Health systems and services Books

Book SynopsisCongress continues to register concern about the rapid rise in Medicare spending and the ability of existing funding mechanisms to support the program over the long-term. A combination of factors has contributed to the rapid increase in Medicare costs. These include increases in overall medical costs, advances in health care delivery and medical technology, the ageing of the population, and longer life spans. The issues confronting the program are not new; nor are the possible solutions likely to get any easier. For a number of years, various options have been suggested; however, legislative changes have focused on short-term issues. There is no consensus on the long-term approach that should be taken. This book provides an overview of Medicare. It begins with a brief program history, and then outlines the key features of Parts A and B, also known as "Original Medicare". That is followed by overviews of Part C and Part D, a discussion of program financing, and a brief discussion of future program directions. It will be updated to reflect any legislative changes.

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Book SynopsisThis is the third of sequential collections of the health care professions'' creative and practical and theoretical based health care programs, observations and practices. The contents of the book reflect the hidden health care agenda in Chinese and Western contexts. For example, the book describes and discusses - the helping process for the surviving wife of a suicide that none of the similar literature in this aspect, the reflection of the importance of human behaviours and social environment for a Chinese women''s development, an innovative crisis management in beauty industries, various community-based health care programs such as midlife women and physical activity, stretching and relaxing exercises for pager operators, comprehensive primary health care approached program on promotion of family harmony, and primary health care program for schoolchildren (primary four to six) to make healthy food choices using the nutrition facts label. The two behavioural programs are the Positive Behavioural Intervention and Support Program on improving hair-washing behaviour of a woman with disabilities and the behaviour modification program for an old woman who has not followed traffic rule. There is an innovative physical activity habit assessment tool for adolescents. Hopefully, the book can offer some insights for health care professions, educators and researchers to understand the particular socio-cultural contexts health needs of Chinese populations and some possible health interventions which have not been known in the mainstream of health care literature.

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Book SynopsisThe federal health centre program awards grants to support health centres: outpatient primary care facilities that provide care to primarily low-income individuals. The program supports four types of health centres: community health centres, health centres for the homeless, health centres for residents of public housing, and migrant health centres. Health centres are required to provide health care to all individuals regardless of their ability of pay and are required to be located in geographic areas that have few health care providers. These requirements make health centres part of the health safety net -- providers that serve the uninsured, the under-served, or those enrolled in Medicaid. This book provides an overview of the federal health centre program including it statutory authority, program requirements, and appropriation levels.

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Book SynopsisThe relation between socioeconomic status and population health is evident in epidemiological studies. Socioeconomic status is typically measured using income and financial resources, occupation type, and educational attainment. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of socioeconomic status and its health implications. Topics discussed include diabetes, marginality, and gender identity; the socioeconomic aspects of health services in Israel; low socioeconomic status and child mental health disparities; adolescent health risk behavior from a migrant population in the United Arab Emirates; Japanese women''s health related to job stress and the hidden costs incurred by families and friends of patients with low health literacy.

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Book SynopsisSexual function is an integral part of human existence and well-being. Sexual dysfunctions could have detrimental repercussions on the individual, the couple, the family and society. This book provides individuals, couples and clinicians, who would like to understand sexual functions or dysfunctions, with a concise analysis of the different conditions and their options of management.

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Book SynopsisIn March 2010, the 111th Congress passed health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA increases access to health insurance coverage, expands federal private health insurance market requirements, and requires the creation of health insurance exchanges to provide individuals and small employers with access to insurance. It also expands Medicaid coverage. The costs to the federal government of expanding health insurance and Medicaid coverage are projected to be offset by increased taxes and revenues and reduced spending on Medicare and other federal health programs. This book provides an overview of major ACA provisions, implementation and oversight activities.

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Book SynopsisIn fiscal year 2011, 48.4 million individuals were enrolled in Medicare; 55.6 million in Medicaid, and 8.7 million in the Children''s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Together, these programs accounted for approximately $849.2 billion in federal expenditures. The federal government allocated at least $608 million in funding to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged health care fraud in health care programs that year. Many different types of providers and suppliers who serve Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries are subjects of fraud cases, including physicians, hospitals, durable medical equipment suppliers, home health agencies, and pharmacies. This book provides an overview of select investigations into health care fraud.

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Book SynopsisThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) has designated Medicare and Medicaid as high-risk programs, in part due to their susceptibility to improper payments -- estimated to be about $70 billion in fiscal year 2010. Improper payments have many causes, such as submissions of duplicate claims or fraud, waste, and abuse. As the administrator of these programs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for safeguarding them from loss. This book explores fraud detection and deterrence in Medicare and Medicaid, with a focus on fraud detection systems; screening providers and suppliers; and program integrity.

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Book SynopsisWidespread use of health information technology, such as electronic health records (EHR), has the potential to improve the quality of care patients receive and reduce health care costs. Historically, patient health information has been scattered across paper records kept by many different providers in many different locations. When this occurs, health care professionals may lack ready access to critical information needed to make the most informed decisions on treatment options, potentially putting the patient''s health at risk or leading to inappropriate or duplicative tests and procedures that increase health care spending. To help address these issues, this book examines EHRs, which can be used to electronically collect, store, receive, and transfer clinical information related to patients'' care, allowing ready access to this information by multiple providers in different locations. Despite the potential benefits, studies have estimated that as of 2009, 78 percent of office-based physicians and 91 percent of hospitals had not adopted EHRs.

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Book SynopsisMedicare is a federal insurance program that pays for covered health care services of most individuals aged 65 and over and certain disabled persons. In 2013, the program is expected to cover 52 million persons (43 million aged and 9 million disabled) at a total cost of $598 billion. Most individuals (or their spouses) who are 65 and older, and have worked in covered employment and paid Medicare payroll taxes for 40 quarters receive premium-free Medicare Part A (hospital insurance). Those entitled to Medicare Part A (regardless of whether they are eligible for premium-free Part A), have the option of enrolling in Part B, which covers such things as physician and outpatient services and medical equipment. This book provides an overview of Medicare Part B premiums and high-expenditure drugs, with a focus on eligibility and enrolment.

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Book SynopsisIn the recently completed work entitled "The Crisis in Medicine & the Rise of the Reflective Physician", a comprehensive account of the serious problems of health care and suggested solutions are discussed. In this current version, the topics discussed are directed primarily at the interested lay person. In order to gain an overview of the argument, one can read the chapter headings, the subheadings, the first line of each paragraph and the sections highlighted. Is it yet another diatribe against the role of science in medicine? It is not; a deep respect exists for its magnificent achievements. Medicine rode to fame on the coat-tails of science during the 19th and 20th centuries. More recently, the public images of both have become somewhat tarnished. Yet there have been some brilliant medical scientific advances, to the use of autopsies to locate diseases in specific body tissues, design of scopes to examine the heart and to peer into every body cavity and orifice, identification of the ''quid divinum'' causing infectious disease -- bacteria -- and anaesthesia, surgery, and childbirth has become safer. Doctors have reaped rewards in the form of social prestige and formidable political clout. Nevertheless, hardly any scientific medicine had come into full flower until after World War II. Then there were signs of a backlash. Why then has medicine fallen from its former grace?

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Book SynopsisThe health care reform debate in the United States raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the status of health care as a constitutional or legal right. This book series analyses the constitutional and legal issues pertaining to the right of health care and the power of Congress to enact and fund health care programs. Other topics discussed in this volume include the health care workforce and actions needed by HRSA to publish timely national supply and demand projections; health workforce programs in title VII of the public health service act; an overview and funding of public health service agencies; health care for rural veterans; and most frequent procedures performed in United States hospitals.

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Book SynopsisAs part of recent health care reform efforts, Congress, in the Affordable Care Act, imposed a 2.3% excise tax on the sale of certain medical devices by device manufacturers, producers, or importers. This book reviews the issues surrounding the medical devices tax within the framework of basic principles surrounding the choice of commodities to tax under excise taxes. It also describes the tax and its legislative origins. After that, the book analyses the arguments for retaining and repealing the tax; provides a brief overview of the recently enacted Treasury regulations; analyses the legal implications of the regulations; and answers frequently asked questions about the medical device tax.

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Book SynopsisThe prevention, control, reduction and elimination of occupational hazards and risks are a continuous and ever-evolving concern. Occupational safety and health affects the well-being and quality of life of individuals, their families as well as the community at-large. Due to scientific discoveries and technological advances over the last years, the types and characteristics of professions evolved, introducing new occupational hazards and risks. The Occupational Safety and Health book provides an evaluation of chemical and biological hazards to workload management approaches to workforce education tools from an international perspective. Within the book chapters, potential occupational impacts of rapidly developing nanotechnology and traffic exhausts -- a recently recognised human carcinogen -- are analysed. The workload management program in the healthcare industry is evaluated, as well as the effectiveness of education programs on occupational safety in schools and the perspectives on occupational safety and health in Europe and Asia are also presented. Throughout the book, it is apparent that the need to integrate health and safety in the workplace is beneficial for all interested parties, ranging from stakeholders, investors, workers to the community at-large. This book represents an ideal starting point for introducing emerging aspects of occupational safety and health in response to technological advancements, describing the principles of management and education programs and providing insights on occupational issues for communities with different intellectual and cultural backgrounds.

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Book SynopsisThe papers in this book answer the call by scholars in the fields of Public Health, Community Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Medicine, Bio-Statistics, and Decision Science, as well as the call by political actors, policy experts, and various world bodies dealing with health and safety in North Africa and the Middle East, to address the intellectual lacuna left by the dearth of scholarship on contemporary health, environmental, and safety issues in the above-mentioned regions of the world. What is unique about this edited volume is the extent to which the authors have been careful in incorporating the general public''s opinions about the various public health and environmental health issues as well as the unique views of the different genders. The topics covered are broad and the depth is indisputably outstanding. Important topics dealt with include HIV and AIDS, diabetes, hepatitis B and C, as well as water and it''s associated environmental, agricultural, and health impact. Even more important and innovative about this volume is the attempt by the authors to examine real and/or actual views of the research populations on environmental and public health issues based on participants'' their religion; that is, whether the Islamic religion plays any significant role, for example, in determining the main characteristics of the diabetes epidemic in Islamic countries world-wide in general, and in the Arabian Peninsula in particular. There is no doubt that this volume is a pathfinder in its geographic breath of covering two politically important sub-regions of the world -- North Africa and the Middle East. Even more important is the detailed attention the volume devotes to Hepatitis B and C, especially, its impact on migration. Most of the contributors are distinguished in the subject area thereby making the volume authentic and most highly respectable.

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Book SynopsisEnsuring optimal health for school children is a fundamental concern shared by families, teachers and the wider community. Medical practitioners, allied health professionals, educators and policymakers regularly collaborate in the first stage of attaining this goalin the early detection of childhood diseases and disorders through school health screenings. The value of this inter-professional practice is well recognized on a global scale, with school health screenings having a long history in all industrialized countries. Each year, millions of school children are screened for a wide variety of potential disorders, and many children are treated for disorders that might otherwise have gone undetected. This book is an important new book that examines elementary school screening programs from a number of perspectives. The history of school screenings and the ethical principles surrounding them are outlined, in addition to the methods by which screening program performance can be gauged. The common health disorders associated with young school children are comprehensively reviewed. Detailed chapters, written by international experts, are dedicated to specific school screening programs currently in place in developed nations, with each chapter signposting future directions for the field. For example, the chapters on school hearing screenings, dental health screenings and speech pathologist screening assessments provide in-depth descriptions of the individual screening programs, screening tests, result interpretation, personnel and equipment requirements and directions for system improvements. Topical issues that are currently of concern for all school health professionalsoptimal communication of screening test results to families and the need for integrated, non-discipline specific, data systemsare discussed in the final section of this book. For those working in the area of elementary school health screening, this book provides comprehensive information on school-based screening programs in a single up-to-date volume. This book will enable education and health professionals to better understand the whole school screening process and the role of other professionals in this highly worthwhile process.

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Book SynopsisDeciding when to retire and claim Social Security benefits can be one of the most important financial decisions older Americans make. Despite higher monthly benefits for those who delay, many people still claim Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, the earliest age of eligibility. In 2014, these early claimers will see their monthly benefits reduced by 25 percent compared to what they would have received if they had delayed claiming until age 66, the current full retirement age. At the same time, some early claimers do not have access to government or employer-sponsored health insurance. These early claimers may have been able to purchase coverage on the individual market, but they may have also been subject to denials and rate increases because of their health status. This book examines the demographic and occupational characteristics associated with early claiming; retirement income of early claimers compared to those who delay; and how PPACA changes health coverage options for early claimers.

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Book SynopsisSocial Security auxiliary benefits were established in 1939 when Congress extended benefits to the dependents and survivors of workers covered by Social Security. Since 1939, Social Security auxiliary benefits have been modified by Congress numerous times to change eligibility requirements for spouses, widows, children, and others and to expand eligibility for auxiliary benefits to new groups of beneficiaries, such as divorcé(e)s, husbands, and widowers. This book describes the current-law structure of auxiliary benefits for spouses, divorced spouses, and surviving spouses. It also discusses some of the issues concerning the adequacy and equity of the current-law structure of auxiliary benefits, and presents some recent proposals. The book also explains how the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test (RET) works under current law. In addition, it provides benefit examples to illustrate the effect of the RET on Social Security beneficiaries who are below FRA and family members who receive benefits based on their work records. It also briefly discusses policy issues, including recent research on the effect of the RET on work effort and the decision to claim Social Security benefits.

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Book SynopsisThe health care reform debate in the United States raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the status of health care as a constitutional or legal right. This book series analyses the constitutional and legal issues pertaining to the right of health care and the power of Congress to enact and fund health care programs. Other topics discussed in this volume include drug pricing; use of medication prescribed for emotional or behavioural difficulties among children aged 6 to 17 years in the united states, 20112012; marijuana admissions to substance abuse treatment aged 18 to 30; tobacco cessation services; continuous insurance before enrolment associated with better health and lower program spending with Medicaid; financial burden of medical care; individual mandate under ACA; regulation of clinical tests; and contractors and healthcare.gov.

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Book SynopsisMedicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term care. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and the states. The federal government''s share of a state''s expenditures is called the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) rate. The remainder is referred to as the nonfederal share, or state share. Estimates of Medicaid spending developed from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data sources suggest wide variation among states in Medicaid spending per enrollee, overall and for each of four main eligibility groupschildren, adults, disabled, and aged. This book examines Medicaid spending per enrollee by state; selected factors that influence Medicaid spending per enrollee, by state; and how states account for factors that influence expected per-enrollee spending when setting rates for Medicaid managed care plans.

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Book SynopsisIn the attempt to provide a global vision of the challenges faced by hospitals, this book analyses the dense network of rules and expectations coming from institutions, patients and professionals in which healthcare organisations are embedded. The numerous changes that have occurred within a large part of the healthcare systems during the last 20 years, have determined important consequences, which have been promptly faced by managers. Uncertainty, rules, and innovations are just some of the main ingredients of the challenges to be tackled, whereas mimicry, legitimacy and diffusion of managerial fashions are some of the core strategies implemented to face them. Hospitals survival depends on the ability to intercept on time and to accomplish quickly the external expectations. The role of managers is to create a workplace in which changes are possible. Individual and organisational work value congruence can facilitate it by improving the quality of communication, the degree of trust in hospitals'' missions, and physicians'' and nurses'' knowledge of the processes. Hospital challenges reach up to the single physician, often asking him/her to play new and conflicting roles. The "new" physician needs to balance his/her time to accomplish ambiguous expectations, to fulfill heterogeneous tasks, and to compete for scarce resources in order to embrace the changes. In this vein, physicians'' negotiation skills assume a strategic role for the successful running of hospitals.

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Book SynopsisHospitals, just like orchestras, are made up of many "instruments" which play their notes on their own, yet within a broader symphony. If even one instrument fails in doing its part, or if the orchestra director leaves even one of them behind, the overall symphony will just not sound right and the final performance will be ruined. This book is aimed at providing practical guidance to hospital managers who are called to implement complex organizational transformations. In doing so, they must take into account a high number of managerial tools and dynamics which should not be overlooked. Failing to do so may negatively affect their long-term success in reaching strategic objectives. Hospitals do not have violins, drums, and trumpets, but they do have departments, clinical wards, clinical pathways, and functional units. Moreover, their professionals must carry out different activities such as assisting patients, reporting their actions, communicating and, more and more frequently, managing parts of the hospitals themselves. Not only physicians are in charge of these aspects. Nurses and other clinical and non-clinical professionals are co-responsible, facing frequent changes in the number and type of activities they must perform. In this context, hospital managers must design organizational charts and implement them by distributing resources and responsibilities, by setting and monitoring objectives, and by assessing the performance of units. They must motivate their staff and ensure an effective use of technology. Yet, although healthcare management is widely studied worldwide, it is rare to find contributions with such a broad and holistic point of view. Although each aspect and item of hospital management is key in reaching organizational success, the risk of overlooking one or more of them is high. Specifically, if management fails in directing all its tools towards its objectives, the chances of reaching outstanding performance are poor. Managerial tools must be used in an integrated and coherent way as multiple components of a single managerial strategy.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Understanding the Role of Hospitals within Healthcare Systems; How are Hospitals Changing? Their Transition from Vertical to Horizontal Organizational Models; Managing a Hospital is like Conducting an Orchestra; Measuring Hospital Performance; Seizing the Orchestras Symphony: Driving All Managerial Tools Towards a Common Goal; About the Author; Index.

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Book SynopsisHow to identify and see through deceptive and unethical health marketing practices Health scams come in all shapes and sizes-from the suppression of side-effects from prescription drugs to the unproven benefits of 'traditional' health practices-taking advantage of the human tendency to assume good intentions in others. So how do we avoid being deceived? Professor of Nursing, Bernie Garrett explores real-world examples of medical malpractice, pseudo and deceptive health science, dietary and celebrity health fads, deception in alternative medicine and problems with current healthcare regulation, ending with a simple health-scam detection kit. And he looks at how these practices and ineffective regulations affect our lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction (The art of the con; Are we obsessed with our health? Science in the age of alternative health; Trust me, I'm not a doctor; Where's the harm? I want to believe) ; Bad medicine (The rise of modern medicine; Big Pharma; Dubious private clinics; A matter of trust; Ineffective remedies and diagnoses; Major medical blunders; Conspiracy theories - just because you're paranoid...; Is modern medicine safe?) ; Health scams (What is a health scam? The nature of deception; A profusion of health scams and devious practices; Pandemic scams; Conspiratorial thinking); Alternative medicine (The alternative medicine business; What's in a name; Integrative medicine and research; Alternative medicine and health claims; Is it safe? Regulation and education; A growing phenomenon); Health, fame and fortune (Success and irrationality; Health and celebrity; Celebrities and the anti-vaccination crisis; Absolute certainty - tunnel vision and success; Cargo cult thinking; A matter of trust; Are we all gullible? Who is the target? Mixing it up with half truths; Science, but not as we know it; Naturally it's good for you; Clinical significance and importance; Make it simple; Social influence; The rise of social media; Internet health scams; The psychology of scanning and susceptibility to persuasion; Risk of deception; Trust and maintaining authority) ; We will make you like our products; Conclusion: who do you trust? (The myth of perfect health; Being proactive about health; Avoiding ineffective interventions; Regression to the mean and the trajectory of illnesses; The power of placebo and nocebo; Taking back charge of your health)

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Book Synopsis60 years of the UK's National Health Service and the NHS is treating more people than ever and the population is living longer, healthier lives. That's the good news. But what about the bad news? Most histories of medicine concentrate on 'who invented what' or on the lives of great medical figures. This history looks at the effect on medical science of politics, religion, money supply and social mores. Illustrated throughout by the very coins with which the the medical staff may have been paid this book is a reminder that medicine has never been free. Someone has to pay for it and in most developed countries that someone is, at least in part, the taxpayer. Are we getting value for money and would another system provide a better service? Having examined the history of State Medicine the book looks in depth at the problems facing the NHS and compares them with healthcare delivery in other developed nations from around the world. State medicine with all its warts! Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the NHS in a critical but balanced manner!Trade Review"It is to Professor Goddards credit that he does not trade on his international reputation as a radiologist, or a pioneer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In fact., his specialty is barely alluded to, Instead he is everymans Virgil, guiding the reader through a medical timeline." -- B Kelly, Consultant Radiologist, The Royal Hospitals, Belfast.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction -- Medicine in Prehistoric Times and in the Ancient World; Medicine in the Middle Ages; Medicine in the Early Modern Period; Modern medicine and the build up to the UK National Health Service; The Welfare State; Reorganisation and industrial action in the 1970s; Fundamental Changes in the NHS; How does the NHS compare with the Health Services in other Countries?; Successes in the present day NHS but also ethical dilemmas in a rationed health service; The Medical profession and the NHS: what went wrong?; Medical Error and Negligence, The Witch-hunt and Suspension; Why do some doctors find it so hard to work in the present political climate?; Dentistry and Nursing; Political whim and fancy; What has gone wrong with the patients?; State Medicine: The Future; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe majority of people with learning disabilities are likely to die whilst living in a service setting. This book, written by practitioners in the field, offers practical advice, and aims to raise the awareness of everyone involved in enabling people with learning disabilities to be treated with respect and dignity as they approach death.Table of ContentsPART 1: WHEN WATER BECOMES A GLOBAL COMMODITY: 1. Mountain Water: A Commodity for Saudi Businessmen; 2. England and Wales: Where It All Began; 3. Two Global Giants; 4. The Water War in Cochabamba; 5. Tucuman, Argentina: A Storm of Protest; 6. Among Poor People in Rosario and Buenos Aires; 7. The Privatization Flagship is Sinking; 8. South Africa: Shezi Stole Water. PART 2: PRIVATE ALTERNATIVES: FOR AND AGAINST: 9. Companies and their Strategies; 10. The World Bank Promotes Private Solutions; 11. Ghana faces Public Private Partnerships; 12. Kenya: Twenty Children Wait for a Well; 13. The Global Water Club; 14. Suez and Veolia: We Do Not Intend to Take Any Risks!; 15. The Protest Movement; 16. Local Authorities Not Ripe For Managing the Process; 17. 'Our Goal: Good Public Options'; 18. 'Too Much Secrecy Around GATS'; 19. An Inexhaustible Source of Information; 20. Public-Public Partnerships; 21. Other Voices and Opinions. PART 3: HOW WATER PRIVATISATION EFFECTS PEOPLE IN THE RICH COUNTRIES: 22. Europe: A Growing Market?; 23. Back to England and Wales. PART 4: People and Corporations; 24. Why Care?; 25. A Revealing Stakeholder Report; 26. Water: An Unlimited Fountain of Engagement

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Book SynopsisThe launch of clinical governance in the late 1990s was accompanied by a measure of excitement although, at that stage, it was impossible to determine whether this was really to be the start of a quality-driven revolution in healthcare. Since its inception, much has been done to turn the concepts behind clinical governance into practical reality. Have these efforts been successful? Many would argue that the jury is still out. The authors have approached the topic from the diverse backgrounds offered by urological surgery, general practice and public health medicine. The result is a commentary on the evolution of clinical governance that has the firm anchors of practicality and realism. The book looks at clinical governance from the perspective of the practising clinician and explains what clinical governance has to offer them. Doctors, nurses, therapists and managers should all find something of interest and practical value within these pages.

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Book SynopsisA Guide to Advancing Graduate Medical Education for All is a textbook that serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone involved in promoting equity and inclusion in medical education and health care. Developed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), this unique resource provides a foundational understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism issues, making it an invaluable tool for administrators, educators, residents, fellows, and students alike. All of the contributing authors are distinguished thought leaders in medical education from across the country. This text offers a framework for continuous learning and process improvement, guiding efforts to increase workforce diversity, build safe and inclusive environments, and promote health equity by addressing health care inequities and population health. Comprehensive Perspective written by contributing authors who are preeminent thought leaders in medical education. Case-driven chapters provide action-oriented strategies for assessing and transforming educational environments and implementing change. Inclusive for all, this text was designed for administrators, faculty members, residents, fellows, and DEI leaders to promote health equity and inclusive learning environments.

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Book SynopsisHospital systems throughout the developed world are undergoing waves of reform which seek to address multiple challenges of intensifying acuity, such as population ageing, technological advance, heightened expectations on the part of increasingly informed patients, the reduction of public spending deficits and the specialisation of staff, especially nurses, as well as the difficulty in establishing appropriate incentives for change and improved performance. Within such a context, the purpose of this book is to analyse the interaction between the nursing professions and hospital institutions in France and Japan, taking as its starting point the conviction that comparative analysis of empirical reality in each of these countries will provide new insights into the transformations currently taking place. To that end, the material in this study has been contributed by an international, interdisciplinary team of experts, combining economic, sociological, political and historical perspectives, which are brought to bear upon evidence from original research carried out in both countries. The findings reveal that the relationship between the nursing profession and hospital structures in Japan is characterised by the predominance of a domestic logic, rooted in dependence upon the institution and the promotion of supposedly feminine qualities, in sharp contrast with the French situation, where industrial and professional logics prevail, entailing specialisation, independent initiative and increasing workloads. From this perspective, the future development of the nursing profession in Japan is inextricably linked to the forms taken by the process of women''s emancipation, whereas in France, it is the evolution of hospital structures, of the position of nurses in the healthcare system and of the division of labour within the world of medicine which emerge as the determining factors. In order to highlight French and Japanese particularities for the Anglophone reader, the book also features numerous socio-historical points of comparison with developments in the United Kingdom.

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Book SynopsisThis book is all about carrying pregnancy in Eastern India. This study explains the social aspects and behavioral pattern during pregnancy in respect to nutrition, health and treatment seeking.

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Book SynopsisLiberty Institute is a think tank promoting individual rights, rule of law, limited government, and free market. It conducts research, advocacy, and events on public policy issues. Established in 1996, it focuses on development economics, education, environment, health, security, trade, and citizen participation in democracy.

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