Marlene Dahl 3 Fraser’s care crisis theory meets the Nordic welfare societies - Lise Lotte Hansen, Margunn Bjørnholt and Laura Horn 4 Crisis of care: a problem of economisation, of technologisation or of politics of care? - Anne Kovalainen 5 Deteriorating working conditions in elderly care: an invisible crisis of care? - Anneli Stranz 6 Managerialism as a failing response to the care crisis - Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania, Antero Olakivi, Minna Zechner and Lena Näre 7 ‘We are here for you’: care crisis and the (un)learning of good nursing - Carsten Juul Jensen and Steen Baagøe Nielsen 8 Professionalisation of social pedagogues under managerial control: caring for children in a time of care crisis - Steen Baagøe Nielsen 9 Raising quality in Norwegian early childhood centres: (re)producing the care crisis? - Birgitte Ljunggren 10 Conclusion: less caring and less gender- equal Nordic states - Lise Lotte Hansen and Hanne Marlene Dahl 11 Postscript: a care crisis in the time of COVID- 19 - Laura Horn, Carsten Juul Jensen and Birgitte Ljunggren
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Taylor & Francis Inc Mapping Clinical Value Streams
Book SynopsisTens of thousands of patients die unnecessarily every year as a result of errors and defects in our healthcare processes. Those that survive often pay too much for the privilege. The value stream mapping methods described in Mapping Clinical Value Streams will help you achieve more efficient health care processes and will pave the way to an improved medical system with significantly reduced medical errors and other costly waste.Part of the Lean Tools in Healthcare series, this user-friendly book will help you understand how to use value stream mapping to provide quality, patient-centered care. Value stream mapping is a powerful tool for observing and depicting processes as they truly areand for envisioning and reconfiguring the same processes to eliminate errors and other waste. With this book, you'll learn how to: Map current-state processes Create a future-state map with processes streamlined through flow and pull Manage the rolloutTable of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgments, Chapter 1 - Getting Started, Chapter 2 - The Production Processes, Chapter 3 - Value Streams and the Mapping Process, Chapter 4 - Map the Current State, Chapter 5 - Map the Future State: Phase I – Flow, Chapter 6 - Map the Future State: Phase II – Pull, Chapter 7 - Implement the Future State, Chapter 8 - Reflections and Conclusions, Appendix - Further Reading
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Manchester University Press Organising Care Around Patients: Stories from the
Book SynopsisOrganising care around patients is not for the fainthearted. Naomi Chambers and Jeremy Taylors have curated twenty-five accounts from people who agreed to tell the story of what happened when they or their loved ones came into contact with the NHS. The authors defy you not to laugh or cry, or hold your breath in disbelief, at some point when reading this book.In these true and compelling accounts, we learn the experiences – good and bad – of people grappling with birth and death, caring for loved ones, living with mental illness, coping with long-term conditions, and struggling in older age. This book is a call to action aimed at healthcare professionals, managers and politicians: a manifesto for more patient-centred care.These stories show the NHS at its very best – and also when it falls significantly short. Patients or carers currently battling with the system will derive some hope and encouragement, and clues about what to expect, what to ask for, and from whom.Trade Review'This timely and important book does exactly what it says in its title – it places patients at the centre, enables their stories to be told and heard, and explores what these insights mean for the organisation of health and care services. That this book is so necessary and hard-hitting underlines how much more remains to be done to bring about person-centred care.'Judith Smith, Director of Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham'I have a real fear that despite the best intentions of most health professionals, pressures in the NHS are resulting in care which is increasingly more transactional and less personalised. This fear keeps me awake at night because a health system which doesn’t have patients at its heart won’t work. This book challenges and inspires the reader to get us to a better place.'Martin Marshall, Chair Royal College of General Practitioners and GP in Newham, East London'There is no health system on the planet that can maintain its sustainability without patients as partners and communities as carers. This book is a timely reminder of this truth.'Mark Britnell, Vice-Chair and Global Health Expert, KPMG UK'This book is a timely reminder of the gap between what is convenient for an organization, on one hand, and patient and family values, rights, and autonomy on the other. The text touches on further topics, such as funding, staff shortages, and future trends. The book is a call to action for health care providers to organize their attitudes, practices, and behaviors around patient-centered care.'ChoiceReprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association. -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Pregnancy and childbirth3 Children and young people4 Managing a long-term health condition as an adult5 Adult acute care and cancer6 Mental health and mental illness7 Older age and end of life 8 ConclusionFurther practical resourcesAppendix: Anonymised list of interviewees and background detailsIndex
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Manchester University Press Germs and Governance: The Past, Present and
Book SynopsisGerms and governance brings together leading historians, practitioners and policy makers to consider the past, present and future of hospital infection control. Combining historical case-studies with practitioner experiences, this volume offers a new understanding of the emergence of theories of germ transmission and containment and how these theories played out in real-world environments, networks and professional organisations.Exploring the historical context in which technologies like gloves were developed and popularised, as well as how relationships between communities and hospitals, doctors and nurses, and the emerging role of hospital bacteriologists have shaped infection control practices, the collection emphasises the diverse contexts in which ideas about germs, infection and safety circulated. The volume also addresses the historical neglect of the critical role of nurses in the development and success of infection control measures.Trade Review'Germs and governance brings together a diverse array of scholars to give the topic its due attention, presented here as a series of eleven articles, framed by an introduction and incisive conclusion... Ultimately, it is this call for – and demonstration of – such cross-disciplinary approaches to an enduring hospital and societal concern that makes this a particularly useful volume for historians, clinicians, and policymakers alike.'Scott H. Podolsky, Social History of Medicine'Limitations to control of infections originating in hospitals have long been evident. Antibiotic-resistant organisms and their ability to transfer associated genes are increasingly problematic, and this rise of so-called superbugs alarms health care professionals on a global scale. Including contributions from medical historians, infection control specialists, and policy makers, this book presents the methods from past to present that have been and still are used to minimize the spread of infections in hospitals, providing some insight into where infection control improvements can be made. The book is organized into five parts, each comprising a historical chapter and an updating one: policy, medical training, clinical practice, control in the laboratory, and projections for future control of antibiotic resistance, especially given the threats posed by such bacteria as MRSA (staph) and Clostridium. The editors summarize current challenges for key players in a jointly authored conclusion. A great read, this book should appeal to everyone involved in health care at all stages of their careers, including bacteriologists, caregivers, and especially administrators, and will reinforce understanding of the longstanding importance of prevention and control of infection. Although many examples and data sets were collected in the UK, the book is relatable to health care systems everywhere.--M. C. Pavao, Worcester State UniversitySumming Up: Highly recommended. All readers.Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association. -- .Table of ContentsForeword – Professor Dame Sally DaviesIntroduction – Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty and Fay Bound AlbertiPart I: Policy and infection control1 Hospital infections and the role of the community before MRSA, 1930–1960 – Flurin Condrau2 Cleanliness costs: the evolving relationship between infection and length of stay in antibiotic-era hospitals – Sally SheardPart II: Infection control: Nurses and medical students3 Pus, pedagogy and practice: how ‘dirt’ shaped surgical nurse training and hierarchies of practice, 1900–1935 – Pamela Wood4 Septic subjects: infection control and occupational illness in British hospitals, c. 1870–1970 – Claire L. Jones5 Learning the art and science of infection prevention and control: a practical application – Susan MacqueenPart III: Practice and infection control: Focus on gloves6 Wax paste and vaccination: alternatives to surgical gloves for infection control, 1880–1945 – Thomas Schlich7 The evolving role of gloves in healthcare – Jennie WilsonPart IV: Practice and infection control: In the laboratory8 Constructing the ‘Sanitary Officer’: the Pathologist’s role in infection prevention and control at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1892–1939 – Rosemary Cresswell9 Infection control from the laboratory to the clinic: John H. Bowie and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, c.1945–1970 – Susan GardinerPart V: Into the future10 Infection prevention and control in the twenty-first century: the era of patient safety – Neil Wigglesworth11 Infection control and antimicrobial resistance: the past, the present and the future – Alistair LeanordConclusion: using the past – Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty and Fay Bound AlbertiIndex
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The NHS at 70: A Living History
Book SynopsisAt midnight on 5th July 1948, the National Health Service was born with the founding principal to be free at the point of use and based on clinical need rather than on a person's ability to pay. Seventy years since its formation, these core principals still hold true, although the world we now live in is a very different place to the post war era in which it was formed, and the long term sustainability of the service in its current form is questionable. This book traces the history of our health service, from Victorian healthcare in the early 20th century, through a timeline of change to the current day, comparing the problems and illnesses of 1948 to those we face seventy years later. Politics, funding, and healthcare systems around the world are demystified and we present case studies, views and snapshots from history from people who have experienced our changing NHS.
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Universal Publishers How to Stay Safe When Entering the Healthcare
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SLACK Incorporated Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle
Book SynopsisNewly updated, Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians, Second Edition is a descriptive quick reference guide for rehabilitation professionals organized in a “head-to-toe” format, including more than 400 photographs and supplemented with concise and illustrative examples of various techniques.The new edition of this text maintains the original essence of the first edition while touching upon updated information to speak to new clinicians. Minor revisions, such as adding color to the headers and to the sections, allow the reader easier access to the topics. An expanded appendix and up-to-date content touch on newer technology being used and developed in these areas of clinical evaluation.What is in your Cram Session: In the Goniometry section, subdivisions are broken down into type of joint, capsular pattern, average range of motion for each movement, patient positioning, goniometric alignment, patient substitutions, and alternative methods of measurement. In the Manual Muscle Testing section, subdivisions are broken into the specific movement to be tested, average range of motion, prime movers of the movement, secondary movers of the movement, anti-gravity patient position, gravity minimized patient position, stabilization and grades, substitutions for the movement, and points of interest for that particular muscle group. Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians, Second Edition is an informative, well-organized handbook for all students, instructors, and clinicians in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, orthopedics, or any allied health professional who treats musculoskeletal disorders.Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Authors Preface GONIOMETRY Section I: Cervical Spine The Cervical Spine Section II: Upper Extremity The Scapulothoracic Joint The Shoulder (Glenohumeral Joint) The Elbow (Humeroulnar and Humeroradial Joints) The Forearm (Radioulnar Joint) The Wrist (Radiocarpal and Intercarpal Joints) The Fingers—Digits II to V (Metacarpophalangeal Joints) The Fingers—Digits II to V (Proximal Interphalangeal Joints) The Fingers—Digits II to V (Distal Interphalangeal Joints) The Thumb (Carpometacarpal Joint) The Thumb (Metacarpophalangeal Joint) The Thumb (Interphalangeal Joint) Section III: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine The Thoracolumbar Spine Section IV: Lower Extremity The Hip The Knee (Tibiofemoral Joint) Tibial Torsion The Ankle The Subtalar Joint (Hindfoot) The Transverse Tarsal (Midtarsal) Joint The First Toe (Metatarsophalangeal Joint) The First Toe (Interphalangeal Joint) Toes II to V (Metatarsophalangeal Joints) Toes II to V (Proximal Interphalangeal Joints) Toes II to V (Distal Interphalangeal Joints) Section V: Temporomandibular Joint The Temporomandibular Joint MANUAL MUSCLE TESTING Key to Manual Muscle Grading Section VI: Neck/Upper Extremities Neck Scapula Shoulder Elbow Forearm Wrist Fingers II to V Thumb Section VII: Trunk/Lower Extremities Trunk Hip Knee Ankle Great Toe Toes II to V APPENDICES Appendix A: General Procedure for Goniometric Measurement Appendix B: Commonly Used Terms in Goniometry Appendix C: Normal Range of Motion Values in Adults Appendix D: Anatomical Zero Appendix E: Capsular Patterns Appendix F: General Procedure for Manual Muscle Testing Appendix G: Commonly Used Terms in Manual Muscle Testing Appendix H: Factors That May Cause Inaccurate Muscle Testing Appendix I: Precautions and Contraindications for Manual Muscle Testing Appendix J: Sample Goniometers, Smartphone Goniometer Application, and Other Tools for Muscle Testing Bibliography Index
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Harvard Business Review Press Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make
Book SynopsisHealth-Care Solutions from a Distant ShoreHealth care in the United States and other nations is on a collision course with patient needs and economic reality. For more than a decade, leading thinkers, including Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, have argued passionately for value-based health-care reform: replacing delivery based on volume and fee-for-service with competition based on value, as measured by patient outcomes per dollar spent.Though still a pipe dream here in the United States, this kind of value-based competition is already a reality--in India. Facing a giant population of poor, underserved people and a severe shortage of skills and capacity, some resourceful private enterprises have found a way to deliver high-quality health care, at ultra-low prices, to all patients who need it. This book shows how the innovations developed by these Indian exemplars are already being practiced by some far-sighted US providers--reversing the typical flow of innovation in the world.Govindarajan and Ramamurti, experts in the phenomenon of reverse innovation, reveal four pathways being used by health-care organizations in the United States to apply Indian-style principles to attack the exorbitant costs, uneven quality, and incomplete access to health care. With rich stories and detailed accounts of medical professionals who are putting these ideas into practice, this book shows how value-based delivery can be made to work in the United States. This "bottom-up" change doesn't require a grand plan out of Washington, DC, agreement between entrenched political parties, or coordination among all players in the health-care system. It needs entrepreneurs with innovative ideas about delivering value to patients. Reverse innovation has worked in other industries. We need it now in health care.Trade ReviewAdvance Praise for Reverse Innovation in Health Care:Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO, Mount Sinai Health System, New York City--"A provocative volume of ideas."Robert Pearl, MD, professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; author, Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Health Care--and Why We're Usually Wrong--". . . a must-read for both health-care leaders and policy experts."Donald M. Berwick, MD, President Emeritus, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--"If American health-care leaders . . . do not take this astounding book seriously, shame on them."Mary Ackenhusen, President and CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health, Canada--"Reverse Innovation in Health Care offers inspirational and practical insights. It will be required reading for my leadership team."Judd A. Gregg, former US Senator--". . . should be part of any consideration of how we improve America's health-care system."Tawfig Al Rabiah, Minister of Health, Saudi Arabia--"Reverse Innovation in Health Care is a great and well-rounded approach to tackling many of the current health-care issues."John Cochran, MD, former Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente Federation--"This book is timely and very important for American physicians, health-care executives, and legislators to read. Many of these case studies are very portable."Toby Cosgrove, MD, former President and CEO, Cleveland Clinic--". . . a rich new source of cost-saving medical innovation that deserves our most serious attention."
£23.75
SLACK Incorporated Medical Terminology with Case Studies: A
Book SynopsisMedical Terminology With Case Studies: A Navigated Guide to Learning for Health Care Professionals, Third Edition, is a fun, engaging, and easy-to-read resource on medical terminology for allied health students in athletic training, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and more.Featuring such memorable characters as Skully, the pirate skeleton, and Tango, his trusty parrot, Medical Terminology With Case Studies contains colorful illustrations throughout the text along with tear-out worksheets for students at the end of each chapter. The book is appropriate for students in both college and high school settings.The textbook is divided into three sections, each one covering key concepts and ideas related to medical terminology: Section I: A general overview of medical terminology, delving into its uses, purposes, and career-specific applications across specialties Section II: An in-depth examination of the specific body systems (musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal, integumentary, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, and sensory) and the associated prefixes, suffixes, and root words that go along with them Section II: Appendices, including medical abbreviations, ICD/CPT medical coding and pharmacology terms Updated features in the Third Edition include: New terms throughout Updated graphics throughout New case studies New chapter on health professions Updated chapter bibliographies Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional materials to be used for teaching in the classroom. Combining bright, colorful characters with easy-to-read resources, Medical Terminology With Case Studies: A Navigated Guide to Learning for Health Care Professionals, Third Edition, is an invaluable terminology guide for allied health students.Table of Contents Contents: Dedication About the Author About the Contributing Author Introduction: Section I: Introduction to Medical Terminology Chapter 1: Medical Terminology and the Health Care Professional Chapter 2: Word Building: An Introduction to Prefixes and Suffixes Chapter 3: Body Organization and Anatomical Directions Chapter 4: Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures: Section II: Body Systems Chapter 5: Musculoskeletal System Chapter 6: Cardiovascular System Chapter 7: Respiratory System Chapter 8: Neurological System Chapter 9: Gastrointestinal System Chapter 10: Integumentary System Chapter 11: Endocrine System Chapter 12: Urinary System Chapter 13: Reproductive System Chapter 14: Sensory System: Section III: Appendices Appendix A: Medical Abbreviations Appendix B: ICD/CPT Coding : Jill Walker Dale, MS, ATC, LAT Appendix C: Pharmacology Terms Section IV: Learning Activity and Case Study Answers Worksheet Answers Glossary Index
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Greystone Books,Canada The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio
Book Synopsis"A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one."—Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature.A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care.Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost."Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the crucial foundation of modern medical care: without them, the appalling death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic would be even higher. In The Autumn Ghost, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of these two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the autumn of 1952. Drawing together compelling testimony from doctors, nurses, medical students, and patients, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world.In vivid, captivating chapters, Wunsch tells the dramatic true story of how insiders and iconoclasts came together in one overwhelmed hospital in Copenhagen to save the lives of many polio patients dying of respiratory failure. Their radical advances in care marked a turning point in the treatment of patients around the world—from the rise of life support and the creation of intensive care units to the evolution of rehabilitation medicine.Moving and informative, The Autumn Ghost will leave readers in awe of the courage of those who battled the polio epidemic, and grateful for the modern medical care they pioneered.Trade Review"[A] superb account of the ghastly 1952 polio outbreak in Copenhagen...[A] story of heroism and medical advancement, beautifully told by Wunsch...[She] writes...'Most people have no idea what they owe to this remarkable doctor and his colleagues in Copenhagen.' They will soon enough—if The Autumn Ghost receives the attention it deserves."—David Oshinsky, PhD, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, JAMA review"Informative and clearly written...[The Autumn Ghost's] lessons should inform our attitudes toward medicine and societal norms going forward."—Winnipeg Free Press"An extraordinary story beautifully told...Hannah Wunsch recounts this gripping and emotional tale with clarity and compassion from every perspective. An instant classic of medical history, I loved it."—Dr. Jim Down, consultant in critical care and author of Life Support and Life in the Balance"A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one."—Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature."A tale told with tremendous compassion and precision. [Wunsch] brings a critical chapter in medical history alive with style, wit, and an impeccable eye for detail."—Siobhan Roberts, author of Genius at Play, The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway"The Autumn Ghost, in equal parts harrowing and inspiring, brings us back in time into the great twentieth-century polio epidemic, showing how science painfully but amazingly swiftly went from deadly ignorance to mastering the disease. A must-read for anyone who wants to know how medical knowledge actually develops."—Jordan Ellenberg, New York Times bestselling author of Shape and How Not to Be Wrong "In medical science, the path to breakthroughs is paved with wrong turns and dead ends. Wunsch invites us along on one such medical odyssey as doctors and researchers scramble to understand the etiology and transmission of polio. The result is a deeply researched, utterly compelling story. . . at once heartbreaking and inspiring. Never has a book made me so aware of my breathing and so thankful for the ability to do so with ease."—Olivia Campbell, New York Times bestselling author of Women in White Coats"A fabulous, fascinating book—a sweeping history of a disease (polio), of two medical specialties (anesthesia and intensive care), and of several technologies (for ventilation and vaccine) through the lens of the 1952 Danish epidemic. Wunsch's meticulous research and graceful prose clearly explain the science behind the achievements and animate poignant stories of illness, disability, courage, imagination, and professional jealousy."—Jacalyn Duffin, former president, American Association for the History of Medicine, Member of the Order of Canada, and author of History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction"The Autumn Ghost delivers a riveting account of how polio was controlled, including the neglected story of how people survived, recovered and adapted to continued disabilities. This history has intruded into our present. In July 2022, New York State announced the diagnosis of polio acquired in the state, after several polio-free decades. This excellent book relays the dramatic story of how earlier generations learned to respond, still relevant today."—Mary T Bassett, MD, FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health and former New York State Health Commissioner"A beautiful and absorbing book about the history of polio. . . Wunsch tells the pressing story of the race to develop effective new technologies to ventilate patients amid a deathly global pandemic. It is also a beautiful story of accompaniment and of doing whatever it takes to keep thousands of patients alive—one person at a time."—Ophelia Dahl, global health advocate and co-founder of Partners in Health
£20.69
Great Plains Publications Ltd Take Your Baby And Run
Book SynopsisTake Your Baby and Run is Carol Youngson's first-hand account of the shocking ineptitude and misogynistic behaviour that led to the death of twelve children, primarily infants, under the care of Dr. Jonah Odim at Winnipeg's largest hospital in 1994. Youngson was the nurse in charge of the cardiac unit and in her book she details the dysfunctional hospital hierarchy that allowed this tragedy to unfold, leading to the longest running inquiry in Canadian history. Sadly, the themes of this book are just as relevant today during our current health crisis.
£14.96
Pinter & Martin Ltd. The Patient Paradox: Why Sexed Up Medicine is Bad
Book SynopsisWelcome to the world of sexed-up medicine, where patients have been turned into customers, and clinics and waiting rooms are jammed with healthy people, lured in to have their blood pressure taken and cholesterol, smear test, bowel or breast screening done. In the world of sexed-up medicine pharmaceutical companies gloss over research they don't like and charities often use dubious science and dodgy PR to 'raise awareness' of their disease, leaving a legacy of misinformation in their wake. Our obsession with screening swallows up the time of NHS staff and the money of healthy people who pay thousands to private companies for tests they don't need. Meanwhile, the truly sick are left to wrestle with disjointed services and confusing options. Explaining the truth behind the screening statistics and investigating the evidence behind the hype, Margaret McCartney, an award-winning writer and doctor, argues that this patient paradox - too much testing of well people and not enough care for the sick - worsens health inequalities and drains professionalism, harming both those who need treatment and those who don't.
£9.49
Granta Books Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING Long before the pandemic, care work has been underpaid and its values disregarded. In this remarkable and compassionate book, Madeleine Bunting speaks to those on the front line of the care crisis, struggling to hold together a crumbling infrastructure. A combination of extraordinary first-hand accounts of caring with a history of care and its language, Labours of Love is an impassioned call for change at a time when we need it most.
£9.49
World Scientific Europe Ltd Managing Innovation In Healthcare
Book Synopsis'The book would be a great text for advanced healthcare students, as it is chock-full of fair-minded and complete discussions of different scholarly views. The book contains the musts of excellent text books too: ample caselets, boxes and figures that illustrate key concepts; chapter summaries; and a distillation of key concepts and further reading suggestions stud every chapter. It is useful for practitioners too, with excellent text and case examples of how different nations approach innovation and quality measurement — e.g. pay for performance models — and full discussions of regulations of drugs and devices. All in all, a terrific book for those of us frustrated by the plethora of ‘shoulds’ and the shortages of ‘how tos’ in healthcare innovations.'Regina HerzlingerHarvard Business SchoolAcross the world, the demands placed on health systems are growing rapidly. Developed countries face the challenge of providing services to an ageing population with changing health needs, while countries with developing health systems must find ways of ensuring their populations are provided with access to healthcare. Innovative thinking is essential to meet these twin challenges, but innovation is both a cause and cure of many struggles in healthcare — we need it, but it is hard to manage and the introduction of new technology can lead to higher costs.Using real-life examples and case studies from around the world, this book introduces the latest thinking on understanding and managing healthcare innovation more effectively. It does this from the perspective of governments responsible for shaping health policy, healthcare organisations providing services and juggling competing demands, and from the perspective of the industries that supply the new drugs, devices and other technologies.Managing Innovation in Healthcare is the perfect accompaniment for MSc, PhD and MBA students on health policy, management and public health courses, as well as managers, consultants and policy makers involved in healthcare services in both the public and private sector.
£38.00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Love, Learning Disabilities and Pockets of
Book SynopsisThis is a book written to celebrate the humanity of people, and to share experiences of what brilliant care and support can look like for families with learning disabled or autistic children and adults.Sara Ryan steers clear of jargon and 'doublespeak' to conjure authentic experiences of families. Speaking with families and professionals, she conveys the love, laughter and joy which binds families and the harsh realities many face; of separation from loved ones, substandard care and frustration and helplessness in the face of inflexible services. From their experiences, Sara looks to capture those pockets of brilliance that families have encountered, and which outstanding practitioners have pioneered, for us all to learn from.We know so much about what support and services should look like in order to enable flourishing lives - this book aims to help families and professionals to achieve it, together.Trade ReviewBeautifully written and absorbing, Love, Learning Disabilities and Pockets of Brilliance shines a joyful light on the kind of good support that enables people to flourish. Sara Ryan's book is a heartening exploration of the extraordinary role families play in the lives of their loved ones and reveals the benefits - for everyone - when practitioners embrace their experience and knowledge. An essential, rewarding read for anyone who cares about their fellow humans. -- Saba Salman, journalist and editor of Made Possible: Stories of success by people with learning disabilities - in their own wordsThis book should become a seminal work, central to all social work training. It will teach you more in a single chapter about love, hope and uniqueness than any other core text you can hope to find. -- from the foreword, Elaine James, Learning Disabilities Commissioner and Rob Mitchell, Principal Worker
£18.99
Agenda Publishing Disease
Book SynopsisIn 1942 life expectancy at birth was 66 for women and 60 for men. Death was usually due to degenerative and infectious diseases. The greatest postwar success in the fight against disease was the establishment of the NHS and care that was free at the point of delivery. Life expectancy rose dramatically, but since 2011 incremental improvements have stalled and even, in some regions, begun to reverse. Infant mortality rates have crept up and the postcode lottery of health provision underscores the level of social inequality in the UK. Good health is not simply the absence of disease. It is the collective of physical, social and mental well-being. It is the product of nutrition and genetics, of healthy lifestyles and preventative health interventions. It is the interaction between the conditions in which we live, work, play and age. Yet access to many of the things that make and keep us healthy are not evenly distributed in the population. Achieving good health is then deeply entwined with all aspects of society and cannot simply be solved by policies in one area alone. In our rediscovery of Beveridge, the shadow of the pandemic looms large. It is has never been more urgent to address the underlying causes of Disease. And it has never been clearer that these determinants are not only social or physiological, but also political.Trade ReviewThis conceptually and empirically rich book outlines how health and disease have been unequally experienced across the country both before and during the Coivid-19 pandemic. It argues powerfully that we cannot go back to ‘business as usual’ and should instead harness a new ‘spirit of 45’ to truly build back better and reduce health inequalities. -- Clare Bambra, Professor of Public Health, Newcastle UniversityThis is an important and illuminating book that sheds light on two persistent and intractable calamities – our alarmingly low levels of population health and the injustice of inequalities in health. Read this book and feel your outrage, then read it again to focus on what we need to do to create transformative change. -- Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York, and co-author of The Spirit LevelFran Pollock sets out the hard truth of how political choices have deprioritized ordinary people’s health and well-being and sets out how we can stand together to oblige leaders to protect us all. Reading her book shocks but also empowers us to act. -- Ben Phillips, author of How to Fight InequalityTable of Contents1. Introduction: a revolutionary moment 2. Disease: an evolving giant 3. Unequal health and the behemoth of today 4. From cradle ... 5. ... to grave: the problem of age 6. Inequity and inferiority: a dismantled health and social care service 7. Continuing challenges, contemporary crises 8. Shoring up “Assumption B”
£20.80
Headline Publishing Group Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People
Book SynopsisFOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURTPortion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the first time ever, the rich history of the NHS through the ordinary people who have experienced it.Founded on the concept of providing healthcare to rich and poor alike, the National Health Service (NHS) has been at the heart of our everyday experiences of life and death since 1948.From Joan Meredith, who stood on street corners in the freezing winter to campaign for a new health system, to one of the first patients diagnosed with HIV/Aids, Jonathan Blake, and Klarissa Velasco, who comforted and held the hands of people suffering from Covid-19, Our Stories follows our health service from its conception to today, and tells the many incredible stories that have happened throughout its lifetime.Filled with tales of every part of life, this beautiful book tells, for the first time ever, the moving history of our world-leading health service through the voices of the patients, nurses, doctors, porters and ordinary people who have turned it into the beating heart of our country. It is a heart-warming account of an amazing institution.Trade Review'What shines through with all the stories is a deep affection for the NHS' -- Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm
£15.29
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Practical Supervision: How to Become a Supervisor
Book SynopsisAs a supervisor, how do you best support growth, learning and improved practice? This book is designed to equip all those in the helping professions who are starting out in supervision with the theoretical, practical and psychological base needed for effective practice. Covering everything you need to know, from how to build a trusting and respectful relationship with your supervisee, to offering effective feedback and shaping a supervision session, this book will help you support and encourage those engaged in emotionally demanding tasks. Particular attention is devoted to the ethics of supervision and reflective practice, as well as to the challenges of supervising and appraising trainees. Practical suggestions for using creative methods and working with unconscious processes, and short exercises to support learning and development are included throughout.Concise and jargon-free, this introduction to supervision is ideal for new supervisors in social and health care, early years services, psychology, coaching and therapies of all kinds, as well as students on supervision training courses.Trade ReviewWe found new gems and many timely reminders in the pages of this book. It will serve as a very useful and accessible reference source for practitioners at all stages of development... In short, Practical Supervision will help us all to grow into the truly reflective practitioners we are urged to be and wish to become. -- from the foreword by Brigid Proctor and Francesca InskippI enjoyed this book. It is well structured, very accessible and, as the title suggests, practical, both for new and experienced supervisors. I particularly valued the frequent reflection points which encourage and challenge the reader to apply the text to their own practices. -- Robin Shohet, co-author of Supervision in the Helping Professions, and editor of Passionate Supervision and Supervision as TransformationThe need for effective supervision of the highly stressed and often demoralised staff working in health services is clear, and this book will go a long way towards helping that need to be met. Not only is it an invaluable reference tool for all supervisors, but it should also be required reading for all senior managers because it contains gems of useful general guidance. While the book is concise and a pleasure to read, it is so packed with goodies that taking it all in is daunting on one go! It is especially useful where it offers concrete examples to illustrate its wise guidance and advice. I recommend it without reservation to all those undertaking supervision. -- Martin Johnson MA PhD FRCOG FSB FMedSci., Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Sciences, University of CambridgeThis book is an invaluable and essential tool to any supervisor – from beginner to more experienced – it captures the essence of supervision covering a range of contexts and roles and encouraging reflection. Interestingly written, it talks to the reader and the 'case examples' make it come alive.It will most certainly become the must-have supervision book. -- Flávia Ribeiro, Teacher/Family Worker at the Pen Green Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire, UKThis is a cracking little book and a solid recommendation for readers involved at any level in supervising practitioners... Henderson et al have really grasped the dynamics of this unique aspect of practice and explained the process in a highly accessible and well-structured publication... As an experienced supervisor I enjoyed the refreshing, clear approach which often summarised more extensive publications about supervision. It is a very useful title for novice supervisors, and a reminder for those with experience; it would also make for an introductory course reader into supervision... Practical Supervision is a valuable addition for those readers who oversee and support staff working with complex casework. -- Giles Barrow, Independent Educator * NAPCE Journal: Pastoral Care in Education *Table of ContentsForeword. Brigid Proctor and Francesca Inskipp. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: starting with yourself. 2. Beginning to supervise. 3. Knowing your relationship style. 4. Attending to tasks and skills. 5. Shaping a supervision session: choices of focus. 6. Giving and getting feedback. 7. Supervising trainees. 8. Using creative methods. 9. Working with unconscious processes. 10. Putting ethics into practice. 11. Using communications technology. 12. Supervising people in different contexts and roles. 13. Exploring group supervision. 14. Supporting your development. 15. Ending and moving on. References. Index.
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Triarchy Press Humanising Healthcare: Patterns of Hope for a
Book SynopsisHealthcare systems across the developed world are in trouble. Changing patterns of disease, an ageing population and advances in drugs and technology feed an inexorable rise in costs outrunning our best efforts to contain them. At a human level the system is coming under intolerable strain. Demands for cost savings squeeze out the time and humanity needed for good care and quality relationships. Safety suffers. Staff become demoralised, stressed and burned out. In the first two parts of Humanising Healthcare and focusing on the UK's National Health Service, Dr Hannah explores the fundamental assumptions which have brought us to this point and which likewise inform our current inadequate responses. She dissects the burgeoning regime of regulation and inspection that tries to impose ever tighter controls on a healthcare system that needs to be freed to serve its citizen patients. In the final part of the book, 'Another Way Is Possible', Dr Margaret Hannah offers a practical alternative strategy based on numerous examples of transformative practice from the UK and around the world. It promises a sustainable culture of healthcare that will enable us all to live healthy, fulfilled lives at a fraction of the current cost. Nuka Chief among Dr Hannah's case studies is the 'Nuka' model of care in Alaska. Healthcare in the Nuka system is based on reconnecting people into the web of life. Don Berwick, a former health adviser to President Obama and a founder of the highly respected Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has declared that Nuka "is probably the leading example of healthcare redesign in the world. US healthcare suffers from high costs and low quality. This system has reversed that: the quality of care is the highest I have seen anywhere in the world, and the costs are highly sustainable. It's extraordinary. It is surely leading healthcare to its new and proper destination."Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The Contemporary Challenge The House that Modern Medicine Built Overweight and Overwhelmed Costing an Arm and a Leg Part 2: The Response The Brakes are Failing Regulation, Inspection and the Fight Against Error RCTs: A Self-Limiting Improvement Methodology Part 3: Another Way is Possible The Patterning of Hope Designing for Transition Creating the Future
£18.00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Instrument-Assisted Myofascial Therapy:
Book SynopsisInstrument-Assisted Myofascial Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications provides a complete overview of this effective therapy (IAMT) based on the authors'' own clinical experience of using instruments to treat myofascial lesions. The text combines the latest scientific evidence and theory with practical guidelines. The authors describe the use of various IAMT techniques which the reader will be able to easily integrate into daily clinical practice.The text progresses from didactic to practical information of relevance for a variety of clinicians:- Anatomy of the myofascial system and its role in pain/dysfunction and treatments- Science and theory of IAMT including history, types, and research on mechanisms of action and outcomes- Practical application of IAMT Practice: an overview of techniques specific to tissue type (scars, tendons, muscles)- Integration of IATM in clinical practice including clinical decision making (in diagnosis and treatment), indications, contraindications, and adjunct treatmentsThe text is intended to provide a guide for using myofascial instruments in daily practice. The reader will easily learn how to use IATM to enhance patient outcomes and to use it in a fashion which protects their own joints! Procedures are explained and demonstrated using a clear and practical approach. Full-color photographs illustrate the use of the therapy in these commonly-treated areas: Cervical spine and head, Shoulder, Elbow, wrist and hand, Thoracic spine and chest, Lumbar spine and sacroiliac joint, Hip and pelvis, Knee, Ankle and foot.Treatment protocols are provided which can be easily applied by the therapist for use with a variety of diagnoses relating to the same structures by using a standardised and precise approach. A treatment protocol is first presented on a specific structure that is commonly treated. The specific instrument is to be used is described first, then the entire treatment is explained in detail. from the starting position of the therapist and patient. Treatment progressions are then listed, as well as possible treatment options within the Myofascial Connective System (MCS). Beginning with the primarily treated structure, ''myofascial junctions'' are discussed; first regionally in a distal and proximal direction, and then within a functional myofascial chain. This unique approach greatly simplifies the various IATM procedures for the reader to easily implement in practice.Readers will learn an integrated approach to IATM in a variety of clinical practice settings. Clinicians seeing post-operative patients will benefit from a chapter dedicated to the treatment of scars. Numerous case studies and the integration of other myofascial techniques (Cupping, Flossing/Mobility Bands, Kinesiology Taping and Fascial Fitness) complete the book.Instrument-Assisted Myofascial Therapy - principles and clinical applications is the result of years of professional practice with IATM while evaluating patient outcomes. The concept is based on scientific evidence and has been developed in close collaboration with leading scientists and practitioners in the field of myofascial therapy. The text provides a pragmatic, evidence-informed approach to IATM practice.
£45.60
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Vision Zero Handbook: Theory, Technology and
Book SynopsisThis open access handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of Vision Zero, an innovative policy on public road safety developed in Sweden. Covering all the major topics of the subject, the book starts out with a thorough examination of the philosophy, ideas and principles behind Vision Zero. It looks at conditions for the effectiveness of the policy, principles of safety and responsibility as well as critique on the policy. Next, the handbook focuses on how the Vision Zero ideas have been received and implemented in various legislations and countries worldwide. It takes into account the way Vision Zero is looked at in the context of international organizations such as the WHO, the UN, and the OECD. This allows for a comparison of systems, models and effects. The third part of the handbook discusses the management and leadership aspects, including ISO standards, equity issues, other goals for traffic and transportation, and opportunities for the car industry. Part four delves into tools, technologies and organizational measures that contribute to the implementation of Vision Zero in road traffic. Examples of specific elements discussed are urban and rural road designs, human factor designs, and avoiding drunk and distracted driving. The final part of the handbook offers perspectives on the transfer of Vision Zero policy to other areas, ranging from air traffic to suicide prevention and nuclear energy. Vision Zero is a public road safety policy including both a long-term goal that no one shall be killed or seriously injured as a consequence of accidents in road traffic and a safety principle stating that the design and function of the road transport system shall be adapted to meet the requirements that follow from that goal. It is a new road safety paradigm which has resulted in new types of responsibilities among stakeholders, technological innovations, and new strategies and organizational measures to achieve a safe system. The road safety work based on Vision Zero has shown promising results, and although Sweden has not yet reached a safe system, the number of fatalities and severe injuries has decreased substantially.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsPart I: Ideas and Principles.- Part 2: Vision Zero – an International Movement for Traffic Safety.- Part 3: Management and Leadership for Vision Zero.- Part 4: Tools and Technologies for Vision Zero.- Part 5: Vision Zero in Other Areas.
£449.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Health Informatics on FHIR: How HL7's API is
Book SynopsisThis extensively revised textbook describes and defines the US healthcare delivery system, its many systemic challenges and the prior efforts to develop and deploy informatics tools to help overcome these problems. Now that electronic health record systems are widely deployed, the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability standard is being rapidly accepted as the means to access and share the data stored in those systems and analytics is increasing being used to gain new knowledge from that aggregated clinical data, this book goes on to discuss health informatics from an historical perspective, its current state and likely future state. It then turns to some of the important and evolving areas of informatics including electronic healt\h records, clinical decision support,. population and public health, mHealth and analytics. Numerous use cases and case studies are employed in all of these discussions to help readers connect the technologies to real world challenges. Health Informatics on FHIR: How HL7's API is Transforming Healthcare is for introductory health informatics courses for health sciences students (e.g., doctors, nurses, PhDs), the current health informatics community, computer science and IT professionals interested in learning about the field and practicing healthcare providers. Though this textbook covers an important new technology, it is accessible to non-technical readers including healthcare providers, their patients or anyone interested in the use of healthcare data for improved care, public/population health or research. Table of ContentsA Brief History and Overview of Health Informatics.- The US Health care system.- Health Informatics in the Real World.- The Empowered Patient.- Health Information Exchange.- FHIR Applications in Payment.- Data and Interoperability Standards.- Pre-FHIR Interoperability and Decision Support Standards.- FHIR.- SMART on FHIR.- mHealth.- Public and Population Health.- Advanced FHIR Applications.
£47.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Care Staff Mobilisation in the Hospital: Fight or
Book SynopsisThis book offers a novel examination of the relations, actions, and practices of healthcare workers, analysed in terms of collective mobilisation. Based on successive surveys conducted over a twenty-year period in public and private hospitals, it brings a rich new conceptualisation of both social movements and care work. We’ve all witnessed the collective mobilisation at play in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. In such a structured, hierarchical environment, the parallel with social movements highlights the ethical and collective dimensions of care work, as well as the bonds of solidarity and identification with the collective. Yet, healthcare workers are often caught in a dilemma between fighting against underfunding and deteriorating working conditions on the one hand, and cooperating to keep the system standing and provide the best care possible for patients on the other. The author's approach in terms of consensual and conflictual mobilisations brings a fresh theoretical and empirical contribution to the literature on social movements, medical sociology, public health, and the sociology of labour, whilst in-depth case studies bring to light the experiences of healthcare workers and enrich the narrative throughout.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Structural limits and consensual mobilisation.- The roots of healthcare.- Institutional trade unionism.- Alternative models of caring and hesitant practices.- Spontaneous protest.- What if the hospitals were co-managed?.
£26.24
Haymarket Books Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Book SynopsisAn eye-opening reckoning with the care economy, from its roots in racial capitalism to its exponential growth as a new site of profit and extraction.Since the earliest days of the pandemic, care work has been thrust into the national spotlight. The notion of care seems simple enough. Care is about nurturing, feeding, nursing, assisting, and loving human beings. It is “the work that makes all other work possible.” But as historian Premilla Nadasen argues, we have only begun to understand the massive role it plays in our lives and our economy. Nadasen traces the rise of the care economy, from its roots in slavery, where there was no clear division between production and social reproduction, to the present care crisis, experienced acutely by more and more Americans. Today’s care economy, Nadasen shows, is an institutionalized, hierarchical system in which some people’s pain translates into other people’s profit.Yet this is also a story of resistance. Low-wage workers, immigrants, and women of color in movements from Wages for Housework and Welfare Rights to the Movement for Black Lives have continued to fight for and practice collective care. These groups help us envision how, given the challenges before us, we can create a caring world as part of a radical future.Trade Review“With this book, Premilla Nadasen has made an invaluable contribution to the ongoing debates around care and capitalism. In clear and concise prose, she takes apart the care-industrial complex that has emerged, like the military- and prison-industrial complexes before it, to wring the last drops of profit from the lives and deaths of working people. An absolutely necessary intervention in the most important political debate of our times.”—Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won’t Love You Back“Premilla Nadasen is a pathbreaking scholar of Black women’s labor and welfare organizing, as well as a radical feminist activist in her own right. She has a passion and a powerful talent for telling the complicated truths that define working class women of color’s lives. In Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, Nadasen offers a brilliant interrogation of the exploitative and profit-driven care system in the United States. To fully understand racial capitalism in the 21st century, you have to read this book."—Barbara Ransby, professor and director of the Social Justice Initiative, University of Illinois at Chicago, and author of the award-winning Ella Baker and The Black Freedom Movement“If you think the ‘care economy’ sounds like a socialist nirvana, think again. Premilla Nadasen reveals how the exploitation and commodification of reproductive labor has enriched corporations, compensated for a shrinking welfare state, and pauperized the very workers responsible for the sustenance, health, and well-being of others. The consequences of a gendered racial capitalist ‘care economy’ are deepening inequality, more broken people, and a culture of sacrifice that only serves to mask misery and low wages. Once you read this highly original, incisive, and unsettling book, you will no longer honor nurses by banging pots together but by joining a picket line instead.”—Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination“Premilla Nadasen’s Care is a clear, useful tool for thinking about both the brutal exploitation of capitalist care relations and the transformative power of grassroots collective care projects. Nadasen deftly weaves insights from labor resistance, Black feminism, anti-colonial struggles, disability justice, and other radical traditions into a cohesive analysis of reproductive labor that will be a readable primer for classroom and community use as much as it is a visionary inquiry into what new social relations we need to be building right now. This book is a generous contribution to the most urgent conversations happening in social movements and embattled communities right now.”—Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)“Nadasen takes a deep and discouraging dive into current practices of care as they have been shaped by historical precedents and capitalist greed. Her research illuminates generations of resistance by recipients, and uncovers creative approaches to collective care that promise effective solutions to poverty, housing, and the well-being of the ill, the unhoused, children, and the elderly. I hope everyone who wants to understand what is perhaps our greatest contemporary concern will read this book.”—Alice Kessler-Harris, author of In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth Century America"Incisive.... Crisply argued, rigorously contextualized, and approachably written, this is essential reading for those interested in social justice and working-class politics."—Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: “One of the Family”: Gender, Labor, and the Care Work DiscourseChapter 2: The Labors of Life: Care Work, Social Reproduction, and CapitalismChapter 3: Social Reproduction, Coercion, and CareChapter 4: “Tell ‘Dem Slavery Done’”: Social Reproduction and the Politics of ResistanceChapter 5. Who Cares? Caring (or Not Caring) for the PoorChapter 6: In Bed with Capitalism: The State, Capital, and Profiting Off Those in NeedChapter 7. Radical CareConclusion
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Transcript Verlag Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes
Book SynopsisIn what way is "care" a matter of "tinkering"? Rather than presenting care as a (preferably "warm") relation between human beings, the various contributions to the volume give the material world (usually cast as "cold") a prominent place in their analysis. Thus, this book does not continue to oppose care and technology, but contributes to rethinking both in such a way that they can be analysed together. Technology is not cast as a functional tool, easy to control - it is shifting, changing, surprising and adaptable. In care practices all "things" are (and have to be) tinkered with persistently. Knowledge is fluid, too. Rather than a set of general rules, the knowledges (in the plural) relevant to care practices are as adaptable and in need of adaptation as the technologies, the bodies, the people, and the daily lives involved.Trade Review"A book that [...] entered into the debate at exactly the right moment." Christoph Schneider/Bettina-Johanna Krings, Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis [German scientific journal on technical assessment], 21/1 (2012) "An interesting read not only for professionals but also for those affected and those critically questioning current care practices." Sabine Plonz, DAS ARGUMENT [German bimonthly academic journal for philosophy and social sciences], 292 (2011) "This book can be considered as an important contribution in the research of care in practice. It moves beyond theories of care by choosing practices as starting point to evaluate and improve theoretical insights. This approach is able to present new and surprising insights and for that it is valuable for every qualitative researcher in care practices." Elleke Landeweer, Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy, 3 (2011) "This book illustrates an inspiring path towards the questions how care produces or creates its objects, bodies, patients and carers; and how care incorporates knowledge and technologies." Tom Bieling, http://designabilities.wordpress.com, 16.09.2010 Reviewed in: Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy, 3 (2011), Elleke Landeweer
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContributors xiii Preface xxiii Part One Core methods 1 1 Starting a review 3 1.1 Why do a systematic review? 3 1.2 What is the review question? 4 1.3 Who should do a systematic review? 5 1.4 The importance of reliability 7 1.5 Protocol development 8 1.6 Data management and quality assurance 11 1.7 Chapter information 12 1.8 References 12 2 Determining the scope of the review and the questions it will address 13 2.1 Rationale for well-formulated questions 13 2.2 Aims of reviews of interventions 15 2.3 Defining the scope of a review question 16 2.4 Ensuring the review addresses the right questions 21 2.5 Methods and tools for structuring the review 24 2.6 Chapter information 29 2.7 References 29 3 Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis 33 3.1 Introduction 33 3.2 Articulating the review and comparison PICO 35 3.3 Determining which study designs to include 51 3.4 Eligibility based on publication status and language 60 3.5 Chapter information 61 3.6 References 61 4 Searching for and selecting studies 67 4.1 Introduction 68 4.2 General issues 68 4.3 Sources to search 70 4.4 Designing search strategies 79 4.5 Documenting and reporting the search process 90 4.6 Selecting studies 92 4.7 Chapter information 99 4.8 References 99 5 Collecting data 109 5.1 Introduction 109 5.2 Sources of data 110 5.3 What data to collect 114 5.4 Data collection tools 125 5.5 Extracting data from reports 130 5.6 Extracting study results and converting to the desired format 136 5.7 Managing and sharing data 136 5.8 Chapter information 137 5.9 References 137 6 Choosing effect measures and computing estimates of effect 143 6.1 Types of data and effect measures 143 6.2 Study designs and identifying the unit of analysis 145 6.3 Extracting estimates of effect directly 148 6.4 Dichotomous outcome data 150 6.5 Continuous outcome data 156 6.6 Ordinal outcome data and measurement scales 168 6.7 Count and rate data 170 6.8 Time-to-event data 172 6.9 Conditional outcomes only available for subsets of participants 173 6.10 Chapter information 174 6.11 References 174 7 Considering bias and conflicts of interest among the included studies 177 7.1 Introduction 177 7.2 Empirical evidence of bias 180 7.3 General procedures for risk-of-bias assessment 185 7.4 Presentation of assessment of risk of bias 188 7.5 Summary assessments of risk of bias 188 7.6 Incorporating assessment of risk of bias into analyses 190 7.7 Considering risk of bias due to missing results 192 7.8 Considering source of funding and conflict of interest of authors of included studies 193 7.9 Chapter information 199 7.10 References 199 8 Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial 205 8.1 Introduction 205 8.2 Overview of RoB 2 206 8.3 Bias arising from the randomization process 212 8.4 Bias due to deviations from intended interventions 214 8.5 Bias due to missing outcome data 217 8.6 Bias in measurement of the outcome 220 8.7 Bias in selection of the reported result 221 8.8 Differences from the previous version of the tool 225 8.9 Chapter information 226 8.10 References 227 9 Summarizing study characteristics and preparing for synthesis 229 9.1 Introduction 229 9.2 A general framework for synthesis 230 9.3 Preliminary steps of a synthesis 231 9.4 Checking data before synthesis 238 9.5 Types of synthesis 238 9.6 Chapter information 240 9.7 References 240 10 Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses 241 10.1 Do not start here! 242 10.2 Introduction to meta-analysis 242 10.3 A generic inverse-variance approach to meta-analysis 245 10.4 Meta-analysis of dichotomous outcomes 246 10.5 Meta-analysis of continuous outcomes 251 10.6 Combining dichotomous and continuous outcomes 254 10.7 Meta-analysis of ordinal outcomes and measurement scales 255 10.8 Meta-analysis of counts and rates 255 10.9 Meta-analysis of time-to-event outcomes 256 10.10 Heterogeneity 257 10.11 Investigating heterogeneity 265 10.12 Missing data 272 10.13 Bayesian approaches to meta-analysis 276 10.14 Sensitivity analyses 277 10.15 Chapter information 279 10.16 References 280 11 Undertaking network meta-analyses 285 11.1 What is network meta-analysis? 285 11.2 Important concepts 287 11.3 Planning a Cochrane Review to compare multiple interventions 293 11.4 Synthesis of results 297 11.5 Evaluating confidence in the results of a network meta-analysis 304 11.6 Presenting network meta-analyses 309 11.7 Concluding remarks 315 11.8 Chapter information 316 11.9 References 316 12 Synthesizing and presenting findings using other methods 321 12.1 Why a meta-analysis of effect estimates may not be possible 321 12.2 Statistical synthesis when meta-analysis of effect estimates is not possible 324 12.3 Visual display and presentation of the data 330 12.4 Worked example 333 12.5 Chapter information 345 12.6 References 346 13 Assessing risk of bias due to missing results in a synthesis 349 13.1 Introduction 350 13.2 Minimizing risk of bias due to missing results 351 13.3 A framework for assessing risk of bias due to missing results in a synthesis 354 13.4 Summary 369 13.5 Chapter information 370 13.6 References 370 14 Completing ‘Summary of findings’ tables and grading the certainty of the evidence 375 14.1 ‘Summary of findings’ tables 375 14.2 Assessing the certainty or quality of a body of evidence 389 14.3 Describing the assessment of the certainty of a body of evidence using the GRADE framework 398 14.4 Chapter information 399 14.5 References 399 15 Interpreting results and drawing conclusions 403 15.1 Introduction 403 15.2 Issues of indirectness and applicability 405 15.3 Interpreting results of statistical analyses 408 15.4 Interpreting results from dichotomous outcomes (including numbers needed to treat) 411 15.5 Interpreting results from continuous outcomes (including standardized mean differences) 416 15.6 Drawing conclusions 422 15.7 Chapter information 427 15.8 References 428 Part Two Specific perspectives in reviews 433 16 Equity and specific populations 435 16.1 Introduction to equity in systematic reviews 435 16.2 Formulation of the review 437 16.3 Identification of evidence 441 16.4 Appraisal of evidence 443 16.5 Synthesis of evidence 443 16.6 Interpretation of evidence 444 16.7 Concluding remarks 445 16.8 Chapter information 445 16.9 References 445 17 Intervention complexity 451 17.1 Introduction 451 17.2 Formulation of the review 461 17.3 Identification of evidence 468 17.4 Appraisal of evidence 469 17.5 Synthesis of evidence 469 17.6 Interpretation of evidence 472 17.7 Chapter information 473 17.8 References 474 18 Patient-reported outcomes 479 18.1 Introduction to patient-reported outcomes 479 18.2 Formulation of the review 480 18.3 Appraisal of evidence 482 18.4 Synthesis and interpretation of evidence 485 18.5 Chapter information 488 18.6 References 489 19 Adverse effects 493 19.1 Introduction to issues in addressing adverse effects 493 19.2 Formulation of the review 496 19.3 Identification of evidence 500 19.4 Appraisal of evidence 502 19.5 Synthesis and interpretation of evidence 503 19.6 Chapter information 504 19.7 References 505 20 Economic evidence 507 20.1 Introduction 507 20.2 Formulation of the review 512 20.3 Identification of evidence 517 20.4 Appraisal of evidence 519 20.5 Synthesis and interpretation of evidence 519 20.6 Chapter information 521 20.7 References 522 21 Qualitative evidence 525 21.1 Introduction 525 21.2 Designs for synthesizing and integrating qualitative evidence with intervention reviews 526 21.3 Defining qualitative evidence and studies 527 21.4 Planning a qualitative evidence synthesis linked to an intervention review 528 21.5 Question development 529 21.6 Questions exploring intervention implementation 530 21.7 Searching for qualitative evidence 531 21.8 Assessing methodological strengths and limitations of qualitative studies 532 21.9 Selecting studies to synthesize 533 21.10 Selecting a qualitative evidence synthesis and data extraction method 534 21.11 Data extraction 534 21.12 Assessing the confidence in qualitative synthesized findings 537 21.13 Methods for integrating the qualitative evidence synthesis with an intervention review 537 21.14 Reporting the protocol and qualitative evidence synthesis 538 21.15 Chapter information 539 21.16 References 539 Part Three Further topics 547 22 Prospective approaches to accumulating evidence 549 22.1 Introduction 549 22.2 Evidence surveillance: active monitoring of the accumulating evidence 550 22.3 Prospectively planned meta-analysis 554 22.4 Statistical analysis of accumulating evidence 561 22.5 Chapter information 564 22.6 References 565 23 Including variants on randomized trials 569 23.1 Cluster-randomized trials 569 23.2 Crossover trials 576 23.3 Studies with more than two intervention groups 585 23.4 Chapter information 590 23.5 References 591 24 Including non-randomized studies on intervention effects 595 24.1 Introduction 595 24.2 Developing criteria for including non-randomized studies of interventions 601 24.3 Searching for non-randomized studies of interventions 606 24.4 Selecting studies and collecting data 608 24.5 Assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies 610 24.6 Synthesis of results from non-randomized studies 611 24.7 Interpretation and discussion 614 24.8 Chapter information 617 24.9 References 617 25 Assessing risk of bias in a non-randomized study 621 25.1 Introduction 622 25.2 Biases in non-randomized studies 623 25.3 The ROBINS-I tool 626 25.4 Risk of bias in follow-up (cohort) studies 632 25.5 Risk of bias in uncontrolled before-after studies (including interrupted time series) 635 25.6 Risk of bias in controlled before-after studies 638 25.7 Chapter information 640 25.8 References 640 26 Individual participant data 643 26.1 Introduction 643 26.2 Collecting IPD 647 26.3 Managing and checking IPD 650 26.4 Analysis of IPD 652 26.5 Reporting IPD reviews 655 26.6 Appraising the quality of IPD reviews 655 26.7 Chapter information 655 26.8 References 655 Index 659
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F.A. Davis Company Medical Law, Ethics, & Bioethics for the Health
Book SynopsisBe prepared for the complexities of healthcare practice today!Meet the legal and ethical challenges you will face as a healthcare professional in ambulatory outpatient and clinical settings. The 8th Edition of this popular text guides you through legal concepts and the law, important ethical issues, and the emerging area of bioethics to prepare you to treat your patients with understanding, sensitivity, and compassion.Often complex concepts are brought to life with vignettes, case studies and other real-world examples of how legal theories, the law, and ethics apply to day-to-day practice in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare system. Clearly written and easy to read, it provides the strong ethical and legal foundation that today’s healthcare professionals need to better serve their clients.Access more online.Redeem the code inside new, printed texts to gain access to a wealth of resources online, including video case studies and decision-tree activities.Trade ReviewSee what students and instructors are saying about the previous edition…Students learn well using this book. “This works very well as a textbook for our medical assistant program.”- Walla Walla Community College, Jackson, WA., Online Reviewer;…book for the MA program I'm in… “and it’s nice and easy to understand.”- Zlara, Online Reviewer;Five Stars “Great Book- well worth the $$$”.”- Dory W., Online Reviewer;Great book. “Recommend this book to anyone, very informative.”- Beatrice, Online Reviewer.Table of Contents I. Understanding the Basics 1. Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics 2. Medical Practice Management 3. The Professional Health-Care Team II. Law, Liability, and Duties 4. State and Federal Regulations 5. Professional Liability 6. Law for Health Professionals 7. Public Duties 8. Consent III. Workplace Issues 9. Medical Records 10. Reimbursement and Collection Practices 11. Employment Practices 12. A Cultural Perspective for Health Professionals IV. Bioethical Issues 13. Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources 14. Genetic Modification 15. Reproductive Issues 16. End of Life Issues Special Section Have a Care! Appendices I. Code of Ethics II. Sample Documents for End-of-Life Issues
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Cengage Learning, Inc Currens Math for Meds Dosages and Solutions
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION 1: REFRESHER MATH. 1. Relative Value, Addition and Subtraction of Decimals. 2. Multiplication and Division of Decimals. 3. Solving Common Fraction Equations. SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION TO DRUG MEASURES. 4. Metric, International (SI) System. 5. Unit, Percentage, Milliequivalent, Ratio, and Household Measures. SECTION 3: PREPARING FOR MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION. 6. Safe Medication Administration. 7. Interpreting Drug Labels. 8. Ratio and Proportion. 9. Dimensional Analysis. 10. Formula Method. SECTION 4: CALCULATING DRUG DOSAGES. 11. Oral Dosage Calculations. 12. Parenteral Dosages and Syringe Measurements. 13. Reconstitution. 14. Insulin. SECTION 5: ADULT AND PEDIATRIC CALCULATIONS; INCLUDING BODY WEIGHT AND BSA. 15. Dosages Based on Body Weight. 16. Dosages Based on Body Surface Area. 17. Pediatric Dosages: Oral, Parenteral and Intravenous. SECTION 6: INTRAVENOUS CALCULATIONS. 18. Introduction to IV Therapy. 19. IV Flow Rate Calculation. 20. Calculating IV Infusion. 21. IV Medication and Titration Calculations. 22. Heparin Infusion Calculations.
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University of California Press The Quality Cure
Book SynopsisIn the United States, the soaring cost of health care has become an economic drag and a political flashpoint. Moreover, although the country's medical spending is higher than that of any other nation, health outcomes are no better than elsewhere, and in some cases are even worse. In The Quality Cure, renowned health care economist and former Obama advisor David Cutler offers an accessible and incisive account of the issues and their causes, as well as a road map for the future of health care reform--one that shows how information technology, realigned payment systems, and value-focused organizations together have the power to resolve this seemingly intractable problem and transform the US health care system into one that is affordable, efficient, and effective.Trade Review"Cutler has an exceptional ability to tackle an extremely complex topic, such as US health care spending, and make it simple and understandable for noneconomists while remaining true to the theory and science... The Quality Cure should be required reading for those who manage or provide care. In particular, medical students and residents need to understand the ideas in this compelling book. Until now, health care has not had such a simultaneously scholarly and accessible book. Those seasoned in policy making will benefit from Cutler's insider look, his clear and concise way of communicating complex topics, and the detailed references and figures. Those new to the policy efforts around reducing costs and improving quality will also benefit from Cutler's simplified conceptual framework, his clear and compelling language, and his disciplined approach... Cutler's experience, scholarship, and practical wisdom lay out a clear theory of change and policy recommendations for achieving it." -- Peter J. Pronovost Health AffairsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Cost, Access, and Quality: The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse 2. The Value Proposition 3. The Cost Control Debate 4. The Quality Cure 5. It's What You Know 6. Pricing the Priceless 7. Take Me to Your Leader 8. How Long Will It Take? Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Global Perspectives in Cancer Care
Book SynopsisWith cancer ranking as the primary or secondary cause of premature death in almost 100 countries worldwide, the World Health Organization recognized a high level of investment in cancer control and treatment (including palliative care) in 2019. At that time, governments at the World Health Assembly (WHA) unanimously adopted a new cancer resolution (Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to Build a Healthier World). The resolution noted the potential for cancer prevention to reduce cancer burden in the future, while reducing the suffering from cancer in the communities.As most countries are facing an overall increase in the absolute number of cancer cases, large geographical diversity in cancer occurrence and variations in the magnitude and profile of the disease still continue between and within world regions. Specific types of cancer dominate globally: lung, female breast, and colorectal cancer. The regional variations in common cancer types signal the extent to which societal, ecTrade ReviewThis is an insightful book exploring different cultural perspectives surrounding cancer diagnosis and treatment. It is a great resource for individuals working with cancer patients. * Linda R. McDaniel, Frontier Nursing University *
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Oxford University Press Inc The Public Health Crisis Survival Guide
Book SynopsisFirefighters are taught to battle flames. Police learn to respond quickly to 911 calls. So why are so few health officials prepared for public health crises? Updated to consider the COVID-19 pandemic, The Public Health Crisis Survival Guide is here to help. Whether it''s an infectious disease outbreak, a scathing news report, or a sudden budget calamity, this book gives public health readers an honest and practical overview of what to do when things go wrong -- not just to survive, but to lead and thrive in the most difficult circumstances.With examples drawn from history, recent headlines, and the author''s own experience at the local, state, and federal levels, this book covers: how to recognize, manage, and communicate in a crisis how to pivot from managing a crisis to advocating for long-term policy change that can prevent the crisis from happening again how to awaken a sense of crisis on a longstanding problem to generate momentum for change taboo topics, including whether and Trade ReviewEngaging, informative, and thought-provoking - as close to a page-turner as a professional publication can be. As a result, it could become foundational in the education and continuing education of public health professionals; it should. * American Journal of Public Health *Essential reading ... A nuanced discussion about how health officials can accept responsibility and blame in a way that increases confidence in their leadership and in their organization. * Health Security *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction Part I 2. Elixir Sulfanilamide 3. Thalidomide Sidebar 3.1 Frances Kelsey, the Heroine of the FDA Grace Mandel 4. The Swine Flu of 1976 5. HIV Part II 6. Recognizing a Crisis 7. Crisis Management Sidebar 7.1 Flint, Michigan: More than Safe Water Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH 8. Communications and Politics Sidebar 8.1 Bellevue Hospital: Losing Credibility Grace Mandel Sidebar 8.2 Smallpox at the NIH Edward L. Hunter 9. Preventing the Next Crisis Sidebar 9.1 Responding to the Newton Shootings Governor Martin O'Malley Sidebar 9.2 Opportunity in Crisis: Jack-in-the-Box and the FDA Grace Mandel Part III 10. Responsibility and Blame 11. Opportunity in Crisis Appendix
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Oxford University Press Fix IT See and solve the problems of digital
Book SynopsisNew technologies like AI, medical apps and implants seem very exciting but they too often have bugs and are susceptible to cyberattacks. Even well-established technologies like infusion pumps, pacemakers and radiotherapy aren''t immune.Until digital healthcare improves, digital risk means that patients may be harmed unnecessarily, and healthcare staff will continue to be blamed for problems when it''s not their fault.This book tells stories of widespread problems with digital healthcare. The stories inspire and challenge anyone who wants to make hospitals and healthcare better. The stories and their resolutions will empower patients, clinical staff and digital developers to help transform digital healthcare to make it safer and more effective. This book is not just about the bugs and cybersecurity threats that affect digital healthcare. More importantly, it''s about the solutions that can make digital healthcare much safer.Trade ReviewThis is an extraordinary book: a potent and engaging compendium of revelatory stories, bold insights, wise advice, and fresh thinking. * Daniel Jackson (Professor of Computer Science, MIT) *This is a brilliant and hugely enjoyable book which should be compulsory reading for anyone with high-level responsibility for patient care. * Martin Elliott (former Medical Director, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children) *Table of Contents1: How to read this book PART 1: Diagnosis - riskier than you think 2: We don't know what we don't know 3: Cat Thinking 4: Dogs dancing 5: Fatal overdose 6: Swiss Cheese 7: Victims & second victims 8: Side-effects and scandals 9: The scale of the problem 10: Medical apps and bug blocking PART 2: Treatment - Finding solutions 11: Cars have got safer 12: Safety Two 13: Computational Thinking 14: Risky calculations 15: Who's accountable? 16: Regulation needs fixing 17: Safe and secure 18: Who profits? 19: Interoperability 20: Human Factors 21: Computer Factors 22: User Centered Design 23: Iterative Design 24: Wedge Thinking 25: Attention to detail 26: Planes have got safer 27: Stories for developers 28: Finding bugs 29: Choose safety Part 3: Prognosis - a better future 30: Signs of life 31: The pivotal pandemic? 32: Living happily ever after 33: Good reading 34: Notes 35: Healthcare openness and acknowledgements
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Oxford University Press Caring for America
Book SynopsisIn this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the American welfare state from the perspective of care work and chronicles how home care workers eventually became one of the most vibrant forces in the American labor movement. Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein demonstrate the ways in which law and social policy made home care a low-waged job that was stigmatized as welfare and relegated to the bottom of the medical hierarchy. For decades, these front-line caregivers labored in the shadows of a welfare state that shaped the conditions of the occupation. Disparate, often chaotic programs for home care, which allowed needy, elderly, and disabled people to avoid institutionalization, historically paid poverty wages to the African American and immigrant women who constituted the majority of the labor force. Yet policymakers and welfare administrators linked discourses of dependence and iTrade ReviewAlthough Caring for America was the subject of numerous reviews at the time of its publication in 2012, it is only now, seven years later, that we can grasp the importance of its contribution to the literature on thecarework. * Sonya Michel, Clio: Femmes, Genre, Historie *Caring for America is a remarkable achievement. At once a simple story of how a large and growing sector of disadvantaged women fought for dignity and the right to be treated as workers, it is simultaneously a subtle analysis of the tension between private needs and state intervention. This inspiring tale is, in important ways, the story of modern America. * Alice Kessler-Harris, author of In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth Century America *This long awaited book is the definitive historical account of the growth of employment and unionization in publicly funded home care work. Boris and Klein provide a powerful, deeply researched analysis of this burgeoning type of 'intimate labor,' past and present. Caring for America is a must-read for anyone interested in low-wage work, the labor movement, and the future of the massive and rapidly expanding carework sector of the U.S. economy. * Ruth Milkman, City University of New York, and author of L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement *Caring for America is an outstanding study of an industry, social movements, and the people who compose them. It is fundamentally an analysis of a fight for social and economic justice and a tribute to a workforce that has emerged out of invisibility and become a source of energy for a workers' movement operating both inside and outside organized labor. Boris and Klein introduce the reader to a decades old struggle for dignity which has witnessed twists and turns but in order to sustain itself must rely on its own energy rather than the good-will of outsiders. * Bill Fletcher, Jr., co-author of Solidarity Divided and Visiting Scholar, CUNY Graduate Center *Is caring for the ill and the elderly real work or purely a labor of love? Engaging and deeply insightful, Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein's Caring for America draws on historical record to make an irrefutable case for the social, economic, and political significance of carework. Scholars, policy-makers, and all of us who provide or require care should pay notice. * Viviana A. Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University *Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein's Caring for America investigates the history of the home health care crisis. The study makes a significant contribution to labor history, welfare history, and the history of health care. ... Caring for America is thoroughly researched, sophisticated study by top scholars who have produced an important exploration of home health care in the United States." * The Journal of American History *Caring for America is an important, difficult, and timely book... [it] will be a tremendous asset to legal historians, labor historians, and scholars of the United States welfare state. * Law and History Review *Boris and Klein's study is exemplary... and is one of the finest studies anywhere of the complex political and economic interests that are associated with care. * Labour/Le Travail *Caring for America [is] part feminist critique of the welfare state, part labor history, part organizing case study... Boris and Klein meticulously trace the role of government policy in the creation of home care as a low-wage occupation. * DISSENT *Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein fill a void in the literature devoted to care work by documenting the history of this struggle for recognition. In addition to its passionate yet sober prose style, the strength of the argument comes from the authors' particular perspective. While both are professional historians, they study home care work through the voices of worker activists who fought for justice. Thus, this text is as much a history of a social movement as it is a history of public policy. Indeed, the authors treat these two forces, policy and praxis, as dialectically related. And this dynamic, movement oriented character of the study reveals an authorial imagination as much sociological as historical. * Critical Sociology *Historians Boris and Klein give us a narrative of the development of this still-evolving job-as well as of the activism and organizing of these workers-that is at once compelling in its nuance and local specificity and sophisticated in it analytical breadth. ...a rich historical analysis... * Signs *This important book brings attention to a neglected segment of the contemporary US workforce. Caring for America is essential reading for historians of labor and the welfare state. Policymakers, organizers, workers, and current and future clients must take stock of the authors' crucial point that working conditions and the quality of care are interdependent. * Labor *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; Illustrations ; Abbreviations ; Acknowledgments ; Preface: The Personal Is Prologue ; Introduction: Making the Private Public ; Chapter 1: Neither Nurses nor Maids ; Chapter 2: Rehabilitative Missions ; Chapter 3: Caring for the Great Society ; Chapter 4: Welfare Wars, Seventies Style ; Chapter 5: <"Take Us Out of Slavery>" ; Chapter 6: <"The Union Is Us>" ; Chapter 7: <"We Were the Invisible Workforce>" ; Epilogue: Challenging Care
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McGill-Queen's University Press Other Endings
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National Academies Press Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010
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