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Book SynopsisCracking the Medicare code Medicare For Dummies is your ultimate cheat sheet to demystifying Medicare. This newly updated guide covers the latest changes in benefits, including expanded coverage for mental health and chronic pain. In simple language and clear step-by-step instructions, this bestseller walks you through the enrollment process and helps you avoid costly mistakes along the way. You''ll learn how to reduce your out-of-pocket expenses, and you''ll get trusted guidance on finding the perfect policy for you and your family. Find answers to all your Medicare questionseven those you wouldn''t think to askso you can develop a solid game plan to get the most out of Medicare. Learn the basics of Medicare and determine the best plan option for you Reference the latest prices, coverages, and other must-know information Get tips for minimizing your out-of-pocket expenses, whatever your health situation Find clear and thorough gu

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Book Synopsis* Helps health professionals to develop the communication skills needed to understand and assist those affected by cancer. * Discusses the social and psychological problems faced by people with cancer. * Gives detailed information about the qualities and skills needed to act as a helper.Trade Review‘This is an important book. It deals in a detailed, well-informed and approachable way with difficult issues. It offers much-needed help to health care workers who want to communicate sensitively with cancer patients. Enlivened by vignettes which illustrate each point, it is wise, humane and practical. I commend it strongly to everyone who needs to understand and talk about cancer to those who have the disease.’ Miles Little, Director, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney ‘I welcome this book which should become the standard text for undergraduates and postgraduates in the humanization of modern medicine. At last we have two texts that can stand side by side, Communication in Cancer Care and C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too [by John Diamond], the heads and tails of the humane practice of oncology.’ Michael Baum, Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Visiting Professor of Medical Humanities, University College LondonTable of Contents1. Cancer and Its Management. 2. The Social and Emotional Effects of Cancer. 3. The Individual Reality of Cancer. 4. Coping with Cancer. 5. The Helping Process. 6. Using Counselling Skills to Clarify Problems. 7. Problem Solving. 8. Professional Issues for Those Using Counselling Skills.

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Book SynopsisEffective Health Care Management presents the principles and criteria necessary to evaluate and enhance the quality of health care services in the NHS today. It provides an overview of health care management and health care policy, explores evidence based practice, and examines the ongoing need for management evaluation. The authors discuss the role of outcome measures, performance indicators, benchmarking, and individual performance review. They also address clinical governance, accountability and professional autonomy, and the problems underlying ''seamless service provision''.Trade Review'the book is written in an accessible and engaging manner and has much to offer practitioners' Public AdministrationTable of ContentsCh 1. Introduction. Ch 2. The Nature of Health Care Management. Ch 3. Multiple Perspectives and Decision Making. Ch 4. Performance Management: Concepts and Approaches. Ch 5. The Evidence Based Organisation. Ch 6. Politics, Ethics and Health Care Management. Ch 7. Developing an Evaluative Approach to Health Care Management

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Book Synopsis* A collection of the best contemporary studies on health and the media. * Brings together perspectives from media studies and medical sociology. * Illuminates the influence that the mass media have on health beliefs and behaviour, and on health care practices and policy-making.Table of Contents1. Health and Media: An Overview (Clive Seale). 2. ‘Radical Blueprint for Social Change’? Media Representations of New Labour’s Policies and Inequalities on Public Health (Rosemary Davidson, Kate Hunt and Jenny Kitzinger). 3. Narrativity and the Mediation of Health Reform Agendas (Darrin Hodgetts and Kerry Chamberlain. 4. Going Public: References to the News Media in NHS Contract Negotiations (David Hughes and Lesley Gruffitgs). 5. ‘Ignorance is Bliss Sometimes’: Constraints on the Emergence of the ‘Informed Patient’ in the Changing Landscapes of Health Information (Flis Henwood, Sally Wyatt, Angie Hart and Julie Smith). 6. Media Activism and Internet Use by People with HIV/AIDS (James Gillett). 7. Popular Media and ‘Excessive Daytime Sleepiness’: A Study of Rhetorical Authority in Medical Sociology (Steve Kroll-Smith). 8. Bio-phobias/Techno-philias: Virtual Reality Exposure as Treatment for Phobias of ‘Nature’ (Joyce Davidson and Mick Smith). 9. Healthy Viewing: The Reception of Medical Narratives (Solange Davin). 10. ‘About a Year Before the Breakdown I Was Having Symptoms’: Sadness, Pathology and the Australian Newspaper Media (Rob Rowe, Farida Tilbury, Mark Rapley and Ilse O’Ferrall). Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an international snapshot of the social organisation of healthcare.Table of Contents1. Making connections: healthcare as a case study in the social organisation of work: Davina Allen and Alison Pilnick. 2. The promotion of private health insurance and its implications for the social organisation of healthcare: a case study of private sector obstetric practice in Chile: Susan F. Murray and Mary Ann Elston. 3. Understanding the social organisation of maternity care systems: midwifery as a touchstone: Cecilia Benoit, Sirpa Wrede, Ivy Bourgeault, Jane Sandall, Raymond de Vries and Edwin R. van Teijlingen. 4. Managerialism in the Australian public health sector: towards the hyper-rationalisation of professional bureaucracies: John Germov. 5. What’s in a care pathway? Towards a cultural cartography of the new NHS: Ruth Pinder, Roland Petchey, Sara Shaw and Yvonne Carter. 6. Arguing about the evidence: readers, writers and inscription devices in coronary heart disease risk assessment: Catherine M. Will. 7. Telephone triage, expert systems and clinical expertise: D Greatbatch, G Hanlon, J Goode, A O’Caithain, T Strangleman and D Luff. 8. Finding dignity in dirty work: the constraints and rewards of low-wage home care labour: Clare L Stacey. 9. Access, boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia: Dawn Goodwin, Catherine Pope, Magge Mort and Andrew Smith. Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisSociology and its applications are key components of the core foundation programme in nursing and healthcare. Sociology of health and health care is an essential textbook for all students of nursing and healthcare and is organised in four parts: the nature of sociology and sociological research; the social patterning of health and disease; the social aspects of illness and dying; and the organisation and delivery of health care. Sociology of health and health care explores the nature of sociology and sociological research and their application to health and health care. It explores the impact of current social contexts on health and healthcare and recent developments in healthcare policy and addresses their implications for nursing and inter-professional working. This fourth edition also examines new approaches to understanding social inequalities in health and experiences of chronic illness and dying.Trade ReviewFrom the third edition: “a useful introductory reference book for all nurses whether qualified , pre-registration or conversion course…an asset to any nursing library or indeed to any student undertaking health care courses” Journal of Nursing Management “…an excellent foundation for students at a very beginning level" Contemporary Nurse From reviews of the second edition: “…written in a concise style, well structured, captivating and ... highly recommended." Social Science & Medicine "All in all a book that can be read with ease from cover to cover or delved into intermittently ... A user-friendly book." Journal of Community Nursing "Nurses will be delighted to find that much nursing research is used to support the discussion. The book should find its way into most multidisciplinary libraries and… should become essential reading" Professional Nurse "This book will be helpful for students as an introductory text or for more experienced nurses who wish to revise or update their knowledge." Dorothy Ferguson in Primary Health Care Volume 17, Number 7, September 2007 "This is a book that both student and qualified nurse will find useful." David Gallimore in Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction. 1. Sociology, social research and health. What is sociology?. Social research. Doing social research. Research Methods. Theoretical divisions in sociology. Sociology applied to health and health care. Summary. 2. Approaches to Health and Health Care. The biomedical model of health. Socio-medical models of health. Social aspects of sickness. Summary. Part II: Social Patterns in Health and Disease. 3. Socio-economic Inequalities in Health. Historical background. Measuring inequality and health. The widening gap in socio-economic health inequalities. Explanations for socio-economic health inequalities. Relative deprivation and psycho-social stress. Addressing socio-economic inequalities. Summary. 4. Ethnicity and Health. Race and ethnicity. Health and illness in minority ethnic communities. Explaining ethnic variations in health and illness. Health services and health care. Summary. 5. Gender differences in Health. Gender patterns in mortality. Explaining gender differences in mortality. The narrowing gap in gender mortality. Morbidity: are women really sicker?. Explaining gender differences in morbidity. Gender, health and social change. Summary. 6. Health and Disease in Old Age. Older people and the aging of society. Understanding ageing and health in older people. Older people in contemporary Britain. Chronic illness and disability in old age. Healthy life expectancy. Health care and older people. Summary. Part III: Illness and Dying. 7. Chronic Illness and Physical Disability. Approaches to chronic illness and disability. Chronic Illness and physical disability in contemporary Britain. Body and identity. Experiencing chronic Illness and physical disability. Adjusting to a chronic condition. Care and caring. Summary. 8. Mental Disorders. Approaches to mental disorder. Self harming behaviour. Care of the mentally disordered. Suicide and self harm. Care or control?. Summary. 9. Death and Dying. Death in contemporary Britain. The main places of care. Communication and disclosure. Bereavement. End of life issues. Summary. Part IV: Health Care. 10. Health Care in Contemporary Britain. Social and cultural changes. Pressures on the NHS. The organisation of health care. The changing culture of health care. Summary. 11. Health Policy in Britain. Health policy and the politics of health. The NHS: origins and reforms. Patterns of work in the NHS. Summary. 12. Nurses and nursing. Nursing and the changing NHS. Changing roles in Nursing. Nurses, doctors and patients. New roles and the organisation of nursing work. Risk and regulation. Summary

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Book SynopsisProviding the reader with a practice-focused approach to public health nutrition intervention management, Practical Public Health Nutrition is a crucial resource for dietitians, community and public health nutritionists and related health professionals in need of a practical guide to practicing public health nutrition.Trade Review"This book by Roger Hughes and Barrie Margetts is a valuable tool for those working in PHN as it not only summarises the steps that are necessary for successful intervention but it also provides a number of practical examples that will help understand each step of an intervention. It will also be of benefit to students as a key textbook, providing them with basic skills/knowledge in the area of PHN practice." (Journal Nutrition Bulletin, 1 September 2011) Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements x Glossary xi Part 1 Introduction and context 1 1 The big picture: The context for a textbook on public health nutrition practice 3 Why develop a public health nutrition textbook? 3 Malnutrition is still the main game 3 Innovative solutions are needed 4 Surely you don’t mean these challenges can be found in rich countries like mine? 4 Level of influence 5 Practice informed by a public health approach 5 First, work to understand the causes, by looking upstream 5 Practitioners and politics 6 The philosophy underpinning this book 6 Building capacity for effective public health nutrition action 7 2 Defining public health nutrition as a field of practice 9 Introduction 9 Modes of nutrition practice 10 Definitions of public health nutrition 12 An emphasis on the prevention of food and nutrition problems 12 The core functions of the PHN workforce 15 Competencies for PHN practice 17 Professionalism and PHN practice 18 3 A framework for public health nutrition practice 21 Introduction 21 A socio-ecological approach to practice 21 The PHN practice cycle 22 Recognising the importance of capacity building as a discrete strategy and as an approach to practice 23 Why make things more complicated and introduce a new framework? 25 A bi-cyclic framework for public health nutrition practice 28 Part 2 Intelligence 29 4 Step 1: Community engagement and analysis 31 Introduction 33 What is a community? 33 Why Community engagement? 33 Community development constructs 34 Community development – a process or an outcome? 36 Building community capital (and capacity) 37 Building capacity via ‘bottom-up’ practice 38 Community analysis 40 5 Step 2: Problem analysis 43 Introduction 45 Public health intelligence 45 What is Problem analysis? 46 Types of need 47 Conducting a Problem analysis 47 Different methodological approaches to gather intelligence for problem assessment 51 Applying the intelligence and analysis results 53 6 Step 3: Stakeholder analysis and engagement 57 Introduction 59 Why stakeholder engagement? 59 Stakeholder analysis 60 Considerations for Stakeholder analysis 60 Conducting the Stakeholder analysis 61 Organising and presenting Stakeholder analysis data 63 Stakeholder engagement 67 Engaging stakeholders in decision-making 67 7 Step 4: Determinant analysis 71 Introduction 73 Analysing determinants 73 Characterising determinants by their effect 74 Characterising determinants by the type of causal link 75 Characterising determinants by level 76 Determinant interaction and causal pathways 77 Diagrammatic illustration of determinant analysis 79 8 Step 5: Capacity analysis 81 Introduction 83 What is capacity? 83 A framework for capacity building practice 84 Capacity assessment for capacity building 84 Challenges in measuring capacity 86 Selecting tools for Capacity analysis 86 Tools and strategies for analysing capacity 89 Presenting Capacity analysis data 96 9 Step 6: Mandates for public health nutrition action 99 Introduction 101 Mandates for action – the policy context 101 Policy development – an overview 102 The challenge of competing policy agendas 103 National food and nutrition policies 104 Mandates for action – direct relevance to PHN practice 104 10 Step 7: Intervention research and strategy options 107 Introduction 109 Strategic frameworks for health promotion 109 Determinants as leverage points for intervention 113 Levels of intervention 113 Settings as a focus for intervention 113 Target groups as a focus for intervention 115 Intervention research: learning from earlier work 116 Abstracting intelligence from intervention research 117 11 Step 8: Risk assessment and strategy prioritisation 121 Introduction 123 Assessing risks and benefits 123 Types of risks and benefits 125 Strategy prioritisation 125 Challenges and dilemmas in strategy prioritisation 126 Methods for strategy prioritisation 127 Part 3 Action 137 12 Step 9: Writing Action statements 139 Introduction 141 Intervention planning 141 Action statements 142 Linking problem and determinant analysis to Action statements 142 Writing intervention goals 144 Writing intervention objectives 145 13 Step 10: Logic modelling 151 Introduction 153 What is a logic model? 153 Types of logic model 154 Logic model elements 155 Logic modelling in PHN practice 156 Developing a logic model 157 Key questions for reviewing logic models 157 14 Step 11: Implementation and evaluation planning 161 Introduction 163 Engaging stakeholders in intervention and evaluation planning 163 Planning for intervention implementation 164 Developing work package plans 166 Work scheduling – developing a Gantt chart 168 Developing intervention budgets 169 Evaluation planning 172 Levels of evaluation 173 Developing evaluation indicators and plans 175 15 Step 12: Managing implementation 179 Introduction 181 Types of PHN intervention implementation 181 Governance 182 Managing risk 185 Partnership satisfaction 186 Evaluability assessment 188 Part 4 Evaluation 191 16 Step 13: Process evaluation 193 Introduction 195 Evaluation – a brief overview 195 Linking evaluation to planning 196 Qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluation 196 Levels of evaluation 197 Process evaluation 197 Elements of process evaluation 198 Methods for conducting process evaluation 202 Process evaluation indicators 202 Process evaluation in practice – some published examples 206 17 Step 14: Impact and outcome evaluation 207 Introduction 209 Impact and outcome evaluation – what is the difference? 209 When to evaluate? 210 Key measures of Impact and outcome evaluation 211 Reliability and validity in evaluation 214 Sampling and data analysis 215 Evaluation design 218 18 Step 15: Evaluating capacity gains 221 Introduction 223 Challenges in measuring capacity 223 Pre- and post-intervention comparisons 226 Strategies to enhance the trustworthiness of capacity evaluation 227 Visual presentations of capacity evaluations 228 19 Step 16: Economic evaluation 231 Introduction 233 Costs and consequences in health care 233 Characteristics of Economic evaluation 233 Types of Economic evaluation 234 Conducting an Economic evaluation 237 Efficiency vs. equity 237 20 Step 17: Reflective practice and valorisation 243 Introduction 245 What is Reflective practice? 245 Transformatory learning and Reflective practice 245 Improving practice through reflection 245 Stages of Reflective practice 246 Methods of Reflective practice 246 Tools for Reflective practice 248 What is valorisation? 249 Targets of valorisation 250 Methods of valorisation 250 Presenting intervention results 253 Appendices 257 1 Intervention plan template 259 2 Capacity building analysis tool 267 References 277 Index 284

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Book SynopsisFully revised and expanded, the third edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics maintains a balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor to provide students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech. Newly updated to reflect the latest advances in the field Features a balanced and student-friendly approach to speech, with engaging side-bars on related topics Includes suggested readings and exercises designed to review and expand upon the material in each chapter, complete with selected answers Presents a new chapter on speech perception that addresses theoretical issues as well as practical concerns Trade Review"Looking to offer a balanced, student-friendly approach to speech, with lively sidebars on related topics, this updated edition is intended to reflect the latest advances in the field." (Times Higher Education Supplement {Texbook Guide}, 3 November 2011) Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 Part I Fundamentals 5 1 Basic Acoustics and Acoustic Filters 7 1.1 The Sensation of Sound 7 1.2 The Propagation of Sound 8 1.3 Types of Sounds 11 1.3.1 Simple periodic waves 11 1.3.2 Complex periodic waves 12 1.3.3 Aperiodic waves 17 1.4 Acoustic Filters 19 Recommended Reading 22 Exercises 23 2 The Acoustic Theory of Speech Production: Deriving Schwa 25 2.1 Voicing 25 2.2 Voicing Quanta 28 2.3 Vocal Tract Filtering 30 2.4 Pendulums, Standing Waves, and Vowel Formants 32 2.5 Discovering Nodes and Antinodes in an Acoustic Tube 45 Recommended Reading 47 Exercises 48 3 Digital Signal Processing 49 3.1 Continuous versus Discrete Signals 49 3.2 Analog-to-Digital Conversion 50 3.2.1 Sampling 51 3.2.2 Quantization 55 3.3 Signal Analysis Methods 59 3.3.1 RMS amplitude 59 3.3.2 Fast Fourier transform (FFT) 60 3.3.3 Auto-correlation pitch tracking 64 3.3.4 Digital filters 68 3.3.5 Linear predictive coding (LPC) 71 3.3.6 Spectra and spectrograms 77 Recommended Reading 79 Exercises 80 4 Basic Audition 82 4.1 Anatomy of the Peripheral Auditory System 82 4.2 The Auditory Sensation of Loudness 83 4.3 Frequency Response of the Auditory System 88 4.4 Saturation and Masking 90 4.5 Auditory Representations 93 Rcommended Reading 97 Exercises 98 5 Speech Perception 100 5.1 Auditory Ability Shapes Speech Perception 101 5.2 Phonetic Knowledge Shapes Speech Perception 104 5.2.1 Categorical perception 104 5.2.2 Phonetic coherence 109 5.3 Linguistic Knowledge Shapes Speech Perception 112 5.4 Perceptual Similarity 115 5.4.1 Maps from distances 116 5.4.2 The perceptual map of fricatives 119 Recommended Reading 124 Exercises 126 Part II Speech Analysis 129 6 Vowels 131 6.1 Tube Models of Vowel Production 131 6.2 Perturbation Theory 137 6.3 "Preferred" Vowels – Quantal Theory and Adaptive Dispersion 141 6.4 Vowel Formants and the Acoustic Vowel Space 142 6.5 Auditory and Acoustic Representations of Vowels 144 6.6 Cross-linguistic Vowel Perception 146 Recommended Reading 149 Exercises 150 7 Fricatives 152 7.1 Turbulence 152 7.2 Place of Articulation in Fricatives 157 7.3 Quantal Theory and Fricatives 159 7.4 Fricative Auditory Spectra 162 7.5 Dimensions of Fricative Perception 165 Recommended Reading 166 Exercises 167 8 Stops and Affricates 169 8.1 Source Functions For Stops and Affricates 170 8.1.1 Phonation types 170 8.1.2 Sound sources in stops and affricates 172 8.2 Vocal Tract Filter Functions in Stops 176 8.3 Affricates 179 8.4 Auditory Properties of Stops 180 8.5 Stop Perception in Different Vowel Contexts 182 Recommended Reading 183 Exercises 184 9 Nasals and Laterals 185 9.1 Bandwidth 185 9.2 Nasal Stops 187 9.3 Laterals 196 9.4 Nasalization 198 9.5 Nasal Consonant Perception 202 Recommended Reading 204 Exercises 205 References 206 Answers to Selected Short-answer Questions 212 Index 218

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Book SynopsisHealth care reform has been a dominant theme in public discourse for decades now. The passage of the Affordable Care Act was a major milestone, but rather than quell the rhetoric, it has sparked even more heated debate. In the latest edition of Introduction to US Health Policy, Donald A. Barr reviews the current structure of the American health care system, describing the historical and political contexts in which it developed and the core policy issues that continue to confront us today. Barr's comprehensive analysis explores the various organizations and institutions that make the US health care system work-or fail to work. He describes in detail the paradox of US health care-simultaneously the best in the world and one of the worst among developed countries-while introducing readers to broad cultural issues surrounding health care policy, such as access, affordability, and quality. Barr also discusses specific elements of US health care with depth and nuance, including insurance, Trade ReviewAn important part of the literature examining health care delivery systems. Now in its fourth edition, it continues to be one of the most comprehensive and insightful works focusing on achieving equitable health care for all.—Journal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedTable of ContentsPreface 1 The Affordable Care Act and the Politics of Health Care Reform 2 Health, Health Care, and the Market Economy 3 Health Care as a Reflection of Underlying Cultural Values and Institutions 4 The Health Professions and the Organization of Health Care 5 Health Insurance, HMOs, and the Managed Care Revolution 6 Medicare 7 Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program 8 The Uninsured 9 The Increasing Role of For-Profit Health Care 10 Pharmaceutical Policy and the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs 11 Long-Term Care 12 Factors Other Than Health Insurance That Impede Access to Health Care 13 Key Policy Issues Impacting Direction of Health Care Reform 14 Epilogue/Prologue to Health Care Reform in AmericaAppendix: Summary of the Changes Contained in the Affordable Care Act On-Line Data Sources References Index

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Book SynopsisHow did seven low- and middle-income countries, inspired by the landmark Alma-Ata Declaration, dramatically improve citizen health by focusing on primary health care?The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 marked a potential turning point in global health, signaling a commitment to primary health care that could have improved the safety of air, food, water, roads, homes, and workplaces in all 180 countries that signed it. Unfortunately, progress in many countries stalled in the 1980s. The declaration was, however, embraced by a number of countries, where its implementation led to substantial improvement in citizen health. Achieving Health for All reveals how, inspired by Alma-Ata, the governments of seven countries executed comprehensive primary health care systems, deploying new cadres of community-based health workers to bring relevant services to ordinary households. Drawing on a set of narrative case studies from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Ghana, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam,the boTable of ContentsForeword, by Soumya SwaminathanForeword, by Abdul GhaffarIntroduction. Why Does Primary Health Care Matter in the Twenty-First Century?Part I. Primary Health Care FoundationsChapter 1. Primary Health Care: History, Trends, Controversies, and ChallengesChapter 2. Identifying Countries with Exceptionally Rapid Gains in Life Expectancy: A Quantitative ApproachChapter 3. Strategies to Improve Comprehensive Primary Health Care Performance in a DistrictChapter 4. Why Well-Supported Health Systems Are Necessary for Vertical Programs to Succeed: Lessons from Polio EradicationChapter 5. Continuity between Comprehensive Primary Health Care and Sustainable Development GoalsChapter 6. Four Principles of Community-Based Primary Health Care: Support, Appreciate, Learn/Listen, Transfer (SALT)Part II. Country Case Studies of Primary Health Care at Scale and the Way ForwardChapter 7. Bangladesh's Health Improvement Strategy as an Example of the Alma-Ata Declaration in ActionChapter 8. Ethiopia: Expansion of Primary Health Care through the Health Extension ProgramChapter 9. Health Improvement through the Primary Health Care Approach: Case of NepalChapter 10. Four Decades of Community-Based Primary Health Care Development in GhanaChapter 11. Sri Lanka's Health Improvements as an Example of the Implementation of the Alma-Ata DeclarationChapter 12. How Vietnam's Doi Moi Reforms Achieved Rapid Gains in Health with Comprehensive Primary Health CareChapter 13. Cuba's Progress on Primary Health Care since the Alma-Ata ConferenceChapter 14. Health for All in the Twenty-First Century: Lessons for the Next Forty Years of Implementing Primary Health CareList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisRevealing the dark truth about the impact of predatory private equity firms on American health care. Won Gold from the Axiom Book Award in the Category of Business Ethics, the Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association and the North American Book Award in the Catergory of Business Finance, Finalist of the American Book Fest Best Book Social Change and Current Events by the American Book FestPrivate equity (PE) firms pervade all aspects of our modern lives. Unlike other corporations, which generally manufacture products or provide services, they leverage considerable debt and other people's money to buy and sell businesses with the sole aim of earning supersized profits in the shortest time possible. With a voracious appetite and trillions of dollars at its disposal, the private equity industry is now buying everything from your opioid treatment center to that helicopter that helps swoop you up from a car crash site. It may even control how and when you caTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Hiding in Plain SightChapter 1. Who Even Are They? Private Equity from Soup to NutsChapter 2. The Emergence of the Alternative Asset ClassChapter 3. Consolidating Health CareChapter 4. It's between Me and My Doctor?Chapter 5. Drilling for Gold: Corralling DentistsChapter 6. Frail Elderly and Children: Homecare and HospiceChapter 7. Public Crisis, Private Gain: Substance Abuse and Eating DisordersChapter 8. Capitalizing on Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersChapter 9. Hijacking an Industry: Medical Ambulances and Emergency Air TransportConclusion. Infiltrating Our Health Care SystemAppendix. Selected Private Equity Firms Buying Health Care BusinessesAbbreviationsGlossaryNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely new edition of Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care brings the reader up to speed with changing aspects of primary care service delivery in response to the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), the Triple-Aim health approach, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures, Tables, and Exhibits Acknowledgments IntroductionPart I. Foundations of Integrated Behavioral Health Consultation Services Chapter 1. Population Health and the Patient-Centered Medical Home Chapter 2. Conducting the Initial Consultation Appointment Chapter 3. Common Behavioral and Cognitive Interventions in Primary Care Moving Out of the Specialty Mental Health ClinicPart II. Common Behavioral Health Concerns in Primary Care Chapter 4. Depression, Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Insomnia Chapter 5. Health Behaviors: Tobacco Use, Overweight and Obesity, and Physical Activity Chapter 6. Diabetes Chapter 7. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma Chapter 8. Cardiovascular Disease Chapter 9. Pain Disorders Chapter 10. Alcohol and Prescription Medication Misuse Chapter 11. Sexual Problems Chapter 12. Special Considerations for Older Adults Chapter 13. Women’s Health Chapter 14. Children, Adolescents, and Parenting Chapter 15. Couple DistressPart III. Special Issues Chapter 16. Managing Suicide Risk in the Primary Care Setting Chapter 17. Clinical Pathways and Shared Medical Appointments References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisIs drug addiction a disease that can be treated, or is it a crime that should be punished? In her probing study, Illness or Deviance?, Jennifer Murphy investigates the various perspectives on addiction, and how society has myriad ways of handling itincarcerating some drug users while putting others in treatment. Illness or Deviance? highlights the confusion and contradictions about labeling addiction. Murphy's fieldwork in a drug court and an outpatient drug treatment facility yields fascinating insights, such as how courts and treatment centers both enforce the disease label of addiction, yet their management tactics overlap treatment with therapeutic punishment. The addict label is a result not just of using drugs, but also of being a part of the drug lifestyle, by selling drugs. In addition, Murphy observes that drug courts and treatment facilities benefit economically from their cooperation, creating a very powerful institutional arrangement. Murphy contextualizes her findingsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Drug Addiction: Illness or Deviance?2 Historic Tensions and the Development of Drug Treatment and Policy3 The Overlap of Clinical and Legal Authorities: Capital City’s Drug Court4 Labeling Addiction in Outpatient Treatment: Southside and Westview Programs 5 Managing Illness and Deviance: Therapeutic Punishment 6 Conclusion: Reducing StigmaAppendix: Methods and PerspectiveNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisIs drug addiction a disease that can be treated, or is it a crime that should be punished? In her probing study, Illness or Deviance?, Jennifer Murphy investigates the various perspectives on addiction, and how society has myriad ways of handling itincarcerating some drug users while putting others in treatment. Illness or Deviance? highlights the confusion and contradictions about labeling addiction. Murphy's fieldwork in a drug court and an outpatient drug treatment facility yields fascinating insights, such as how courts and treatment centers both enforce the disease label of addiction, yet their management tactics overlap treatment with therapeutic punishment. The addict label is a result not just of using drugs, but also of being a part of the drug lifestyle, by selling drugs. In addition, Murphy observes that drug courts and treatment facilities benefit economically from their cooperation, creating a very powerful institutional arrangement. Murphy contextualizes her findingsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Drug Addiction: Illness or Deviance?2 Historic Tensions and the Development of Drug Treatment and Policy3 The Overlap of Clinical and Legal Authorities: Capital City’s Drug Court4 Labeling Addiction in Outpatient Treatment: Southside and Westview Programs 5 Managing Illness and Deviance: Therapeutic Punishment 6 Conclusion: Reducing StigmaAppendix: Methods and PerspectiveNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisApplying a strong, articulate, and systemic analysis to on-the-ground narratives, Oliver is able to offer fresh, incisive recommendations for health and social service providers with the potential to effect real-world change for this marginalized population.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface: A Room of One's Own I. "The Story Behind the Story": An Introduction II. "Once Upon A Time": Storying Feminist Theory in Neoliberal Times III. "Girl, You'll Be A Woman...Soon": A Narrative Project IV. "Girls Aloud": Narratives and Self-Stories: Savannah; Danika; Erin; Jean; Radha; Faith & Raven; Arielle V. "Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice": Age, Space, Gender and Health VI. "Seen and Not Heard": Negotiating Health and Wellness VII. "Begging for Change": Barriers, Facilitators and Implications VIII. "Living in a Material World": Challenges and Change IX: "A Journey of a Thousand Miles": One Conclusion Youth Resources List References

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Book SynopsisPOLITICS OF OCCUPATION-CENTRED PRACTICE Reflections on occupational engagement across cultures Politics of Occupation-Centred Practice: Reflections on occupational engagement across cultures addresses the cultural aspects of occupational identity and draws out the implications for practice, moving beyond the clinical environment to include the occupational therapist's work in the wider community. It explores the development of individual occupational narratives, community traditions and their roots in everyday experiences, offering a range of examples from distinctive populations to demonstrate approaches to forming sustainable occupational engagements. Chapters span such key areas as Experiences of Disaster', Social Inclusion', Disability and Participation', and Sexuality, Disability Cultures and Occupation'. This cutting-edge text, coordinated by two distinguished researchers and educators in the global field of occupational therapy and science, is desigTrade Review“What makes this book exciting is the fresh insights it offers to persistent issues within the occupational therapy.” (British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1 February 2013) “…it is a rare occurrence when one particular book sparks an immediate connection and I really want to read the next bit. That was the case with this particular volume. The editors have crafted an elegant flow between and across chapters that introduces the foundational concepts of the occupational therapy profession, then leads the reader into realms that are less familiar perhaps…A book full of new triggers of interest; a book that presents a fresh and unexpected dissection and synthesis of ‘‘occupation’’ as linked with languages, cultures, and narratives; a book well worth another read and one that can inform with fresh eyes when probing our practice and professional understanding.” (Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 26 June 2014) Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 Nick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou 2 The Language of Occupation 25 Nick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou 3 Occupational Literacy 42 Nick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou 4 A Grammar for a Language of Occupation 51 Nick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou 5 Towards a Transformational Grammar of Occupation 61 Nick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou 6 Narratives of Recognition 72 Dikaios Sakellariou and Nick Pollard 7 Narratives and Truths 81 Dikaios Sakellariou and Nick Pollard 8 Occupation in a Greek Town: Flowing, Emergent, Flexible across Time and Space 92 Sarah Kantartzis, Matthew Molineux and Sally Foster 9 Indigenous Ainu Occupational Identities and the Natural Environment in Hokkaido 106 Mami Aoyama 10 People with Disabilities and Participation: Experiences and Challenges of an Occupational TherapyPractice in the City of São Paulo, Brazil 128 Sandra Maria Galheigo, Fátima Corrêa Oliver, Taisa Gomes Ferreira and Marta Aoki 11 Communities of Writing 146 Nick Pollard 12 Disability, Sexuality and Intimacy 162 Pamela Block, Russell Shuttleworth, Jacob Pratt, Hope Block and Linda Rammler 13 Models and Human Occupation 180 Nick Pollard and Neil Carver 14 Participation, Time, Effort and Speech Disability Justice 197 Devva Kasnitz and Pamela Block 15 A Society Founded on Occupation 217 Nick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou Index 237

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Book SynopsisA lively and comprehensive review of policy change, Multidisciplinary public health: Understanding the development of the modern workforce concludes with a reflection on the new public health system under way in England, making useful comparisons with the rest of the UK.Trade Review"Recent developments in public health are poorly understood by the public. Multidisciplinary public health provides a readable history, based on the authors' own involvement, of one key change in modern public health - the incorporation of non-medical people into the mainstream public health workforce." Virginia Berridge, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine "Public health in England has moved into uncharted territory. This timely and important history of the changing workforce is an indispensable guide to the challenges and unfinished business ahead" David J Hunter, Durham University "A key text, entertainingly and expertly written, for anyone who wants to be better informed about public health and the contemporary development of the workforce that delivers it. This book provides a welcome addition to the literature on public health in England" Lord Hunt of King's HeathTable of ContentsIntroduction and methods; Developing the specialty of public health; The multidisciplinary public health movement of the 1990s; Changes for specialists I: Setting up a multidisciplinary public health senior appointments process; Changes for specialists II: The new regulatory system for specialists; Changes for specialists III: The establishment of multidisciplinary higher specialist training in public health; The focus on practitioners and the wider workforce; Where we are now? The new public health system in England from April 2013; Experience across the other UK countries; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisA lively and comprehensive review of policy change, Multidisciplinary public health: Understanding the development of the modern workforce concludes with a reflection on the new public health system under way in England, making useful comparisons with the rest of the UK.Trade Review"Recent developments in public health are poorly understood by the public. Multidisciplinary public health provides a readable history, based on the authors' own involvement, of one key change in modern public health - the incorporation of non-medical people into the mainstream public health workforce." Virginia Berridge, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine "Public health in England has moved into uncharted territory. This timely and important history of the changing workforce is an indispensable guide to the challenges and unfinished business ahead" David J Hunter, Durham University "A key text, entertainingly and expertly written, for anyone who wants to be better informed about public health and the contemporary development of the workforce that delivers it. This book provides a welcome addition to the literature on public health in England" Lord Hunt of King's HeathTable of ContentsIntroduction and methods; Developing the specialty of public health; The multidisciplinary public health movement of the 1990s; Changes for specialists I: Setting up a multidisciplinary public health senior appointments process; Changes for specialists II: The new regulatory system for specialists; Changes for specialists III: The establishment of multidisciplinary higher specialist training in public health; The focus on practitioners and the wider workforce; Where we are now? The new public health system in England from April 2013; Experience across the other UK countries; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisPartnership working in public health presents the findings from a detailed study of public health partnerships in England which are used to explore the government's changes in public health now being implemented.Trade Review"The authors challenge the established view that partnership working is an effective way to tackle complex public health problems...and prompt the reader to consider a great array of factors that will challenge your preconceptions in considering a seemingly straightforward question." Research Policy and Practice"In this challenging volume David Hunter and Neil Perkins build on a diverse array of ideas and evidence about partnerships, taking the reader beyond simple descriptions to explore the theoretical basis of partnership and examples of what makes for success." Professor Gareth Williams, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University."A timely and important analysis! As health systems are transformed in the UK and elsewhere, deeper understanding of complexity and how government enables or constrains innovation and change is critical." Allan Best, InSource Research Group"The book achieves its aim of using research to explore public health partnerships and their ability to deliver better health outcomes... there is little available for the intended audience on public health partnerships and the book challenges the widely held views that partnerships deliver demonstrable improvements in public health." Elaine Rodgers, Health DevelopmentTable of ContentsIntroduction; Theories and concepts of partnerships; Public health partnerships: What’s the prognosis?; The view from the bridge: Senior practitioners’ views on public health partnerships; The view from the frontline: Frontline practitioners’ views on public health partnerships; The changing policy context: New dawn or poisoned chalice?; Conclusion: The future for public health partnerships.

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Book SynopsisPartnership working in public health presents the findings from a detailed study of public health partnerships in England which are used to explore the government's changes in public health now being implemented.Trade Review"The authors challenge the established view that partnership working is an effective way to tackle complex public health problems...and prompt the reader to consider a great array of factors that will challenge your preconceptions in considering a seemingly straightforward question." Research Policy and Practice"In this challenging volume David Hunter and Neil Perkins build on a diverse array of ideas and evidence about partnerships, taking the reader beyond simple descriptions to explore the theoretical basis of partnership and examples of what makes for success." Professor Gareth Williams, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University."A timely and important analysis! As health systems are transformed in the UK and elsewhere, deeper understanding of complexity and how government enables or constrains innovation and change is critical." Allan Best, InSource Research Group"The book achieves its aim of using research to explore public health partnerships and their ability to deliver better health outcomes... there is little available for the intended audience on public health partnerships and the book challenges the widely held views that partnerships deliver demonstrable improvements in public health." Elaine Rodgers, Health DevelopmentTable of ContentsIntroduction; Theories and concepts of partnerships; Public health partnerships: What’s the prognosis?; The view from the bridge: Senior practitioners’ views on public health partnerships; The view from the frontline: Frontline practitioners’ views on public health partnerships; The changing policy context: New dawn or poisoned chalice?; Conclusion: The future for public health partnerships.

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Book SynopsisBy exploring the impact of different dimensions of governance on decision-making, this book argues that governance and population health are inextricably linked. Relevant to students, practitioners, policy-makers and anyone interested in governance and decision-making for public health.Trade Review"This book is an excellent guide to understanding the complexities and interconnections of governance, commissioning and public health in the context of recent public health policy in the English NHS and local government." David Evans, Professor in Health Services Research, University of the West of England"A resource for all public health graduates and practitioners who are or will be working in the public health sector." Dr Krishna Regmi, University of BedfordshireTable of ContentsIntroduction; Dimensions of governance; Commissioning for health and wellbeing; Levers for change (1): governance arrangements; Levers for change (2): incentives; Prioritising public health investment; Public involvement in commissioning; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisBy exploring the impact of different dimensions of governance on decision-making, this book argues that governance and population health are inextricably linked. Relevant to students, practitioners, policy-makers and anyone interested in governance and decision-making for public health.Trade Review"This book is an excellent guide to understanding the complexities and interconnections of governance, commissioning and public health in the context of recent public health policy in the English NHS and local government." David Evans, Professor in Health Services Research, University of the West of England"A resource for all public health graduates and practitioners who are or will be working in the public health sector." Dr Krishna Regmi, University of BedfordshireTable of ContentsIntroduction; Dimensions of governance; Commissioning for health and wellbeing; Levers for change (1): governance arrangements; Levers for change (2): incentives; Prioritising public health investment; Public involvement in commissioning; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThe international contributors to this unique collection demonstrate the significance of care ethics as a transformative way of thinking across diverse geographical, policy and interpersonal contexts.Trade Review"An exciting collection of new, cutting-edge research on care ethics that is theoretically-rich, provocative and timely." Dr. Fiona Robinson, Carleton University, Canada"This text engages with some of the most challenging issues relating to care in diverse political and practice contexts through the lens of ethics of care. Contributors from different cultural contexts and disciplines make this a valuable addition to a growing body of scholarship critically examining political and philosophical perspectives on care." Ann Gallagher, University of SurreyTable of ContentsSection One: Conceptual and Theoretical Developments; Introduction: the critical significance of care ~ Marian Barnes, Tula Brannelly, Lizzie Ward, Nicki Ward; Democratic Caring and Global Care Responsibilities ~ Joan C. Tronto; Beyond the dyad: exploring the multidimensionality of care ~ Marian Barnes; Caring for ourselves? Self-care neo-liberalism ~ Lizzie Ward; Care Ethics, Intersectionality and Post Structuralism ~ Nicki Ward; Care ethics and indigenous values –political, personal and tribal ~ Amohia Boulton and Tula Brannelly; Privilege and responsibility in the South African context ~ Vivienne Bozalek; Empathy in pursuit of a caring ethic in International development ~ Diego de Merich; Section two: Care Ethics in Practice; Exploring possibilities in telecare for aging societies ~ Ingunn Moser and Hilde Thygesen; Paradoxical constructions in Danish elderly care ~ Anne Liveng; Contours of matriarchy in care for people living with AIDS ~ Anke Niehof; HIV care and interdependent in Tanzania and Uganda ~ Ruth Evans and Agnes Atim; Reciprocity and Mutuality: people with learning disabilities as carers ~ Nicki Ward; People with Intellectual Disabilities (visually) re-imagine care ~ Anne Fudge Schormans; Care ethics and physical restraint in residential child care ~ Laura Steckley; Care for Carers: Care in the Context of Medical Migration ~ Elena Teadora Manea; Mental health service use and the ethics of care: in pursuit of justice ~ Tula Brannelly; Conclusion: Renewal and transformation – the importance of an ethics of care ~ Marian Barnes, Tula Brannelly, Lizzie Ward, Nicki Ward.

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Book SynopsisThe international contributors to this unique collection demonstrate the significance of care ethics as a transformative way of thinking across diverse geographical, policy and interpersonal contexts.Trade Review"An exciting collection of new, cutting-edge research on care ethics that is theoretically-rich, provocative and timely." Dr. Fiona Robinson, Carleton University, Canada"This text engages with some of the most challenging issues relating to care in diverse political and practice contexts through the lens of ethics of care. Contributors from different cultural contexts and disciplines make this a valuable addition to a growing body of scholarship critically examining political and philosophical perspectives on care." Ann Gallagher, University of SurreyTable of ContentsSection One: Conceptual and Theoretical Developments; Introduction: the critical significance of care ~ Marian Barnes, Tula Brannelly, Lizzie Ward, Nicki Ward; Democratic Caring and Global Care Responsibilities ~ Joan C. Tronto; Beyond the dyad: exploring the multidimensionality of care ~ Marian Barnes; Caring for ourselves? Self-care neo-liberalism ~ Lizzie Ward; Care Ethics, Intersectionality and Post Structuralism ~ Nicki Ward; Care ethics and indigenous values –political, personal and tribal ~ Amohia Boulton and Tula Brannelly; Privilege and responsibility in the South African context ~ Vivienne Bozalek; Empathy in pursuit of a caring ethic in International development ~ Diego de Merich; Section two: Care Ethics in Practice; Exploring possibilities in telecare for aging societies ~ Ingunn Moser and Hilde Thygesen; Paradoxical constructions in Danish elderly care ~ Anne Liveng; Contours of matriarchy in care for people living with AIDS ~ Anke Niehof; HIV care and interdependent in Tanzania and Uganda ~ Ruth Evans and Agnes Atim; Reciprocity and Mutuality: people with learning disabilities as carers ~ Nicki Ward; People with Intellectual Disabilities (visually) re-imagine care ~ Anne Fudge Schormans; Care ethics and physical restraint in residential child care ~ Laura Steckley; Care for Carers: Care in the Context of Medical Migration ~ Elena Teadora Manea; Mental health service use and the ethics of care: in pursuit of justice ~ Tula Brannelly; Conclusion: Renewal and transformation – the importance of an ethics of care ~ Marian Barnes, Tula Brannelly, Lizzie Ward, Nicki Ward.

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Book SynopsisWhat size is 'just right' for a care provider? This book explores size as an independent variable in care services, comparing outcomes and value for money across micro, small, medium and large organisations.Trade Review"A well-researched contribution by leading experts in this subject. Essential reading for policy professionals, providers of social care and the growing social and micro-enterprise community." Alex Murdock, Professor Emeritus, London South Bank UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: what size is `just right’ for a care provider?; Why study size?; Enterprise and care; Methods for co-productive research; What it means to be micro; Micro-enterprises: better outcomes at a lower cost; Enacting personalisation on a micro scale; Micro innovation: what, how and who?; How micro-enterprise performs; Sustainability: are micro-enterprises built to last?; Conclusion: scaling down?; Appendix 1: Site one interview schedule; Appendix 2: Adapted ASCOT tool; Appendix 3: Developing the innovation theme codes.

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Book SynopsisWhat size is 'just right' for a care provider? This book explores size as an independent variable in care services, comparing outcomes and value for money across micro, small, medium and large organisations.Trade Review"A well-researched contribution by leading experts in this subject. Essential reading for policy professionals, providers of social care and the growing social and micro-enterprise community." Alex Murdock, Professor Emeritus, London South Bank UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: what size is ‘just right’ for a care provider?; Why study size?; Enterprise and care; Methods for co-productive research; What it means to be micro; Micro-enterprises: better outcomes at a lower cost; Enacting personalisation on a micro scale; Micro innovation: what, how and who?; How micro-enterprise performs; Sustainability: are micro-enterprises built to last?; Conclusion: scaling down?; Appendix 1: Site one interview schedule; Appendix 2: Adapted ASCOT tool; Appendix 3: Developing the innovation theme codes.

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Book SynopsisLearning from professional errors in social work is vital for successful reflective practice. With plenty of practice examples and questions for reflection, this is essential reading for social work students, practitioners and managers.Trade Review"an engaging book...which should stand alongside other key texts on any reflective practice course." The British Journal of Social Work"raises some important issues...an interesting read." Professional Social Work Magazine"A valuable exploration of mistakes as a rich source of learning to enhance the intellectual abilities needed for contemporary practice." Jane Foggin, Sheffield Hallam University"Books on social work seldom address what can be learned from the inevitable mistakes that all professionals make in their careers. Dr. Sicora courageously confronts this issue with his remarkable book." Jack Wall, San José State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; The never-ending cycle of reflective practice; What is a mistake in social work?; Risks, responsibilities and opportunities from mistakes in social work; Questions and narratives: basic tools for enhancing learning from professional mistakes; Feedback and other tools for learning together from mistakes in organisations.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on research representing different types of European welfare states, including the Scandinavian and the Continental, this collection provides new insights about current welfare professions.Trade Review"The book offers a timely and thought-provoking analysis of social welfare professions in transition across Europe. Highly recommended." Professor Hannele Forsberg, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, FinlandTable of ContentsPreface ~ Björn Blom, Lars Evertsson & Marek Perlinski; European social and caring professions in transition ~ Björn Blom, Lars Evertsson & Marek Perlinski; Part 1. Knowledge, reflection and identity in the social and caring welfare professions; The impact of education on professional identity ~ Kåre Heggen & Lars Inge Terum; The Construction of Professional Identity in Social Work; Experience, Analytical Reflection and Time ~ Linda Bell, Maria Appel Nissen & Jorunn Vindegg; Professional supervision and professional autonomy ~ Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski, Liz Beddoe, Gillian Ruch & Ming-sum Tsui Part 2. Control, regulation and management; Reconfiguring Professional Autonomy? The case of social work in the UK ~ John Chandler, Elisabeth Berg, Marion Ellison & Jim Barry; Auditing and Accountability ~ Anders Hanberger, Lena Lindgren & Lennart Nygren; State regulation of the social work profession: an example from Poland ~ Kazimiera Wódz & Krystyna Faliszek; Part 3. Collaboration, conflict and competition; Professional boundary crossing and inter-professional knowledge development ~ Ilse Julkunen & Elisabeth Willumsen; The formation of a profession: The case of physiotherapy in Norway ~ Eline Thornquist & Hildur Kalman; The professional development of social work in Poland after 1989 ~ Sabina Pawlas-Czyz, Lars Evertsson & Marek Perlinski; Professional dilemmas of defining a problem: The case of addiction treatment ~ Joakim Isaksson & Daniel Törnqvist; Challenges of municipal community work ~ Witold Mandrysz, Marek Perlinski & Lars Evertsson; Part 4. Assessment, negotiation and decision-making; On the unnoticed aspects of professional practice ~ Rasmus Antoft, Kjeld Høgsbro, Maria Appel Nissen & Søren Peter Olesen; Can complexity in welfare professionals’ work be handled with standardised professional knowledge? ~ Lars Evertsson, Björn Blom, Marek Perlinski & Devin Rexvid; Who is viewed as a client by social workers and general practitioners? ~ Devin Rexvid; Activation work as professional practice: complexities and professional boundaries at the street level of employment policy implementation ~ Urban Nothdurfter & Søren Peter Olesen; Social and caring professions in European welfare states: trends and challenges ~ Marek Perlinski, Björn Blom & Lars Evertsson;

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Book SynopsisAn essential resource for students, this bestselling textbook includes the latest research findings and contains more tools, frameworks and international examples of best practice to aid practitioners to more effectively evaluate partnerships.Trade Review"This book is of great value for practical professionals working with other agencies....well written." International Journal for Integrated Care, Vol 8, 2008."provides a sound foundation for consideration of how to untangle the complex web of factors involved in the evaluation of outcomes and partnership working" Medical History"This volume offers a lifeline for those grappling with the complexities of partnership working and its consequences. Strongly informed by the available evidence, it provides a refreshingly sober and accessible appraisal of different types of outcomes and the range of evaluative approaches through which they can be captured." Alison Petch, Director, Research in Practice for Adults“A welcome revised edition of a book that is apt and timely in the current policy climate. The authors' critical edge will be helpful to evaluators but also policy-makers, practitioners and managers.” Jill Manthorpe, King's College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction; What are evaluation and outcomes and why does they matter?; What does research tell us?; Hot topics and emerging issues; Useful frameworks and concepts; Recommendations for policy and practice.

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Book SynopsisA thorough introduction to IPE in health and social care for students. This second edition includes updates to research and policy contexts and provides an essential set of IPE `do's and don'ts'.Trade Review"(Carpenter and Dickinson) provide an introduction grounded in experience, evidence and scholarship with helpful pointers to dependable sources for further reading." International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol 8, 2008."Never has there been a more pressing need for a succinct, accessible and dependable guide to interprofessional education. John Carpenter and Helen Dickinson respond. Practical throughout, their cogent critique builds on best practice, reinforced by emerging evidence and theory, as they challenge their reader to be no less rigorous in reviewing their performance in commissioning, designing, delivering and evaluating interprofessional education programmes. Well reasoned recommendations focus on much yet to be done." Hugh Barr, President, CAIPE (The UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education“This second edition succeeds in capturing the quickening pace of interprofessional developments since the first, by introducing a wealth of recent national and international perspectives, grounded in evidence, challenged by argument and illuminated with the authors' insight.” Hugh Barr, President, Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE)Table of ContentsIntroduction; What is interprofessional education and why does it matter?; What does research tell us?; Hot topics and emerging issues; Useful frameworks and concepts; Recommendations for policy and practice.

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Book SynopsisA robust guide for students to the leadership and management of inter-agency collaborative endeavours. It summarises recent trends in policy and uses international evidence to set out useful frameworks and approaches.Trade Review"As a student and teacher myself of organisational management, leadership, networks and integrated care this book is going to be placed conveniently close as a handy source of reference - perhaps it may even slip into my pocket." International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol 8, 2008"At last! Here is a rich source of well-evidenced ideas about how leadership can affect the outcomes of partnerships. A contribution to academic thinking, and a practical stimulus for the manager." Peter Thistlethwaite, Editor, Journal of Integrated Care"Any student or teacher of organisational management, leadership, networks and integrated care should keep this book close at hand as a go-to guide." Nick Goodwin, CEO, International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)Table of ContentsIntroduction; What are leadership and management and why do they matter in partnerships?; What does research tell us about leading and managing partnerships?; Hot topics and emerging issues; Useful frameworks and concepts; Recommendations for policy and practice.

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Book SynopsisA practical and accessible guide for students focussing on how inter-agency teams may be made to function more effectively, illustrated through real-life examples.Trade Review"...this book provides an interesting and stimulating reading for those who build and work in multidisciplinary teams as well as for policy makers." International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol 8, 2008."Overall, this book is comprehensive and well structured, giving students, nurses and managers the opportunity to become more self-aware and work towards better partnership working." Nursing Standard, Vol 23:3, 2008"Overall this title does contain many useful insights into teams and team working, and will be of value for many who are working with and developing teams." CNWL NHS Foundation Trust newsletter"Written by three experts who have worked closely with NHS staff over many years, this hugely valuable volume is filled with knowledge, wisdom and practical experience." Michael West, The King’s Fund"Team working is essential to effectiveness in modern organisations but the challenge is finding how to implement great team working rather than merely talking about it. This book tells managers how to move from the rhetoric to the reality with clarity, practicality and inspirational guidance. It is a vital guide for leaders and managers who want to develop outstanding teams across their organisations and a wonderful resource for all practitioners." Professor Michael West, Executive Dean, Aston Business SchoolTable of ContentsIntroduction; What is team working and why does it matter?; What does research tell us?; Hot topics and emerging issues; Useful frameworks and concepts; Recommendations for policy and practice;

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines a new, human focussed model for public services - an approach focused on achieving and maintaining wellbeing, rather than on reacting to crisis or attempting to `fix' people.Trade Review"This is a hard-hitting critique of our current care system - an account of why things are the way they are and how they could be different in future. Everyone who cares about health and social care should read it, and respond." Jon Glasby, Head of the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham "This is a profound and timely call for a different relationship between people and the services and institutions of the welfare state. It's a radical and necessary call to arms for a more human, personal and connected society." Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England "In this insightful book, Alex Fox gets to the heart of why attempts to reform our care and health services so often falter, and, drawing on his unique perspective, sets out a genuinely original alternative." Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA "The Shared lives model has achieved a very rare combination of warmth and humanity on the one hand, and scalability on the other. Here Alex Fox tells its story and persuasively draws out its radical implications for the future of the whole health and care system." Geoff Mulgan, CEO, Nesta "This is an original and clear-eyed view of the ways in which our health and care systems put dysfunctional rules and processes between people who need support and those whose role is to care for them. It also sets out the fundamental changes and power-shifts which are needed if our public services are serious about moving to models which would be healthier not just for people who have health and care needs, but for families and frontline workers too." Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield TrustTable of ContentsPrologue; Introduction; 1 How we divide the world into community and asylum; 2 How we create problems by trying to fix them; 3 Why failure pays, but success costs; 4 Risk aversion and risk indifference; 5 The humanisation experiment; 6 Shared Lives; 7 Designing a new national health and wellbeing service; 8 Delivering the national health and wellbeing service; Can we escape?

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Book SynopsisBringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the origins and nature of contemporary attitudes, policy and practice and sheds light on the challenges of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD).Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Jan Walmsley, Simon Jarrett; Paradoxical Lives: Intellectual Disability Policy and Practice in Twentieth Century Australia ~ Lee-Ann Monk; Tracing the Historical and Ideological Roots of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Austria ~ Gertraud Kremsner, Oliver Koenig and Tobias Buchner; Time of Paradoxes: What the Twentieth Century was like for People with Intellectual Disabilities living in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic ~ Monika Mužáková and Iva Strnadová; Intellectual Disability in Twentieth-Century Ghana ~ Jane Abraham and Auberon Jaleel Odoom; A Greek Neverland: The History of the Leros Asylums' Inmates with Intellectual Disability (1958-95) ~ Danae Karydaki; Intellectual Disability in Hong Kong: Then and Now ~ Phyllis King Shui Wong; People with Intellectual Disabilities in the European Semi-Periphery: The Case of Hungary ~ Ágnes Turnpenny; People with Intellectual Disabilities in Iceland in the Twentieth Century: Sterilization, Social Role Valorization and ‘Normal Life’ ~ Guðrún Stefánsdóttir; Institutionalisation in Twentieth-Century New Zealand ~ Carol Hamilton; ‘My Life in the Institution’ and ‘My Life in the Community’: Policies and Practice in Taiwan ~ Yueh-Ching Chou; Intellectual Disability Policy and Practice in Twentieth-Century United Kingdom ~ Simon Jarrett and Jan Walmsley; From Social Menace to Unfulfilled Promise: The Evolution of Policy and Practice toward People with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States ~ Philip M. Ferguson.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive review of dementia research, policy and practice in remote and rural settings. Drawing on case studies from the UK, Australia, Europe and North America, it sets out the unique needs of sufferers and carers in isolated locations, and identifies areas for future research and improvements in dementia services.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Remote and Rural Dementia Care: Why is this Important for Policy, Research, Practice and Individual Lived Experiences? ~ Anthea Innes, Debra Morgan, Jane Farmer; Part 1: Policy Drivers; The Future of Dementia Care in Rural Areas of the World ~ Jane Farmer and Sharon Grant; Addressing Dementia Needs in Australia ~ Irene Blackberry, Clare Wilding, Michael Bauer, Margaret Winbolt and Hilary Davis; Norwegian Remote and Rural Dementia Care ~ Oyvind Kirkevold and Kari Kristiansen; Part 2: Research Evidence; Rural Dementia Research in Canada ~ Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Megan O’Connell, Norma Stewart, and Andrew Kirk; Timely Diagnosis of Dementia in Rural Areas in Austria: The Dementia Service Centre Model ~ Stefanie Auer, Paulina Ratajczak, Edith Span and Margit Höfler; Key Issues for People with Dementia Living in Rural Ireland: Social Exclusion, Models of Care, and Policy Change ~ Eamon O’Shea and Kieran Walsh; Part 3: Practice Challenges; Developing Collaborative Relationships with Rural-dwelling Older Men with Dementia in the UK: Lessons Learned from a UK Community Technological Initiative ~ Ben Hicks and Anthea Innes; Farm Based Care: Providing Meaningful Activities as an Alternative to “Standard Day Care” in the UK ~ Fiona Marshall; Transportation Issues in Dementia ~ Mark Rapoport, Andy Hyde and Garry Naglie; Considerations in Dementia Care for Indigenous Populations in Canada ~ Kristen Jacklin and Jessica Chiovitte; Part 4; Living with Dementia in Rural Ireland ~ Helen Rochford-Brennan; Living with Dementia in Rural Scotland ~ Nancy McAdam; Conclusion: Navigating 21st Century Remote and Rural Dementia Care and a Future Research Agenda ~ Jane Farmer, Debra Morgan and Anthea Innes.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on case studies from optometrists, physiotherapists, pedorthists and allied health assistants, this book offers an innovative comparison of allied health occupations in Australia and Britain. Adopting a theory of the sociology of health professions, it explores how the allied health professions can achieve their professional goals.Table of ContentsIntroduction The allied health collective Diversity in the allied health professions The established allied health professions Emerging allied health professions The support workforce within the allied health division of labour Specialisation in allied health Post-professionalism and allied health Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOffering important nuances and crucial insights into diverse gender identities and trans-related healthcare inequalities, this ground-breaking research marks an important contribution to the wider fields of gender studies, LGBTQ scholarship and medical policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction Transgender and Medicine Moving Beyond the Binary in Transgender Studies 'Not Trans Enough': The Relationship between Non-Binary Gender Identities, Uncertainty, and Legitimacy Non-Binary Times, Non-Binary Places: Communities and their Intersections Views of the Clinic: Non-Binary Perceptions of Primary (and Non-Transition Related Secondary) Care Services Ticking the Legitimising Boxes? Non-Binary Perceptions of Gender Identity Clinics Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOffering important nuances and crucial insights into diverse gender identities and trans-related healthcare inequalities, this ground-breaking research marks an important contribution to the wider fields of gender studies, LGBTQ scholarship and medical policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction Transgender and Medicine Moving Beyond the Binary in Transgender Studies 'Not Trans Enough': The Relationship between Non-Binary Gender Identities, Uncertainty, and Legitimacy Non-Binary Times, Non-Binary Places: Communities and their Intersections Views of the Clinic: Non-Binary Perceptions of Primary (and Non-Transition Related Secondary) Care Services Ticking the Legitimising Boxes? Non-Binary Perceptions of Gender Identity Clinics Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book examines policies on unpaid care in the UK since the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act, questioning why, after decades of policies and strategies, unpaid care remains in a marginal position in the social care system and in society more broadly, as demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of Contents1. Introduction and background to unpaid care in the UK 2. Research and knowledge development on unpaid care in the UK 3. Policies to support unpaid carers 4. Policies into practice 5. Analysis of policies in context 6. The political and ethical dimensions of care 7. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisProvides a status update on the human resources for health sub-system in six Latin American and Caribbean countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay. The report structures its discussion around how the health workforce is financed, organised, managed, regulated, and performing.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on colonial and postcolonial Lagos, Stephanie Newell traces the ways in which urban spaces come to be regarded as dirty by showing how colonial perceptions of dirt and cleanliness structured colonial governance, urban planning, public health policies, and relationships between colonists and native Lagosians.Trade Review"Stephanie Newell's Histories of Dirt does for this generation what Mary Douglas did with Purity and Danger several decades ago. Focusing on what seems ubiquitous and thus utterly banal—dirt—Newell shows how the phenomenon of dirt is interpretable from a variety of sometimes contradictory perspectives both by local Africans and by the team of researchers that set about investigating the phenomenon. This is a high-order interdisciplinary work, full of fresh insights and with a turn toward what Africans think about themselves that will provide salutary methodological and conceptual lessons for scholars in African Studies and well beyond." -- Ato Quayson, Stanford University“Brilliantly reading imperial discourse against the grain, Stephanie Newell offers compelling dissections of the perspectives, assumptions, privileged subject positions, and framings that characterize imperial thought. At the same time, she gives close attention and consideration to the range of voices of the people of Lagos, producing powerful arguments about the popular, cultural, and social structures that express urban values. With great ingenuity, Newell has constituted an archive of the present that provides local voices and views on subjects initially warped by colonial discourse. Histories of Dirt is an important and major contribution.” -- Kenneth W. Harrow, author of * Trash: African Cinema from Below *"Histories of Dirt is a work of great creativity and nuance, and its message is especially urgent today. 'Èkó ò ní bàjé,' goes a political slogan turned popular now—Lagos will not spoil." -- Samuel Fury Childs Daly * International Journal of African Historical Studies *"The book is noteworthy for its contribution to our knowledge of how modernity has evolved in African cities, in a period over a century, a process illustrated through the histories of dirt in the city of Lagos. It is certainly useful to all those interested in the political and social history of cities and urban planning in Africa." -- Carlos Nunes Silva * Planning Perspectives *"Newell's prose is lucid and not belabored with theoretical jargons.… The book is also a huge contribution to postcolonial studies and public health. The most recent example through which we can come to terms with Newell on this cutting-edge scholarship is in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which different world leaders and citizens invoke dirt rhetoric against Asian bodies." -- Olájídé Salawu * Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry *“Histories of Dirt is a helpful manual for how dirt, as a word, an object, and a discourse, can be used to constitute archives, influence public opinion, and spark imagination.” -- Ainehi Edoro-Glines * Journal of African History *"Histories of Dirt is a formidable accomplishment of interdisciplinary scholarship and storytelling. . . . The book is exemplary for the fluidity of its narrative arc, for its methodological reflexivity, for its detailed attention to vernacular language, and for its richly textured, polyphonic portrait of Lago as a (post)colonial metropolis." -- Fabien Cante * Africa *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations vii Author's Note ix Preface. The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa (Dirtpol) Project xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. European Insanitary Nuisances 16 2. Malaria: Lines in the Dirt 32 3. African Newspapers, the "Great Unofficial Public," and Plague in Colonial Lagos 43 4. Screening Dirt: Public Health Movies in Colonial Nigeria and Rural Spectatorship in the 1930s and 1940s 58 5. Methods, Unsound Methods, No Methods at All? 79 6. Popular Perceptions of "Dirty" in Multicultural Lagos 90 7. Remembering Waste 115 8. City Sexualities: Negotiating Homophobia 142 Conclusion. Mediated Publics, Uncontrollable Audiences 158 Appendix. Words, Phrases, and Sayings Related to Dirt in Lagos 169 Notes 175 References 215 Index 241

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Book SynopsisJulie Avril Minich examines Latinx artistic engagements with health politics to present alternate visions of health and wellbeing among the Latinx community.Trade Review“Radical Health is a necessary and timely intervention in the fields of critical race and disability studies. Julie Avril Minich challenges us to nuance our approaches to health as a structural and social issue. This book is immensely valuable to anyone studying health in the United States today, especially in the wake of the mass disablement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” -- Sami Schalk, author of * Black Disability Politics *“By drawing attention to the racialized, economic, and gendered forms of violence imposed on Latinx communities by the US healthcare system, Radical Health will alter the way that both Latinx studies and disability studies are practiced. I cannot stress how important this book is. Its urgency and timeliness makes it essential reading for everyone committed to the struggle for health justice.” -- Richard T. Rodríguez, author of * A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Radical Health/Radical Unwellness 1 1. Unprotected Texts: Queer Latinx Expression in the Aftermath of AIDS 24 2. Sugar, Shame, Love: Diabetic Latinidades 52 3. Healing Without a Cure: Radical Health and Racialized Gender Violence 82 4. Mental Health and Migrant Justice: Family Separation and Reimagining Wellness 116 Remedio: The Navigator 150 Notes 167 References 187 Index 207

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Book SynopsisJulie Avril Minich examines Latinx artistic engagements with health politics to present alternate visions of health and wellbeing among the Latinx community.Trade Review“Radical Health is a necessary and timely intervention in the fields of critical race and disability studies. Julie Avril Minich challenges us to nuance our approaches to health as a structural and social issue. This book is immensely valuable to anyone studying health in the United States today, especially in the wake of the mass disablement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” -- Sami Schalk, author of * Black Disability Politics *“By drawing attention to the racialized, economic, and gendered forms of violence imposed on Latinx communities by the US healthcare system, Radical Health will alter the way that both Latinx studies and disability studies are practiced. I cannot stress how important this book is. Its urgency and timeliness makes it essential reading for everyone committed to the struggle for health justice.” -- Richard T. Rodríguez, author of * A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Radical Health/Radical Unwellness 1 1. Unprotected Texts: Queer Latinx Expression in the Aftermath of AIDS 24 2. Sugar, Shame, Love: Diabetic Latinidades 52 3. Healing Without a Cure: Radical Health and Racialized Gender Violence 82 4. Mental Health and Migrant Justice: Family Separation and Reimagining Wellness 116 Remedio: The Navigator 150 Notes 167 References 187 Index 207

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Book SynopsisAn inside look into how hospitals, nurses, and patients are faring under the Affordable Care Act More and more not-for-profit hospitals are becoming financially unstable and being acquired by large hospital systems. The effects range from not having necessary life-saving equipment to losing the most experienced nurses to better jobs at other hospitals. In Health Care in Crisis, Theresa Morris takes an in-depth look at how this unintended consequence of the Affordable Care Act plays out in a non-profit hospital's obstetrical ward. Based on ethnographic observations of and in-depth interviews with obstetrical nurses and hospital administrators at a community, not-for-profit hospital in New England, Health Care in Crisis examines how nurses' care of patients changed over the three-year period in which the Affordable Care Act was implemented, state Medicaid funds to hospitals were slashed, and hospitals were being acquired by a for-profit hospital system. Morris explains how the tumultuousTrade Review"Morris's detailed focus on hardworking individuals at one hospital shows in microcosm the difficult strains that plague our health care system writ large; as such, this book stands as a cautionary tale." * Choice *"Theresa Morris embeds herself with one hospital's nurses to witness firsthand how financial pressures on the institution impact patients at a particularly vulnerable moment in their lives: when they are giving birth. The news isn't good. Nurses are key here, and policy is driving them away from giving good patient care, in the delivery room and beyond. Healthcare in Crisis is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how our health system is failing patients, especially women and babies. Too often nurses have been left out of the conversation. Morris puts them in the center." -- Jennifer Block, Author of Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care"Theresa Morris's Health Care in Crisis offers an engaging treatment of organizational change. Using a community hospital as her focus, and the Affordable Care Act as the catalyst, she examines the ways in which institutional responses affect the nurse-patient relationship. Studying a maternity unit, and paying particular attention to care delivery, the author demonstrates that the ways in which health care systems are financed really matters." -- Beth Mintz, Author of Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom"In this compelling in-depth ethnography, Morris captures what its like to work as a labor and delivery nurse at a public community hospital in uncertain times. The administrators, reeling from the effects of some penalizing policies of the Affordable Care Act, seek a corporate buyer to relieve the hospitals economic distress. Morris illustrates how interlocking changes in finances and policies result in overworked nurses and negatively impact the care of women and babies. Healthcare in Crisis clearly documents the need for a single-payer system that values patient-centered medical service providers." -- Wendy Simonds, Author of Hospital Land USA: Sociological Adventures in Medicalization"Theresa Morris offers a careful analysis of how the intimate interaction between nurse and patient is embedded in the social dynamics of the workplace, in the occasionally tense relations of authority between professions, in the hospital’s budgetary constraints, and in the uncertainties of federal and state healthcare policy in the last decade. Morris’ thoroughly detailed and highly readable ethnography provides a vivid account of how these forces shape nurses’ work lives, with broad political and economic turmoil percolating down to the front lines of patient care." * Social Forces *"Health Care in Crisis offers a significant contribution to the sociology of public policy, medicine and health, organizations, and workplaces. It also represents a compelling investigation of uncertainty and unintended consequences. Highly readable and engaging, the book is well suited for adoption in undergraduate and graduate courses on medical sociology, work, social problems, and qualitative methods." * American Journal of Sociology *

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