Health systems and services Books
The University of Chicago Press Making Gray Gold Narratives of Nursing Home Care
Book SynopsisThis exploration of the work of nurses and other caregivers in nursing homes is set in the context of wider political, economic and cultural forces that influence, both positively and negatively, the quality of care for America's elderly.
£25.65
The University of Chicago Press Discoveries in the Economics of Aging NBER
Book SynopsisThe oldest members of the baby boom generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare, with significant implications for these programs' fiscal sustainability. This book focuses on the relationship between health and financial well-being, especially as people age.
£95.00
The University of Chicago Press The Organizing Locally How the New Decentralists
Book SynopsisFrom the cherries we buy, to the grocer who sells them, to the school where our child unpacks them for lunch, we express resurgent faith in decentralizing the institutions and businesses that arrange our daily lives. The author reveals the key cornerstones of social organization on which effective decentralization depends.Trade Review"After eras dominated by economics talk, it is refreshing to dip into a vision in which culture and social psychology play central roles. This is in some ways a call to arms, but it is not as didactic or gloomy as those to which we've become accustomed. It stirs the pot of what have become somewhat stale debates, and by incorporating such a broad range of cases, extends its relevance far and wide." (Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University)
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Organizing Locally How the New Decentralists
Book SynopsisFrom the cherries we buy, to the grocer who sells them, to the school where our child unpacks them for lunch, we express resurgent faith in decentralizing the institutions and businesses that arrange our daily lives. The author reveals the key cornerstones of social organization on which effective decentralization depends.Trade Review"After eras dominated by economics talk, it is refreshing to dip into a vision in which culture and social psychology play central roles. This is in some ways a call to arms, but it is not as didactic or gloomy as those to which we've become accustomed. It stirs the pot of what have become somewhat stale debates, and by incorporating such a broad range of cases, extends its relevance far and wide." (Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University)
£22.80
The University of Chicago Press The Future of Healthcare Reform in the United
Book SynopsisIn the years since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or, colloquially, Obamacare), most of the discussion about it has been political. But as the politics fade and the law's many complex provisions take effect, a much more interesting question begins to emerge: How will the law affect the American health care regime in the coming years and decades? This book brings together fourteen leading scholars from the fields of law, economics, medicine, and public health to answer that question. Taking discipline-specific views, they offer their analyses and predictions for the future of health care reform. By turns thought-provoking, counterintuitive, and even contradictory, the essays together cover the landscape of positions on the PPACA's prospects. Some see efficiency growth and moderating prices; others fear a strangling bureaucracy and spiraling costs. The result is a deeply informed, richly substantive discussion that will trouble settled positions an
£60.58
The University of Chicago Press Healing Powers Alternative Medicine Spiritual
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£22.80
The University of Chicago Press Side Effects and Complications The Economic
Book SynopsisThe Affordable Care Act will have a dangerous effect on the American economy. That may sound like a political stance, but it's actually a simple financial fact borne out by economic forecasts. In Side Effects and Complications, preeminent labor economist Casey B. Mulligan brings to light the dire economic realities that have been lost in the ideological debate over the ACA, and he offers an eye-opening and accessible look at the costs that American citizens will pay because of it. Looking specifically at the labor market, Mulligan reveals how the costs of health care under the ACA actually create implicit taxes on individuals, as the increased costs to employers will be passed on to their employees. Mulligan shows how, as a result, millions of workers will find themselves in a situation in which full-time work, adjusted for the expense of health care, will actually pay less than part-time work or even not working at all. Analyzing the incentives-or lack thereof-for people to earn more
£31.56
University of Chicago Press Economic Aspects of Obesity NBER National Bureau
Book SynopsisThe number of obese adults in the United States has doubled and the number of obese children almost tripled, which may lead to increased medical expenditures, productivity loss, and stress on the health care system. This title provides a foundation for evaluating the costs and benefits of various proposals designed to control obesity rates.
£110.00
The University of Chicago Press Last Best Gifts Altruism and the Market for
Book SynopsisAs the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question. This title offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma, by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe and the United States.Trade Review"In Last Best Gifts, Kieran Healy offers a timely, sophisticated, and original analysis of the complex organizational terrain of blood and organ donation. In doing so, he unpacks the crucial role that organizations and institutions play in creating the contexts for, and the meanings of, giving. His analysis suggests that the relationship between gifts and commodities, between giving and selling, is more complex than many scholars acknowledge." - Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Last Best Gifts Altruism and the Market for Human
Book SynopsisAs the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question. This title offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma, by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe and the United States.Trade Review"In Last Best Gifts, Kieran Healy offers a timely, sophisticated, and original analysis of the complex organizational terrain of blood and organ donation. In doing so, he unpacks the crucial role that organizations and institutions play in creating the contexts for, and the meanings of, giving. His analysis suggests that the relationship between gifts and commodities, between giving and selling, is more complex than many scholars acknowledge." - Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University"
£24.70
The University of Chicago Press Contesting Medical Confidentiality
Book SynopsisMedical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy. In this age of health databases and increasing connectedness, however, the confidentiality of patient information is rapidly becoming a concern at the forefront of worldwide ethical and political debate. In Contesting Medical Confidentiality, Andreas-Holger Maehle travels back to the origins of this increasingly relevant issue. He offers the first comparative analysis of professional and public debates on medical confidentiality in the United States, Britain, and Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when traditional medical secrecy first came under pressure from demands of disclosure in the name of public health. Maehle structures his study around three representative questions of the time that remain salient today: Do physicians have a privilege to refuse court orders to reveal confidential patient details? Is there a medical duty to report illegal procedures to the authorities? Should doctors breach confidentiality in order to prevent the spread of disease?Considering these debates through a unique historical perspective, Contesting Medical Confidentiality illuminates the ethical issues and potentially grave consequences that continue to stir up public debate.
£33.25
University of Chicago Press Contested Medicine Cancer Research and the
Book SynopsisIn the 1960s, University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. Using the Saenger case as a means to reconsider cold war medical trials, this book examines the tensions at the heart of clinical studies of the time.Trade Review"What is truly original about Contested Medicine is that, by using the science studies approach applied to a specific historical case, Kutcher shows not only how ethics were constitutive of the shape of experimental work on cancer at its inception but how both of these things were mutually changed over time." - Christopher Lawrence, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London"
£38.00
The University of Chicago Press The Political Life of Medicare American Politics
Book SynopsisOberlander provides a comprehensive hostory of Medicare politics, from the decades of consensus to debates over Medicare reform. Revealing how Medicare policies have developed over the past several decades this analysis will interest anyone concerned with public policy or healthcare.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press The Political Life of Medicare American Politics
Book SynopsisOberlander provides a comprehensive hostory of Medicare politics, from the decades of consensus to debates over Medicare reform. Revealing how Medicare policies have developed over the past several decades this analysis will interest anyone concerned with public policy or healthcare.
£22.80
The University of Chicago Press The Province of Affliction Illness and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important contribution to the historiography of illness and public health in early America. . . . Mutschler’s approach allows him to successfully balance what was representative of the era and what was distinctive about this particular location under his purview. Moreover, Mutschler’s style and emphasis on narrative makes the book accessible for those who do not specialize in the history of medicine. His work integrates illness with other forms of lived experience and demonstrates to his audience the merit of considering sickness in New England society and as an important lens for all historians of early America." * William and Mary Quarterly *“Mutschler examines in great detail, and with admirable skill, how sickness affected life in early Massachusetts. . . Mutschler is a fluid writer, with an admirable mastery of the relevant primary and secondary sources. . . Mutschler capably enlarges and deepens our understanding of daily life in New England and how the health safety net may have contracted rather than expanded over time as responsibility for health care moved away the individual and home to corporate and governmental resources.” * Social History of Medicine *“Families struggling to care for loved ones. Governments determined to cut back on medical costs. Populations quarantined to stop the spread of disease. These scenes from colonial New England are as current as today’s news. TheProvince of Affliction reveals a world surprisingly familiar, yet profoundly different from our own. In depicting this world, Mutschler is original, ambitious, masterful in his command of diverse sources, and a lively and fluent writer. He also forecasts the ideological origin of our current plight: the ethos of individualism that emerged in the wake of the Revolution, which built a new world of freedom and risk without a social safety net.” * Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut *“Timely for its historical reflections on the challenges posed by disease, The Province of Affliction documents the resilient responses of early New Englanders to the regular occurrences of serious illness. Mutschler provides a poignant and pointed account of a world in which colonial settlers regularly stretched their capacities to tend to the sick and dying.” * Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania *“The Province of Affliction provides a new lens into the experiences of New England colonists that broadens and deepens past scholarship. While New Englanders may have lived a long time, boy, did they suffer! Mutschler’s fascinating book is an eye-opening examination and raises a host of questions about how we measure and evaluate medical progress.” * David K. Rosner, Columbia University *“A work noteworthy for both what it has to teach about its designated historical period as well as about some of the most pressing challenges of that time that we continue to face today.” * The Well-Read Naturalist *Table of ContentsIntroductionOverviews 1. A Tour of the Province: October 18, 1769 2. Illness in the “Social Credit” and “Money” Economies of Eighteenth-Century New EnglandCompetency 3. Family Competency: Scenes from the Life Course of Illness 4. Household Competency: Work, Responsibility, and BelongingDependency 5. Smallpox, Public Health, and Town Governance 6. The Domestic Costs of War: Wartime AfflictionsAgency 7. Colonial Pensioners, the Revolutionary Invalid Corps, and the Advent of “Decisive Disability” 8. State Paupers and Patients Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index
£43.20
The University of Chicago Press Institutional Change Heathcare Organizations
Book SynopsisThe changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations.
£85.00
The University of Chicago Press Valuing Health for Policy An Economic Approach
Book SynopsisThis text brings together classic and up-to-date research by economists and public-health experts on theories and measurements of health values. It examines various models of health valuation, including the cost-of-illness, preventive-expenditures and quality-adjusted-life-year approaches.Table of ContentsPreface 1: Overview George Tolley, Donald Kenkel, Robert Fabian. 2: Framework for Valuing Health Risks Mark Berger, Glenn Blomquist, Donald Kenkel, George Tolley. 3: Cost of Illness Approach Donald Kenkel 4: Contingent Valuation of Health Donald Kenkel, Mark Berger, Glenn Blomquist. 5: Household Health Production, Property Values, and the Value of Health Richard Clemmer, Donald Kenkel, Robert Ohsfeldt, William Webb. 6: The Qualy Approach Robert Fabian 7: Issues in Questionnaire Design Robert Fabian, George Tolley. 8: Empirical Results from Household Personal Interviews Michael Brien, Donald Kenkel, Austin Kelly, Robert Fabian. 9: Empirical Results from Mail Questionnaires Wallace Wilson 10: Defining and Measuring Health over Life Lyndon Babcock, Anthony Bilotti. 11: The Quantity and Quality of Life: A Conceptual Framework Sherwin Rosen 12: Modeling of Choices with Uncertain Preferences Charles Kahn 13: Design of Contingent Valuation Approaches to Serious Illness Robert Fabian, Lyndon Babcock, Anthony Bilotti, George Tolley. 14: Future Directions for Health Value Research George Tolley, Robert Fabian. 15: State-of-the-Art Health Values George Tolley, Donald Kenkel, Robert Fabian. 16: The Use of Health Values in Policy George Tolley, Donald Kenkel, Robert Fabian, David Webster. References Contributors Index
£76.00
University of Chicago Press Living with Polio
Book SynopsisPolio was the most dreaded disease of twentieth-century America. Whenever and wherever it struck, hospitals filled with victims of the virus. This book focuses on the personal stories of the men and women who had acute polio and lived with its crippling consequences. It also details each physical and emotional stage of the disease.Trade Review"Wilson succeeds admirably on his own terms - taking ownership of the disease from medics (and from the academics and theoreticians) and giving it back to the patients who actually experienced it.... Daniel Wilson's book is a sobering indictment of the treatment of disabled people in mid-century America that can be read with profit, and, it is to be hoped, without complacency, by any practitioner today." - Seamus Sweeney, Times Literary Supplement "[Daniel J. Wilson] has done an admirable job of assembling more than 150 first-person accounts into a coherent narrative.... In the America of 2005, new cases of polio are extraordinarily rare; the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate it completely by 2008. But Mr. Wilson reminds us that more than half a million Americans are still living with its consequences." - Gordon Haber, New York Sun "For readers who... did not live during the prevaccine period, Living with Polio provides an excellent survey of the stories of those who had the misfortune of being struck by the disease." - Mark Pallansch, Science"
£22.81
The University of Chicago Press Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan
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£76.00
McGill-Queen's University Press The Peoples Health
Book SynopsisA long-overdue historical account of Maoist public health initiatives, detailing the ways they were experienced and their global impact.Trade Review"Zhou Xun is to be commended. The People's Health is a valuable contribution to an understanding of the often-unforeseeable consequences of political planning and social engineering." Paul U. Unschuld, Charité, Medical University Berlin and author of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Heritage and Adaptation“Zhou’s richly evidenced work enhances our understanding of the intricate relationship between medicine, society and the state and thereby our understanding of contemporary China. Scholars and readers interested in modern Chinese history and public health in China would find this book particularly helpful.” Europe-Asia Studies
£98.60
McGill-Queen's University Press The Peoples Health
Book SynopsisA long-overdue historical account of Maoist public health initiatives, detailing the ways they were experienced and their global impact.Trade Review"Zhou Xun is to be commended. The People's Health is a valuable contribution to an understanding of the often-unforeseeable consequences of political planning and social engineering." Paul U. Unschuld, Charité, Medical University Berlin and author of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Heritage and Adaptation“Zhou’s richly evidenced work enhances our understanding of the intricate relationship between medicine, society and the state and thereby our understanding of contemporary China. Scholars and readers interested in modern Chinese history and public health in China would find this book particularly helpful.” Europe-Asia Studies
£31.50
McGill-Queen's University Press Conscripted to Care Women on the Frontlines of
Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews and focus groups with nearly 200 women from a range of backgrounds and occupations – including healthcare workers, educators, and parents – Conscripted to Care reveals how structural inequalities put women on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response, yet with inadequate resources and little voice in decision-making.Trade Review“With a thoughtful and intersectional application of feminist political economic theory, Conscripted to Care identifies multiple structures that shifted the responsibility for care onto the women who worked during the COVID-19 response, and informs more equitable pandemic response, recovery, and preparedness. This timely and meaningful analysis of the crisis leaves no excuse for ignoring the unequal effects of the pandemic.” Julia Brassolotto, University of Lethbridge
£84.15
McGill-Queen's University Press Conscripted to Care Women on the Frontlines of
Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews and focus groups with nearly 200 women from a range of backgrounds and occupations – including healthcare workers, educators, and parents – Conscripted to Care reveals how structural inequalities put women on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response, yet with inadequate resources and little voice in decision-making.Trade Review“With a thoughtful and intersectional application of feminist political economic theory, Conscripted to Care identifies multiple structures that shifted the responsibility for care onto the women who worked during the COVID-19 response, and informs more equitable pandemic response, recovery, and preparedness. This timely and meaningful analysis of the crisis leaves no excuse for ignoring the unequal effects of the pandemic.” Julia Brassolotto, University of Lethbridge
£25.19
Columbia University Press Emerging Issues in Biomedical Policy An Annual
Book SynopsisVolume 1 discusses the problems inherent in allocating limited biomedical technologies: whose needs take precedence, what individual rights and responsibilities are involved, and when societal good justifies restricting individual good. Volume Two focuses on whether and when life-extending technologies should be used or withdrawn.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction to Emerging Issues in Biomedical Policy: An Annual Review Setting Policy Priorities for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources Emerging Issues in Genetic and Reproductive Technologies
£29.75
Columbia University Press Case Management
Book SynopsisOne volume text that integrates all of the principal theoretical arguments, issues, and empirical realities that pertain to case management and its diversity across countries, disciplines, fields of practice, professions, and client populations.Trade ReviewStudents looking for a general overview of case management would find this text useful, as it draws together a wide range of relevant issues and concerns. -- Liz Lloyd British Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Case Management as Policy The development of case management Policy tools and program strategy Searching for distinctiveness Part II: Case Management as Practice The practice of case management Key practice dimensions in diverse settings Critical practice questions and ethical decision making Part III: Case Management as Professional Business The management in case management Profiles of case managers Preparation for case management work Regulating case management Part IV: Reflections Through the looking glass
£27.00
Columbia University Press The AIDS Conspiracy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this important book, Nattrass...deftly examines widespread misconceptions about the origin, transmission, and health effects of AIDS. Publishers Weekly A remarkably well argued case against unscientific approaches to AIDS and a brilliant defense of evidence-based medicine. Library Journal (starred review) The AIDS Conspiracy is essential reading for anyone who is curious about why some people will not accept scientific facts about the nature, origin and lethality of HIV. -- Robin A. Weiss Nature a highly accessible, impeccably referenced, scholarly work, which should be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the role of conspiracy theories in the social and political history of the AIDS epidemic. -- Neil Bennet Lancet Nattrass lucidly examines the social and scientific stresses that confound the public when confronted with pseudoscientifc propaganda in life-threatening scenarios. Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Conspiratorial Move Against HIV Science and Its Consequences 2. AIDS Origin Conspiracy Theories in the United States and South Africa 3. Who Believes AIDS Conspiracy Theories and Why Leadership Matters 4. Science 5. Science 6. Hero Scientists 7. Defending the Imprimatur of Science: Duesberg and the Medical Hypotheses Saga 8. The Conspiratorial Move and the Struggle for Evidence-based Medicine Notes References Index
£23.80
Columbia University Press AIDS Between Science and Politics
Book SynopsisA social, political, and human history of the epidemic, with a look at its ongoing challenges, written by a scientist, physician, and pioneering world health leader.Trade ReviewAIDS Between Science and Politics is superb, well-crafted, and timely. The book is an excellent and valuable addition to the scientific literature. And who is better placed to address the multitude of issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS than Peter Piot? -- Mark Wainberg, McGill University AIDS Between Science and Politics is a compelling, expert analysis from the founding director of UNAIDS. A must-read for anyone interested in the international AIDS response and the ongoing social, political, and medical challenges posed by HIV. -- Nicoli Nattrass, author of The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back The author's findings, updated to 2012, should give anyone pause who thinks that AIDS is a thing of the past... of considerable use to readers with an interest in public health issues. Kirkus Reviews An enlightening account of how HIV and AIDS have shaped-and continue to shape-international public health policy. -- Beth Mole Science News AIDS Between Science and Politics is a must-read for anyone interested in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. More broadly, it offers lessons- and interesting anecdotes - useful in the response to Ebola and indeed to every challenge in global health and development. Nature Highly Recommended. CHOICE It is quite a task to write a history of the emergence and response to HIV/AIDS around the world and to do so in an accessible fashion. Yet this is precisely what AIDS Between Science and Politics accomplishes, appealing equally to AIDS experts and novices. -- Claire Laurier Decoteau Isis: A Journal of the History of Science SocietyTable of ContentsTranslator's Note Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Heterogeneous and Still-Evolving Epidemic 2. Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa: The Heritage of Apartheid 3. AIDS as an International Political Issue 4. A New Type of Transnational Civil Society Movement 5. The Right to Treatment 6. Combination Prevention 7. The Economics of AIDS 8. Prominence of Human Rights 9. The Long-Term View Notes Index
£21.25
Columbia University Press Health Care as a Right of Citizenship
Book SynopsisThis ambitious book examines how the American health care system must be further reformed to bring it closer in line with the ideals of a modern democracy, as well as how the ACA may change in the coming years. It suggests the next, natural step in the realization of health and well being as a fundamental human right.Trade ReviewAlmgren presents an extensively detailed and well-sourced story of the precursors to the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a "principled critique" of the ACA as it currently stands, and a proposal for the path (or paths?) forward. The book is beautifully written and a great read. -- Karla Washington, University of Missouri For the past two decades health scholars have documented the existence and prevalence of health disparities with a recent intentional shift away from additional documentation of health disparities to a focus on possible solutions for achieving health equity. Almgren's book argues that these micro level efforts may be largely in vain if we do not also address the larger systematic design issues. This book can be used to assess the multiple dimensions of equity in the US health care system, and to develop health care reforms to remedy where equity falls short. -- Colleen Grogan, University of Chicago Almgren's book on health reform could not be more timely. In the aftermath of the US presidential campaign, where the concept of a right to health care reemerged (as well as calls for complete abandonment of the Affordable Care Act), we need a principled, historically grounded, thoughtful, and yes, radical rethinking of the American dilemma of health care coverage. This book knits it all together and makes compelling sense of our confusing health care policy world. -- Edward F. Lawlor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis This clearly written book offers a concise review of the unique history of the U.S. health care and health insurance system, a well-reasoned presentation of the ethical basis of a universal right to health care, a comprehensive examination of the Affordable Care Act in the context of these ethical principals, and a map for the way forward, taking historical trajectory and ethical aspirations into account. What an invaluable resource for the health policy readership! -- Janet M. Bronstein, University of Alabama at Birmingham, author of Preterm Birth in the United States: A Sociocultural ApproachTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Statement of the Problem: American Exceptionalism in Health Care and the Emergence of the Great Unsustainable Compromise 2. The Emergence of the New Era of Reform 3. The Theoretical Foundations for Health Care as a Social Right of Citizenship 4. A Principled Critique of the ACA and the ACA in an Evolutionary Perspective 5. A Principled Approach to Radical Health-Care Finance Reform 6. A Principled Approach to Essential Health-Care Delivery System Reforms 7. Assessing Health- Care System Performance Against the Four Core Aims of Health-Care Policy 8. Special Issues and Considerations Notes References Index
£80.00
Columbia University Press Health Care as a Right of Citizenship
Book SynopsisThis ambitious book examines how the American health care system must be further reformed to bring it closer in line with the ideals of a modern democracy, as well as how the ACA may change in the coming years. It suggests the next, natural step in the realization of health and well being as a fundamental human right.Trade ReviewAlmgren presents an extensively detailed and well-sourced story of the precursors to the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a "principled critique" of the ACA as it currently stands, and a proposal for the path (or paths?) forward. The book is beautifully written and a great read. -- Karla Washington, University of Missouri For the past two decades health scholars have documented the existence and prevalence of health disparities with a recent intentional shift away from additional documentation of health disparities to a focus on possible solutions for achieving health equity. Almgren's book argues that these micro level efforts may be largely in vain if we do not also address the larger systematic design issues. This book can be used to assess the multiple dimensions of equity in the US health care system, and to develop health care reforms to remedy where equity falls short. -- Colleen Grogan, University of Chicago Almgren's book on health reform could not be more timely. In the aftermath of the US presidential campaign, where the concept of a right to health care reemerged (as well as calls for complete abandonment of the Affordable Care Act), we need a principled, historically grounded, thoughtful, and yes, radical rethinking of the American dilemma of health care coverage. This book knits it all together and makes compelling sense of our confusing health care policy world. -- Edward F. Lawlor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis This clearly written book offers a concise review of the unique history of the U.S. health care and health insurance system, a well-reasoned presentation of the ethical basis of a universal right to health care, a comprehensive examination of the Affordable Care Act in the context of these ethical principals, and a map for the way forward, taking historical trajectory and ethical aspirations into account. What an invaluable resource for the health policy readership! -- Janet M. Bronstein, University of Alabama at Birmingham, author of Preterm Birth in the United States: A Sociocultural ApproachTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Statement of the Problem: American Exceptionalism in Health Care and the Emergence of the Great Unsustainable Compromise 2. The Emergence of the New Era of Reform 3. The Theoretical Foundations for Health Care as a Social Right of Citizenship 4. A Principled Critique of the ACA and the ACA in an Evolutionary Perspective 5. A Principled Approach to Radical Health-Care Finance Reform 6. A Principled Approach to Essential Health-Care Delivery System Reforms 7. Assessing Health- Care System Performance Against the Four Core Aims of Health-Care Policy 8. Special Issues and Considerations Notes References Index
£25.50
Penguin Books Ltd Life in the Balance
Book Synopsis''A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death'' - Adam KayIn these stories, Dr Jim Down brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit - the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves. With honesty, humility and a streak of dark humour, Dr Down describes the quietly heroic work of doctors and nurses on the ICU, a place which sits at the cutting edge of medical technology and where a split-second decision can make the difference between life and death. From headline-grabbing cases like that of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned by Russian agents and admitted to Down''s ward, to the appalling aftermath of a train crash, Life in the Balance offers an inside glimpse of intensive care medicine, its immense challenges, deleterious effects on doctors'' mental health and enormous rewards. Its profundity will make you reconsider the fragility of life and reframe Trade ReviewA remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death -- Adam Kay * author of This is Going to Hurt *[Jim] describes with unflinching honesty the toll that working in intensive care can take on his own mental healthJim Down is as remarkable a writer as he is a doctor. If I'm ever in ICU I hope he's my consultant * Medical Editor, BBC *Whether treating famous Russian spies, the victims of terrorist attacks, or people taken close to death by Covid, he shows us what it's really like to care for those who are clinging to life, and describes with unflinching honesty the toll that working in intensive care can take on his own mental health -- Alastair CampbellSpies, terror, personal crisis, resolution and redemption; Life in the Balance really has it all ... a hilarious, beautiful book, I was sincerely moved -- Dr Chris van TullekenBeautifully written, witty and heartbreaking -- Olivia ColmanIf Jim Down is as good a doctor as he is a writer, I'd definitely want him treating me. * John O'Farrell *Transport yourself into the angst ridden, terrifying, and at times hilarious world of the trainee doctor of the 1990s. A cross between This is Going to Hurt and Do No Harm ... highly recommended! -- Dr Andrew Jenkinson * author of Why We Eat too Much *Jim's book is different. His ear is attuned, and his recounting conversations makes me live his scenes. And he made me think, weep and smile. He's a smart, wise and kind doctor in real life, and these characteristics shine through. Whoever you are, you should read this book. One in five of you will, at some point, need a Jim -- Hugh Montgomery * Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London *Life in the Balance brims with the wonder, trauma and magic of medicine. Jim Down is a consummate storyteller whose tales of life and death in the ICU are riveting. I loved this book! -- Dr Rachel Clarke * author of Breathtaking *A beautifully written, brutally honest account of what life spent as an ICU doctor is like, how it feels and what it costs -- Dr Kevin FongMedical students should read this. Young doctors should read this. Patients should read this. Having read it, I have no idea how Dr Down found the time to write it! -- Sir Richard StilgoeJim Down is as remarkable a writer as he is a doctor. It is like being by the patient's bedside in critical care, but more than that you are inside Jim's head as he struggles with ethical as well as medical dilemmas. What comes across most strongly is his humanity. If I'm ever in ICU I hope he's my consultant -- Fergus Walsh * Medical Editor, BBC *[Jim] describes with unflinching honesty the toll that working in intensive care can take on his own mental health * Alastair Campbell *
£17.09
University of Illinois Press The Graying of America
Book SynopsisFeaturing nontechnical language and user-friendly indexes, this book covers such topics as acupuncture, wheelchairs, adjusting to bifocals, preparing for traveling, improving communication with physicians, and avoiding eye strain in computer use. It offers coverage of health problems including arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer.Trade Review"An alphabetical listing of sources and issues of particular interest to older people. This new updated edition is useful, comprehensive, and well-written." -- Arkansas Times "Intended for general readers, this volume clearly explains various aspects of aging in nontechnical language. Topical coverage is very broad, and the selection of subjects appears to reflect both currently popular areas and the authors' own interests." -- Choice From reviews of the first edition: "The Graying of America represents a Herculean effort to educate patients... It is an educational and informational resource, easy to read, practical and useful." -- Eugene J. Rogers, M.D., Chicago Medicine "Readily accessible and easily understood by general readers, this source is highly recommended for college and university libraries, and for any reader interested in aging, old age, or gerontology in the contemporary U.S." -- Choice
£40.50
Indiana University Press Philanthropy for Health in China
Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, this book aims to advance the understanding of philanthropy for health in China in the 20th century and to identify future challenges and opportunities.Trade ReviewCommissioned by the China Medical Board in celebration of its 100th anniversary, "Philanthropy for Health in China" brings together the expertise of over two dozen authors in 14 chapters. Contributors hail from a range of academic fields, and many have long experience as practitioners working in philanthropy. . . it can be commended for drawing a clear picture of the contributions of health philanthropy in China historically and for presenting concise snapshots of recent programmes.June 2015 * The China Quarterly *[T]his volume's greatest strength is that it puts Chinese and Western scholars and practitioners in direct conversation with one another on some of the important challenges facing the non-profit sector in China today. The book provides an excellent overview of the landscape and opportunities for health philanthropy in China which will be useful to social historians, to non-profit personnel as well as lay persons seeking to understand or invest in health in China. * Social History of Medicine *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Philanthropy for Health in China: Distinctive Roots and Future Prospects / Lincoln Chen, Jennifer Ryan, Tony SaichSection I: Revitalization after Collapse1. The Collapse and Re-emergence of Private Philanthropy in China, 1949-2012 / Zhenyao Wang and Yanhui Zhao2. Shifting Balance of Philanthropic Policies and Regulations in China / Mark Sidel3. Changing Health Problems and Health Systems: Challenges for Philanthropy in China / Vivian Lin and Bronwyn CarterSection II: Chinese Roots and Foreign Engagement4. Medicine with Mission: Chinese Roots and Foreign Engagement in Health Philanthropy / Xiulan Zhang and Lu Zhang5. American Foundations in Twentieth Century China / Zhongyun Zi and Mary Bullock6. Connecting Philanthropy with Innovation: China in the First Half of Twentieth century / Darwin Stapleton7. International Philanthropic Engagement in Three Stages of China's Response to HIV/AIDS / Ray Yip8. Gender and Reproductive Health in China: Partnership with Foundations and the United Nations / Joan Kaufman, Mary Ann Burris, Eve W. Lee, and Susan Jolly9. Foreign Philanthropic Initiatives for Tobacco Control in China / Jeffrey Koplan and Pamela RedmonSection III: Transitions and Prospects10. GONGOs in the Development of Health Philanthropy in China / Guosheng Deng and Xiaoping Zhao11. The Red Cross Society of China: Past, Present and Future / Caroline Reeves12. More than Mercy Money: Private Philanthropy for Special Health Needs / Li Fan13. Charitable Donations for Health and Medical Services from Hong Kong to Mainland China / David Faure14. Towards a Healthier Philanthropy: Reforming China's Philanthropic Sector / Yongguang XuGlossaryContributorsIndex
£48.60
Indiana University Press Philanthropy for Health in China
Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, this book aims to advance the understanding of philanthropy for health in China in the 20th century and to identify future challenges and opportunities.Trade ReviewCommissioned by the China Medical Board in celebration of its 100th anniversary, "Philanthropy for Health in China" brings together the expertise of over two dozen authors in 14 chapters. Contributors hail from a range of academic fields, and many have long experience as practitioners working in philanthropy. . . it can be commended for drawing a clear picture of the contributions of health philanthropy in China historically and for presenting concise snapshots of recent programmes.June 2015 * The China Quarterly *[T]his volume's greatest strength is that it puts Chinese and Western scholars and practitioners in direct conversation with one another on some of the important challenges facing the non-profit sector in China today. The book provides an excellent overview of the landscape and opportunities for health philanthropy in China which will be useful to social historians, to non-profit personnel as well as lay persons seeking to understand or invest in health in China. * Social History of Medicine *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Philanthropy for Health in China: Distinctive Roots and Future Prospects / Lincoln Chen, Jennifer Ryan, Tony SaichSection I: Revitalization after Collapse1. The Collapse and Re-emergence of Private Philanthropy in China, 1949-2012 / Zhenyao Wang and Yanhui Zhao2. Shifting Balance of Philanthropic Policies and Regulations in China / Mark Sidel3. Changing Health Problems and Health Systems: Challenges for Philanthropy in China / Vivian Lin and Bronwyn CarterSection II: Chinese Roots and Foreign Engagement4. Medicine with Mission: Chinese Roots and Foreign Engagement in Health Philanthropy / Xiulan Zhang and Lu Zhang5. American Foundations in Twentieth Century China / Zhongyun Zi and Mary Bullock6. Connecting Philanthropy with Innovation: China in the First Half of Twentieth century / Darwin Stapleton7. International Philanthropic Engagement in Three Stages of China's Response to HIV/AIDS / Ray Yip8. Gender and Reproductive Health in China: Partnership with Foundations and the United Nations / Joan Kaufman, Mary Ann Burris, Eve W. Lee, and Susan Jolly9. Foreign Philanthropic Initiatives for Tobacco Control in China / Jeffrey Koplan and Pamela RedmonSection III: Transitions and Prospects10. GONGOs in the Development of Health Philanthropy in China / Guosheng Deng and Xiaoping Zhao11. The Red Cross Society of China: Past, Present and Future / Caroline Reeves12. More than Mercy Money: Private Philanthropy for Special Health Needs / Li Fan13. Charitable Donations for Health and Medical Services from Hong Kong to Mainland China / David Faure14. Towards a Healthier Philanthropy: Reforming China's Philanthropic Sector / Yongguang XuGlossaryContributorsIndex
£17.99
Indiana University Press Building on Our Promise
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1. Over 116 Years, Hospital Offers Compassionate Care, Expands and Improves Services and Health in Community2. Local Council of Women Creates First Hospital, Garners Public Support and Guides Hospital's Early Years3. Hospital Reaches Milestones by Enlarging Facilities, Investing in Modern Technology and Attracting Top Health Care Providers4. Hospital, Health Care Providers Meet Challenges, Crises and Deliver Vital Care, Social Services in Community5. Patients and Hospital Staff Remember Times of Extraordinary Care and Acts of Kindness6. Integration with IU Health Improves Hospital's Future, Leads to Creating State-of-the-Art Regional Academic Health CenterNotesBloomington Hospital TimelineList of Donors
£28.80
Indiana University Press From AIDS to Population Health
Book SynopsisFrom AIDS to Population Healthexplores the thirty-year history of a unique collaboration between the medical schools of Indiana University and Moi University in Kenya, as it progressedfromcombating theHIV/AIDSepidemicin East Africato the building of a national plan to provide universal healthcare to all. The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH)program focuseson the medical education of healthcare professionalswho arebuildingcommunities thatcantake care of themselves. The overwhelming success of the AMPATH program and its continuing vibrant legacy today are showcased through dozens of striking photographs, telling interviews, and revealing anecdotes and encounters. It focuses on four of the most innovative projects among the fifty that AMPATH oversees: a microfinance officer who organizes villagers, an oncology nurse who runs outreach clinics, a farm extension agent working in partnership with a multinational agriculture corporation to improve farm output, and a specTrade Review"AMPATH's growth from a groundbreaking response to HIV/AIDS to an even more impactful population health program is a remarkable feat, and the Kenyans and Americans who built the program are remarkable people. The program and the people both deserve a comprehensive, compelling book that tells their story. Fortunately for us, James Kelly has devoted his considerable reporting and photography skills to giving these inspiring health heroes—and we fortunate readers—a captivating book that meets the high standards set by this historic partnership."—Fran Quigley, Indiana University McKinney School of Law"This excellent book highlights the unique, successful and long-term partnership between two institutions—one Kenyan and one American. In contrast to many academic partnerships, the work of Indiana and Moi University is not based on data flows from Africa to the US, but rather demonstrates a model of international solidarity. The AMPATH collaboration's work to scale up HIV therapy and build health systems will serve to improve the resilience of health systems against the global threats of our time, from pandemics to climate change."—Joia S. Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. My African Experience2. History and AMPATH3. AMPATH Re-envisionedPart 2: Photographic Essays of Workers4. Population Health through Economic Empowerment5. Public-Private Partnerships6. Managing Chronic Diseases 7. Rafiki Centre for Adolescent HealthPart 3: Leadership Profiles8. The LeadershipPart 4: Research9. Methodology10. Staff Responses to the Survey11. Discussion and ConclusionsEpilogueReferences
£22.49
Indiana University Press Medicine Mobility and Power in Global Africa
Book SynopsisDiscusses Africa and medicine in a globalised worldTrade ReviewThis skillfully edited collection clears a path for further new and exciting work around topics of mobility, transnational health, and global healing. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *For medical anthropologists who work in Africa, the Dilger, Kanye, and Langwick volume is almost obligatory, and reading it will likely lead to a pleasant afternoon filled with recognizable names and debates.57.3 Dec. 2014 * African Studies Review *Medicine, Mobility and Power in Global Africa is a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship examining postcolonial medicine, health, and healing in Africa. * Journal of African History *Table of ContentsHansjörg Dilger, Abdoulaye Kane, and Stacey A. Langwick Introduction Part 1. Scale as an Effect of Power1. The Choreography of Global Subjection: The Traditional Birth Attendant in Contemporary Configurations of World Health Stacey A. Langwick 2. Targeting the Empowered Individual: Transnational Policy-Making, the Global Economy of Aid and the Limitations of 'Biopower' in Tanzania Hansjörg Dilger3. Health Security on the Move. Biobureaucracy, Solidarity and the Transfer of Health Insurance to Senegal Angelika Wolf4. Afri-global Medicine: New Perspectives on Epidemics, Drugs, Wars, Migrations, and Healing-rituals John Janzen5. AIDS Policies for Markets and Warriors: Dispossession, Capital, and Pharmaceuticals in Nigeria Kristin PetersonPart 2. Alternative Forms of Globality6. Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mali and Togo: Circulating Knowledge, Mobile Technology, Transnational Efforts Viola Hörbst7. Flows of Medicine, Healers, Health Professionals, and Patients between Home and Host Countries Abdoulaye Kane8. Public Health or Public Threat? Polio Eradication Campaigns, Islamic Revival, and the Materialization of State Power in Niger Adeline Masquelier9. School of Deliverance: Healing, Exorcism and Male Spirit Possession in the Ghanaian Presbyterian Diaspora Adam MohrPart 3. Moving through the Gaps10. It's Just Like the Internet: Transnational Healing Practices between Somaliland and the Somali Diaspora Marja Tiilikainen11. Mobility and Connectedness: Chinese Medical Doctors in Kenya Elisabeth Hsu12. Guinean Migrant Traditional Healers in the Global Market Clara CarvalhoContributorsIndex
£18.85
Indiana University Press Medicine Mobility and Power in Global Africa
Book SynopsisDiscusses Africa and medicine in a globalised worldTrade ReviewThis skillfully edited collection clears a path for further new and exciting work around topics of mobility, transnational health, and global healing. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *For medical anthropologists who work in Africa, the Dilger, Kanye, and Langwick volume is almost obligatory, and reading it will likely lead to a pleasant afternoon filled with recognizable names and debates.57.3 Dec. 2014 * African Studies Review *Medicine, Mobility and Power in Global Africa is a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship examining postcolonial medicine, health, and healing in Africa. * Journal of African History *Table of ContentsHansjörg Dilger, Abdoulaye Kane, and Stacey A. Langwick Introduction Part 1. Scale as an Effect of Power1. The Choreography of Global Subjection: The Traditional Birth Attendant in Contemporary Configurations of World Health Stacey A. Langwick 2. Targeting the Empowered Individual: Transnational Policy-Making, the Global Economy of Aid and the Limitations of 'Biopower' in Tanzania Hansjörg Dilger3. Health Security on the Move. Biobureaucracy, Solidarity and the Transfer of Health Insurance to Senegal Angelika Wolf4. Afri-global Medicine: New Perspectives on Epidemics, Drugs, Wars, Migrations, and Healing-rituals John Janzen5. AIDS Policies for Markets and Warriors: Dispossession, Capital, and Pharmaceuticals in Nigeria Kristin PetersonPart 2. Alternative Forms of Globality6. Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mali and Togo: Circulating Knowledge, Mobile Technology, Transnational Efforts Viola Hörbst7. Flows of Medicine, Healers, Health Professionals, and Patients between Home and Host Countries Abdoulaye Kane8. Public Health or Public Threat? Polio Eradication Campaigns, Islamic Revival, and the Materialization of State Power in Niger Adeline Masquelier9. School of Deliverance: Healing, Exorcism and Male Spirit Possession in the Ghanaian Presbyterian Diaspora Adam MohrPart 3. Moving through the Gaps10. It's Just Like the Internet: Transnational Healing Practices between Somaliland and the Somali Diaspora Marja Tiilikainen11. Mobility and Connectedness: Chinese Medical Doctors in Kenya Elisabeth Hsu12. Guinean Migrant Traditional Healers in the Global Market Clara CarvalhoContributorsIndex
£59.40
MIT Press Ltd Health Economics
Book SynopsisThe new edition of a textbook that combines economic concepts with empirical evidence, updated with material on the Affordable Care Act and other developments.This book introduces students to the growing research field of health economics. Rather than offer details about health systems without providing a theoretical context, Health Economics combines economic concepts with empirical evidence to enhance readers' economic understanding of how health care institutions and markets function. The theoretical and empirical approaches draw heavily on the general field of applied microeconomics, but the text moves from the individual and firm level to the market level to a macroeconomic view of the role of health and health care within the economy as a whole. The book takes a global perspective, with description and analysis of institutional features of health sectors in countries around the world. This second edition has been updated to include material on the U.S. Pat
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University of Notre Dame Press Long Road from Quito
Book SynopsisThe incredible story of David Gaus, who has dedicated his life to bringing modern health care and medicine to rural communities in Ecuador.Trade Review"The book succeeds in helping readers understand the lack of medical care in rural areas—the 'urban bias' of where doctors want to practice—and the unique geographic and social problems that complicate access to health care." —Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati Enquirer, author of A Promise in Haiti"Long Road from Quito: Transforming Health Care in Rural Latin America is well written and captures the attention of the reader; the many examples provide a colorful and vivid narrative that makes this book a page turner. Tony Hiss knows how to tell a story, and the reader gets an excellent in-depth impression of the context based on the vivid descriptions provided." —Clemens Sedmak, author of A Church of the Poor"If you are lucky, a few times in life you will come across a person who is able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. It is even rarer still to find in such a leader a genuine sense of humility and a depth of soul that radiates joy and laughter. I know you will enjoy and be inspired by this story of a modern-day man who is as holy as he is innovative, who is as determined as he is fun, and who is both visionary and focused on the set of eyes before him at any given moment." —Lou Nanni, from the foreword“[David] Gaus’ journey from an accounting undergraduate to a medical doctor hailed as a hero in Ecuador, with hesburgh as inspiration and partner, is recounted in the new book, Long Road from Quito, by journalist Tony Hiss.” —Notre Dame Magazine"Long Road from Quito by Tony Hiss is an extraordinary combination of biography and history . . . an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to community and academic library Contemporary American Biography collections in general, and Latin American Medical History supplemental studies reading lists in particular. . . . With a charming conversational style that's a pleasure to read, Hiss shows . . . Gaus's vision and determination . . . in a story with equal parts interest for Notre Dame readers, health practitioners, medical anthropologists, Latin American students and scholars, and the general public." —John Taylor, Midwest Book Review"[This] narrative has the contents, structure, and timing to engage the reader with the details of the philosophy, biography, and determination of David Gaus, a young accountant who took a charity trip to Quito in 1984. His trip ended up transforming him into a physician for the poor, a hospital builder, and an educator in rural Ecuador." —Choice“Long Road from Quito also depicts a challenge far greater than geographic isolation—namely, how rural populations differ from urban populations in their perception of health and disease. Such insights are essential not just in Ecuador but in much of the world, including industrialized nations.” —American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene"For family physicians with an interest in global health, rural medicine, and tropical disease, plus an appreciation for a well-told story, this book is a great read. Thoroughly entertaining while still conveying a message about how global health can be done well and responsibly, the book gives a sense of hope and energy." —Family Medicine
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Yale University Press Medical Work in America
Book SynopsisPresent-day health care policies in the United States are moving toward a system in which patients will be treated like industrial objects by doctors forced to work mechanically, says the distinguished medical sociologist Eliot Freidson in Medical Work in America. He offers a number of controversial proposals designed both to reduce costs and to avoid such dehumanization. In a series of essays that includes some of his classic work as well as significant new material, Freidson discusses the doctor-patient relationship, relations between physicians in various forms of medical practice, and the forces now reorganizing medical work. He shows how increasingly restrictive health insurance contracts insert a new, problematic element into both doctor-patient and colleague relations, and how bureaucratic methods of controlling medical decisions affect those relations. Finally, Freidson advances some basic principles to guide health care policy. He emphasizes that the physician's freedom to e
£42.32
Yale University Press Medicines Dilemmas
Book SynopsisDiscusses the current US health care crisis and alternative proposals, including the Clinton administration's. Drawing on wide medical and business experience, the study suggests implementing a new federal policy at state and local levels, which best understand their area's needs.Table of ContentsNo cost is too great to save a life, but somebody has to pay; health care issues of the 1990s; health - the object of an infinite quest; health care is a cultural affair; resource allocation in health care; medicine and management - a synthesis; the past as prologue; National Health Insurance proposals; "To The States Respectively"; "Promote the General Welfare"; "Hang Together ... or Hang Separately"; health care forces for the 21st century.
£26.02
Yale University Press The English Hospital 10701570
Book SynopsisThe first English hospitals appeared soon after the Norman Conquest. By the year 1300 they numbered over 500, caring for the sick at every level of society. This text traces their origin and follows their development through the crisis periods of the Black Death and the Reformation.
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Hachette Books Psychedelic Outlaws
Book SynopsisAward-winning sociologist Joanna Kempner unearths how a group of ordinary people debilitated by excruciating pain developed their own medicine from home-grown psilocybin mushrooms—crafting near-clinical grade dosing protocols—and fought for recognition in a broken medical system. Cluster headache, a diagnosis sometimes referred to as a ‘suicide headache,’ is widely considered the most severe pain disorder that humans experience. There is no cure, and little funding available for research into developing treatments. When Joanna Kempner met Bob Wold in 2012, she was introduced to a world beyond most people's comprehension—a clandestine network determined to find relief using magic mushrooms. These ‘Clusterbusters,’ a group united only by the internet and a desire to survive, decided to do the research that medicine left unfinished. They produced their own psychedelic treatment protocols and managed to get academics at Harvard and Yale to test their results. Along the way, Kempner explores not only the fascinating history and exploding popularity of psychedelic science, but also a regulatory system so repressive that the sick are forced to find their own homegrown remedies, and corporate America and university professors stand to profit from their transgressions. From the windswept shores of the North Sea through the verdant jungle of Peruvian Amazon to a kitschy underground palace built in a missile silo in Kansas, Psychedelic Outlaws chronicles the rise of psychedelic medicine amid a healthcare system in turmoil. Kempner’s gripping tale of community and resilience brings readers on a eye-opening journey through the politics of pain, through the stories of people desperate enough to defy the law for a moment of relief.
£23.80
National Academies Press Preparing for Terrorism Tools for Evaluating the
Book SynopsisProvides the managers of the MMRS program and others concerned about local capabilities to cope with Chemical, Biological or Radiological terrorism with three evaluation tools and a three-part assessment method. This work describes the management of the program and a table of preparedness indicators for 23 essential response capabilities.Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Community Emergency Management and Available Federal Assistance; 5 3 Federal Efforts to Increase State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism; 6 4 Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contracts; 7 5 Measurement and Data Collection in Evaluation; 8 6 Preparedness Indicators; 9 7 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Management; 10 8 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Success; 11 9 Closing Remarks; 12 References; 13 Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies; 14 Appendix B Selected Information about Federal Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Consequence Management Response Teams; 15 Appendix C Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Cities; 16 Appendix D 2000 MMRS Contract Deliverable Evaluation Instrument; 17 Appendix E Preparedness Indicators for Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contract Deliverables; 18 Appendix F Scenarios and Discussion Materials for Use on Site Visits
£50.35
National Academies Press The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2005
Book SynopsisThe Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2005Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Welcome; 3 Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H. - Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH; 4 George Isham, M.D., M.S. - Health Partners, Minneapolis, MN; 5 Lucian L. Leape, M.D. - Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; 6 Discussion; 7 Biosketches
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National Academies Press Crisis Standards of Care A Toolkit for Indicators
Book SynopsisDisasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. This book examines indicators and triggers that guide the implementation of crisis standards of care.Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1: Introduction; 4 2: Indicators and Triggers; 5 3: Toolkit Part 1: Introduction; 6 4: Toolkit Part 2: Emergency Management; 7 5: Toolkit Part 2: Public Health; 8 6: Toolkit Part 2: Behavioral Health; 9 7: Toolkit Part 2: Emergency Medical Services; 10 8: Toolkit Part 2: Hospital and Acute Care; 11 9: Toolkit Part 2: Out-of-Hospital Care; 12 Appendix A: Glossary; 13 Appendix B: Open Session Agenda; 14 Appendix C: Committee Biosketches
£38.95
National Academies Press Improving Access to and Equity of Care for People
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£41.00
Little, Brown Spark You Can Stop Humming Now A Doctors Stories of
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