Health systems and services Books
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Comparative Health Policy
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction 2. The Context of Health Care 3. Funding, Provision and Governance 4. Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources 5. The Health Workforce 6. Health Care Beyond the Hospital 7. Public Health 8. Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.
£37.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Process Redesign for Health Care Using Lean
Book SynopsisProcess Redesign for Health Care Using Lean Thinking is a response to a simple, but hard to answer, question and is the result of the experiences of a working doctor who was also the chief safety and quality officer of an Australian teaching hospital. At this hospital, he observed that the Emergency Department was staff by talented, well-trained, and respected doctors and nurses. The facilities were modern, and the work load unexceptional, but the department was close to melt down. Bad things were happening to patients, everyone was blaming each other, lots of things had been tried but nothing was getting better and no one could explain why. The problem was not a lack of technical knowledge or expertise, the problem was that no one stood back and said, what's the best way to move 200 or 300 patients a day through the complicated and varying, sequence of steps needed to sort out the many different problems that bring patients to our department? These challenges are faceTrade Review"I loved David’s book. He speaks with a distinct personal voice that combines deep personal experience and a framework that places that experience in a universal healthcare context. There is nothing else like it."John Shook, Chairman, Lean Enterprise Institute Inc, Cambridge MA"I loved David’s book. He speaks with a distinct personal voice that combines deep personal experience and a framework that places that experience in a universal healthcare context. There is nothing else like it."John Shook, Chairman, Lean Enterprise Institute Inc, Cambridge MATable of ContentsPart 1: Process Redesign – the complete method Chapter 1: Introduction: An accidental redesigner Why redesign? Learning about Lean A decade later Chapter 2: Craft, Flow, Mass British manufacturing: the extension of the craft work system The American method of production Moving to mass Chapter 3: Taiichi Ohno and the Birth of Lean Toyota and Taiichi Ohno Waste and flow Push and pull Workers as problem solvers: the challenge for managers Chapter 4: The Principles of Lean Thinking The process viewpoint: the golden thread of Lean The Lean principles Principle 1: specify value from the standpoint of the end-customer Principle 2: identify the value stream for each product family Principle 3: eliminate waste and make the product flow Principle 4: so that the customer can pull Principle 5: as you manage towards perfection Chapter 5: Healthcare is not manufacturing The Lean principles are very important – but Placing an order: customers and raw materials Redesign double vision Complicated: or complex and adaptive? Chapter 6: Knowledge work Knowledge work Knowledge workers own their knowledge capital Design Or Redesign Chapter 7: Redesigning care: authorization, permission, teams and governance Authorization and permission The redesign team Governance The workgroup and the improvement event Chapter 8: The virtuous circle of Process Redesign and the A3 Chapter 9: Identifying the problem Primary purpose, problems and concerns Problem statements What kind of problem, and where to start? Chapter 10: Defining the scope The benefits of starting with scope Scope and scoping: an evolving task Chapter 11: Diagnosis (1) Mapping – the Big Picture The process of Big Picture Mapping: a social intervention Setting up and undertaking a Big Picture Mapping Chapter 12: Diagnosis (2) Direct observation External or internal redesign capacity? The structure of the learning to see phase Tracking patients or tracking specific process steps Analysis Chapter 13: The real problem (1): Identifying the real problem Root cause analysis, the five whys and effect-and-cause analysis Chapter 14: The real problem (2): Measurement Measurement for redesign-types of measurement The basic triad of analysis design Measurement focus: releasing time or improving outcomes (or both) Measuring processes or outcomes Chapter 15: Goals, the scientific method and the future state Experiments and the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle Goals Chapter 16: Value stream, batching and flow improvement Making the process viable Splitting into value streams Flow Takt time Batching Improving flow: eliminate, combine, reduce, simplify Chapter 17: Targeted interventions – 5s, visual management and visual systems 5s Visual management The ideal visual management system Chapter 18: Queues, prioritizing, capacity and demand Acknowledging Erlang – the Calling population Queue discipline – First in, first out Queue discipline: planned work, short term queue, shortest service time Capacity lost, demand moves forward Queues and priorities Analysis of capacity and demand Exponential growth in queue length Impossible jobs Chapter 19: Embedding and sustaining Measure, monitor, evaluate A formal decision to adopt the new way The front-line manager A culture of continuous improvement Part 2: Case Studies Chapter 20: Case Study 1: Redesigning Emergency Department flows The problem Scoping Diagnosis The real problem Intervention ED works Evaluation Embedding and sustaining Chapter 21: Case Study 2: The Care-After-Hours Program The problem Authorization and permission Scoping Diagnosis Four major-work streams The real problem Intervention The Electronic Medical Task Board Evaluation Embedding and sustaining Continuity of information Chapter 22: Case Study 3: Visual Management The Patient Journey Boards Scoping Diagnosis-tracking The real problem Intervention Evaluation Discharge traffic lights and blue dots Chapter 23: Case Study 4: Redesigning podiatry care The problem Diagnosis The real problem Interventions Evaluations Chapter 24: Conclusion – Redesigning Process Redesign
£47.49
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainability for Healthcare Management
Book SynopsisSustainability is not unique to health, yet sustainability is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order to enlighten leadership about the value of sustainability as we move toward a new paradigm of health.Fully updated for the second edition, the book now includes case studies about: Waste disposal and cost Chemicals of concern Cost of water Green building ratings This book is a unique resource for researchers, students and professionals working in health and healthcare management because the book connects key concepts of environmental sustainability with healthcare operations. Readers will gain an appreciation for translating leadership priorities into sustainability tactics with benTrade Review"Pursuing sustainability is core to modern healthcare leadership. Through water conservation, sustainable packaging, renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions, we save money, improve the health of the planet, and compete in business efficiently." — Michael Sneed, Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs for Johnson & Johnson, USATable of ContentsForeword. Preface. 1. Hippocrates was right 2. From governance to operations 3. Saluting the captain of the ship 4. Waste not, want not 5. The long and winding road (leads me home) 6. Good-bye fried chicken, hello healthy, sustainable food 7. Through the looking glass 8. Before a baby’s first breath 9. Downstream without a paddle 10. Building brand, literally 11. Water changes everything 12. Environmental ethics in healthcare management
£39.99
St Martin's Press Saving Sarah
Book SynopsisWhen her daughter desperately needed a lung transplant to survive, Janet Murnaghan rallied against the outdated restrictions in healthcare that would limit her daughter's options.
£16.49
John Wiley & Sons Inc Dead Wrong
Book SynopsisSave lives and improve public health by countering misinformation In Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Misinformation Illness, a team of health misinformation experts delivers a first-hand account of the dangers posed by false narratives and snake oil in the face of deadly healthcare crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic. In the book, you'll explore the challenges facing those who fight to restore truth to a place of primacy in the United States healthcare system, the strategies they use, and the lessons you can draw from their real-world stories. Through interviews with healthcare leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and an intuitive discussion of contemporary academic research, the authors highlight issues of critical importance in the quest to bring accurate information to the American public. You'll also find: An exhortation to healthcare professionals to take up the cause of countering misinformation as if theirTable of ContentsForeword by Dr. Joseph Kvedar vii Preface ix Chapter 1 A Fatal Misconception 1 Chapter 2 Pandemic of Lies 19 Chapter 3 Our Tainted History 35 Chapter 4 New Traumas, Old Wounds 53 Chapter 5 A Shock to the Healthcare System 69 Chapter 6 Trust and Empathy 87 Chapter 7 Reverse- Engineering Dark Magic 107 Chapter 8 Healthcare’s Human Stories 125 Chapter 9 The Pursuit of Change 143 Chapter 10 Doing No Harm 165 Notes 177 Acknowledgments 199 About the Authors 205 Index 207
£18.69
Pen & Sword Books Ltd How the NHS Coped with Covid19
Book SynopsisIncludes unique photos from staff telling their stories as well as some photos of NHS murals from the artists.
£14.39
Cengage Learning EMEA Beginning Reflective Practice
Book SynopsisA title within the Nursing and Health Care Practice series, Beginning Reflective Practice provides pre-registration nursing and health care students with all the tools required to fully understand and develop skills for reflective practice, with the goal of becoming a successful reflective practitioner.Clearly written and highly accessible, this new edition includes a wide number of examples and illustrations to assist with learning and understanding, simple introductions to theoretical perspectives along with key developments in nursing including the growing role of e-learning technologies, the relationship between reflective learning and evidence-based practice, and the increasingly recognised linkage between reflection, professional judgment and accountability. Fully up-to-date in line with NMC standards, this is an indispensable text for every trainee reflective practitioner.Trade ReviewDRAFT Ch 1 - What is Reflective Practice? Ch 2 - Knowing Ourselves Ch 3 Frameworks for Reflection Ch 4 - Entering the Clinical Environment Ch 5 - Ways of Reflecting on Your Own Ch 6 - Ways of Reflecting With Others Appendix - Answers to Rapid Recap QuestionsTable of ContentsCh 1 ��� What is Reflective Practice? Ch 2 ��� Knowing Ourselves Ch 3 Frameworks for Reflection Ch 4 ��� Entering the Clinical Environment Ch 5 ��� Ways of Reflecting on Your Own Ch 6 ��� Ways of Reflecting With Others Appendix ��� Answers to Rapid Recap Questions
£30.99
Bristol University Press Ageing and the Crisis in Health and Social Care
Book SynopsisCurrent and future provision of health and social care for older people is explored in this timely study. It draws on examples from Germany, Sweden and the UK to measure the impact of trends including neoliberalisation and marketisation and it considers new solutions to contemporary challenges in a complex care system.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Discourse, Capital, Intersectionality and Precarity 3. Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Welfare State Models: A Comparative Analysis 4. Failing Health and Social Care in the UK: Austerity, Neoliberal Ideology and Precarity 5. Public Health, Emergency Settings and End of Life Care 6. The COVID-19 Health and Social Care Challenge 7. Innovative Solutions and Cultural Change Appendices
£72.00
Bristol University Press A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States
Book SynopsisAcademic experts review the impact of neoliberal politics and ideology on the status of care work in Nordic countries. They explore different understandings of the care crisis, the consequences for gender equality and the long-term sustainability of the Nordic welfare states.Table of Contents1 Introduction: A care crisis in the Nordic welfare states? - Hanne Marlene Dahl and Lise Lotte Hansen 2 The ‘care crisis’: its scientific framing and silences - Hanne Marlene Dahl 3 Fraser’s care crisis theory meets the Nordic welfare societies - Lise Lotte Hansen, Margunn Bjørnholt and Laura Horn 4 Crisis of care: a problem of economisation, of technologisation or of politics of care? - Anne Kovalainen 5 Deteriorating working conditions in elderly care: an invisible crisis of care? - Anneli Stranz 6 Managerialism as a failing response to the care crisis - Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania, Antero Olakivi, Minna Zechner and Lena Näre 7 ‘We are here for you’: care crisis and the (un)learning of good nursing - Carsten Juul Jensen and Steen Baagøe Nielsen 8 Professionalisation of social pedagogues under managerial control: caring for children in a time of care crisis - Steen Baagøe Nielsen 9 Raising quality in Norwegian early childhood centres: (re)producing the care crisis? - Birgitte Ljunggren 10 Conclusion: less caring and less gender- equal Nordic states - Lise Lotte Hansen and Hanne Marlene Dahl 11 Postscript: a care crisis in the time of COVID- 19 - Laura Horn, Carsten Juul Jensen and Birgitte Ljunggren
£72.25
Bristol University Press Care Technologies for Ageing Societies
Book SynopsisExploring the role of technology in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, this book compares the ways in which technology is being implemented in different national contexts to contribute effectively to the sustainability of care systems.Table of Contents1. Care Technologies for Ageing Societies: Setting the Scene - Kate Hamblin and Matthew Lariviere 2. Technology and Adult Social Care in England - James Wright and Kate Hamblin 3. Technology to Support Ageing in Place in Australia - Meryl Lovarini, Kate O’Loughlin and Lindy Clemson 4. The Role of Assistive Technologies in Homecare Delivery in Germany: Between Vision and Reality - Andreas Hoff and Bill Pottharst 5. Technology and Care in Canada - Arlene Astell and Janet Fast 6. Designing a Future in Longevity Societies: Integrating Long-Term Care and Technology-Based Services in Japan - Tomoko Wakui 7. Care Technologies for Ageing Societies: Key Lessons - Matthew Lariviere and Kate Hamblin
£45.59
Bristol University Press COVID19 Inequality and Older People
Book SynopsisThis book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in Greater Manchester in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on novel longitudinal research, the book analyses their lived experiences and those of organisations working to support them, shedding light on the isolating effects of social distancing.Table of ContentsForeword by Andy Burnham 1. Introduction 2. A sociological analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on older people 3. Methodology of the study 4. Everyday life under lockdown: relationships and routines 5. Experiences of the pandemic: a biographical and longitudinal analysis of four case studies 6. Changes in relationships 7. The role of community organisations and social infrastructure 8. Understanding everyday life during the pandemic 9. COVID-19, inequality and older people: developing community-centred interventions 10. Conclusion
£26.59
Bristol University Press The Sick Trans Person
Book SynopsisBy elevating trans voices and experiences, this book offers a new perspective on transness, medicalization and research methodologies to help trans people, practitioners and policy makers better understand the barriers faced by trans people when seeking healthcare.
£72.00
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Publicprivate partnerships for health in Vietnam
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of health public-private partnerships (PPPs) worldwide and examines in greater detail the health PPP program in Vietnam, including important issues in the design, preparation, and implementation of PPP project in the health sector.
£32.25
Taylor & Francis Inc Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management
Book SynopsisComprehensive in scope, this totally revamped edition of a bestseller is the ideal desk reference for anyone tasked with hazard control and safety management in the healthcare industry. Presented in an easy-to-read format, Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management, Third Edition examines hazard control and safety management as proactive functions of an organization.Like its popular predecessors, the book supplies a complete overview of hazard control, safety management, compliance, standards, and accreditation in the healthcare industry. This edition includes new information on leadership, performance improvement, risk management, organizational culture, behavioral safety, root cause analysis, and recent OSHA and Joint Commission Emergency Management requirements and regulatory changes.The book illustrates valuable insights and lessons learned by author James T. Tweedy, executive director of the International Board for Certification of Safety MTable of ContentsHealthcare Hazard Control. Understanding Accidents. Leadership and Management. Federal Agencies, Standards Organizations, and Voluntary Associations. Facility Safety. Emergency Management. Hazardous Materials. Infection Control and Prevention. Fire Safety Management. Environmental Services and Food/Dietary Department Safety. Support Department Safety. Nursing and Clinical Area Safety Topics. Patient Safety. Radiation, Laboratory, and Pharmacy Safety.
£133.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Rethinking Lean in Healthcare
Book SynopsisThis book deals with a hospital''s struggle to secure and maintain financial stability. In the story, the leadership team of a fictional hospital adopts the tools and principles associated with the Toyota Production System or Lean. The story takes the reader through leadership''s arduous journey from rejecting the methodology to embracing it, to successful implementation. This book is important because many of our nation''s hospitals are besieged with financial difficulties with declining reimbursement and the public is losing confidence in our hospital''s ability to provide quality care without error. Lean can provide relief from these issues but only if it is properly implemented.Trade Review"With this book, Tom Zidel expertly outlines the necessary elements and proper execution of process improvement in the form of a fast-paced business novel. Set in a hospital, we follow a senior management team overcoming organizational skepticism and resistance as it moves to rapidly implement a series of improvement initiatives as the core of its financial turnaround plan. Tom brilliantly incorporates descriptions of Lean principles and tools and the historical context of process improvement into this engaging book while demonstrating the power of Lean to dramatically improve patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes and business results."—James P. Hill, Senior Vice President, Administrative Services, MedStar Washington Medical Center"In this, his third book, Tom has chosen to use a narrative style that pulls the reader along through the experiences of a mythical, failing hospital and the efforts of the CEO to restore its health through the adoption of the Lean methodology. There is no mythology, however, about the situation he presents. They are all very real and will resonate with almost anyone who has ever worked in a hospital. Tom’s choice of a narrative style is brilliant. He avoids long discussions of foreign terminology and esoteric principles to hone right in on what really happens in hospitals. This is a book for anyone who is interested in how things get done in complex organizations and how they can get done much better."—Paul Martin, Retired President, Maryland Healthcare Education Institute"I just finished Tom Zidel’s Book and I can say I loved the format. The story format captured my attention and drew me into Nick’s journey to improve his facilities quality and turn around its performance. I loved the dramatic flair of the storyline because it added a focus I could personally identify with. Tom (the author) has outdone himself, this book should be required reading in Healthcare Administration degree programs!"—Robert S. Libberton, MBA FACHE CMPE, CEO, La Paz Regional Hospital"Is your bookshelf filled with Lean ‘How To’ books that start with ‘Step 1 – Obtain Leadership Support’? Have you struggled with this first step? This book will complement your efforts to get your leadership on board. It’s an easy to read narrative format that leadership will easily fit into their busy schedules. I found it as engaging as ‘The Goal’ and it excels at weaving improvement concepts into a story."—Ken Heffron, CPHQ, CQE, CQA, CSSBB, District Administrator, Marshfield ClinicTable of ContentsIntroduction. The Board Meeting. The Cement that Holds Everything Together. A Not So Restful Sunday. An Unwelcomed Suggestion. Identifying Waste. A Lean Experiment. Culture Change and Systems Thinking. Status Boards. The House of Lean. Applicable Stories. Creating the Plan. Some Results. The Board Meeting. No Time to Celebrate. Meet the New Lean Consultant. Kick-off Meetings. Training. Staff Overview. Rounding. A Year Later.
£25.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Health Studies: A Social Determinants
Book SynopsisA global view of health offers a richer understanding of ways of measuring, improving and sustaining health both in individual national settings and in the context of a strongly interconnected world. This book draws on social scientific insights and explanations to examine trends in global health. Moving beyond an epidemiological analysis, the authors use a social determinants framework and life course approaches to offer a critical introduction to the study of global health. Through individual chapters focusing on topics such as health policy, global governance, health systems and health-related protests, the authors present the scope of global health studies and introduce readers to broader ranging issues such as globalization and political forces. Key themes such as power, inequality and inequity - and their impact on health on a global scale - recur throughout the book. International examples and case studies are used to illustrate the discussion, which is further supported by opportunities for reflection and further reading. This book will be an important resource for students studying global health and will have broad relevance to those undertaking health, health-related and allied health professional courses.Trade Review"This is an excellent reference book for students undertaking courses in global health. It introduces them to the many diverse issues that lie under the umbrella of global health studies, while encouraging them to think critically by including a set of intermittent questions aimed at the reader." David McCoy, Queen Mary University of London "Warwick-Booth and Cross examine global health from a perspective of health equity and critical human rights. This welcome and refreshing departure challenges both learners and researchers to develop innovations for a postcolonial world. With activities to facilitate deep learning and problem solving, this text makes a valuable contribution to the curriculum of service providers and prepares students to be globally responsible citizens."Karline Wilson-Mitchell, Ryerson University
£17.81
University of Minnesota Press Breathtaking: Asthma Care in a Time of Climate
Book SynopsisAnalyzing asthma care in the twenty-first centuryAsthma is not a new problem, but today the disease is being reshaped by changing ecologies, healthcare systems, medical sciences, and built environments. A global epidemic, asthma (and our efforts to control it) demands an analysis attentive to its complexity, its contextual nature, and the care practices that emerge from both. At once clearly written and theoretically insightful, Breathtaking provides a sweeping ethnographic account of asthma’s many dimensions through the lived experiences of people who suffer from disordered breathing, as well as by considering their support networks, from secondary school teachers and coaches, to breathing educators and new smartphone applications designed for asthma control. Against the backdrop of unbreathable environments, Alison Kenner describes five modes of care that illustrate how asthma is addressed across different sociocultural scales. These modes of care often work in combination, building from or preceding one another. Tensions also exist between them, a point reflected by Kenner’s description of the structural conditions and material rhythms that shape everyday breathing, chronic disease, and our surrounding environments. She argues that new modes of distributed, collective care practices are needed to address asthma as a critical public health issue in the time of climate change.Trade Review"This elegant first monograph from the Asthma Files Project is written simply for all audiences and provides five practical recommendations. Breathtaking is social science at its best: experiential, explanatory, critical, and providing ways forward. Alison Kenner herself is an active participant as community social-scientist and as partner to someone who suffers disordered breathing. She guides us vividly across scales and registers."—Michael M.J. Fischer, author of Anthropology in the Meantime"Breathtaking is a sweeping ethnographic account of asthma and its treatments that expertly traverses questions of lived experience, medical technology, and critical ecology as they bear on the epidemic of disordered breathing. Beautifully written and poignant, this book makes a robust contribution to our understanding of the health effects of environmental degradation and climate change, deepens the critiques of biomedicalization, and heralds the promise of complementary and alternative medicine."—Anthony Ryan Hatch, author of Blood Sugar"Breathtaking is an engrossing read."—CHOICE"Breathtaking presents a compelling and very readable ethnographic overview of the ways that asthma is grappled with across a variety of 21st century American contexts. This book offers an insightful and multi-faceted account of a condition that affects so many around the world."—Somatosphere"Overall, Breathtaking takes asthma from the biomedical world, and using a multi-sited ethnography, traces connections between the experience of asthma, the environment and our bodies, allowing us to imagine new carescapes that could make the world more breathable."—LSE Review of Books"In the absence of swift and uncompromising action on the part of US legislators to combat climate change, Kenner advocates democratizing access to affordable health care; integrating breathing training into the doctor’s toolkit; and enacting policy, at all levels of government, to improve the indoor environments in which we spend the majority of our time."—H-EnvironmentTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Attuning to Asthma in Time and Place2. Three Modes of Control as Asthma Care3. Counting on Breath: Making Time with Respiratory Retraining4. The Datafication of Care5. Public Health Carescapes for Climate ChangeConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£67.50
SLACK Incorporated The Successful Occupational Therapy Fieldwork
Book SynopsisThe Successful Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Student is a stimulating new book that paves the way to the profession of occupational therapy. This book fulfills the needs of all OT and OTA students throughout their entire education by fully preparing them for their fieldwork assignments. This is an imperative learning tool for all students since all curricula include Level I and II fieldwork requirements, ranging from the associate’s level to a master’s program.This complete fieldwork book contains a wide array of topics that guide the reader from the initial planning steps to the completion of successful fieldwork, including how to design fieldwork as a supervisor. It provides students with the opportunity to not only assess various situations, but also utilize their knowledge to demonstrate clinical reasoning. A multitude of activities are included from the first page to the last, designed to groom students for their fieldwork.The Successful Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Student is the ultimate resource for OT/OTA students and the clinicians who educate them, providing a wealth of information while allowing for clinical reasoning to occur. This one-of-a-kind book contains unique features that will prove beneficial to students at varying degrees of education.Features: Each chapter includes activities and assignments for students to complete as they prepare for fieldwork. The text is filled with real-life fieldwork student cases. The text teaches how to prevent problems that can occur, as well as how to fix them when they do.Trade Review“I would recommend this book to any student preparing to begin fieldwork and I believe it would be an excellent resource for academic and clinical fieldwork educators who are helping students to prepare for entry in the field.”— Rebecca Leigh Cupps, BS, Divine, Inc.Table of ContentsContents Section I Introduction Chapter 1 Purpose and Process of Fieldwork Chapter 2 Learning Objectives for the Fieldwork Experience Chapter 3 Professional Behaviors Section II Finding the Right Match Chapter 4 Learning Styles Chapter 5 Knowing Yourself Chapter 6 Choosing the Right Fieldwork Sites Chapter 7 Getting Organized Chapter 8 Work All Day, Homework All Evening Section III Supervision Chapter 9 Teams and Teamwork Chapter 10 Supervision Chapter 11 Fixing Fieldwork Problems Chapter 12 Dealing with Withdrawal or Termination Section IV Transitions Chapter 13 Transition Models Chapter 14 Studying for the NBCOT Exam During Fieldwork Chapter 15 Developing Your Professional Portfolio Chapter 16 Writing a Résumé and Interviewing Chapter 17 Professional Development Chapter 18 Supervising Your Own Students Appendix A Important Contact Information Appendix B Internet Resources Index
£86.45
SLACK Incorporated Becoming an Expert Witness in Health Care and
Book SynopsisA resource for healthcare professionals in beginning, improving, or successfully marketing a career as an expert witness, Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation: A Beginner's Guide provides fundamental information on the legal process and practical advice for readers across various fields of medicine and allied health.The book draws on the authors’ experiences as both expert witnesses and litigation experts who have trained hundreds of nurses, physicians, and healthcare professionals. Covering topics like the fundamentals of litigation and the legal process and trial preparation, Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation explores the basic principles of being an expert witness while offering practical advice that will enable expert witnesses and attorneys to maximize their effectiveness.Topics covered include:•Roles and expectations of key players•Courtroom presentation•Depositions and trials•Moral issues•Writing for the court•Business of expert witnessing•Ethical marketingAlso included in Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation:•Checklists•Example expert witness forms like fee structures, engagement letters, and more•A comprehensive glossary of industry termsThose looking to break into the field and seasoned expert witnesses alike will find that Becoming an Expert Witness in Healthcare and Litigation: A Beginner's Guide offers valuable insights and guidance.Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Authors Preface Foreword by Eric F. Quandt, JD Chapter 1 What Is an Expert? Chapter 2 Qualifications of an Expert Chapter 3 The Role of an Expert Chapter 4 Preparation for Expert Opinions Chapter 5 Disclosure of Opinions, Basis, and Bias Chapter 6 Presentation of Opinions Chapter 7 Conflicts of Interest Chapter 8 Establishing a Fee Structure Chapter 9 Expert Promotion Chapter 10 Dos and Don’ts of an Expert Glossary Bibliography Index
£49.40
IGI Global Metaverse Applications for Intelligent Healthcare
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Harry Barnes Aromatherapy: A Handbook of Aromatherapy and
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£17.06
Pinter & Martin Ltd. Closure: How the flagship Albany Midwifery
Book SynopsisIn 1997 the Albany Midwifery Practice in Peckham, South London, negotiated a pioneering NHS contract with King’s College Hospital Trust. The Albany model of midwifery care was loved and respected not only by those who experienced it first-hand, but also by the wider midwifery profession. Founded to serve one of the most disadvantaged populations in London, its innovative approach led to improved outcomes for mothers and their babies. Why, then, was the practice suddenly shut down in 2009? Although it was widely acknowledged that the Albany model offered gold-standard care, the hospital trust claimed that since March 2006 this care had been ‘unsafe’. But both the data and the methodology used to condemn the practice were flawed, and the real reasons for the closure remained obscure. Despite extensive protests by mothers and families, midwives, and many high-profile supporters, the Albany was forced to close its doors and one of the midwives was subjected to a punitive investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which eventually found that there was no case to answer. Midwives and campaigners have long pushed for answers about what really happened to this flagship midwifery practice. In this damning assessment, based on years of careful research and interviews, the authors reveal how a hugely successful healthcare project was undermined and dismantled, to the detriment of mothers and babies, the wider community and the midwifery profession as a whole. As maternity services are scrutinised once more, and as the NHS struggles to implement its policy of continuity of midwifery care, this hard-hitting account of the fate of the Albany could not be more relevant or more timely.
£13.49
Emerald Publishing Limited Household Self-Tracking During a Global Health
Book SynopsisSelf-tracking is a rapidly growing area of study and will play an important role in the future of how we understand health change and responsibility. Understanding the personal and social dimensions of tracking within households improves our understanding of health consumption and knowledge, particularly during significant global crises. Ignoring the household context of health or focusing solely on individual tracking behaviour is no longer an option. Household Self-Tracking During a Global Health Crisis provides a comprehensive and straightforward account of deeper health narratives managed through data tracking within households formed during a global health crisis. The book examines the contextual, personal, and social factors surrounding health tracking, including the commercialization of Covid19 health tracking, public data tracking, and health-surveillance issues, from a social science perspective. Inequalities in health, as well as expanded concepts of fitness and illness management, are highlighted as part of a significant shift in how we understand and integrate home health regimes, and how this is made possible by the incorporation of household biometric data tracking. Household Self-Tracking During a Global Health Crisis will assist researchers interested in self-tracking and health technologies, as well as postgraduate students studying psychology, medicine, social science, and business. Hardey explores several personal insights as well as research which may be unfamiliar to some social scientists, helping situate new perspectives and understanding.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Self-tracking construction of health Chapter 1. Description of household tracking study Chapter 2. Visualising tracking and responding to digital bodies Chapter 3. Tracking entangled with health expertise Chapter 4. Caring and tracking Chapter 5. Consuming with tracking: Food habits and eating Chapter 6. Intergenerational narratives with tracking Conclusion: Transformations with self-tracking Epilogue: Self-tracking with pets
£45.59
Emerald Publishing Limited Body Art
Book SynopsisBody art, especially tattoos and piercings, has enjoyed an explosion of interest in recent years. However, the response of many health professionals and researchers to this phenomenon is often negative, as body art continues to be associated with issues ranging from ill mental health to offending behaviors. Arguing for a reappraisal of the diverse range of practices that fall under this heading, Brian Brown and Virginia Kuulei Berndt reconsider body art as an underappreciated yet accessible source for mental and physical wellbeing. How, they ask, does body art open up new sources of community, sociality, and aesthetics? How is it used for the reclamation of one’s body, as a marker of success or accomplishment, or for building friendships? How does participation in these practices impact the health and wellbeing of body artists themselves? Providing a radical rethink that integrates tattoos and other body modifications within health, wellbeing, and positive psychology, Body Art disrupts the narrative of stigmatisation that so often surrounds these practices to welcome a broader discussion of the benefits they can offer.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Defining the field: The multiple arts of the body Chapter 2. Body art and society Chapter 3. Body art, aesthetic communities, culture and power Chapter 4. The pleasures of decoration Chapter 5. How Can I Engage with Body Art? Chapter 6. From margin to centre: Shifting boundaries in body art Chapter 7. The health (and bodies) of body artists Chapter 8. Towards achieving the benefits of body art Chapter 9. Conclusion: The multiple arts of the body revisited
£17.09
Jessica Kingsley Publishers New Roles in General Practice and Primary Care
Book SynopsisWhat are the new roles in primary care, and what do they mean for healthcare professionals? In this straightforward guide, experienced GP and educator, Dr Clare Etherington, explains how health professions can make the most of the skills for all the new people working in and with UK primary care to improve continuity of care and health equity.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Maximising Quality and Outcomes Framework Quality
Book Synopsis'The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a system to financially reward general practices for providing quality care to their patients. It is a fundamental part of the GMS contract, introduced in April 2004. QOF is estimated to have saved up to 10,000 lives a year since its introduction - ' - From the Preface Filled with practical guidance and tips, this book explains everything you need to do in order to score 'maximum' on all the clinical indicators in the QOF. Using tables and lists, it details areas such as setting up a disease register, ensuring that you have an accepted definition of the condition, arranging a practice meeting to discuss registers and motivating team members to use and think about templates as well as cross-checking hospital letters and discharges summaries, conducting a repeat prescription search, actively screening at-risk patients and ensuring an efficient call and recall system. These are the basic rules which apply to any and every clinical indicator. Offering guidance on and insight into the origins of different targets, possible shortfalls, and ways to implement change and improve scores, this easy-to-read book is vital for all general practitioners, GP Commissioners, QOF assessors, and PCT QOF teams. Practice nurses, who are often relied upon to maintain QOF standards, will find the information essential. GP Registrars, medical students, Pharmacists, Health Care Assistants and Practice Managers will also find much of interest.Table of ContentsQOF Clinical Indicators 2009/10. How to Achieve Maximum QOF Points. QOF - good or bad? New Quality Indicators 2011/12. Points and Pounds. Asthma. Atrial Fibrillation. Cancer. Cardiovascular Disease - Primary Prevention. Coronary Heart Disease - Secondary Prevention. Chronic Kidney Disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Dementia. Depression. Diabetes Mellitus. Epilepsy. Ethnicity. Heart Failure. Hypertension. Hypothyroidism.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big
Book SynopsisPRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C Gotzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behaviour, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm. He convincingly draws close comparisons with the tobacco conglomerates, revealing the extraordinary truth behind efforts to confuse and distract the public and their politicians. The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms. "The main reason we take so many drugs is that drug companies don't sell drugs, they sell lies about drugs. This is what makes drugs so different from anything else in life...Virtually everything we know about drugs is what the companies have chosen to tell us and our doctors...the reason patients trust their medicine is that they extrapolate the trust they have in their doctors into the medicines they prescribe. The patients don't realise that, although their doctors may know a lot about diseases and human physiology and psychology, they know very, very little about drugs that hasn't been carefully concocted and dressed up by the drug industry...If you don't think the system is out of control, please email me and explain why drugs are the third leading cause of death...If such a hugely lethal epidemic had been caused by a new bacterium or a virus, or even one-hundredth of it, we would have done everything we could to get it under control." FROM THE INTRODUCTIONTable of ContentsForeword by Richard Smith. Foreword by Drummond Rennie. About the author. Introduction. Confessions from an insider. Asthma deaths were caused by asthma inhalers. Shady marketing and research. Organised crime, the business model of big pharma. Hoffman-La Roche, the biggest drug pusher. Hall of Shame for big pharma. The crimes are repetitive. It's organised crime. Very few patients benefit from the drugs they take. Clinical trials, a broken social contract with patients. Conflicts of interest at medical journals. The corruptive influence of easy money. What do thousands of doctors on industry payroll do? Seeding trials. Rent a key opinion leader to 'give advice'. Rent a key opinion leader to 'educate'. Hard sell. Clinical trials are marketing in disguise. Ghostwriting. The marketing machine. Hard sell ad nauseam. Highly expensive drugs. Excesses in hypertension. Patient organisations. NovoSeven for bleeding soldiers. Impotent drug regulation. Conflicts of interest at drug agencies. Corruption at drug agencies. The unbearable lightness of politicians. Drug regulation builds on trust. Inadequate testing of new drugs. Too many warnings and too many drugs. Public access to data at drug agencies. Our breakthrough at the EMA in 2010. Access to data at other drug agencies. Deadly slimming pills. Neurontin, an epilepsy drug for everything. Merck, where the patients die first. Fraudulent celecoxib trial and other lies. Marketing is harmful. Switching cheap drugs into expensive ones in the same patients. Novo Nordisk switches patients to expensive insulin. Astra-Zeneca switches patients to expensive me-again omeprazole. Blood glucose was fine but the patients died. Novo Nordisk interferes with an academic publication. Psychiatry, the drug industry's paradise. Are we all crazy or what? Psychiatrists as drug pushers. The chemical imbalance hoax. Screening for psychiatric disorders. Unhappy pills. Prozac, a terrible Eli Lilly drug turned into a blockbuster. Exercise is a good intervention. Further lies about happy pills. Pushing children into suicide with happy pills. Glaxo study 329. Concealing suicides and suicide attempts in clinical trials. Lundbeck's evergreening of citalopram. Antipsychotic drugs. Zyprexa, another terrible Eli Lilly drug turned into a blockbuster. The bottomline of psychotropic drugs. Intimidation and threats to protect sales. Busting the industry myths. General system failure calls for a revolution. Our drugs kill us. How much medicine do we really need and at what cost? For-profit is the wrong model. Clinical trials. Drug regulatory agencies. Drug formulary and guideline committees. Drug marketing. Doctors and their organisations. Patients and their organisations. Medical journals. Journalists. Having the last laugh at big pharma. Money don't smell. Creating diseases. Index.
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Sage Publications Ltd Working on Health Communication
Book SynopsisGood communication is at the heart of strategies for effective health promotion and public health. At a time when lifestyle and preventable diseases are still on the rise, practitioners are in need of the skills to deliver effective health messages to the right audience, at the right time. Responding to this demand, Working on Health Communication provides a practical guide to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating campaigns. The book follows the campaign design process step-by-step. It covers every stage from selecting theoretical models and identifying the message and target audience, right through to running the campaign and evaluating its success. "Real-life examples" of actual campaigns are used throughout to show how theoretical ideas work in practice. Working on Health Communication is ideal for students and practitioners in public health, health promotion and other health-related areas who are working on health campaigns. Trade Review′Overall, this well-structured book is suitable for health professionals willing to take tips in designing a campaign or to hone their communication skills to deliver effective health messages...A comprehensive guide to health communication′ - Current Science ′Corcoran′s text has crystal clear relevance to all front line practitioners who work to promote health. Using a logical ′can do′ approach and a wealth of illustrative examples, this book is both a practical guide and a resource for reviewing campaigns across a range of health domains′ - Matthew Jones, University of West of England"This well-structured book is suitable for health professionals willing to take tips in designing a campaign or to hone their communication skills to deliver effective health messages. Thus, this book is a comprehensive guide to health communicators." -- Megha Prakash * Current Science vol 100:12 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Planning Campaigns Frameworks and Foundations Starting the Campaign Process Target Groups Channels of Communication Designing Resources Evaluation in Practice Overview: Ten Campaigns Activity Discussions
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Emerald Publishing Limited Care for Major Health Problems and Population
Book SynopsisThis volume contains papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving provision of health care as related to major health problems or population health concerns. In the first chapter, the topic of population health is reviewed and examined, looking at relationships between social structure, including socioeconomic status, and health. A number of papers examine social, demographic and structural problems, and a wide variety of major health problems including chronic illnesses, mental illness, serious acute health problems, and disabilities that require health care. Some of the specific health problems covered include major chronic health problems such as coronary heart diseases and arthritis, as well as HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted diseases, obesity and how to deal with obesity, mental health concerns, poverty, homelessness and health care problems with a focus on urban contexts within the United States. The last two papers in the volume extend the focus to look at more international concerns. One paper focuses on urban slum prevalence as a key factor in shaping population level rates of social well being in developing countries, and another on medical tourism. This volume includes papers that focus on the perspectives of patients, providers, and also the relevant links with health policy.Table of ContentsPopulation health concerns and major health problems: An introduction to the topic and the volume. How and why the motivation and skill to self-manage coronary heart disease are socially unequal. Functional ability and disability among older adults with arthritis: The impact of age, duration of arthritis, and severity of arthritis. Weight loss surgery patients’ negotiations of medicine's institutional logic. From the patient's point of view: Practitioner interaction styles in the treatment of women with chronic STD. “I’m Still Here”: a 10 year follow-up of women's experiences living with HIV. Physicians as advocates for their patients: Depression treatment in primary care. Social support and the use of mental health services among Asian Americans: results from the national Latino and Asian American study. “Falling through the cracks”: health care needs of the older homeless population and their implications. The urbanization of poverty and urban slum prevalence: The impact of the built environment on population-level patterns of social well-being in the less developed countries. Unsettled borders of care: medical tourism as a new dimension in america's health care crisis. Research in the sociology of health care. Care for major health problems and population health concerns: impacts on patients, providers and policy. Copyright page. List of Contributors.
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF
Book SynopsisFrom international NGOs to UN agencies, from donors to observers of humanitarianism, opinion is unanimous: in a context of the alleged 'clash of civilizations', our 'humanitarian space' is shrinking. Put in another way, the freedom of action and of speech of humanitarians is being eroded due to the radicalization of conflicts and to the reaffirmation of state sovereignty over aid actors and policies. The purpose of this book is to challenge this assumption through the analysis of the events that have marked MSF's history since 2003 (when MSF published its first general work on humanitarian action and its relationships with governments). It addresses the evolution of humanitarian goals, the resistance to these goals and the political arrangements that overcame this resistance (or that failed to do so). The contributors seek to analyze the political transactions and balances of power and interests that allow aid activities to move forward, but that are usually masked by the lofty rhetoric of 'humanitarian principles'. They focus on one key question: what is an acceptable compromise for MSF. This book seeks to puncture a number of the myths that have grown up over the last forty years since MSF was founded and describes in detail how the ideals of humanitarian principles and 'humanitarian space' to operate in conflict zones are in reality illusory. How in fact it is the grubby negotiations with varying parties, each of whom have their own vested interests, that may allow organisations such as MSF to operate in a given crisis situation -- or notTrade ReviewThis book challenges the perception that humanitarian organisations cannot speak or act freely and that their influence is on the wane. * Law Society Journal *Thank goodness for MSF. Where else would we find such candour and self-criticism? Laid out here are unblinking accounts of the dilemmas facing the humanitarian agencies in a chaotic world, and clear-eyed appraisals of how MSF tries, and sometimes fails, to respond with its principles intact. Let's hope the other relief agencies are paying attention. -- Peter Gill, journalist and author of 'Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia since Live Aid'These stories and reflections illustrate the tragic humanitarian paradox: to act morally, one can't always be principled. Neutrality and impartiality disappear into the pantheon of defunct ideals, as MSF defends a robust opportunism in the best sense of the word: reality-based situational ethics. -- Dirk Salomons, director of the Program for Humanitarian Affairs at the School of International Public Affairs, Columbia UniversityThis is a book about realism: the art of doing what's possible in impossible situations, and preserving reputation and skills to provide relief in the next crisis, in the next country. Through seven case studies and an insightful history of modern humanitarian action, this collection of essays represents a maturing of MSF's view of the world. Gone is the fundamentalist rant of 'our principles at any price' and in its place is a more nuanced pragmatic approach which keeps its eye firmly on the goal of alleviating suffering but understands the need to compromise and invent, choosing the best possible path to reach the goal. -- Dr. Peter Walker, Director, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University'Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed' is a very good and extremely useful book. It brings important new information and candid discussions of ethical and operational decision-making to important parts of humanitarian studies and international relations. ... Clear, practical, and easy to read, this book is exceptional for its frank and public self-scrutiny. In this respect, it breaks new ground, demonstrating a truly reflective NGO that is not afraid to learn in public. A rare text in humanitarian and organizational studies. -- Hugo Slim, author of 'Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War'For many commentators, the 'golden age' of humanitarian intervention is over. The War on Terror and the rise of strong states in the global South has reduced the room for manoeuvre for humanitarian agencies. Western governments are once again constructing value-blind international alliances as a cornerstone of their own national security. Drawing on its own history and recent experiences, in this important and timely book MSF unflinchingly surveys this new operational terrain. The result is highly readable and challenging appraisal of what it means to be a humanitarian actor in today’s rebalancing world. With a refreshing honesty, it explores the thin line that humanitarian agencies tread between saving lives and supporting oppressors. This brave and informative book reconfirms MSF as an organisation that thinks as well as acts. -- Mark Duffield, Professor of Development Politics and Director, Global Insecurities Centre, University of BristolThe most detailed and self-critical inside account of the deals aid agencies are forced to negotiate, often with groups and regimes which abuse human rights, to continue their work. -- Peter Beaumont, GuardianWhilst MSF has acquired a reputation for 'speaking out' on behalf of the victims of conflicts and disasters, this fascinating and timely book shows that this tradition, always rather ambiguously adhered to, is today very much under threat. Longstanding concerns that public declarations will jeopardise MSF's aid operations have now been supplemented by concerns that these declarations will add weight to calls for military intervention and for prosecutions in international courts, thereby further jeopardising MSF operations on the ground. Meanwhile, a range of governments in conflict-affected countries are reining in free speech through formal contracts with NGOs. Using a series of illuminating case studies, the book highlights the shifting dilemmas faced by aid workers. It brings out the perennial dangers of silence and stresses the continuing need to highlight the hidden victims of 'just wars' (whether these are civil wars, Western wars, or both). The book also exemplifies MSF's traditions of self-criticism and internal disagreement, traditions that -- in an age of public relations and self-promotion -- are now more valuable than ever. -- David Keen, Professor of Conflict Studies, London School of Economics and Political ScienceA great fact-filled book that will broaden your horizons on the very admirable work of people involved in the Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) organization. * Bizindia *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Medication Errors: Lessons for Education and
Book SynopsisAdverse events in patients caused by medical management are a serious and grossly underreported public health problem. One patient in ten entering hospital will suffer an adverse event of impairment, disability or death. This book is a major comprehensive examination of the incidence and causes of adverse events. Using data obtained from hospitals within the United Kingdom, United States and other developed countries, it examines the risk factors leading to errors, the human and financial costs, and the scope to reduce errors. In particular, it focuses on the need for a critical reappraisal of undergraduate teaching and clinical tuition. All healthcare professionals throughout primary and secondary care, including clinicians, managers and policy makers, and patient and carer groups, can benefit from reading this book. It identifies possible solutions and how adverse events and medication errors can be reduced, resulting in improved patient care.Table of ContentsThe two faces of medicine. The incidence of adverse events, adverse drug reactions and medication errors in hospitals. The incidence of adverse drug-induced events/reactions and medication errors in primary care. The stages at which drug reactions and medication errors occur in hospitals. Types and causes of adverse events and medication errors in hospitals. Risk factors predisposing to adverse events and medication errors. The cost of medical errors. Summary of the problem of injury induced by drugs and medication errors. Errors in healthcare: a major cause for concern. Changes in the UK litigation process as a potent tool to influence errors and complaints. Reducing medical errors. Implications of error reduction for undergraduate teaching. Have the undergraduate course failed to deliver students knowledgeable in pharmacology and therapeutics? Litigation and negligence. Implications for professional and continuing professional aspirations in healthcare. Future directions for professional expertise in healthcare: a conundrum. Conclusions. Appendices.
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Brewin Books Salpetriere: The Story of a Hospital
Book SynopsisOn the 31st August 1997, the world's most popular Princess,Diana, was involved in a car accident in a Paris tunnel, she was taken to the intriguingly named Salpetriere Hospital where she died a few hours later at the age of 36. Salpetriere Hospital began life as the saltpetre (gunpowder) factory in King Louis XIV's arsenal. In the mid-17th century it was decided to move the arsenal to the other side of the river Seine and on the vacated land on the left bank a hospital was built which retained the name Salpetriere. It rapidly became a despised detention centre for errant or simply unfortunate women, many of them prostitutes. But with the introduction of kindness and caring it was able to recover and, with the beginnings of psychiatry and neurology, became recognised as one of the leading hospitals in the world. It is now a busy general teaching hospital housing the medical school of France's most famous university, the Sorbonne. This book tells how it recovered from the Gates of Hell to become the world famous hospital that it is today: 'From tyranny and horror to caring and renown' ... and more.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Science and Politics of Covid-19: How
Book SynopsisThis book is a fresh and readable account of the Covid-19 pandemic and how scientists and medical doctors are helping governments to manage the crisis. The book contains interviews and exchanges with dozens of scientists, doctors, experts, government representatives, and journalists. Why do some of the most scientifically advanced countries have the highest Covid-19 mortality? During the pandemic, the research community has been at the heart of—and actor in—a global scandal. Why has science failed? With the help of numerous testimonies from China, France, the UK and the USA in particular, the book provides an insider’s view on this major crisis. Although the governments of these countries based their Covid-19 strategy on science, scientists failed to have a decisive influence on decision-makers—except in China—, which created genuine “time bombs.” The accelerated development of vaccines does not erase past months’ errors. The crisis led to the development of “science politics” at an unprecedented rate. More worryingly, experts themselves acknowledge that they did not rise to the challenge. Covid-19 also highlighted the weakness of democratic regimes and the power of technocapitalism. Countries pulled down their blinds, locked their doors, and promoted national approaches rather than international cooperation. The author proposes to set up an international framework on health risk to co-construct decision-making. He advocates political distancing in order to put the basics first: develop science, fight ignorance.The author, Michel Claessens on the Science for Policy Podcast from SAPEATable of ContentsA Microscopic Killer.- COVID-19 Diary.- Geopolitics of the Coronavirus.- Political Distancing.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Social Impact of Wine Marketing: The Challenge of Digital Technologies to Regulation
Book SynopsisThis book is inspired by the term “digiwine,” a neologism referring to the production and/or marketing of wine through the use of new technologies and robotics such as vineyard information systems, sensor units, weather stations, drones, robotic harvesters, social media videos, digital labels, and wine apps. The alcohol industry is using these technologies to develop digital strategies and online tools for more efficient sales of wine. This book analyzes the use of digital alcohol marketing, the reasons for it, the role of regulation, and its social impact. In particular, malignant forms of alcohol marketing to youth are precisely described through exact case descriptions from the global milieu. The author questions whether the loopholes in the legislation or inefficiency of self-regulation have negative consequences that can no longer be prevented by public health care programs. When and how did the alcohol industry become so deeply interwoven in our lives that we mindlessly advertise and parade in its shadow on social media and that we increasingly buy alcohol digitally for fun, in innovative packaging, and with strange ingredients combinations? Dr. Mojca Ramšak’s book peels back the layers of the alcohol industry’s most obvious yet overlooked marketing tactics. It also reveals the sluggishness of preventive and curative efforts, as well as legal or self-regulatory measures, at keeping up with the alcohol industry’s use of technology. - Nadja Furlan Štante, Principal Research Associate and Professor of Religious Studies, Science and Research Centre of Koper, Slovenia.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Wine and Technology Between Cultural Attitudes to Alcohol, Sales, Legislation, and Health.- 2. The Greatest Tricks of Digital Alcohol Marketing: The Consumer’s Voice and Alcohol e-Marketing.- 3. Wine Storytelling.- 4. Wearable Technology and Wine.- 5. Smart Packaging: The Labels Come to Life.- 6. Wearable Technology for Preventive or Curative Purposes.- 7. Children and Adolescents as a Marketing Target.- 8. Social Media, Alcohol, and Young People.- 9. Masculinity and Practices of Drinking.- 10. Drinking Games.- 11. Digital Marketing Strategies during a Coronavirus Pandemic.- 12. Femininity, Online Practices of Drinking and Women in Alcohol Industry.- 13. Brand Stretching and Popular Culture.- 14. Legislation between Norm and Practice.- 15. Conclusion: The Unplugged Path to Alcoholism.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Integrating Science and Politics for Public
Book SynopsisThis open access book bridges the divide between political science and public health, whilst simultaneously embracing the complexities and differences of both. Although public health is inherently political, the tools and insights of political science are often ignored in public health scholarship. Bringing together academics and researchers working at the intersection of both, the book demonstrates how integrating these fields can help reconcile the roles of politics and scientific evidence in policymaking. It also highlights the key conceptual, methodological and substantive implications for bridging this divide, and charts a path forward for a movement towards political science with public health. It will be of interest to academics, researchers and students interested in public health, political science, public policy, and the role of scientific evidence in policymaking.Table of ContentsPart I. Conceptual Introduction. - Chapter 1. Public health political science: The view from public health Anita Kothari. - Chapter 2. Public health political science: The view from political science Scott Greer. - Chapter 3. Political science for, of, and with public health Patrick Fafard, Isaac Weldon and Adèle Cassola. - Part II. Democratising Evidence and Institutionalizing Expertise. - Chapter 4. Mechanisms to bridge the gap between science and politics in evidence-informed policymaking Adèle Cassola, Patrick Fafard and Steven J. Hoffman. - Chapter 5. How policy appetites shape, and are shaped by evidence production and use Kathryn Oliver. - Chapter 6. Democratizing efforts to 'bridge' public health research and policy Kat Smith. - Part III. Reconciling Evidence and Politics in National and Local Policymaking. - Chapter 7. How corporate actors shape and mobilise evidence for policy: The case of e-cigarettes policy in the UK Benjamin R. Hawkins & Kathryn Oliver. - Chapter 8. The politics of pandemics Katherine Fierlbeck, Kevin McNamara, and Maureen MacDonald. - Chapter 9. Council collects the evidence garbage and deposits it into policy landfill Evelyne de Leeuw. - Chapter 10. Sidestepping the stalemate: The strategies of public health actors for circulating evidence into the policy process Carole Clavier, France Gagnon and Blake Poland. - Chapter 11. The politics of evidence-based ‘Health in All Policies’ Paul Cairney, Emily St Denny and Heather Mitchell. - Chapter 12. Developing a policy framework to reduce social inequities in health: (Moving beyond HiAP) Ditte Heering Holt & Katherine Frohlich. - Conclusion. Integrating science and politics for public health Patrick Fafard, Evelyne de Leeuw and Adèle Cassola
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Springer International Publishing AG The Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of
Book SynopsisThis book proposes an ethical and legal framework to improve the responses to social issues related not only to the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, but also to future pandemics. Its contents cover the issues that are likely to be most controversial in any public health crisis. It starts by discussing non-pharmacological measures, such as the appropriateness of confinement, how to control compliance with public health measures and the ethical, legal and social acceptability of health certificates. Then it turns to issues related to the production, distribution and administration of vaccines, with a particular focus on the design and implementation of vaccination policies. Finally, it analyses the most appropriate criteria to develop a triage, when the situation brings us to this terrible scenario. The analyses presented in this book are based on the ethical and legal frameworks, as well as the social context, of the European Union, and aims to address the main dilemmas faced by any liberal democracy dealing with a pandemic: how to reconcile the defense against a public health crisis together with a respect for fundamental rights and freedoms. The European legal systems have developed a number of conceptual tools designed to ensure that there is no room for arbitrariness in the restrictions introduced by the political power in emergency situations, and this book builds upon these tools. The Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Pandemics: An Analysis from the EU Perspective is a predominantly practice-oriented book, which will help policy makers to adopt policies that effectively combine public health needs with individual rights and freedoms. It will also help health care givers to understand better the ethical and legal issues involved in their work and citizens, in general, to participate in public decision making in an informed manner. Finally, it will help to design tools that faithfully comply with existing fundamental rights standards.Table of Contents1.Confinement, isolation and tracking.- 2.Immunity Certificates: The New Frontier.- 3.Vaccines (I). Creation and distribution.- 4.Vaccination (II). Vaccination policies.- 5.Triage: when the tsunami hits.
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Springer International Publishing AG Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for
Book SynopsisIn line with advances in digital and computing systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies have transformed many aspects of medical and healthcare services, delivering tangible benefits to patents and the general public. This book is a sequel of the edition on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Healthcare”. The first volume is focused on utilization of AI and ML for image and data analytics in the medical and healthcare domains. In this second volume, emerging methodologies and future trends in AI and ML for advancing medical treatments and healthcare services are presented. The selected studies in this book provide readers a glimpse on current progresses in AI and ML for undertaking a variety of healthcare-related tasks. The advances in AI and ML technologies for future healthcare are also discussed, shedding light on the potential of AI and ML to realize the next-generation medical treatments and healthcare services for the betterment of our global society. Table of ContentsArtificial Intelligence for the future of medicine.- A Survival Analysis Guide in Oncology.- Social Media Sentiment Analysis related to COVID-19 Vaccinations.- Healthcare support using data mining: A case study on stroke prediction.
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Mdpi AG Public Health Palliative Care and Public
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Springer International Publishing AG Whole Person Care: Transforming Healthcare
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£62.99
Independently Published Healthy Sleep Matters: Ways To Control
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McGill-Queen's University Press Who Killed the Queen
Book SynopsisPresents investigation attempted into the mass closures of hospitals and hospital beds in Canada during the mid-1990s, showing the effects that the loss of 20 per cent of beds has had on health care across the country.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1 Serving the Queen; 2 Growing a Culture; 3 Family Medicine; 4 Medical Bills; 5 The Queen Must Die; 6 Social Pathologies; 7 Long Live the Queen; Afterword
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Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc Essentials of Communication Sciences Disorders
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Bristol University Press Medical Doctors in Health Reforms
Book SynopsisHealth and legal experts from England and Canada consider the influence of medical doctors on reforms in this comparative study. With reflections on participation since the inception of publicly-funded healthcare systems, they show how the status of doctors affects change.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Medical doctors and healthcare reforms 1. Theoretical framework 2. Research methodology: tracking the role of doctors in healthcare reforms 3. The role of doctors in healthcare reforms in two Canadian provinces 4. The role of medical doctors in health reforms in the NHS in England 5. Comparative analysis 6. Discussion and conclusion Epilogue
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Bristol University Press Reablement in LongTerm Care for Older People
Book SynopsisThis book introduces reablement, a radical new integrated care approach which seeks to empower older people to regain and maintain functioning and independence.Table of ContentsPART I Reablement in contexts, ideas, and implementation 1. Introduction: The concept, rationale, and implications of reablement - Tine Rostgaard, Hanne Tuntland, and John Parsons 2. Perspectives on institutional characteristics, model features, and theories of reablement - Hanne Tuntland, John Parsons and Tine Rostgaard 3. The ideas of reablement and their travel across time and space - Marte Feiring, Oddvar Førland, Fiona Aspinal and Tine Rostgaard 4. Reablement as an evolution in home care: a comparison of implementation across five countries - John Parsons, Elissa Burton, Lea Graff, Silke F. Metzelthin, Hilary O’Connell and Hanne Tuntland PART II Outcomes 5. Does reablement improve client-level outcomes of participants? An investigation of the current evidence - Gill Lewin, John Parsons, Hilary O’Connell and Silke Metzelthin 6. Examining client-level outcomes and instruments in reablement - Hanne Tuntland, Daniel Doh, Maria Ranner, Susanne Guidetti and Magnus Zingmark 7. Reablement as a cost- effective option from a health economic perspective - Magnus Zingmark, Hanne Tuntland and Elissa Burton PART III Experience 8. Reablement and dementia - Miia Rahja and Jette Thuesen 9. Better care, better work? Reablement in Danish home care and the implications for care workers - Tine Rostgaard and Lea Graff PART IV Future perspectives 10. How can we help? Promoting autonomy-compatible help to reable older adults - Amy Clotworthy and Rudi G.J. Westendorp 11. A cross-country reflection on empirical and theoretical learnings, challenges, and the way forward for reablement - John Parsons, Hanne Tuntland, Michelle Nelson, Rudi Westendorp and Tine Rostgaard
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Doing Harm
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Ever since the centuries of burning women healers as witches, because they taught women how to govern our own bodies, thus to control reproduction—the medical world hasn’t included all of humanity. Doing Harm shows what is left to be done, and directs both women and men toward healing.” — Gloria Steinem “Maya Dusenbery’s exhaustively researched book is equal parts infuriating and energizing. No woman will see the medical establishment, and perhaps even more profound, her own body, the same way after reading it. In a just world, it would be required reading in medical schools from this day forward.” — Courtney E. Martin, author of Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters “Maya Dusenbery brings new life to one of the most urgent yet under-discussed feminist issues of our time. Anyone who cares about women’s health needs to read this book.” — Jessica Valenti, author of Sex Object “Dusenbery challenges a new generation of women and practitioners to fight for medical equity—shinning a harsh light on the sex bias that pervades every level of medicine. It’s outrageous that such malignant neglect exists more than two decades after the government acknowledged the gaps in knowledge about women’s health.” — Leslie Laurence, co-author of Outrageous Practices “In this groundbreaking book, Maya shows how the same forces that hold women back in society more broadly lead to sub-par medical care and inadequate attention to health issues that impact women. Every doctor, scientist, health care provider and researcher should read this book. And so should every woman.” — Jill Filipovic, author of The H-Spot “Doing Harm is a deeply researched and very readable exploration of the systematic mistreatment of women in our medical system—and how even those with the best intentions perpetuate it. This book is an eye-opener; may it also be a call for real, sustained change.” — Kate Harding, author of Asking For It and co-editor of Nasty Women “An intensive, timely spotlight…Within an organized, well-balanced combination of scientific and social research and moving personal stories, Dusenbery makes a convincing case for the need for drastic industry reform and clinical refinement.” — Kirkus “Dusenbery’s excellent book makes the sexism plaguing women’s health care hard to ignore…skillfully interweaving history, medical studies, current literature, and hard data to produce damning evidence that women wait longer for diagnoses, receive inadequate pain management, and are often told they are imagining symptoms that are taken seriously in men.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review “Editor’s Choice by the New York Times” — “As seen on FRESH AIR” — “an antidote to the isolation and maddening self-doubt that this all-too-common dismissal can impose. Her careful evidence answers the uncomfortable question that so often niggles in the doctor’s office: ‘Am I getting lesser care because I’m a woman?’” — Ms. Magazine “well researched, wonderfully truculent…” — NYT Daily “Doing Harm methodically and thoroughly lays out an indictment of the medical systems that still largely discount the experiences of women both individually and collectively. Doing Harm demands nothing short of system-wide change, starting with a call to providers at the most basic level” — Rewire “Dusenbery, who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, masterfully takes down the wide-reaching systemic gender bias in science and medicine that prevents doctors from truly hearing female patients.” — Health.com “In her new book, Dusenbery provides a comprehensive and much-needed look at how sexism in the medical field is hurting women. Much of the discrepancy in treatment stems from the “knowledge gap,” which Dusenbery writes about in depth” — Pacific Standard “Doing Harm demonstrates persuasively that subconscious gender-bias in medicine is very real and pervasive for women of all backgrounds, as doctors continue to apply a “one-size-fits-all” method of diagnosis and medical evaluation to their women patients.” — Pacific Standard “Dusenbery peels back the sick layers of America’s paternal healthcare system. She plays both patient and journalist, seamlessly combining history, research, and interviews into an easily digestible must-read. 5/5” — Bust Magazine “Dusenbery digs deeper into the issue, exploring the way gender bias in medicine often leaves women struggling for proper care.” — Tonic - VICE “the medical establishment has a poor history of taking women’s health issues seriously —a history that Feministing editor Dusenbery takes on with full force in her new book” — Harpers Bazaar “Through interviews with patients, doctors, and experts as well as a deep cultural analysis, Dusenbery presents a horrifying picture of what it means to be a woman who’s dismissed by her doctors.” — Bitch Media “Dusenbery’s book, based on two years of research into a host of conditions, exposes the systemic causes of these disparities and provides critically relevant information for the public—and for those in medicine, psychology, and the research sciences.” — Greater Good Science Center “In Doing Harm, Dusenbery explores how biases and sexism in medicine lead to harmful outcomes for women.” — Popular Science “Dusenbery says these experiences fit into a larger pattern of gender bias in medicine. Her new book, Doing Harm, makes the case that women’s symptoms are often dismissed and misdiagnosed” — NPR - FRESH AIR “Her new book is all about how women receive sub-par medical care because the medical community knows comparatively less about their bodies and diseases and too often doesn’t trust women’s reports of their own symptoms” — WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show “Maya Dusenbery explores how medicine often leaves women on the periphery of real medical advancement. She explores the horrific reality of how medical practitioners and academic researchers completely dismiss women.” — Marie Claire “Dusenbery writes about women’s pain and illnesses being overlooked because of their menstrual cramps, menopause, even entering motherhood.” — Dame Magazine “In her book, Dusenbery traces how women are overlooked in every corner of illness, from autoimmune diseases to chronic pain (which disproportionately affects women and includes everything from irritable bowel syndrome to migraines to arthritis).” — The Cut “Maya Dusenbery’s book, Doing Harm, explains how women’s health issues have historically been dismissed—and what we can do about it now.” — Broadly “Doing Harm is a fearless account of the incompetence of our culture when it comes to treating women properly. Dusenbery writes about the institutional systems that are against women—from philosophy to pharmacy to popular culture—in an accessible, engaging, and organized narrative.” — The Rumpus “Maya Dusenbery has added immensely to the literature on women’s health.” — NY Journal of Books
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