Health systems and services Books

Book SynopsisJoin the generations of students who have embarked on successful careers with a firm foundation in the theory and practice of blood banking and transfusion practices. Denise Harmening's classic text teaches you not only how to perform must-know tests and tasks, but to understand the scientific principles behind them.Table of Contents Part I Fundamental Concepts 1. Red Blood Cell and Platelet Preservation: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends 2. Basic Genetics 3. Fundamentals of Immunology 4. Concepts in Molecular Biology Part II Blood Groups and Serological Testing 5. The Antiglobulin Test 6. The ABO Blood Group System 7. The Rh Blood Group System 8. Blood Group Terminology & Common Blood Groups: The Lewis System, P, I, MNS, Kell, Duffy, Kidd, Lutheran 9. Uncommon Blood Groups 10. Detection and Identification of Antibodies 11. Pre-transfusion Testing 12. Blood Bank Testing Technologies and Automation Part III Transfusion Practices 13. Donor Selection 14. Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases 15. Component Preparation 16. Transfusion Therapy 17. Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion 18. Apheresis 19. Cellular Therapy in the Transplant Setting 20. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn 21. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias 22. Tissue Banking Part IV Leukocyte Antigens and Relationship Testing 23. The HLA System 24. Relationship Testing Part V Quality Management and Compliance 25. Quality Management in the Blood Bank 26. Patient Blood Management 27. Transfusion Safety and Federal Regulatory Requirements 28. Laboratory Information Systems in the Blood Bank 29. Medicolegal and Ethical Aspects of Providing Blood Collection and Transfusion Services

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Book SynopsisMaster clinical skills with key information on 169 common clinical presentations. This comprehensive guide provides clinicians, medical students, and other health care professionals with a structured approach to navigating 169 of the most common clinical presentations with confidence and efficiency.

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Book SynopsisNEW UPDATED EDITIONIn this committed and compassionate book, Phil Hammond - a doctor, journalist, campaigner and patient - argues for a bidet revolution in the NHS - from the bottom up, with patients leading the charge. What we can do for ourselves to live well often far outweighs what modern medicine and the NHS can do for us. And when we do need to use the NHS, getting involved, speaking up and sharing our expertise can improve not just our care, but the care of others. We won't always succeed, but we can learn from failure as we try to get the best care possible in our precious and precarious health service. Dr Phil shares his own experiences of working in and investigating the NHS for 30 years, and combines it with the testimony and tactics of inspirational patients and carers. Some have survived and thrived in the NHS, some are planning a gentle death at home, and some have suffered greatly but are determined to improve the NHS so others don't have to.Trade ReviewWant to get the best from the NHS? How many strong, independent adults turn to shy, tongue-tied patients, and don't ask questions for fear of seeming presumptuous. I did when my kids were ill - and I'm a doctor! Now Dr Phil Hammond has written a fabulous practical guide in his book Staying Alive - how to get the best from the NHS. Like me, he loves the NHS - but he knows we all need some help to navigate our way through it. * Dr Sarah Jarvis, GP, writer and doctor for The One Show and www.patient.co.uk *If you use the NHS (i.e. all of you), you MUST read this book. If you're a doctor you NEED to read this book. If you're an NHS manager this book is VITAL. * Dr Chris Steele, GP and doctor for ITV's This Morning *This is a fantastic book about how to live well. Phil Hammond's goes beyond the usual tips about diet and exercise - we hear about the power of positive thinking, as well as how to get the best out of the health service. And this book is packed with real stories - from people who have become survival experts through their own experiences. Their stories are heartwarming, enlightening and useful. Phil Hammond has a knack of being brutally honest and very funny at the same time. This is quite simply the most useful book about health and the health service that I've ever read. * Alice Roberts *

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Book SynopsisDespite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off. This book analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations.

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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 SynopsisHealthcare and technology are at a convergence point where significant changes are poised to take place. The vast and complex requirements of medical record keeping, coupled with stringent patient privacy laws, create an incredibly unwieldy maze of health data needs. While the past decade has seen giant leaps in AI, machine learning, wearable technologies, and data mining capacities that have enabled quantities of data to be accumulated, processed, and shared around the globe. Transforming Healthcare with Big Data and AI examines the crossroads of these two fields and looks to the future of leveraging advanced technologies and developing data ecosystems to the healthcare field. This book is the product of the Transforming Healthcare with Data conference, held at the University of Southern California. Many speakers and digital healthcare industry leaders contributed multidisciplinary expertise to chapters in this work. Authors’ backgrounds range from data scientists, healthcare experts, university professors, and digital healthcare entrepreneurs. If you have an understanding of data technologies and are interested in the future of Big Data and A.I. in healthcare, this book will provide a wealth of insights into the new landscape of healthcare.

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Book SynopsisAbout our authors Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAEMS, EMT-P, is an emergency physician, researcher and EMS author. Presently, he is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, and an Attending Emergency Physician at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and EMS. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Bledsoe worked as an EMT, a paramedic and a paramedic instructor. He completed EMT training in 1974 and paramedic training in 1976 and worked for six years as a field paramedic in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1979, he joined the faculty of the University of North Texas Health Science Center and served as a coordinator of EMT and paramedic education programs at the university. Dr. Bledsoe is active in emergency medicine and EMS research. He is a popular speaker at state, national and international seminars and writes regularly for numerousTable of Contents1. General Information2. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics3. Administration of Medications4. Medication Dosage Calculations5. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Intravenous Therapy6. The Autonomic Nervous System7. Medications Used in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Emergencies8. Medications Used in the Treatment of Respiratory Emergencies9. Medications Used in the Treatment of Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis10. Medications Used in the Treatment of Metabolic-Endocrine Emergencies11. Medications Used in the Treatment of Neurological Emergencies12. Medications Used in the Treatment of Obstetrical and Gynecological Emergencies13. Medications Used in Toxicological Emergencies14. Medications Used in the Treatment of Behavioral Emergencies15. Medications Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Emergencies16. Sedation and Pain Management17. Weapons of Mass DestructionAppendicesA. Glossary of Street Drug NamesB. Emergency Intravenous Fluids Quick Reference GuideC. Quick Medication ReferenceD. Common Home Prescription Drug InformationE. Medication Administration SkillsF. A Guide to Herbal SupplementsG. Practice Problems Answer Key - Chapter 4

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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

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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)

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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"

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisLeonard Rubenstein—a human rights lawyer who has investigated atrocities around the world—offers a gripping and powerful account of the dangers health workers face during conflict and the legal, political, and moral struggle to protect them. He shares the stories of people who have been attacked while seeking to serve patients.Trade ReviewFew people have worked as tirelessly to protect doctors, nurses, and other health workers on the front lines of catastrophes and conflicts as has Leonard Rubenstein, and in this much-needed, eagerly awaited book, he brilliantly details how ruthless leaders, militaries, and terrorists deliberately target hospitals, patients, and their health workers for destruction, kidnapping, and murder. Bravo, Professor Rubenstein, for speaking truth, however inconvenient it may be for world leaders -- Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer and author of Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public HealthRubenstein provides a comprehensive account of the drivers of the growing number of attacks on health care during armed conflict. He offers insights and ideas we desperately need to shake off complacency and insist on compliance with the norms and principles of the Geneva Conventions. Governments, including the United States, have the power to protect health care from violence. As leaders and citizens, we have a duty to ensure they do. -- Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights CommissionProviding health care in combat zones often means delivering such care in the face of looting, fires, shelling, bombing, and plague. Rubenstein takes a deep dive in answering why violence against health care seems to be more visible. Perilous Medicine presents a well-documented series of case studies on such tragic attacks. This colossal work demonstrates how hospitals in war zones remain the last patch of humanity in times of utter chaos. -- Joanne Liu, former president of Doctors Without BordersA superb overview of the terrible number of horrendous and unlawful attacks against health care in wars worldwide. Rubenstein's unmatched knowledge, experience, and expertise shine through on every page to make this the definitive text on the subject and an urgent humanitarian call to keep health care safe in war. -- Hugo Slim, Institute of Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, Blavatnik School of Government, University of OxfordA major new book on healthcare in armed conflict...destined to become a landmark in its field...important and necessary. -- Julian Sheather * The BMJ *Rubenstein’s and Stoddard’s books show that the fight to protect medical and humanitarian workers is not new,but we are running out of time before it becomes futile. * New York Review of Books *Perilous Medicine is a foundational text for anyone working on conflict and health issues...an indispensable tool to shame governments and decision makers in international bodies into action to protect health care in conflict settings. * The Lancet *Rubenstein provides a clear-eyed recent history of violence against health care. Though the topic is pessimistic, he remains optimistic about the value of humanitarian efforts. For proponents of military necessity, Rubenstein articulates why humanity matters and how combatants suffer when it fails. For the aspiring humanitarian, he shows what it takes to make humanitarianism work. -- Robert Callahan * War on the Rocks *A sad and necessary read. -- Michael S. Roth * The Washington Post *A very timely and significant contribution to confronting this devastating issue. * Medicine, Conflict and Survival *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: When the Hospital Is a Battlefield1. Protection of Health Care in War: A Brief History2. Denying Care to Enemies3. Counterterrorism: The Devouring Monster4. Health Care as a Strategic Target: Syria5. Recklessness: The Saudi Assault on Yemen6. Obstruction: The Israel–Palestine Conflict7. Armed Groups: Threats and Violence by Nonstate Actors8. Challenges in Making Norms MatterConclusion: Toward Humanity and DignityNotesIndex

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive text focuses on reasoning, critical thinking and pragmatic decision making in medicine. Based on the authorâs extensive experience and filled with definitions, formulae, flowcharts and checklists, this fully revised second edition continues to provide invaluable guidance to the crucial role that clinical epidemiology plays in the expanding field of evidence-based medicine.Key Features:â Considers evidence-based medicine as a universal initiative common to all health sciences and professions, and all specialties within those disciplinesâ Demonstrates how effective practice is reliant on proper foundations, such as clinical and fundamental epidemiology, and biostatisticsâ Introduces the reader to basic epidemiological methods, meta-analysis and decision analysisâ Shows that structured, modern, argumentative reasoning is required to build the best possible evidence and use it in practice and research â Outlines how to make thTable of ContentsPart 1: How do we see things in medicine: Our trains of thought. 1. How do we see medicine, health and disease? A basic set of rules and fundamental paradigms (including evidence). 2. The work of physicians with individuals and communities: Epidemiology and other partners in evidence-based medicine. 3. The logic in modern medicine: Reasoning and underlying concepts. Part 2: How do we do things in medicine: Gathering and evaluating evidence. 4. Producing evidence: Classification, objectives and worthiness of medical research. 5. Assessing the health of individuals and communities: Health indicators, indexes and scales. 6. Identifying cases of disease: Clinimetrics and diagnosis. 7. Describing what happens: Clinical case reports, case series, occurrence studies. 8. Search for causes of disease occurrence: Why does disease occur? 9. The impact of treatment and other clinical and community health interventions: A 'does it work?' evaluation. 10. Prognosis: Studies of disease course and outcomes. Part 3: Putting experiences together and making decisions in medicine: Structured uses of evidence. 11. Analyzing and integrating a body of knowledge: Systematic reviews and meta-analysis of evidence. 12. Using evidence and logic in everyday clinical reasoning, communication and legal and scientific argumentation. 13. Decision analysis and decision-making in medicine: Beyond intuition, guts and flair. Epilogue: Widening horizons, staying in touch - What next? Glossary: Preferred terms and their definitions in the context of this book.

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Book SynopsisThrough observations in three intensive care units, this book draws on the reality of practice to explore how nurses and doctors work in intensive care settings. It examines: the power held by the competing knowledge bases the roles of the different professions the decision-making process the sources of conflict the need for change.Drawing together sociological theories and clinical practice, Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses explores the role of nurses in delivering contemporary health care. It makes a strong case for interdisciplinary working and is particularly timely when health care policy is challenging work boundaries in health care.Table of Contents1. Nursing Role Developments: Contemporary Perspectives 2. Collaboration: Working Partnerships or Sleeping with the Enemy? 3. Clinical Management Teams: The Impact of General Management 4. The Study 5. Understanding the Context 6. Clinical Decision Making and the Hierarchies of Knowledge 7. Roles in Clinical Decision Making: Working with a Historical Legacy 8. Power and Conflict on the Clinical Decision Making Stage 9. Breaking Through the Inner Circle: Rhetoric or Reality

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Book SynopsisPraise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions A Strengths-Based Approach Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the theoretical to the clinical. The many vignettes and transcriptions immeasurably enrich the reader''s understanding of the interventions and their broader applicability.Barbara M. Sourkes, PhDJohn A. Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Director of Pediatric Palliative CareLucile Packard Children''s Hospital at Stanford An important and practical guide to providing compassionate care and support to medically compromised children and their families Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach presents practical guidance on integrating the latest research into evidence-based practice to ensure the best client care. Edited by a top scholar in the field,Trade Review"Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions provides a wellspring of knowledge, from the theoretical to the clinical. The many vignettes and transcriptions immeasurably enrich the reader's understanding of the interventions and their broader applicability." —Barbara M. Sourkes, PhD John A. Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Director of Pediatric Palliative Care Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at StanfordTable of ContentsForeword, Barbara Sourkes, PhD xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Part I Overview and Introduction: Theoretical Framework for Collaborative Practice 1 Chapter 1 When a Young Person’s Health Becomes Problematic 3Nancy Boyd Webb and Rose A. Bartone Chapter 2 The Emotional Impact of a Young Person’s Illness on the Family 21Cindy Dell Clark Chapter 3 The Economic, Social, and Cultural Context of Health Care 35Virginia Rondero Hernandez Part II Helping Approaches of Practitioners in Different Settings 57 Chapter 4 A Behavioral Pediatrician’s Perspective on Helping Children Recover from Traumatic Medical Experiences 59Joan Lovett Chapter 5 Child Life Practice in Hospitals 73Deborah Vilas Chapter 6 Working with Families of Medically Challenged Youth 89Jennifer Baggerly Chapter 7 School-Based Interventions for Children and Youth with Medical Conditions 105Suzanne C. Griffith and Rosemary Doyle Chapter 8 School Social Work Interventions for Medically Compromised Youth and Families 121Linda Openshaw Chapter 9 Strengths-Based Group Work with Children 137Ariel Allena Botta Chapter 10 Play and Expressive Therapies with Medically Challenged Children and Adolescents 155Nancy Boyd Webb Chapter 11 Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Children with Chronic and Life-Threatening Illness 171Paul Thayer Part III Challenges and Issues Associated with Chronic, Ongoing, or Recurring Physical Conditions and Disabilities 187 Chapter 12 Medical Conditions Present at Birth 189Patrick Shannon Chapter 13 Medical Conditions That Appear During Early Childhood 205Roxia B. Bullock Chapter 14 Other Conditions That May Occur in Childhood or Develop in Adolescence 225M. Carlean Gilbert Part IV Acute Health Crises 241 Chapter 15 Outpatient Counseling for Children and Youth with Life-Threatening Conditions 243Douglas Davies and Nancy Boyd Webb Chapter 16 Hospital Treatment of Children and Youth with Life-Threatening Conditions 269Elaine C. Meyer Chapter 17 Helping in the Emergency Room after Accidents and Traumatic Injury 285Leslie H. Wind Part V Challenges and Guidelines for Helping 303 Chapter 18 The Challenge of Maintaining Hope and Fostering Resiliency: Implications for Youth, Families, and Practitioners 305Nancy Boyd Webb Appendix Child-, Youth-, and Family-Health-Related Professional Organizations 317 Training Programs and Certificates Related to Helping Medically Challenged Youth and Families 321 Child-, Youth-, and Family-Health-Related Professional Journals 324 Additional Health-Related Resources for Youth and Families 330 About the Editor 335 About the Contributors 337 Author Index 341 Subject Index 351

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Book SynopsisPraise for Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions Bruce Jansson''s thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in social work, nursing, and public health as well as those working in the health field of practice. The case examples are extraordinary, and Jansson provides the ideas, context, and theoretical base for readers to acquire the skills of advocacy in healthcare. This is by far the best advocacy book I have seen. Gary Rosenberg, PhD Director, Division of Social Work and Behavioral Science Mount Sinai School of Medicine Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy is a terrific description of opportunities for advocacy intervention and provides the skill sets necessary for effective advocacy. A needed book. Laura Weil, LCSW Director, Health Advocacy Program Sarah Lawrence College Improving HeTable of ContentsPreface xi 1 Embedding Advocacy in the U.S. Health System 1 Seven Problems Commonly Encountered by Healthcare Consumers 2 Advocacy 3 Scenarios and Vignettes 6 Resurgence of Interest in Case and Policy Advocacy 8 Advocacy From Outside the Health System 10 Advocacy as an Underground Activity 11 Advocacy as an Ethical Imperative 11 A Philosophical Premise 12 An Outline of This Book 13 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 13 2 How the U.S. Health System Contributes to Consumers' Seven Problems 15 The Poor Law Tradition 15 Emphasis on Technology 17 Entrepreneurialism 17 Insufficient Emphasis on Prevention 17 Lack of Diversity in Medical Personnel 18 Uneven Acceptance of a Biopsychosocial Framework 19 Medical Silos and Insular Care 19 From History to Case and Policy Advocacy 21 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 22 3 An Advocacy Practice Framework: Tasks, Skills, and Actions 23 Brief Overview of Case-Advocacy Interventions 23 Eight Case-Advocacy Tasks 24 Task #1 Reading the Context 24 Task #2 Triage 27 Task #3 Allocating Case-Advocacy Services 32 Task #4 Diagnosing Task 33 Task #5 The Strategizing Task 40 Task #6 Implementing Case-Advocacy Strategy 50 Task #7 Assessing Advocacy Interventions 50 Task #8 Progressing to Policy Advocacy 51 Case Advocacy for a Very Sick Child 51 Summary 56 4 Case Advocacy Skills 59 Four Skills for Reading the Advocacy Context (Task #1) 59 Four Skills for Case-Advocacy Triage (Task #2) 60 Four Skills for Allocating Case-Advocacy Services (Task #3) 61 Four Skills for the Diagnosing Task (Task #4) 61 Four Skills for the Strategizing Task (Task #5) 61 Four Skills for the Implementing Task (Task # 6) 62 Four Skills for the Assessing Task (Task #7) 62 Four Skills for the Progression Task (Task #8) 63 Two Skills in More Detail 63 The Nature of Influence 63 Empowering Consumers 65 Empowerment (Continued) 83 Advocacy With Respect to Seven Consumer Problems 96 5 Advocacy to Protect Consumers' Ethical Rights 97 Promoting Ethical Conduct in Healthcare 97 The Policy and Regulatory Thicket for Promoting Ethical Conduct 101 Obtaining Skills in Ethical Reasoning at the Case Level 106 Nineteen Scenarios Encountered by Case Advocates 115 Summary 137 Moving From Case-Advocacy Scenarios to Broader Policy Issues 141 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 142 6 Advocacy to Improve Consumers' Quality of Care 143 A Definition of ``Quality Healthcare'' 143 General Criticisms of the Success of U.S. Healthcare in Addressing Physiological Illnesses 144 The Policy and Regulatory Thicket as It Pertains to Quality of Care 146 Fifteen Scenarios Encountered by Consumers With Respect to Quality of Care 159 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 176 Progressing From Case Advocacy to Policy Advocacy to Enhance Quality of Care 176 7 Advocacy to Promote Culturally Competent Health Services 179 Conceptualizing Cultural Competency 180 What It Means to Be Culturally Competent: A Conceptual Framework 182 The Case for Providing Culturally Competent Services 185 The Policy and Regulatory Thicket 189 Ten Scenarios Pertaining to Culturally Incompetent Services 192 Policy Advocacy to Promote the Cultural Competency of the Health System 207 Moving From Case Advocacy Scenarios to Broader Policy Issues 210 8 Using Advocacy to Promote Prevention in Health 211 Defining Prevention 211 Threats to Health 213 Prevention Goals and Strategies 214 Why U.S. Consumers Particularly Need Prevention 219 Barriers to Prevention 221 The Policy and Regulatory Thicket 229 Twelve Scenarios of Consumers Regarding Preventive Services 239 Moving from Case Advocacy to Policy Advocacy 251 Summary 252 9 Using Advocacy to Help Consumers Finance Their Healthcare 253 Buck-Passing 260 Seniors' Angst 264 The Medical Wheel of Fortune 267 Some Effects of Poor Coverage on Health Outcomes 275 Ripple Effects of Health Costs and Coverage 276 The Policy and Regulatory Thicket Protecting Consumers With Respect to Health Coverage 278 Twenty Scenarios Encountered by Advocates 280 Moving From Case Advocacy to Policy Advocacy 295 Fifteen Scenarios Presented in This Book 295 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 295 Summary 296 10 Advocacy for Healthcare Consumers Needing Mental Health Services 297 Why Many Consumers Turn to Health Settings for Help with Mental Conditions 297 Kinds of Mental Distress Often Experienced by Consumers 300 Who Attends to Consumers' Mental Health Needs? 303 Some Liabilities in the Policy and Regulatory Thicket 304 Assets in the Policy and Regulatory Thicket 306 The Policy and Regulatory Thicket: Laws, Regulations, and Staff That Facilitate Social and Mental Health Services 319 Twenty-Six Scenarios Encountered by Case Advocates 321 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 343 Moving from Case Advocacy to Policy Advocacy 343 11 Advocacy to Help Consumers Receive Community-Based Care 345 Consumer's Health Ecosystems 345 A Compendium of Community-Based Health Services 348 Assets and Liabilities in the Policy and Regulatory Thicket 349 Fifteen Advocacy Scenarios for Consumers Needing Community-Based Care 361 Moving From Case Advocacy to Policy Advocacy 374 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 374 Summary 375 12 A Framework for Policy Advocacy by Healthcare Professionals 377 The Importance of Policy Advocacy 377 A Policy Advocacy Framework 379 Surmounting Fatalism, Controversy, and Vested Interests 387 Policy Advocacy in Four Settings 390 13 Using Policy Advocacy to Embed Advocacy in Healthcare Organizations 391 What Advocates Seek to Change in Health Organizations 391 Using Policy Advocacy to Embed Advocacy in Health Organizations 395 Summary 420 14 Policy Advocacy in Community, Electoral, and Government Settings 421 Health Advocacy in Communities 421 Policy Advocacy in Electoral Settings 425 Policy Advocacy in Legislative and Regulatory Settings 426 Advocating for Regulatory Changes 429 Establishing a Policy Agenda in Specific Health Settings 430 Online Materials Relevant to This Chapter 431 Summary 431 References 433 Author Index 457 Subject Index 469

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Book SynopsisTimes have changed, and investors need to change with them. Health Care is an ever-changing market. Though investors are often weary of health care investing, with big risk can come even bigger rewards. Fisher Investments on Health Care gives readers the tools to better understand the market.Table of ContentsForeword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Part I Getting Started in Health Care 1 Chapter 1 Health Care Basics 3 Health Care Basics 5 Health Care Characteristics 7 Chapter 2 The US Health Care System 19 Why Does It Cost So Much? 20 Private Versus Public 25 The Regulatory System 30 US Health Care Reform 33 Chapter 3 Brief Overview of Health Care Systems by Major Countries 37 Japan 38 Germany 42 France 45 United Kingdom 48 China 52 Chapter 4 Health Care Sector Drivers 57 Defensive Nature of Health Care 58 Innovation and Patent Expirations 61 Political/Regulatory Developments 63 Part II Next Steps: Health Care Details 67 Chapter 5 Health Care Sector Breakdown 69 Global Industry Classification Standard 70 Global Health Care Benchmarks 71 Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 74 Health Care Equipment & Services Industry Group 90 Health Care Providers & Services 97 Health Care Facilities 98 Health Care Services 99 Managed Health Care 102 Health Care Technology 106 Chapter 6 Challenges in the Health Care Sector 111 Slowing Growth in Mature Markets 112 Legislation and Regulation 115 Responding to Challenges 119 Part III Thinking Like a Portfolio Manager 127 Chapter 7 The Top-Down Method 129 Investing Is a Science 129 The Top-Down Method 132 Top-Down Deconstructed 138 Managing Against a Health Care Benchmark 145 Chapter 8 Security Analysis 151 Make Your Selection 152 A Five-Step Process 153 Important Questions to Ask 161 Chapter 9 Make Your Portfolio “Healthy” 169 Strategy 1: Adding Value at the Industry and Sub-Industry Level 170 Strategy 2: Adding Value at the Security Level 176 Strategy 3: Adding Value in a Health Care Sector Downturn 176 How to Implement Your Strategy 177 Appendix Reference Material 181 Notes 187 About the Authors 193 Index 195

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