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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Metabolical
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F.A. Davis Company Diseases of the Human Body
Book SynopsisGain insight on diseases and treatment options for better patient care!Explore human diseases and disorders…from a patient’s perspective!Join the generations of students who have relied on this popular text to introduce them to common human diseases and disorders. Its concise, well-organized approach makes learning about the conditions nearly painless! You’ll better understand your patient’s condition and more easily form a plan of care. And it emphasizes the condition from the perspective of the patient, so you can empathize with the patient as you’re providing care. You’ll want to keep this book long after you’ve finished your program!Access more online.Redeem thecode inside new, printed texts to gain access to a wealth of resources online, including videos, animations, and chapter review podcasts.Trade ReviewSee what students are saying about the previous edition…Save it for your medical library. “Great textbook. Made a class I thought was going to be dreadfully boring into one of my favorite classes. You'll learn a lot more about your health and the health of your family. Definitely hanging on to this one.”- K., Online Reviewer;Great Content. “This was required for my class, but I’m really enjoying the content. Great information on sign/symptoms, causes, etiology, treatment and prevention of so many diseases.”- Emily, Online Reviewer;Five Stars. “Great book for class. Clear concise wording. Straight to the point, easy to follow and read.”- Joyce, Online Reviewer.Table of Contents 1. The Disease Process 2. Integrative Medicine and Complementary Therapies 3. Pain and Its Management 4. Infectious and Communicable Diseases 5. Cancer 6. Congenital Diseases and Disorders 7. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders 8. Skin Diseases and Disorders 9. Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders 10. Nervous System Diseases and Disorders 11. Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders 12. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System Diseases and Disorders 13. Respiratory System Diseases and Disorders 14. Digestive System Diseases and Disorders 15. Urinary System Diseases and Disorders 16. Reproductive System Diseases and Disorders 17. Eye and Ear Diseases and Disorders Appendix 1. Diagnostic Procedures Appendix 2. Abbreviations Glossary
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Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community
Book SynopsisFully updated for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing is the essential guide to caring for patients in primary care and in community settings. Concise and comprehensive, the book provides the reader with both evidence-based clinical knowledge as well as the organizational structure of community health services. Chapters range from common adult and paediatric health problems, to more specific targeted advice for service users with extra needs and people with long-term conditions. The handbook includes information on how health and social care services are organised and funded, from common technical care procedures to complex situations, alongside detailed aspects of health promotion in adults, children, and adolescents. With new topics on consultation frameworks and models, supporting young people in their transition to the adult services, and female genital mutilation, all clinical guidelines, epidemiology, and statistics have been revised to reTrade ReviewThis handbook is essential to convey accurate and up-to-date information * Gwendolyn Sue Short, Doody Reviews *Review from previous edition This book is an excellent reference book for nurses working in the community primary care settings. It is written by experts in their relevant fields and provides the reader with up to date information which is easy to read and easy to access... It is an invaluable resource for the busy community nurse. * The Irish Practice Association website *Table of Contents1: The context of health care 2: Nursing in primary care 3: Quality and safety 4: Approaches to individual health needs assessment 5: Medicines management and nurse prescribing 6: Child health promotion 7: Child and adolescent health 8: Adult health promotion 9: Service users with extra needs 10: Adult care provision 11: Care of adults with long term conditions 12: Adult health problems 13: First aid and emergencies 14: Useful information
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McGraw-Hill Education CURRENT Diagnosis Treatment in Family Medicine
Book SynopsisProvide continuous, comprehensive care of patients throughout their lifetimes with this evidence-based guideA Doody's Core Title for 2024! An easy-to-use guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of the full range of clinical conditions seen in primary care NEW content includes coverage of genetics and precision medicine use in family medicine, telehealth in family medicine, CTE and sports injuries, Zika, the opioid epidemic, Hepatitis C, expansion of the HIV section, veteran's health and PTSD, and more The leading resource for USMLE Step 3 review, board certification and maintenance or recertificationEssential for primary care trainees, practicing physicians, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants FeaturesOrganized according to the developmental lifespan, beginning with childhood and adolescence and progressing through adulthood and senior year
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HarperCollins Publishers Critical Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we
Book Synopsis The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. Trade Review‘Brilliant. Everyone who cares about the NHS should read this brilliant book’ – Peter Stefanovic ‘If you’re a campaigner for the NHS, this new book, Critical, is a must-read. And if you’re not a campaigner for the NHS, this new book, Critical, is a must-read. Be informed; be angry; fight.’ – Dominic Minghella ‘A fantastic read for anyone interested in what’s happening to our NHS’ – Jemma Forte ‘Recommended reading. Angry but not shouty, terrifically researched and written’ – Russ Jones ‘An incredibly important book about the demise of our NHS and what we must do to reverse the damage that’s being done to it. A sobering and important read. I can highly recommend it’ – Kit Yates ‘Exceptional … a must read’ – Grace Blakeley ‘Critical is a superb, concise, yet informative and passionate piece of work. It neatly outlines just why politicians and successive governments have vandalised and decimated our NHS. However, more importantly, it shows the reader that there is another way – and that there is also something still left to fight for.’ Canary ‘Julia Grace Patterson has written a book reminding us just why we need a well-funded, state-run NHS of the sort neither major political party in the UK now supports. She's right.’ Richard Murphy
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HarperCollins Publishers Critical
Book SynopsisThe true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it.The NHS is an institution. But it's also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It's a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It's a construct, framed in the media. It's a set of ideas and a logo. It's a workplace for many and the birthplace of almost all of us. It's become a valued part of our society, it is extraordinarily special and it's being destroyed.' The NHS is at crisis point. In the 75 years since it was founded on the dream of making healthcare accessible to everyone, its principles have been chipped away at and disregarded by successive political leaders. The result: an underfunded, understaffed, exhausted workforce, a decimation of patient services and the infiltration of privatisation within our public healthcare system. We are now in danger of losing what we have come to depend upon: the NHS is collapsing and a two-tierTrade Review‘Brilliant. Everyone who cares about the NHS should read this brilliant book’ – Peter Stefanovic ‘If you’re a campaigner for the NHS, this new book, Critical, is a must-read. And if you’re not a campaigner for the NHS, this new book, Critical, is a must-read. Be informed; be angry; fight.’ – Dominic Minghella ‘A fantastic read for anyone interested in what’s happening to our NHS’ – Jemma Forte ‘Recommended reading. Angry but not shouty, terrifically researched and written’ – Russ Jones ‘An incredibly important book about the demise of our NHS and what we must do to reverse the damage that’s being done to it. A sobering and important read. I can highly recommend it’ – Kit Yates ‘Exceptional … a must read’ – Grace Blakeley ‘Critical is a superb, concise, yet informative and passionate piece of work. It neatly outlines just why politicians and successive governments have vandalised and decimated our NHS. However, more importantly, it shows the reader that there is another way – and that there is also something still left to fight for.’ Canary ‘Julia Grace Patterson has written a book reminding us just why we need a well-funded, state-run NHS of the sort neither major political party in the UK now supports. She's right.’ Richard Murphy
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Strong at the Broken Places
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Genomic Messages
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Right to Try How the Federal Government
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Put Your Best Face Forward The Ultimate Guide to
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Viral
Book SynopsisChan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature. (New York Times Book Review) Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the most incisive and authoritative book about the search for the source of the virus.A new virus descended on the human species in 2019 wreaking unprecedented havoc. Finding out where it came from and how it first jumped into people is an urgent priority, but early expectations that this would prove an easy question to answer have been dashed. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the crucial mystery of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is not only unresolved but has deepened. In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist an
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sickening
Book SynopsisThe inside story of how Big Pharma’s relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge—misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health.The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of the problem is Big Pharma, which funds most clinical trials and therefore controls the research agenda, withholds the real data from those trials as corporate secrets, and shapes most of the information relied upon by health care professionals.In this no-holds-barred exposé, Dr. John Abramson—one of the foremost experts on the drug industry’s deceptive tactics—combines patient stories with what he learned during many years of serving as an expert in national drug litigation to reveal the tangled web of financial in
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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc The New Public Health
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book discusses the immunization of majority of a population... This book also discusses the history of public health, the Global environmental issues, the rapid population growth in poorest countries, the high level of energy consumption and low rates of population growth in industrialized countries, economic of health, human resources, and much, much more." --Wonderpedia USATable of Contents1. A history of public health 2. Expanding the concept of public health 3. Measuring, monitoring, and evaluating the health of a population 4. Communicable diseases 5. Noncommunicable diseases and conditions 6. Family health and primary prevention 7. Special community health needs 8. Nutrition and food safety 9. Environmental and occupational health 10. Organization of public health systems 11. Measuring costs: The economics of health 12. Planning and managing health systems 13. National health systems 14. Human resources for health 15. Health technology, quality, law, and ethics 16. Global health
£103.50
Pearson Professionalism in Health Care Plus New Mylab
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Pearson Platinum Planner Aemt Student Access Code Card
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Pearson Introduction to Audiology with Enhanced Pearson
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Pearson Medical Terminology A Living Language Plus Mylab
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Pearson Education (US) Prehospital Emergency Pharmacology
Book SynopsisAbout our authors Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAEMS, EMT-P, is an emergency physician, researcher and EMS author. Presently, he is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, and an Attending Emergency Physician at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and EMS. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Bledsoe worked as an EMT, a paramedic and a paramedic instructor. He completed EMT training in 1974 and paramedic training in 1976 and worked for six years as a field paramedic in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1979, he joined the faculty of the University of North Texas Health Science Center and served as a coordinator of EMT and paramedic education programs at the university. Dr. Bledsoe is active in emergency medicine and EMS research. He is a popular speaker at state, national and international seminars and writes regularly for numerousTable of Contents1. General Information2. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics3. Administration of Medications4. Medication Dosage Calculations5. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Intravenous Therapy6. The Autonomic Nervous System7. Medications Used in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Emergencies8. Medications Used in the Treatment of Respiratory Emergencies9. Medications Used in the Treatment of Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis10. Medications Used in the Treatment of Metabolic-Endocrine Emergencies11. Medications Used in the Treatment of Neurological Emergencies12. Medications Used in the Treatment of Obstetrical and Gynecological Emergencies13. Medications Used in Toxicological Emergencies14. Medications Used in the Treatment of Behavioral Emergencies15. Medications Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Emergencies16. Sedation and Pain Management17. Weapons of Mass DestructionAppendicesA. Glossary of Street Drug NamesB. Emergency Intravenous Fluids Quick Reference GuideC. Quick Medication ReferenceD. Common Home Prescription Drug InformationE. Medication Administration SkillsF. A Guide to Herbal SupplementsG. Practice Problems Answer Key - Chapter 4
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Pearson Education (US) SUCCESS in Phlebotomy
Book SynopsisTable of Contents PART I: OVERVIEW, SAFETY PROCEDURES, AND MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1. Phlebotomy Practice and Quality Essentials 2. Communication, Computerization, and Documentation 3. Professional Ethics, Legal, and Regulatory Issues 4. Infection Control 5. Safety and First Aid PART II: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN BODY 6. Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Physiology of Organ Systems 7. The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems PART III: PHLEBOTOMY EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES 8. Blood Collection Equipment 9. Preanalytical Complications Causing Medical Errors in Blood Collection 10. Venipuncture Procedures 11. Capillary Blood Specimens 12. Specimen Handling, Transportation, and Processing PART IV: POINT-OF-CARE TESTING AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES 13. Pediatric and Geriatric Procedures 14. Point-of-Care Collections 15. Arterial, Intravenous (IV), and Special Collection Procedures 16. Urinalysis, Body Fluids, and Other Specimens 17. Forensic Toxicology, Workplace Testing, Sports Medicine, and Related Areas
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Pearson Medical Terminology Get Connected Plus Mylab
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Pearson Pearsons Comprehensive Dental Assisting with
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Penguin Putnam Inc Fat Chance
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Oxford University Press Inc A Practical Guide to Emergency Telehealth
Book SynopsisTable of Contents[DRAFT] Chapter 1 Telemedicine Basics Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA, Jared Lucas, MD Chapter 2 Telemedicine Technologies Dean L. Smith, MD, MBI Chapter 3 Telehealth Training and Education Aditi U. Joshi MD, MSc, FACEP, Neal Sikka, MD, FACEP Chapter 4 Telehealth Adoption and Patient Engagement Ahmad A. Aalam MBBS, Kareem A. Osman BS, Aaron Martin Chapter 5 Quality Assessment in Emergency Telehealth Jason C. Goldwater, MA, MPA, Judd E. Hollander, MD Chapter 6 Legal, Regulatory and Reimbursement Considerations Alexis S. Gilroy, JD, Kimberly L. Rockwell, MD, JD, Adam Rutenberg, DO, MBA, Claire Marblestone, Kyle Y. Faget, Esq. Chapter 7 Telehealth Cybersecurity Colton D. Hood, MD MBI Chapter 8 Telestroke and Teleneurology Hartmut Gross, MD, FACEP, Jeffrey A Switzer, DO, MCTS, FAHA, FAAN Chapter 9 Emergency Telepsychiatry Ewald Horwath, MD, MS, LFAPA, Thomas E. Dell, Zeina Saliba, MD Chapter 10 Role of Telemedicine for Guiding Rural Emergent Neurosurgical Care Muhammad O. Chohan MD, M. Omar Chohan, MD, FAANS, Associate Professor, Martina Stippler MD, FACS, FAANS, Susy Salvo Wendt, Howard Yonas MD Chapter 11 Emergency Ocular Telehealth Services Anika Goodwin, MD, FACS, Chloe T. L. Khoo, MD Chapter 12 Medical Subspecialty Telehealth Consults Susie Q. Lew, MD, Shailendra Sharma, MD, Marc O. Siegel, MD, Hana Akselrod, MD, MPH, Simranjit Kaur, MBBS, Anita Kumar, MD, Marie L. Borum, MD, EdD, MPH, MACP, FACG, AGAF Chapter 13 Telemedicine in the Surgical Disciplines Ariel Santos, MD, MPH, FRSCS, FACS, FCCM, Davin T. Combs, BS, Yasser Ajabnoor, MBBS, Cameron Onks, JD Chapter 14 Pediatric Emergency Telehealth Kylie Taylor MSN, CPNP, Ameer Mody MD, MPH, FAAP Chapter 15 Tele-Triage Matthew Laghezza, MS, MBA, PA-C, Peter Greenwald, MD, MS, Ethan Booker, MD, David Mishkin, MD, FACEP, Rahul Sharma, MD, MBA Chapter 16 Telehealth for Medication for Addiction Treatment Bill Wayne Chan, Javad John Fatollahi, MD, Natalie Lynn Kirilichin, MD, MPH, FACEP, Zeina Saliba, MD Chapter 17 Supporting Advance Practice Providers in the ED using Telehealth L. Kendall McKenzie, MD, Tearsanee Carlisle, DNP, FNP-BC, Lisa Haynie, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Jason McKay, MPA, NRP, FP-C, Greg Hall, Robert Galli, MD Chapter 18 Emergency Telehealth Services in the Correctional Setting Newton E. Kendig, MD, David G. Ellis, MD, Renoj Varughese, MD, Obinna M. Ome Irondi Chapter 19 Extending Care Team Access to Out of Hospital Settings via Telehealth Denise Wassenaar, RN, MS, NHA, Paul Knight, OT, MBA, Mark A. Hanson, PhD, Jeffrey D. Wessler, MD, MPhil, FACC Chapter 20 Remote Physiologic Monitoring Ksenya K Badashova, MD, Tenagne Haile-Mariam, MD, Robert Jarrin, JD Chapter 21 Direct to Consumer or On-Demand Telehealth Aditi U. Joshi MD, MSc, FACEP, Sylvan Waller, MD Chapter 22 Telehealth Facilitates Value Based Care in ED Settings Deborah Ann Mulligan, MD FAAP FACEP, Krista Drobac, Robert Shesser MD MPH Chapter 23 Tele-ultrasound Elizabeth Dearing, MD, Keith Boniface, MD Chapter 24 Emerging and Innovative Technologies Ahmad A. Aalam MBBS, Andrew Meltzer MD, MS, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Sam P. Tarassoli BSc (Hons) MSc MB BChir, Damien J. Drury LLB (Hons) MB BChir (Hons), Elias G. Carayannis MBA, PhD
£52.54
OUP India Chronic Disparities
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Oxford University Press Sick Note A History of the British Welfare State
Book SynopsisSick Note is a history of how the British state asked, 'who is really sick?' Tracing medical certification for absence from work from 1948 to 2010, Gareth Millward shows how the sick note has survived in practice and in the popular imagination - just like the welfare state itself.Trade ReviewBetween the book's deft and attractive opening and its fine conclusion there is much to enjoy. * Druin Burch, Times Literary Supplement *Fascinating * BBC History Magazine *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The 'birth' of the sick note 3: Absenteeism and postwar rebuilding 4: Chauvinists and breadwinners in the 'classic welfare state' 5: Privatization? The sick note into the 1980s 6: Chronicity and capacity towards the new millennium 7: The 'death' of the sick note? 8: Conclusion
£32.77
Oxford University Press Early Medical Abortion Equality of Access and the
Book SynopsisTelemedicine has recently become a key focus of healthcare systems globally, heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased need for remote care pathways. Implementing telemedicine can bring myriad benefits for both patients and providers, and has the potential to make a huge impact by improving access to abortion care. In both the United Kingdom and United States, abortion is heavily regulatedexceptionally so when compared to other routine healthcare. This regulation has had the impact of exacerbating the social and geographical circumstances that can make access to abortion services difficult. This book examines telemedical provision of early medical abortion, alongside the access barriers created by laws in the United Kingdom and United States. It critically appraises a series of developments in this rapidly evolving subject, providing an up-to-date and well-informed analysis. In doing so, it argues that there is a moral imperative to introduce, retain, or reinstate (Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Understanding Early Medical Abortion 2: Abortion exceptionalism and the law in the United Kingdom and United States 3: Socio-legal barriers to early medical abortion 4: Piecemeal progression and home use of misoprostol in the United Kingdom 5: Early medical abortion and the telemedical imperative 6: A telemedical continuum for early medical abortion 183 7: The necessity of telemedical abortion during a pandemic 8: The legal and policy response to abortion care in the United Kingdom during COVID-19 9: Legal and policy restrictions on telemedical early medical abortion in the United States during COVID-19 Conclusion Appendix - United Kingdom chronology Appendix - United States chronology Appendix - Demand-side TRAP laws in the United States Appendix - Abortion provider restrictions in the United States Appendix - State regulation of exchange health policies in the United States Appendix - Limitations on the use of state funds in the United States Appendix - State barriers to TEMA in the United States
£56.87
Oxford University Press, USA Design and Analysis of GroupRandomized Trials 27 Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive text about the design and analysis of community or group-randomized trials, which are usually done to evaluate the effect of health promotion efforts. It reviews the underlying issues, describes the most widely used research designs, and presents the many approaches to analysis that are now available.Trade Review"This book is an important addition to any public health or medical library. It is well-written and much needed."--Doody's JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Planning the Trials ; 3. Research Design ; 4. Planning the Analysis ; 5. Analysis for Nested Cross-Sectional Designs ; 6. Analysis for Nested-Cohort Designs ; 7. Applications of Analyses for Nested Cross-Sectional Designs ; 8. Applications of Analyses for Nested-Cohort Designs ; 9. Sample Size, Detectable Difference and Power ; 10. Case Studies
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Oxford University Press Social Support Measurement and Intervention
Book SynopsisSurgery and pharmaceuticals are not the only effective procedures we have to improve our health. The natural human tendency to care for fellow humans, to support them with social networks, has proven to be a powerful treatment as well. This book, will provide the most up to date research on the effects of social support interventions on physical and mental health.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book - well produced, first class content and heavily referenced. Buy it! * Journal of Public Health Medicine *Table of ContentsContributors Part I. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1: Sheldon Cohen, Benjamin H. Gottlieb, and Lynn G. Underwood: Social Relationships and Health Part II. Social Support Measures 2: Brian Lakey and Sheldon Cohen: Social Support Theory and Measurement 3: Ian Brissette, Sheldon Cohen, and Teresa E. Seeman: Measuring Social Integration and Social Networks 4: Thomas A. Wills and Ori Shinar: Measuring Perceived and Received Social Support 5: Harry T. Reis and Nancy Collins: Measuring Relationship Properties and Interactions Relevant to Social Support Part III. Social Support Interventions 6: Benjamin H. Gottlieb: Selecting and Planning Support Interventions 7: Vicki S. Helgeson and Benjamin H. Gottlieb: Support Groups 8: John Eckenrode and Stephen Hamilton: One-to-One Support Interventions: Home Visitation and Mentoring 9: Carolyn E. Cutrona and Valerie Cole: Optimizing Support in the Natural Network Part IV. Implications 10: Karen S. Rook and Lynn G. Underwood: Social Support Measurement and Interventions: Comments and Future Directions Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Ecosocial Theory Embodied Truths and the Peoples
Book SynopsisFrom public health luminary Nancy Krieger comes a revolutionary way of addressing health justice and the embodied truths of lived experience.Since the 1700s, fierce debates in medicine and public health have centered around whether sources of ill health can be attributed to either the individual or the surrounding body politic. But what if instead health researchers measure--and policies address--how people biologically embody their societal and ecological context?Ecosocial Theory, Embodied Truths, and the People''s Health represents a daring new foray into analyzing how population patterns of health reveal the intersections of lived experience and biology in historical context. Expanding on Nancy Krieger''s original ecosocial theory of disease distribution, this volume lays new theoretical groundwork about embodiment and health justice through concrete and novel examples involving pathways such as workplace discrimination, relationship abuse, Jim Crow, police violence, pesticides, fracking, green space, and climate change. It offers a crucial counterargument to dominant biomedical and public health narratives attributing causality to either innate biology or decontextualized health behaviors and provides a key step forward towards understanding and addressing the structural drivers of health inequities and health justice.Bridging insights from politics, history, sociology, ecology, biology, and public health, Ecosocial Theory, Embodied Truths, and the People''s Health presents a bold new framework to transform biomedical and population health thinking, practice, and policies and to advance health equity across a deeply threatened planet.Trade ReviewA tour de force, Nancy Krieger's latest book weaves together decades of her own pioneering work integrating ecosocial theory, empirical research, and transformative policy and politics. This clear-headed cri de coeur is guided by Krieger's dazzling intellect, deep historical and contextual understanding, methodological knowhow, and above all is motivated by her lifetime of commitment to social and health justice. * Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Global Development Studies, University of Toronto *In this landmark book, Nancy Krieger makes a compelling case for not simply working to address health inequities but grounding that work firmly in ecosocial theory and a deep understanding of the 'embodied truths our bodies tell.' A masterpiece, from one of the most important public health scholars of the last half century. * Meredith Minkler, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, and co-editor, Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity *Building on decades of research, Nancy Krieger's eloquent writing takes us on a journey through history, science, and sociology to peel back surface explanations and reveal what truly shapes our health. This exposé of how our bodies reflect the embodied truths of society should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand health disparities. * Steven Woolf, Center on Society and Health, Virginia Commonwealth University *This book connects all the dots—structural racism, class, power, gender, white supremacist culture, policy, ableism, and more—providing the most elegant and accessible explanation of how they all interact, connect, and shape not only embodied health but our environment and public policy. The stories, the data, and the analysis are deftly on point. This book is an absolute game changer. * Makani Themba, Higher Ground Change Strategies, Jackson, Mississippi *This book provides a clear, accessible entry into one of Nancy Krieger's main contributions to public health literature—the ecosocial theory of disease distribution—with helpful examples for the application and importance of this theory for a general audience. Many communities of color will resonate with her explanation of the interdependence of societal and environmental situations on unequal and disparate health outcomes. * Randall Akee, Departments of Public Policy and American Indian Studies, and Chair of American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles *Nancy Krieger's groundbreaking concept of ecosocial theory has influenced a generation of environmental and public health scholars. Her expanded framework on discovering truths explores how diverse points of pollution, social stratification, and poverty intersect through the human body. This is a must-read for anyone seeking to advance environmental and racial justice in the public health field. * Michael Méndez, School of Social Ecology, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine and author, Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement *Nancy Krieger's conceptual thinking has been pushing the boundaries of epidemiological theory for decades now. This 'small book' will rapidly become essential reading for all those who use epidemiology to tackle the multiple dimensions of inequality affecting our societies. * Cesar Victora, International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. From Embodying Injustice to Embodying Equity: Embodied Truths and the Ecosocial Theory of Disease Distribution Chapter 2. Embodying (In)justice and Embodied Truths: Using Ecosocial Theory to Analyze Population Health Data Chapter 3. Challenges: Embodied Truths, Vision, and Advancing Health Justice References 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 Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme
Book SynopsisEverything you ever needed to know about life on the wards that medical school didn't tell you. Includes practical advice coming direct from the authors' experience with topics from applying to the Foundation Programme to planning your career, and from interpreting results to performing practical procedures.Trade ReviewThe handbook successfully navigates a huge amount of content in small easily digestible summaries which has proved invaluable for finals revision and beyond. * North Wing Magazine *Review from previous edition ... interspersed with occasional humour that does not detract from the text...Having used the Foundation Programme book over the last week I have found it hugely beneficial. This text is great to refer to, as well as providing a sense of reassurance that I am doing the right thing! The systematic approach of the book, and neatly put together sections ensures nothing is overlooked. What I also find particularly appealing about it is chapters 1 and 2, which are full of tips on subjects only briefly covered at medical school. Many of my fellow colleagues showed a keen interest when I showed them the book and stated that they would find it very helpful in their day to day ward work. To me this book could not be much better to see a junior doctor pass through the Foundation Programme both safely and successfully. * Tom Hesse, East Cheshire NHS Trust *This is an absolute gem of a book...It really is a highly impressive and well-thought out companion to the early years of a medical career, and which I have no hesitation in recommending to all junior doctors looking for a reassuring companion on the wards. * British Medical Association Book Awards Finalists *Review from previous edition The real gems in this book are in the clinical presentations section, where management is arranged according to presenting complaint rather than by condition...a book...pitched at the right level for a junior doctor. * British Journal of Hospital Medicine *I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to any new doctors. It deals with all the situations I have encountered so far as a FY1. Realistic and focussed, it's a fantastic resource. Every new junior doctor should have a copy. And, as I have found, for some things their seniors will want to look at it too. * BMA Book Awards *I have found this book extremely useful as a final year medical student and have often referred to it whilst on the ward. I would recommend it to any final year medical student starting their 5th year placement as well as newly qualified doctors. * GKT Gazette *This book, which like all Oxford Handbooks can slip into your white coat pocket with ease, really does have within its 574 pages all you are likely to come across in your first two years post qualification - in short, it's what medical school should have taught you but as we all know, there's a fair sized gap between having the knowledge and actually putting it into clinical practice. * Dr Jeremy Sager *This book is a product of the daily experience of junior docs and it shows, there are top tips galore and sound advice. * Glasgow Medical School Journal *The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme (OHFP) is a comfort blanket for all newly qualified, shiny badged doctors. The opening chapter has a feel good component to it, which similar rival publications are lacking. All is disclosed here to spare your graces on the ward rounds and in front of the dreaded ward sister. Important pieces on life organisation, money management, making referrals, managing on-calls, writing discharge summaries, and even what to carry in your limited pocket space are addressed. This section alone is worth parting with cash for. Much of the unwritten hospital etiquette and concerns when starting out in medicine are answered with reassurance dynamic and comforting. * BMJ *Table of Contents1: Being a doctor 2: Life on the wards 3: History and examination 4: Prescribing 5: Pharmacopoeia 6: Resuscitation 7: Cardiovascular 8: Respiratory 9: Gastroenterology 10: Endocrinology 11: Neurology 12: Psychiatry 13: Fluids and renal 14: Haematology 15: Skin and eyes 16: Emergency department 17: Procedures 18: Interpreting results 19: Appendices
£45.43
Oxford University Press Human Solving the global workforce crisis in
Book SynopsisBy 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going. Global healthcare leader and award-winning author, Dr Mark Britnell, uses his unique insights from advising governments, executives, and clinicians in more than 70 countries, to present solutions to this impending crisis. Human: Solving the Global Workforce Crisis in Healthcare, calls for a reframing of the global debate about health and national wealth, and invites us to deal with this problem in new and adaptive ways that drive economic and human prosperity. Harnessing technology, it asks us to reimagine new models of care and levels of workforce agility.Drawing on experiences ranging from the world''s most advanced hospitals to revolutionary new approaches in India and Africa, Dr Mark Britnell makes it clear what works - and what does not. Short and concise, this book gives a truly global perspective on the fundamental workforce issues facing health systems today.Trade ReviewA book that brings into sharp relief the major challenge facing healthcare systems across the globe, workforce shortage. This book could not have been written at more pertinent time ... beautifully crafted and written. * Ibadete Fetahu, Nursing Times *There is just so much to take away from [this book], it is well researched and written in an accessible format providing bite-sized chapters that can be easy to digest when needed ... This is a kind of Chicken Soup for the Soul book, inspirational and bringing stories of real lives to the pages associated with the global workforce. I can guarantee you will have a 'aha' moment and you be heard muttering to yourself 'that makes so much sense'. * Ian Peate, Independent Nurse *Table of Contents1: Introduction: A workforce solution is within our grasp2: Productivity - health and wealth3: India - the march of Modicare4: Israel - start-up nation5: Entrepreneurial government - from under to over supply6: China - growth and social cohesion7: Patients as partners and communities as carers - renewable energy8: The Netherlands - Zorg in de gemeenschap9: Germany - happy families?10: The professions - on top of their game?11: Loving your staff - bring joy to work12: Women's work? Altogether now13: Australia - golden soil and wealth for toil14: The United Kingdom - the age of austerity15: Artificial intelligence, robotics and digital disruption - rise of the humans?16: Japan - centenarians and robots17: The United States of America - disunited states18: Universal healthcare in our lifetime? All teach, all learn19: Brazil - power to the people20: Conclusion - why some rabbits outrun foxes
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Oxford University Press Commissioning and a Population Approach to Health
Book SynopsisThere has been increasing emphasis on actively taking a population approach to the commissioning (planning and securing) of health services in England. Commissioning and a Population Approach to Health Services Decision-Making is a valuable tool for those working in health services commissioning at any level, public health professionals, students and trainees, or anyone looking to learn about the process of commissioning for health services.The focus of this book is on real-life relevance and application. Based on over two decades of experience in the field, it explores what commissioning is really about, its role in improving the population''s health, and the practical opportunities to move the effort in that direction.It brings together fundamental topics to health services decision-making for populations, with a fresh emphasis on a practical commissioning perspective. Core concepts, or ''navigation tools'', help to unlock day to day commissioning challenges such as the scoping of a health issue from a population perspective, making sense of different types of evidence, purposeful use of health intelligence, effective preventive opportunities, prioritisation, and many other topics.This book covers the key opportunities for applying a population perspective to the nuts and bolts of commissioning as well as to the more strategic level challenges in commissioning practice. Whilst each topic provides a pertinent component in itself, in combination the collection forms a comprehensive armoury for commissioning for health gain and decision-making for populations.Table of ContentsPart I: Core Concepts for a Population Approach to Health Services Decision-Making 1: Introduction 2: Health System Basic Structures 3: Commissioning Needs a Population Perspective 4: The Basic Commissioning Cycle 5: Public Health - Three Key Domains 6: Evidence Hierarchy 7: Spectrum of Effective Preventive Opportunities 8: Purposeful Use of Health Intelligence Part II: Enabling Leadership for a Population Approach to Health Services Decision-Making 9: Population Approach to All Levels of Commissioning and Health Service Decision-Making 10: Prioritisation of Investments and Disinvestments in Healthcare: A Conceptual Toolkit 11: Deciding a Sensible Approach to Commissioning When Multiple Commissioners are Involved 12: Recognising Whether You are in Simple or Complex Problem Territory 13: Quality: Are We Up to Scratch? 14: What Can a Commissioner Do About Health Inequalities? 15: Taking Stock for the Future
£38.75
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, USA Knowledge to Action EvidenceBased Health Care in Context EvidenceBased Health Care in Context
Book SynopsisHealth services can and should be improved by applying research findings about best practice. Yet, in Knowledge to Action?, the authors explore why it nevertheless proves notoriously difficult to implement change based on research evidence in the face of strong professional views and complex organizational structures. The book draws on a large body of evidence acquired in the course of nearly fifty in-depth case studies, following attempts to introduce evidence-based practice in the UK NHS over more than a decade. Using qualitative methods to study hospital and primary care settings, they are able to shed light on why some of these attempts succeeded where others faltered. By opening up the intricacies and complexities of change in the NHS, they reveal the limitations of the simplistic approaches to implementing research or introducing evidence-based health care. A unique synthesis of evidence, the book brings together data from 1,400 interviews with doctors, nurses, and managers, as well as detailed observations and documentary analysis. The authors provide an analysis, rooted in a range of theoretical perspectives, that underlines the intimate links between organizational structures and cultures and the utilization of knowledge, and draws conclusions which will be of significance for other areas of public management. Their findings have implications for the utilization of knowledge in situations where there is a professional tradition working within a politically sensitive blend of public service, managerial accountability, and technical expertise. Knowledge to Action? will be of interest to Academics, Researchers, and Advanced Students of Organizational Behaviour, Public and Health Management, and Evidence-Based Medicine; and also of particular interest to Practitioners, Clinicians, and Public Health Managers concerned with implementing change to clinical practice.Trade ReviewIt represents a breath of fresh air and contains lessons for those both producing and implementing evidence in EBM (Evidence Based Medicine). Although written as an academic book, it's readibility and numerous case studies allow it to drift close to being a 'how to' manual for implementing EBM. British Medicine Journal (BJM) Based on more than 50 studies of attempts to implement evidence based health care in different NHS settings, it provides a comprehensive and thoughtful review... British Medical Journal ...this book is an important advance... Administrative Science QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Studying Complex Organizations in Health Care ; 3. Evidence-Based Health Care and the Implementation Gap ; 4. Research Design: 'Upscaling' Qualitative Research ; 5. The Active Role of Context ; 6. Professional Boundaries and the Diffusion of Innovation ; 7. Knowledge, Credible Evidence, and Utilization ; 8. Knolwedge in Action ; 9. Conclusion: From Evidence to Actionable Knowledge?
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Oxford University Press Global Public Health
Book SynopsisGlobal Public Health: a new era is a comprehensive updated account of the international state of public health, including an agenda for improving the practice of the discipline across the world. It addresses three major issues:- the changing global context for public health- the state of public health theory and practice in developed and developing countries; and- strategies for strengthening the practice of public healthSection one surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners, and then summarises the state of health globally using new data based on measures of the Global Burden of Disease developed by the Word Health Organization, and other groups, to better describe population health states and trends.Section two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public health. It analyses the public health situation in all regions of the world. Six chapters cover Europe, Latin America, and Australia and New Zealand.. Three chapters cover ChinaTrade ReviewThis book presents a very comprehensive account of public health from a global perspective. * BMA Medical Book Competition *Table of Contents1. The global context for public health ; 2. Current global health status ; 3. Public health in the UK ; 4. Public health in Sweden: facts, visions and lessons ; 5. Public health in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ; 6. Improving Canada's response to public health challenges: the creation of a new public health agency ; 7. Public health in Latin America ; 8. Public health in Africa ; 9. Public Health in China: history and contemporary challenges ; 10. Public health in South Asia ; 11. Public health in Australia and New Zealand ; 12. Ethical issues in global public health ; 13. Putting the public into public health: towards a more people-centred approach ; 14. Strengthening public health for the new era
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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
£33.99
Oxford University Press, USA Evaluating Health Promotion
Book SynopsisHealth Promotion is a relatively new discipline and there is little in the way of practical help for students and practitioners in choosing and implementing appropriate evaluation methods. As the demands for rigorous evaluation and evidence-based decision-making increase, health promotion cannot ignore the need for accurate, reliable and valid methods to carry out evaluation. This book provides clear descriptions (with plentiful practical examples) of such methods, and the problems that can arise from their implementation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods that are commonly used are described and the problems and benefits that arise with their use are explained. Experiences in the practical implementation of evaluation are explained, with examples from a variety of different social, economic and cultural contexts. The third edition of this highly successful book has been fully revised and updated to reflect the ongoing developments in the field of health promotion. It will appeTrade ReviewFor students of social sciences, this book is a must have... For occupational physicians who manage large departments that espouse health promotion and for those of us whose work includes an international perspective in developing areas this book has very significant utility. * Occupational Medicine *Table of Contents1: OVERVIEW ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Historical and policy approaches ; PART 2: METHODS OF EVALUATION ; 3. Evaluating according to purpose and resources: Strengthening the evidence base incrementally ; 4. Evaluating interventions: Experimental study designs in health promotion ; 5. Economic evaluation of health promotion interventions ; 6. Using systematic reviews in health promotion ; 7. Process evaluation: Understanding how and why interventions work ; PART 3: EVALUATION IN PRACTICE ; 8. Social marketing interventions and evaluation ; 9. Evaluation of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence ; 10. Evaluating environmental interventions through natural experiments ; 11. E-health promotion ; PART 4: PARTICIPANTS IN, AND USERS OF, EVALUATION ; 12. Involving lay people in the development of NICE public health guidance ; 13. Evaluating the ethics of health promotion: Understanding informed participation ; 14. Feeding back evaluation results to stakeholder participants ; 15. Getting findings into policy ; 16. Conclusions: Providing appropriate evidence and influencing policy
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Oxford University Press Quality and Safety in Radiology
Book SynopsisRadiology has been transformed by new imaging advances and a greater demand for imaging, along with a much lower tolerance for error as part of the Quality & Safety revolution in healthcare. With a greater emphasis on patient safety and quality in imaging practice, imaging specialists are increasingly charged with ensuring patient safety and demonstrating that everything done for patients in their care meets the highest quality and safety standards. This book offers practical guidance on understanding, creating, and implementing quality management programs in Radiology. Chapters are comprehensive, detailed, and organized into three sections: Core Concepts, Management Concepts, and Educational & Special Concepts. Discussions are applicable to all practice settings: community hospitals, private practice, academic radiology, and government/military practice, as well as to those preparing for the quality and safety questions on the American Board of Radiology''s Maintenance of CertificatiTrade ReviewQuality and Safety in Radiology is a very timely and well-planned book discussing the latest topics in an ever-increasingly important subsegment of radiology--quality and safety issues. In their excellent book, co-editors Hani H. Abujedeh and Michael A. Bruno discuss a variety of current topics that collectively comprise the arguably budding but important field of radiology quality and safety. The two editors--along with 47 nationally and internationally recognized experts--have created an up-to-date, easy-to-reference textbook covering a wide spectrum of quality and patient safety issues as they apply to diagnostic imaging. The goal of the authors was to create a reference text covering the essentials of quality and safety specifically geared to diagnostic radiology. The authors have brilliantly accomplished their goal with this well-organized and easy-to-read book. This excellent book is well priced; I highly recommend [it]. -Robert D. Stoffey, RadiologyTable of ContentsContributors ; I. Core Concepts in Radiology Quality and Safety ; 1. Basic Definitions ; 2. Components of a Comprehensive Radiology Quality, Safety and Performance Improvement Program ; 3. Primum non nocere: A Few Words on the Primacy of Patient Safety ; 4. Practical Quality Assurance ; 5. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (RFMEA) ; 6. Patient Perspectives on Service and Quality in Clinical Imaging ; 7. Just Culture - A Shared Commitment ; 8. Communication of Radiology Results ; 9. Teamwork and Communication in Radiology ; 10. The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals and Radiology: Making the Grade ; 11. Errors in Radiology ; 12. The Role of the Apology in Radiology ; 13. Universal Protocols and the Checklist ; 14. Peer Review in Radiology ; 15. Radiation Dose in Medical Imaging-Clinical and Technological Strategies for Dose Reduction ; II. Management Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety ; 16. Key Performance Indicators in Radiology ; 17. Six Sigma and LEAN: Opportunities for Healthcare to Do More and Better with Less ; 18. Stakeholder Management & Best Practices ; 19. Assessing Physician Performance ; 20. Predicting System Performance ; 21. Control Charts and Dashboards ; 22. Governmental and Outside Agencies' Influence on Radiology Quality ; 23. Pay for Performance and Quality in Radiology ; 24. ACR Appropriateness Criteria ; III. Educational & Special Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety ; 25. Teaching Quality and Safety to Radiology Residents and Fellows ; 26. Simulation ; 27. Evidence-Based Radiology and its Relationship with Quality ; 28. Quality in Pediatric Imaging ; 29. Quality in Interventional Radiology ; 30. Pregnancy in Radiology ; Afterword: Quality and Ethics - Richard Gunderman and Jordan Swensson ; Index
£94.00
Oxford University Press Inequalities in Health
Book SynopsisOf every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty times higher. Even within countries - including some of the wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the extent of these inequalities both between and within countries, stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential efforts in research and in policy development have raised health inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of both national and global health. Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of measures of health inequality; the definitions of ''inequality'' aTable of ContentsNir Eyal, Samia Hurst, Sara Marchand, Ole F. Norheim, Dan Wikler - "Introduction: Inequalities in Health: Concepts, Measures, and Ethics" ; Part I: Defining and measuring health inequality ; 1. Larry Temkin - "Inequality and Health" ; 2. Tony Atkinson - "Health Inequality, Health Inequity and Health Spending" ; 3. Yukiko Asada - "A Summary Measure of Health Inequalities: Incorporating Group and Individual Inequalities" ; 4. Kasper Lippert Rasmussen - "When Group Measures of Health Should Matter ; 5. Erik Nord - "Priority to the Worse Off: Severity of Current and Future Illness Versus Shortfall in Life Time Health" ; 6. Gustaf Arrhenius- "Egalitarian Concerns and Population Change" ; Part II: Health Inequality and egalitarianism ; 7. Dan Hausman - "Egalitarian Critiques of Health Inequalities" ; 8. Alex Voorhoeve and Marc Fleurbaey - "Decide as You Would with Full Information! An Argument against ex ante Pareto" ; 9. Johann Frick - Uncertainty and Justifiability to Each Person ; 10. Shlomi Segall - "Equality of Opportunity For Health" ; 11. Wlodek Rabinowicz - "When in Doubt, Equalize" ; 12. Norman Daniels - "Reducing Health Disparities: No Simple Matter" ; 13. Nir Eyal - "Levelling Down Health" ; 14. Ole Norheim - "Atkinson's Measure of Inequality: Can Measures of Economic Inequality Help Us Understand Trade-Offs in Healthcare Priority Setting?" ; 15. Toby Ord And Nick Beckstead - "Rationing and Rationality: The Cost of Avoiding Discrimination" ; 16. Frances M. Kamm - Rationing and the Disabled: Several Proposals ; Part III: Health Inequality and Public Policy ; 17. Angus Deaton - "What does the Empirical Evidence on SES and Health Tell Us About Inequity and About Policy?" ; 18. Michael Marmot-Fair Society Healthy Lives ; 19. Julian Le Grand - "Individual Responsibility, Health and Health Care" ; 20. Ritu Sadana - "WHO's Social Determinants Commission - Concepts and Measures of Health Inequalities"
£70.55
The University of Chicago Press Ancestors and Antiretrovirals
Book SynopsisAs Archbishop Desmond Tutu has noted, AIDS is South Africa's new apartheid. This title traces the historical shifts in health policy after apartheid and describes their effects, detailing, in particular, the changing relationship between biomedical and indigenous health care, both at the national and the local level.Trade Review"Claire Laurier Decoteau is at the forefront of the new global sociology. Her articulation of analysis with ethnographic detail is expert, yet reads effortlessly; her ability to view the political complexities of South Africa from a new theoretical angle is admirable; and her depth of understanding about what is at stake in the fight over AIDS is relevant to anyone who wonders how power works all over the globe. Ancestors and Antiretrovirals will be an iconic text for a new generation of global work, and marks the emergence of a bold new theoretical voice in sociology." (Isaac Ariail Reed, author of Interpretation and Social Knowledge)"
£29.45
The University of Chicago Press Beyond Caring
Book SynopsisDocumenting the real world of the contemporary hospital, its nurses, and their moral and ethical crises, this work provides an analysis of the forces that influence moral decisions in hospitals.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Nursing and Ethics in an Age of Organizations 1: The Routinization of Disaster 2: Protecting the Routine from Chaos 3: What It Means to Be a Nurse 4: How the Organization Creates Ethical Problems 5: The Patient as Object 6: Death as an Organizational Act Conclusion Appendix on Methods Index
£81.00
The University of Chicago Press Beyond Caring Hospitals Nurses and the Social
Book SynopsisDocumenting the real world of the contemporary hospital, its nurses, and their moral and ethical crises, this work provides an analysis of the forces that influence moral decisions in hospitals.
£25.65
The University of Chicago Press AIDS Doesnt Show its Face Inequality Morality
Book SynopsisAIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. This book offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa.Trade Review"Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork, Smith effectively uses popular reactions to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria as a lens through which to observe and analyze social change there. He successfully shows that things are not as simple as they might seem to outsiders-even the best-intentioned outsiders-and that much of the public health messaging that emphasizes individual responsibility is simply off the mark." (Adam Ashforth, University of Michigan)"
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press AIDS Doesnt Show Its Face Inequality Morality and
Book SynopsisAIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation. The author offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa.Trade Review"Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork, Smith effectively uses popular reactions to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria as a lens through which to observe and analyze social change there. He successfully shows that things are not as simple as they might seem to outsiders-even the best-intentioned outsiders-and that much of the public health messaging that emphasizes individual responsibility is simply off the mark." (Adam Ashforth, University of Michigan)"
£23.75
The University of Chicago Press Health at Older Ages The Causes and Consequences
Book SynopsisDespite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off. This book analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations.
£148.23
