Nursing and ancillary services Books

Book SynopsisThree practicing doctors present the stories of nine individuals diagnosed with brain tumors. Humanizing Brain Tumors details the lived experiences of patients and their loved ones, from the presentation of symptoms to diagnosis and treatment. These nine test cases and the accompanying compendium offer insight and guidance to anyone living with, caring for, or treating those with brain tumors. Written with a humanistic, yet realistic touch, the authors have created a resource that reminds readers of the important partnership between doctors, patients, and caregivers. This collection delves into our modern understanding of brain tumors, using clinical presentation to illustrate the patient experience and summarize methods of treatment. Imagery, including both MRI scans and medical illustrations, facilitates a vivid description of neuroanatomy. Providing a concise description of modern forms of treatment for patients affected with brain tumors, this book presents a patient-centric perspective.Humanizing Brain Tumors will appeal to the hundreds of thousands of patients and their loved ones who are affected by brain tumors every year.Trade Review"A very readable book filled with stories of real people with brain tumors and their responses to treatments. Kudos to the editors. They have produced a small book that is easy to read and transmits lots of information in an interesting way." * Louis R. Caplan, MD, Harvard Medical School *

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Book SynopsisMedical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, Ninth Edition helps readers develop a fundamental knowledge of the medical terminology necessary for a career in any healthcare setting. The text opens with a general introduction to word parts and the human body as a whole, followed by an overview of diseases and treatments. Each subsequent chapter on the individual body systems begins with an illustrated overview of the system with definitions of key terms relevant to that system. Tables of word parts and exercises on using them follow. The sequence of the systems chapters follows the same order as that found in a tradition A&P courses.Turning to the abnormal, a section on diseases and treatments is included, followed by definitions of related key terms.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the essential information you need to know for the most commonly encountered problems in outpatient internal medicine, this practical volume in the Washington Manual® series provides concise, high-yield content that reflects today’s advances in patient evaluation and management. In one convenient, portable resource, you’ll find complete coverage of everything from hypertension and diabetes to sleep disorders, nutrition, and care of the cancer patient—all at your fingertips for quick review and reference. Edited by Drs. Maureen D. Lyons, Peter J. McDonnell, and Jennifer M. Schmidt, The Washington Manual® of Outpatient Internal Medicine, 3rd Edition, is an excellent companion to the Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics, which thoroughly covers inpatient care. Covers common ambulatory/outpatient problems encountered in each medical subspecialty, all in the famous fast-access Washington Manual® outline format that includes easy-to-follow guidelines, diagrams, and algorithms. Thoroughly revised from cover to cover, including new content on telehealth, the trauma-informed approach, immunization reaction and allergy, functional assessment and safe prescribing for pain, breast masses, sexually transmitted infections, and more. Includes a new, full-color insert of dermatologic images to illustrate skin diagnoses and rashes. Addresses all areas of medicine and core subspecialties, including neurology and toxicology. Provides need-to-know diagnostic and therapeutic guidance from the outstanding house staff and faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The Washington Manual® is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by Wolters Kluwer Health under license from Washington University. Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s),such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook,powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.

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Book SynopsisAs the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and middle-class pre-migration backgrounds, these immigrants - hailing from countries as diverse as Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia - encounter blocked opportunities in the U.S. labor market. They then work in the United States, as home health aides, certified nursing assistants, qualified disability support professionals, and licensed practical and registered nurses. This book reveals the global, political, social, and economic factors that have facilitated the entry of West African women and men into the health care labor force (home and institutional care for older adults and individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities; and skilled nursing). It highlights these immigrants’ role as labor brokers who tap into their local ethnic and immigrant communities to channel co-ethnics to meet this labor demand. It illustrates how West African care workers understand their work across various occupational settings and segments in the health care industry. This book reveals the transformative processes migrants undergo as they become produced, repackaged, and deployed as health care workers after migration. Ultimately, this book tells the very real and human story of an immigrant group surmounting tremendous obstacles to carve out a labor market niche in health care, providing some of the most essential and intimate aspects of care labor to the most vulnerable members of society.Trade Review“Showers illuminates an extremely important story that needs to be told about Black populations who are doing critical support work and yet remain invisible–Black West African immigrants. Migrants Who Care is the first study of its kind.” -- Mary J. Osirim * author of Enterprising Women: Gender, Microbusiness and Globalization in Urban Zimbabwe *“Migrants Who Care illustrates how West Africans created an ethnic niche in health care as both workers and entrepreneurs and forged a pathway to the American dream. This did not happen smoothly but arduously against structural barriers of racism, neoliberalism, and xenophobia. With deftness and nuance, Showers convincingly shows ethnicity to be both an advantage and disadvantage for migrants in pursuit of this pathway, offering jobs in ethnic-owned facilities but barriers in diverse health care settings. This book is a must-read for scholars of care, labor, migration and race.” -- Rhacel Salazar Parreñas * author of Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States *Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Moving to America 2 Pathways and Entryways into Care 3 The Business of Care: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Care 4 Disability Support: The Transformation of Immigrants into Care Workers 5 Patient-Provider Interactions and Professional Identities in Nursing 6 Nursing a Pathway to the American Dream Conclusion Afterword: COVID-19 Appendix A: Methodological Appendix Appendix B: Types of Health Care Jobs Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAs the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and middle-class pre-migration backgrounds, these immigrants - hailing from countries as diverse as Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia - encounter blocked opportunities in the U.S. labor market. They then work in the United States, as home health aides, certified nursing assistants, qualified disability support professionals, and licensed practical and registered nurses. This book reveals the global, political, social, and economic factors that have facilitated the entry of West African women and men into the health care labor force (home and institutional care for older adults and individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities; and skilled nursing). It highlights these immigrants’ role as labor brokers who tap into their local ethnic and immigrant communities to channel co-ethnics to meet this labor demand. It illustrates how West African care workers understand their work across various occupational settings and segments in the health care industry. This book reveals the transformative processes migrants undergo as they become produced, repackaged, and deployed as health care workers after migration. Ultimately, this book tells the very real and human story of an immigrant group surmounting tremendous obstacles to carve out a labor market niche in health care, providing some of the most essential and intimate aspects of care labor to the most vulnerable members of society.Trade Review“Showers illuminates an extremely important story that needs to be told about Black populations who are doing critical support work and yet remain invisible–Black West African immigrants. Migrants Who Care is the first study of its kind.” -- Mary J. Osirim * author of Enterprising Women: Gender, Microbusiness and Globalization in Urban Zimbabwe *“Migrants Who Care illustrates how West Africans created an ethnic niche in health care as both workers and entrepreneurs and forged a pathway to the American dream. This did not happen smoothly but arduously against structural barriers of racism, neoliberalism, and xenophobia. With deftness and nuance, Showers convincingly shows ethnicity to be both an advantage and disadvantage for migrants in pursuit of this pathway, offering jobs in ethnic-owned facilities but barriers in diverse health care settings. This book is a must-read for scholars of care, labor, migration and race.” -- Rhacel Salazar Parreñas * author of Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States *Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Moving to America 2 Pathways and Entryways into Care 3 The Business of Care: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Care 4 Disability Support: The Transformation of Immigrants into Care Workers 5 Patient-Provider Interactions and Professional Identities in Nursing 6 Nursing a Pathway to the American Dream Conclusion Afterword: COVID-19 Appendix A: Methodological Appendix Appendix B: Types of Health Care Jobs Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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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 Synopsis“Bertram and Kerns present a compelling imperative for evidence based practice. Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Practical Program Guide is timely, cogent, masterful and forceful. […] Advancing the evidentiary movement among practitioners, managers and academics, these authors have made an indelible contribution to our behavioural health and social service communities and to those we serve.”-Katharine Briar-Lawson, PhD, LMSW, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University at Albany School of Social Welfare and National Child Welfare Workforce InstituteFrom the Foreword:“This book will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, administrators, students, faculty, and academicians. I would also recommend it to family organizations as a resource in their education programs for the families they serve ... Bertram and Kerns have done an excellent job of blending hard science, clinical applications, and big picture issues into a very readable volume that will have valuable information for these diverse audiences” -- Albert Duchnowski, Ph.D. , Professor Emeritus University of South FloridaTo improve client outcomes and practitioner competence, this book clarifies practices to address common problems such as anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and child behavioural concerns. The authors also provide examples and suggest how to integrate implementation of evidence-based practice into academic programs through collaboration with behavioural health or social service programs.Among the many topics discussed: Academic workforce preparation and curricula development Data-informed selection and implementation of evidence-based practice Anticipating and resolving practical challenges to implementation Negotiating treatment challenges with clients Collaboration between academic and behavioural health care programs This text is a valuable resource for both academic and behavioural health care programs. It will improve workforce preparation and behavioural health care service provision by helping aspiring practitioners and programs develop the necessary knowledge and skills to select, effectively implement and sustain evidence-based practice. Table of ContentsBeginning with the End in Mind.- Visiting the Clinic: A Child and Family Tale.- Definitions and Debates.- Misconceptions and Facts.- Workforce Preparation: Academic Curricula and Concerns.- Establishing Effectiveness: An Innovation Tale.- An Explorer’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practice.- Implementation Science: Slowing Down to Install a Practice.- Starting Small: Transformation Zones and Initial Implementation.- Trouble-Shooting Implementation Challenges.- Data-Informed Implementation.- Pathways to the Future: A Tale of Two Programs.

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide aids clinicians in distinguishing the different dimensions of hand function such as impairment, disability, and handicap. New and updated chapters discuss cerebral palsy, sports injuries, robotics, and assistive technologies. Extensively revised, the book provides a broad overview of the basic principles and examination of hand function. It describes how to evaluate hand function in specific afflicted populations, including the rheumatoid patient, the stroke patient, the trauma patient, the geriatric patient, and the pediatric patient as well as special populations such as diabetes mellitus patients and musicians. It also includes an appendix of hand function scales essential to the assessment of disability. The Second Edition of Hand Function is an ideal resource for all rheumatologists, physiatrists, hand surgeons, orthopedists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists caring for patients with impaired hand function.Table of ContentsSECTION I: Basic Principles of Hand Function.- Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Hand.- Physical Examination of the Hand.- Assessment of Hand Functions.- SECTION II: Hand Function in Clinical Practice.- Pain and Hand Function.- Hand Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Hand Function in Osteoarthritis.- Hand Function in Scleroderma.- Functional Assessment in Hand with Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries.- Hand Function in Stroke.- Hand Function in Tetraplegia.- Hand Function in Parkinson’s Disease.- Hand Function in Cerebral Palsy.- Hand Function in Children with Congenital Disorders.- Hand Function in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.- Functional Assessment in Geriatric Conditions.- Hand Function in Common Hand Problems.- Hand Function in Sport Injuries.- Hand Function in Metabolic Disorders: Haemodialysis, Diabetes Mellitus, Gout.- SECTION III: Hand Function with Robotics and Assistive Technology.- Hand Function and Assistive Devices.- Sports and Recreational Adaptations for Hand.- The Functional Capacity of the Robotic Hands.- SECTION IV: Hand Function and Imaging Outcomes.- Hand Function and Imaging Outcomes.- Appendix: Some Hand Functional Scales

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haiti’s National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale‐Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development.ACKNOWLEDGMENT:This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).DISCLAIMER:The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.< div="">^Trade ReviewTable of ContentsOverviewBy James Heiby, USAIDOverall introduction to the book that explains the purpose of the book, a short explanation of what the improvement process is about, and briefly discusses what the book is not covering.Part 1: Facility-level improvementCase 1: Improving Quality of Care for Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: The Role of Capacity Building and Coaching in Supporting a Multi-Facility Improvement Team in Samtredia District, GeorgiaBy Tamar Chitashvili and Ekaterine Cherkezishvili, University Research Co., LLC This case study describes the experience of a multi-facility quality improvement team in Imereti’s Samtredia District in Georgia that addressed the quality of care for respiratory tract infections among children. The case study details the design and implementation of the improvement effort, and provides details about the capacity building and coaching support provided to the team that helped lead to improved health outcomes.Case 2: Integrating Gender to Improve Outcomes in an elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV Program at Ivukula Health Center III in Eastern UgandaBy Taroub Faramand, WI-HER, LLC In partnership with Uganda's Ministry of Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded projects joined expertise in quality improvement and nutrition to put into practice an initiative that addressed all aspects of ensuring healthy HIV-free infants. This case study focuses on how a successful pilot team in eastern Uganda used quality improvement tools to identify clinic inefficiencies and put into action a plan to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and improve nutrition assessment, care and support services. Case 3: Improving HIV counseling and testing in tuberculosis service delivery in Ukraine: it all starts with one good teamBy Nilufar Rakhmanova, FHI 360 Because TB and HIV programs in Ukraine functioned separately as vertical programs—focusing on specific health conditions—they often missed a window of opportunity for diagnosing HIV at an earlier phase of infection. This case study describes how a successful pilot team in Chervonograd, Ukraine used quality improvement methods to raise the rates of HIV counseling and testing offered to clients tested for TB and how the team scaled up its successes to other sites.Part 2: Community-level improvementCase 4: Strengthening accessibility of services to most vulnerable children through quality improvement approaches in community settings: Case of Bagamoyo district, TanzaniaBy Flora Nyagawa, University Research Co., LLC This case study describes a quality improvement approach to ensure implementation of the National Quality Improvement Guidelines for Most Vulnerable Children in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania. The case study largely focuses on the steps needed to organize improvement efforts; including how project participants formed teams, carried out introductory visits, initiated district and ward efforts, conducted baseline assessments, and built capacity. Case 5: Addressing behavior change with quality improvement methods in GuatemalaBy Elena Hurtado, University Research Co., LLC In Guatemala, quality improvement and collaborative learning methods were applied to two social and behavior change (SBCC) interventions to strengthen families' health and nutrition-related knowledge and behaviors. This case details the organization of the quality improvement effort and team formation, the role of coaches, and explores challenges to making the improvements a permanent part of health services.Part 3: District/regional-level improvementCase 6: Scaling up a quality improvement initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, IndiaBy Nigel Livesley, University Research Co., LLC The Government of India, concerned with poor antenatal care outcomes in Chamba district, enlisted the help of a USAID-funded project with decades of experience in quality improvement. Healthcare practitioners and district officials were initially skeptical about the efficacy of quality improvement methods and reluctant to receive external technical assistance; however, the success of the program eventually won over key stakeholders. This case explores the role of leadership and early successes in creating buy-in for a quality improvement intervention, and the role the support of key stakeholders played in the scale-up of the effort.Case 7: Promoting rational use of antibiotics in the Kyrgyz RepublicBy Barton Smith, Edmonds Family Medicine, formerly with Abt Associates In the Kyrgyz Republic, quality improvement methods were used to promote rational antibiotic use among prescribers. This case highlights the important role data collection, access, and analysis played in identifying and reducing incorrect prescription of antibiotics.Case 8: Improving access to essential medicines through active engagement of district leadership in Kaborole District, UgandaBy Herbert Kisamba, University Research Co., LLC With the expansion of health coverage in Uganda, the government began to shift its priorities to emphasize quality of health care and patient safety. In Kaborole District, the government decided to target timely ordering of medicines and tuberculosis treatment for district-level quality improvement work because these were two of the worst areas of performance within the health system. The intervention provided an opportunity to the senior-level staff of the district health system to appreciate modern quality improvement methods and apply them.Case 9: Strengthening systems to improve nutrition care, support, and treatment in Malawi: Results from Balaka and Karonga districtsBy Linley Hauya, University Research Co., LLC Malawi was one of the first countries to integrate nutrition assessment, counseling, and support into its HIV and TB care framework and the government intended the provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to be a cornerstone of care. However, incomplete national-level data on the number of people requiring RUTF frequently led to supply-shortages. Because RUTF was frequently unavailable, many health facilities did not bother recording the number of patients requiring it. This case discusses how district quality improvement teams were able to address this vicious cycle to improve patient care.Case 10: Bridging the gap between emergency response and health systems strengthening: Designing quality improvement during the Zika outbreakBy Eric Baranick, University Research Co., LLC In mid-2015, the Zika virus arrived in Brazil; within a year, the virus had travelled to 21 other countries in the Americas. As the magnitude of the epidemic unfolded, new and troubling evidence emerged about an uptick in birth defects in Zika-affected regions and their potential link to this virus, causing the WHO to declare Zika a public health emergency of international concern. This case explores the actions required to build a foundation for and implement quality improvement in a crisis setting.Part 4: National-level improvementCase 11: Use of an electronic medical record to drive national improvement, HaitiBy Joshua Bardfield, HEALTHQUAL International In Haiti, an electronic medical record system drives national and local quality improvement efforts as part of a national quality management program supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. This case study describes how quality improvement teams transitioned from a paper-based to an electronic medical record system and how the government used analysis of the electronic data to set improvement priorities.Case 12: Improving maternal and neonatal health in MozambiqueBy Edgar Necochea, Jhpiego Although more than half of deliveries in Mozambique occur at health facilities, high maternal mortality rates have persisted as a public health issue. To address concerns about the quality of health facility care, the Mozambique Ministry of Health launched the Model Maternities Initiative from 2009-2014, which represented about half of all maternities in the country, covering approximately one-third of all institutional deliveries. As part of this initiative, quality improvement teams used a standardized assessment tool to identify performance gaps and put in place rapid interventions—such as basic infection prevention practices and minor infrastructure repairs—to produce swift results. This case study demonstrates how it is possible to systematically improve the delivery of health services at the facility level, across an entire country, with very limited external assistance – despite the challenges faced, which are common to many low-income settings.Case 13: The business case of quality in health care: A sustainable financing and technical assistance approach to quality improvement in KenyaBy Nicole Spieker, PharmAccess Introducing international standards, stepwise certifications, and a transparent rating and improvement program to healthcare providers in Kenya has proven to be a successful approach towards sustainable quality assurance. This case study explores the introduction of medical and business quality standards at a single health facility and outlines the activities that were required to adhere to the new standards.Case 14: Improving quality of voluntary medical male circumcision: A case study of UgandaBy John Byabagambi, University Research Co., LLC Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has the potential to significantly reduce HIV transmission; however, as with any medical procedure, there is a need to assess the quality of VMMC service provision to ensure that procedures are safe and follow established norms and protocols. This case describes the experience of adapting VMMC assessment tools from high-income counties to the Ugandan context in a large number of health care facilities throughout the country and using these customized tools to address gaps in VMMC service delivery.Part 5: DiscussionBy James Heiby, USAID A concluding chapter summarizes what these cases tell us overall about healthcare improvement in low- and middle-income countries, and specifically about different topics, including: getting improvement teams started, how teams test changes, support for improvement teams, learning from improvement, and scaling up improvement. In addition, this chapter addresses the question: “What’s next in QI?”, highlighting what we do not know and what we want to learn how to do better. The chapter is authored by editor James Heiby and could be presented in the format of a narrative or an interview with other experts in quality improvement. BibliographyAn annotated bibliography highlights other materials, articles, etc. drawn on in the thematic chapters and provides links to supplemental materials published on the USAID ASSIST Project website (https://www.usaidassist.org/) (or on a web page provided by the publisher).Glossary of termsA glossary of terms related to quality improvement is included at the end of the book. Examples of such terms that would be included are provided below: Accreditation Aim Coaching Collaborative improvement Institutionalization Learning session Plan-do-study-act Process improvement Quality assurance Quality improvement Spread

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Book SynopsisThis book explores in depth the phenomenon of user innovation in healthcare. In particular, the book sheds light on patient innovation, whereby patients and/or caregivers proactively develop and diffuse new products and services that provide health and quality of life benefits by addressing gaps in existing market offerings. The aim is to clarify the key characteristics of these innovative processes and to offer practitioners and policymakers tangible bottom-up evidence, solutions, and ideas that will assist in improving health systems, organizations, and practices. A number of important and interesting research questions are addressed, casting light on the types of products and services that tend to be developed by patient innovators, the typical profile of these innovators, the role played by firms, institutions, and health professionals, and the ways in which digital technologies support the dissemination of innovations among patient communities and within the industry. Beyond academic scholars and policymakers, the book will be of high value for students on master’s programs in both medical sciences and business and economics.Table of ContentsChapter 1: User innovation.- Chapter 2: User innovation in healthcare.- Chapter 3: Patient innovation.- Chapter 4: Cases of patient innovation.

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Book SynopsisThis open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland), the United States, Canada, and Australia, this edited collection provides an overview of different charting practices and experiences in various countries and healthcare contexts. Encompassing case studies and analyses of theological, ethical, legal, healthcare policy, and practical issues, the volume is a groundbreaking reference for future discussion, research, and strategic planning for inter- or multi-faith healthcare chaplains and other spiritual care providers involved in the new field of documenting spiritual care in EMR. Topics explored among the chapters include: Spiritual Care Charting/Documenting/Recording/Assessment Charting Spiritual Care: Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Aspects Palliative Chaplain Spiritual Assessment Progress Notes Charting Spiritual Care: Ethical Perspectives Charting Spiritual Care in Digital Health: Analyses and Perspectives Charting Spiritual Care: The Emerging Role of Chaplaincy Records in Global Health Care is an essential resource for researchers in interprofessional spiritual care and healthcare chaplaincy, healthcare chaplains and other spiritual caregivers (nurses, physicians, psychologists, etc.), practical theologians and health ethicists, and church and denominational representatives. Table of ContentsSimon Peng-Keller/David Neuhold Recording spiritual care in electronic medical records. Overview on an ongoing developmentAbstract: The introductory contribution begins with a historically oriented sketch. By referring to ancient and early modern practices, the relationship between spiritual (self-)care and various forms ofdocumentation is broadened. The focus is then on the documentation efforts of clinical pastoral care in the 20th century. The recording of clinical pastoral care is by no means new. The efforts of thephysician Richard Cabot and the theologian Russel L. Dicks in the 1930s show this impressively. In afurther step, more recent developments, which were important in the run-up to the electronic medical record (EMR) that produced it, are pursued. An exemplary view, namely of Kenya, expands what is depicted into another context beyond the western realm. Finally, the chapter gives an overview of the state of research and literature on the topic and some of the questions discussed therein, such as the pastoral mystery and the crucial matter of confidentiality. Possible unintended consequences of the emerging practice also are considered. Thus, the discussion is complex, multifaceted, and changing.Keywords: Documentation, history, (self-)care, EMR, pastoral mystery, confidentiality, unintended side effects.I. Basic considerationsEckhard Frick Psychiatric-psychotherapeutic perspectiveAbstract: Proactively addressing spiritual and religious (s/r) issues has a strong intervention effect on patients that is generally more important than the detailed content of spiritual screenings and assessments. When asked about s/r needs or problems, patients may feel bothered, surprised, annoyed, or, conversely, satisfied, supported, acknowledged in their coping efforts. Consequently, documentation should first of all reflect whether and how the patient reacts towards the clinician’s s/r intervention and whether and how he wants this interaction to be shared in the healthcare team. There is growing evidence that patients want that the carers to take into account the spiritual dimension of health care. Health professionals must, however, respect individual and general boundaries (non-compulsive, non-proselytizing, non-neglecting approach). In psychiatry and psychotherapy, patients’ spirituality is less pathologized than in former times and more and more accepted as a universal dimension to human experience, transcending individual religions. In mental health and in other medical fields, s/r may be part of the problem or part of the solution (K. Pargament) or both. Consequently, spiritual charting should not only differentiate pathological / negative and resilient / positive coping but also comprise the patient’s s/r health-care preferences and goals as well as the role he or she attributes to the health professional. All in all, a hermeneutical (understanding) approach is required both when communicating with the patient and when putting it into writing for the healthcare team, i.e., «translating» the patient’s spirituality and sharing it with different team members respecting their own s/r and professional belongings as well as their experiences and competencies in this field.Key words: Spirituality, psychotherapy, team, patientGuy Jobin Ethical perspectiveAbstract: The introduction of EHRs into clinical practice appears to be irreversible. Where EHRs are used, chaplains have cooperated willingly with this way of reporting and sharing information with other members of the care team. They must, as a result, adapt their own note-taking practices to ensure effective, relevant, and meaningful communication as part of the joint decision-making process. Although EHRs raise ethical issues that can be described as «classic», particularly in connection with confidentiality and access, other questions, just as crucial, have received less attention in the specialized literature and are addressed here. They include recognition for all players in the care relationship (both patients and caregivers) as subjects, and the communication of «non-generic» information such as emotions, values, life history, etc.Key words: Clinical Judgment, Confidentiality, Deontology, Ethics, RecognitionPaul Galchutt/Judy Connolly What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us. Spiritual Assessment Notes in Palliative CareAbstract: The research question, «What is helpful as well as missing from palliative chaplain spiritual assessment progress notes,» arose from the context of seeking to know how palliative chaplain spiritual assessment progress notes can best be relevant and make a difference for a patient’s care. The information-rich audience to address this question were the non-chaplain palliative care team members. Seven focus groups, two of which were in a children’s hospital context, were hosted with forty-two non-chaplain palliative team participants. Through a constant comparative qualitative analysis process, the major results revealed four important considerations for palliative care chaplains. First, palliative interprofessional team members want more help and information regarding a patient’s decision making, especially related to a patient’s religion and/or spirituality. Second, and in line with palliative care principles, the participants discussed their desire for relevant notation on a patient’s sense of suffering and coping. Third, a request was made for the chaplain to consistently document his/her perception of emotion emerging from the patient and/or family. The last major result to emerge was that the progress notes should have a summary content section at the top of the note with the most important information contained there. Palliative care chaplains need to continue to hone progress-note content such that it continues to be relevant and effective in helping make a difference to reduce suffering and improve quality of life with patients and families.Key Words: Palliative Care, assessment progress notes, interprofessional team, quality of lifeII. National developments and trendsBrent PeeryChaplaincy Documentation in a Large U.S. Health SystemCommentary: Simon Peng-KellerAbstract: Chaplaincy documentation practices in the United States have evolved over time. Variation in practice still remains. However, the trend in the profession is toward the expectation that chaplains will document their care. There is also increased expectation regarding the content of that documentation. This chapter contains some of the history and current practice of chaplaincy documentation within the Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, Texas. It includes a discussion of the who, what, where, when, how, and why of chaplaincy documentation. Memorial Hermann chaplains strive to document care in a manner that bears witness to the holistic humanity of the care recipients. The author also describes the care in a way that helps others understand the important ways professional chaplains contribute to the wellbeing of others.Key Words: Chaplaincy, spiritual care, charting, documentation, electronic medical recordBruno Bélanger/Line Beauregard/Mario Bélanger/Chantal Bergeron Documenting Spiritual Care in CanadaCommentary: Ralph KunzAbstract: Over the past decade or so, the quality of the evaluation note written by a spiritual care provider (ISS) has been a major issue in accountability and the quality of interdisciplinary collaboration. This chapter proposes two models of notes: «the note following a meeting with a user», generally used in acute care, and «the note following a meeting with a relative», generally used in long-term care, in cases where a patient can no longer express himself. These two charting models were developed on the basis of the RESS (Benchmarks for Spiritual Care Assessment) assessment tool, recently developed at the CSsanté, whose usefulness and applicability were assessed in a research study. The note models presented in this chapter are essentially inspired by the vision of spirituality underlying the work of accompanying patients and the development of the RESS. The authors found that the clinical benefits of streamlining an evaluation and note-writing model are a major step forward in a profession that has been rapidly evolving in Quebec in recent years.Keywords: Quebec, spiritual care, quality of interdisciplinary collaboration, spirituality, benefitsChristine Hennequin Documenting Spiritual Care in AustraliaCommentary: Livia Wey-MeierAbstract: Documentation in medical records is an important aspect of providing care in Australian health services. Documenting spiritual care in health services has evolved over many decades. A brief historical overview of the models of chaplaincy in Victoria, Australia from the 1950s shows the development from faith-based models to more professional models in the last two decades. Models may include spiritual care faith representatives and volunteers; access to medical records differs for each of these providers. Data collection and describing pastoral interventions in the 1990s as part of an Allied Health project at Austin Health, Heidelberg Victoria was a key milestone as was the inclusion of pastoral care intervention codes in the Australian ICD-10_AM/ACHI/ACS codes in 2002. As a peak body, the Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of Victoria and later Spiritual Health Victoria continued to develop documentation guidelines including consistent ways of collecting data and describing interventions. Reporting on spiritual care activity to the Victorian government’s Department of Health and Human Services emphasised this requirement to develop a minimum dataset and to educate the spiritual care sector. A Spiritual Care Minimum Data Set Framework was developed in 2015 and evaluated. Revised guidelines were disseminated by Spiritual Health Victoria in 2019. Three case studies of Victorian hospitals illustrate how documenting in electronic and paper medical records currently meet the Spiritual Health Victoria guidelines. Documentation assists with the integration of spiritual care in the health service, with internal reporting and with research. It also enables spiritual care activity to be visible and available electronically for reporting to government as required.Key Words: Documentation, medical records, models, pastoral care, spiritual care, chaplaincy, intervention, data, framework, guidelinesWilfred McSherry/Linda Ross Documenting Spiritual Care in the U.K.Commentary: David NeuholdAbstract: This chapter explores how spiritual aspects of care are being documented within the United Kingdom (UK) with a specific focus upon health care, primarily the nursing and chaplaincy professions. This has not been an easy undertaking given the lack of a standardised approach, the changing and challenging landscape of health care in the UK, and the conflicting terminology used when trying to assess, capture, and record encounters, interactions, and conversations with patients and their carers about their spiritual needs. The authors draw upon their own research and informal enquiries with chaplains from across England, Scotland, and Wales, demonstrating that there is a wide range and variation in practice. The authors conclude that there is no standardised means of assessing and documenting spiritual needs and care in the UK and that this is unlikely to become a reality until the many complex challenges outlined are addressed both politically and professionally.Key Words: Chaplaincy, nursing, spiritual care, charting, documentation, England, Scotland, Ireland, WalesWim Smeets/Anneke de Vries Spiritual Care and Electronic Medical Recording in Dutch HospitalsCommentary: David NeuholdAbstract: Among Dutch Healthcare Professionals, it is not a foregone conclusion that conversations with patients should be recorded electronically. This chapter first describes the discussion among them about the pros and cons of EMR. The authors then discuss the Dutch and European legislator’s requirements for the protection of patients’ privacy and therefore of their stories, and how these requirements work out in EMR’s practice. The third section is devoted to the question as to why spiritual caregivers should actually record their conversations with patients. The authors put forward various arguments for this. In their view, charting appears to serve both the interests of patients and the interests of the healthcare providers and of the spiritual care professionals themselves. The authors then describe various possible methods of registration, including G. Fitchett’s model in an adapted, more secular form. By means of two cases, one fairly extensive and one more concise, they show how registration takes place in practice at the Radboudumc. The chapter concludes with the formulation of plans and wishes for the near future.Key-Words: EMR – Legislation – Registration models – Healthcare providers – Hospital – umcAnne Vandenhoeck Documenting Spiritual Care in BelgiumCommentary: Eva-Maria FaberAbstract: The main motive for spiritual care givers to chart in electronic patient files should be to contribute to the best possible spiritual care for patients and their loved ones. The culture in health care has always influenced spiritual care and vice versa. The contemporary economic paradigm in health care fuels core concepts like quality of care, efficiency, interdisciplinary care, and patient-centered care. Electronic patient files serve multiple of those core concepts and it is important for spiritual caregivers to be accountable in their service to patients and loved ones. In this contribution the author explores charting by spiritual caregivers in the context of general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium. The main charting system, which is used by a big cluster of hospitals in Flanders, includes space for the spiritual caregivers to chart. The language used is based on the Discipline for Pastoral Care Giving, an outcome-based model for spiritual care by the late Arthur Lucas. In this contribution the author reflects on several ways of charting and touches upon several tensions: the tension between sharing and confidentiality, between charting for yourself and for an interdisciplinary team, between time to chart and time to visit. From the perspective of tensions, charting remains an interesting medium to reflect upon the contemporary content of spiritual care and the position of spiritual caregivers in health care.Keywords: Spiritual caregivers as bearers of patients’ stories, interdisciplinary patient file, confidentiality, functional narrative charting, continuity in care for the patient’s story, outcomes of spiritual carePascal Mösli Emerging practices in SwitzerlandCommentary: TBDAbstract: The pastoral documentation is developing rapidly in Switzerland. As part of the palliative complex treatment required by hospitals, developed independently by pastoral teams in the interprofessional context of large hospitals, it has also found its way into current standard papers of pastoral expert committees. In order to understand how pastoral care professionals throughout Switzerland think about documentation, a survey of German-speaking pastoral care professionals was conducted in spring 2019. The response rate was 54%, so the results of the survey provide a good insight into the Swiss situation. The results show that there is also a major upheaval in the minds of pastoral care professionals. While about 50% of all pastoral professionals in Switzerland document pastoral work in some form, more than 70% of those who do not currently document could imagine – under certain conditions – documenting. The chapter informs about the development of the pastoral documentation, contexts, and framework conditions of the healthcare system and the church, and their meaning from the point of view of the pastoral professionals themselves.III. Challenges and perspectives for the futureSimon Peng-Keller Challenges and perspectives for the futureAbstract: In a first step, the final contribution to the volume collects and organizes the various topics of the discussion. Second, it filters out the critical and controversial points as well as the convergences in the transnational developments. Third, the desiderata for research is articulated and some ideas for future research programmes are formulated. The chapter concludes with a sketch of a future practice of recording spiritual care.

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Book SynopsisCancer victims are bombarded with misleading information about alternative medicine. Many such treatments try to sell false hope at inflated prices, and many promise a cure without side-effects. This book explains why alternative cancer cures are a fallacious concept. However, it also outlines the important role of alternative medicine in supporting cancer patients and improving their quality of life.Trade Review“This book presents a world of useful science-based information in a very accessible format.” (Harriet Hall, Science-Based Medicine, sciencebasedmedicine.org, September 28, 2021)Table of ContentsGeneral Topics.- Cancer Cures.- Supportive/Palliative Treatments.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisStarting with a working definition, this comprehensive work defines the attributes of the population health model. It clarifies what population health is and is not. It discusses health disparities and the social determinants of health and illness and provides new ways of moving forward towards a more sustainable healthcare model in a changing society, thereby pointing out the importance of multi-sector collaboration for collective impact for community health improvement. The book takes this further by providing sources of data to support the population health model. As such, this book provides a must-read for students and anyone working, teaching or consulting in population healthcare.Table of Contents1 Defining Population Health2 The Road to Population Health: A Changing Society3 The Road to Population Health: A Changing Healthcare System 4 The Roots of Population Health5 Health Status and How to Measure It6 The Social Determinants of Health and Illness7 Paying the Piper: Health Disparities8 Population Health and Healthcare Delivery9 Population Health and Public Policy10 Traditional Approaches to Community Health Data11 Data Needs for the Population Health Model12 The Role of the Community in Population Health Improvement

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Book SynopsisThe modern-day practice of health care was imported into Nigeria over 500 years ago. In 1947, the first national health plan was developed in Nigeria with the primary goal of providing universal health care (UHC), but this goal remains elusive to date. This comprehensive book presents the roadmap needed to attain UHC in Nigeria and offers a blueprint for achieving high-quality health care in the nation.Starting with a brief overview of the Nigerian state, the fundamentals of health care, including the challenges to affordable quality healthcare delivery, the author critically examines the healthcare system in Nigeria and offers specific recommendations to invigorate the system and improve interprofessional collaborations. Each chapter includes case studies to allow readers to contextualize the information presented and behavioral learning objectives to test readers' knowledge. Among the topics covered: The Organizational Structure and Leadership of the Nigerian Healthcare System The Vulnerabilities of the Nigerian Healthcare System The Spectrum of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Emerging Developments in Traditional Medicine Practice in Nigeria The Plight of Persons Living with Disabilities: The Visible Invisibles in Nigeria A Comparative Analysis of the Health System of Nigeria and Six Selected Nations Around the World A Qualitative Investigation of the Barriers to the Delivery of High-Quality Healthcare Services in Nigeria The Political and Economic Reforms Needed to Achieve Universal and High-Quality Health Care in Nigeria Reimagining the Nigerian Healthcare System to Achieve Universal and High-Quality Health Care by 2030 The Nigerian Healthcare System: Pathway to Universal and High-Quality Health Care is ideal for adoption as a textbook in health services administration, health policy and management, health informatics, healthcare delivery systems, and primary health care courses offered at universities in Nigeria. It also would appeal to students and faculty in African diaspora programs internationally. The book is also essential for policymakers, health systems technocrats, researchers, and professionals in various health disciplines, including medicine, nursing, and allied health.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Fundamentals of Health Care Chapter 3: The Evolutionary Developments, Threats and Opportunities Within the Nigerian Healthcare System Chapter 4: The Organizational Structure and Leadership of the Nigerian Healthcare System Chapter 5: The Vulnerabilities of the Nigerian Healthcare System Chapter 6: Complementary and Alternative Medical Practice in Nigeria Chapter 7: Complementary and Alternative Medical Practice in Nigeria Chapter 8: Emerging Developments in Traditional Medicine Practice in Nigeria Chapter 9: The Plight of Persons Living with Disabilities: The Visible Invisibles in Nigeria Chapter 10: A Comparative Analysis of the Health System of Nigeria and Six Selected Nations Around the World Chapter 11: A Qualitative Investigation of the Barriers to the Delivery of High-Quality Healthcare Services in Nigeria Chapter 12: The Political and Economic Reforms Needed to Achieve Universal and High-Quality Health Care in Nigeria Chapter 13: Reimagining the Nigerian Healthcare System to Achieve Universal and High-Quality Health Care by 2030 Chapter 14: Nigeria’s Health System Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons from Other Countries

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Book SynopsisThis 2-volumeset focuses on adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and presents the latest research on the health risk behaviours and social behaviours that adolescents from the MENA region engage in. While there has been a surge in peer-reviewed research publications on population health in the MENA region in the last couple of decades, very few books offer a resource to address the diverse negative influences that disproportionately affect adolescents and children in the MENA region, including increased tobacco consumption culture, low emphasis on physical activity, increased sedentary behaviours, weak health policies, and societal issues related to displacement and political conflicts. These books offer a synthesis of current knowledge on adolescent health issues in the MENA region, and aim to provide evidence-informed adolescent health care practices that address current issues related to mental, physical, reproductive and nutritional health. Volume 2 focuses on nutritional and reproductive health in the MENA region, predictive modelling of obesity, determinants of sexual and oral health, HIV, and diabetes. The study will aid health care professionals, policy makers, government organizations and health program planners to assess current policies and practices related to adolescent health in the MENA region, and to identify the best courses of action moving forward. Table of Contents1-Adolescent Health in the MENA Region: Determinants and Distribution.- 2-Adolescent nutrition: a focus on the MENA.- 3-Addressing Social Determinants of Oral Health among Adolescents from MENA.- 4-Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in relation to Vitamin D Deficiency among older adolescents.- 5-Activity among Adolescents from the MENA.- 6-Exploring Factors for Predictive Modelling of Obesity and Overweight in Adolescents: Application to MENA Region.- 7-Determinants of Knowledge in relation to Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa Region.- 8-Growth Assessment in Adolescence: Measurement and Interpretation for the Middle East and North Africa.- 9-Oral health of adolescents in the MENA region.- 10-Demographic and Geographic Variations in Respiratory and Allergic Conditions among Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates.- 11-The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus among in adolescents and their determinants in from the Middle East and North Africa Region.- 12-HIV and sexual health in MENA’s adolescents.

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Book SynopsisThese days, the idea of “value” is at the center of many activities and decisions in health care in the United States. While there exist books that detail the technical steps for how to carry out a specific type of value assessment, such as cost-effectiveness or return on investment, there are few that attempt to teach healthcare professionals how to think about value. This book provides a deeper understanding of value as a concept as well as an endeavor (as in, to determine or uncover the value of care) within the healthcare industry by illustrating the different components of value that should guide decision-making processes for policy, infrastructure, and quality improvement. Through an exploration of theories of economics and implementation science, as well as practical suggestions for real-world applications, this text provides a foundation for the long and complicated “value” journey the US has bet its entire healthcare system on. In the US, policy to promote what is referred to as “value-based care” is here to stay. As we move forward within this construct, we need to move beyond the over-simplified definition of value as “quality per dollar spent” to a more functional framework for how to think about value that can adapt to different circumstances and points of view. Only then will it be possible to compare value across settings, conditions, and activities.The book consists of 9 chapters organized in four sections: Part I: Understanding the Challenges of Assessing the Value of Health Care Part II: A Primer on Fundamental Concepts and Current Techniques Used to Measure Value in Health Care Part III: A Discussion of the Real-world Motivations and Requirements that Should be Contemplated when Exploring Value Part IV: How to Design and Perform a Value Assessment Practical Strategies to Assess Value in Health Care is an essential resource for healthcare professionals at all levels and points of care who are interested in understanding how best to assess and interpret value for a particular situation including providers, administrators, payers, insurers, health plans, and policy-makers.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. Part I: Understanding the Challenges of Assessing the Value of Health Care Chapter 2. Challenge One: Complexity. Chapter 3. Challenge Two: Continuity. Chapter 4. Challenge Three: Lack of Consistency. Part II: A Primer on Fundamental Concepts and Current Techniques Used to Measure Value in Health Care Chapter 5. Key Economic Concepts and Their Implications. Chapter 6. Current Methods of Value Assessments. Part III: A Discussion of the Real-world Motivations and Requirements that Should be Contemplated when Exploring Value. Chapter 7. Practical and Human Considerations. Part IV How to Design and Perform a Value Assessment Chapter 8. The Value Assessment Framework. Chapter 9. Examples and Practical Suggestions

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Book SynopsisThe Making of a Pandemic provides a systematic account of how societal and psychological forces shaped the Covid-19 pandemic. The first part focuses on how biological and societal factors interact to create a pandemic. The second part explores how characteristics of the American economy, the American approach to public health, and domestic and international inequality combined to prolong the pandemic, hamper mitigation efforts, and arouse opposition to cooperation with public health measures. The third part examines the psychological processes that led to resistance to efforts to mitigate the pandemic and linked the resistance to right-wing ideologies. The book concludes by looking at the limits of the technical and medical reforms others have proposed to protect us from repetitions of the Covid-19 disaster and by calling for a “deep confrontation” with the societal and psychological factors that created and shaped the pandemic. Trade Review“Too many of us come to the topic of the pandemic both weary and entrenched in our views based on how it’s affected us and the people we know. Ehrenreich’s worldview isn’t well-hidden in his telling of events. If you share this view, the book will confirm what you believe, and it is chock full of additional data for your arsenal.” (Andy Slavitt, The Washington Post, washingtonpost.com, July 29, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1. INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 2. The Revenge of the Microbes.- Chapter 3. From Outbreak to Pandemic.- Chapter 4. Two Peas in a Pod: Pandemic and Global Warming.- Chapter 5. The Great Tradeoff: Public Health vs. the Economy.- Chapter 6. The Cost of Inequality.- Chapter 7. The Crooked Timber of Humanity.- Chapter 8. The Fourth Horseman.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the US laws that affect clinical practice for healthcare professionals with no legal background.Divided into thirteen sections, each chapter starts with a summary of the chapter’s content and relevant legal concepts in bullet points before discussing the topics in detail. An application section is provided in many chapters to clarify essential issues by reflecting on clinically relevant case law or clinical vignette(s). Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this comprehensive guide gives healthcare professionals an understanding or a starting point to legal aspects of healthcare.Table of Contents1. Introduction to the US Legal System 2. Public Health Law 3. Law and Economics 4. Access to Care 5. Tort Law 6. Administrative Law 7. Federal Regulations 8. State Regulations 9. Antitrust Law 10. Mental Health Law 11. Labor and Employment Law 12. Reproductive Health Law 13. Insurance Law 14. Drug and Medical Device Law 15. Intellectual Property Law 16. Cannabis Law 17. Global Health Law 18. Law and Bioethics 19. Healthcare Reform

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights the underlying importance of post-stroke complications during recovery, allowing healthcare professionals managing stroke patients to understand their frequency and identify which patients are at risk of developing such complications. Complications are categorised into neurological and non-neurological, and the time-frame for these complications both in the short-term and long-term are discussed. The common practices in managing post-stroke complications and the skills required in their prevention are described, as is the evidence base from clinical trials around their management. The book concludes with a discussion of new developments and research priorities for the future.Management of Post-Stroke Complications is aimed at members of the multidisciplinary stroke team, stroke physicians, neurologists, general practitioners, stroke specialists in training, and medical students.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Early Neurological Deterioration.- Post-Stroke Cardiac Complications.- Post-Stroke Seizures.- Infections After Stroke.- Venous Thromboembolism.- Swallowing and Nutritional Complications.- Urinary and Bowel Complications.- Positioning and Pressure Care.- Management of Spasticity.- Falls and Osteoporosis Post-Stroke.- Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment.- Post-Stroke Pain.- Post-Stroke Fatigue: Common But Poorly Understood.- Mental Consequences Of Stroke.- Future Developments.

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Book SynopsisMedizinökonomie ist die Anwendung ökonomischer Methoden auf die Medizin, insbesondere auf die medizinische Versorgung. Ihr Ziel ist die Verbesserung der medizinischen Behandlung, denn die erfolgreiche Behandlung gilt in der Medizin wie in der Medizinökonomie als oberste Maxime professionellen Handelns. Der wissenschaftliche ebenso wie der praxisbezogene Austausch von Wirtschaft und Medizin gestaltet sich aufgrund der manchmal uneinheitlichen Sicht auf die Dinge schwierig und führt nicht selten zu Missverständnissen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren liefern in diesem Handbuch eine fachlich abgesicherte und zugleich anwendungsbezogene Darstellung der medizinökonomisch relevanten Themenfelder und ermöglichen damit einen fundierten Überblick über den Status quo und die aktuellen Fragen des deutschen Gesundheitssystems.Der erste Band der „Handbuchreihe Medizinökonomie“ widmet sich den medizinökonomischen Grundlagen, stellt das System der Versorgung und ihre Akteure vor, erläutert ausgewählte neue Versorgungsformen und skizziert das Feld der Pflege und anderer Gesundheitsberufe.Table of ContentsGrundlagen der Medizinökonomie.- Medizinische Versorgung.- Neue Versorgungsformen.- Pflege und andere Gesundheitsberufe.

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Book SynopsisDas vorliegende essential handelt vom dritten Gesundheitsmarkt. Damit ist ein Markt gemeint, indem das Teilen (Share Economy) von beispielsweise Daten gegen eine Gesundheitsdienstleistung im Vordergrund steht. In diesem Marktumfeld kann die Autonomie der Patienten unterstützt werden und zu einer verbesserten und bedarfsgerechten Versorgung führen. Sie lernen hierbei die Abgrenzung zum bestehenden ersten und zweiten Gesundheitsmarkt kennen und erhalten einen kritischen Überblick über die Chancen und Grenzen der Share Economy im Gesundheitswesen.

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Book SynopsisIn Zukunft werden wir mit unserem eigenen Avatar mit dem behandelnden Arzt im Smart Hospital sprechen können – und das vom Wohnzimmer aus. Das klingt utopisch, ist allerdings schon Realität geworden. Das essential beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welchen Effekt Virtual Reality und die Avatare im Gesundheitswesen, der Medizin und in der Psychologie haben werden. Durch die praktische Erfahrung der Autoren können tiefgreifende Einblicke in eine exponentielle Technologie gegeben werden.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Avatare in der Medizin und im Gesundheitswesen .- Praxisbeispiele.- Ausblick und Entwicklungsperspektiven.- Weiterführende Videos auf YouTube

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Book SynopsisSustaining a healthy and productive work environment for employees with health issues and work disabilities or those returning to work after sick leave may present a challenge to employers. This publication offers unique insights into occupational health and rehabilitation, covering international perspectives as well as a variety of health-related disciplines. Policymakers, employers, employees, researchers and students will find new approaches to questions of how to maintain work ability and health in the workplace: Which motives influence strategic planning in the healthcare and employment sector? How can the return of employees after sick leave be facilitated? How best to implement innovations while keeping the workplace safe and healthy? And how does occupational rehabilitation benefit from evidence-based knowledge transfer?Contents• Work Ability and Work Disability• Return to Work• Work and Health• Work and InnovationTable of ContentsWork Ability and Work Disability.- Return to Work.- Work and Health.- Work and Innovation.

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Book SynopsisNach der Krise ist vor der Krise! Egal ob Pandemie, ärztliche Kunstfehler, Hackerangriffe, Naturkatastrophen, Fachpersonalmangel oder wirtschaftliche Probleme: Gesundheitseinrichtungen sind im Grunde genommen permanent Risiken ausgesetzt, die sie in große Schwierigkeiten stürzen oder gar in Existenznöte bringen können. Die Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeiten von Schadensereignissen mögen noch so gering sein, völlig auszuschließen sind diese nie. Daher ist es wichtig, während einer Ausnahmesituation für Stabilität zu sorgen, um die Folgen weitgehend abzumildern. Professionelles Krisen- und Stabilitätsmanagement ist jedoch nicht nur im akuten Fall bedeutsam, sondern weit darüber hinaus eine Daueraufgabe und beginnt bereits im Vorfeld einer Krise, um deren Folgen möglichst abzuwenden oder es gar nicht erst kommen zu lassen. Es geht somit über das eigentliche Krisenmanagement hinaus und trägt mit seinen Vorkehrungen dazu bei, im Falle des Eintritts einer Krisensituation möglichst gut vorbereitet zu sein, diese gut zu bewältigen und - auch unter gegebenenfalls veränderten Bedingungen - stabile Verhältnisse für das Fortbestehen und den neuen betrieblichen Alltag einer Gesundheitseinrichtung zu schaffen. Anhand von 10 Leitfragen und daraus abgeleiteten Kapiteln werden die wichtigsten Pfeiler eines Stabilitätsmanagements für Gesundheitseinrichtungen aufgezeigt und anhand von zahlreichen Beispielen, Tabellen und Grafiken veranschaulicht. Konkrete Handlungsanleitungen unterstützen bei der Umsetzung in die Praxis. Für den „Schnellzugriff“ enthält ein Glossar am Ende des Buches Kurzbeschreibungen wichtiger Fachbegriffe des Stabilitäts-, Risiko- und Krisenmanagements. Table of ContentsStabilität und Sicherheit: Worauf kommt es an, um Risiken und Krisen erfolgreich zu widerstehen?.- Führung in Krisenzeiten: Wie lassen sich Nervosität vermeiden und Zuversicht vermitteln?.- Schutz durch Gesetze und Verordnungen: Welche rechtlichen Grundlagen sind beim Stabilitätsmanagement maßgeblich?.- Präventives Risikomanagement: Wie lassen sich Risiken frühzeitig erkennen und bewältigen?.- Sicherheit bei Finanzen und Liquidität: Welche Instrumente beugen einer drohenden Insolvenz vor?.- Krisenfestes Personal: Wie lassen sich die Beschäftigten gut vorbereiten und ihre medizinischen und pflegerischen Leistungen sicherstellen?.- Ausreichende Bevorratung und Lagerhaltung: Wie werden notwendige Vorratsmengen an medizinischen Materialien ermittelt und gelagert?.- Organisatorische Kontinuität: Wodurch lässt sich die Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation der Gesundheitseinrichtung stabilisieren?.- Kostenmanagement und Betriebswirtschaft: Welche betriebswirtschaftlichen Instrumente schaffen Kosten- und Umsatzstabilität?.- Kommunikation in der Krise: Wer ist wann und wie zu informieren?.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch ist ein Weckruf und legt den Finger auf die gravierenden Fehlentwicklungen in unserer Gesundheitsversorgung. Es ist ein Appell an uns als Patienten, Steuerzahler und Versicherte, die Zukunftssicherung unseres Gesundheitssystems jetzt mit Nachdruck einzufordern. Laura Dalhaus, eine ebenso engagierte wie besorgte Hausärztin, schildert authentische Patienten-Geschichten und Schicksale aus ihrem hausärztlichen Alltag. Verständlich und einfühlsam beschreibt sie, wie eine zielführende Behandlung in unserem Gesundheitssystem zum Glücksspiel wird. Sie rüttelt auf und macht klar: Nach den vielen mehr oder weniger gescheiterten Reformbemühungen der letzten Jahrzehnte muss sich in unserem Gesundheitssystem endlich etwas ändern. Dafür braucht es jetzt entschlossene Politiker und Manager am runden Tisch und ein lautes Votum von uns allen, nun endlich „zu liefern“.Inklusive drei knackige „Fragen an“: Dr. Canan Toksoy und Dr. Anna Hinterberger, Oberärztinnen im St. Franziskus-Hospital Münster-Hiltrup Simone Borchardt, MdB, Mitglied im Gesundheitsausschuss Dr. Volker Schrage, Vorstand Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe Anke Richter-Scheer, Vorsitzende des Hausärzteverbandes Westfalen-Lippe Matthias Horx, Zukunftsforscher zur Zukunft unseres Gesundheitssystems Table of Contents1. Einleitung 2. Gesundheitsversorgung heute: Ein Realitätscheck Fall 1: „Karpaltunnelsyndrom ist kein Notfall“ Fall 2: „Schreiben Sie das doch einfach auf!“ Fall 3: „Hallo, kann mal jemand nach ihr sehen?“ Fall 4: „Es bestand keine Indikation zur stationären Aufnahme“ Fall 5: „Bitte senden Sie einen aktuellen Psychotherapiebericht an den MDK“ Fall 6: „Die komplexe Vorgeschichte darf ich als bekannt voraussetzen“ Fall 7: „Geh mal nach Hause. Das ist ja nix ...“ Drei Fragen an Dr. Canan Toksoy und Dr. Anna Hinterberger, Oberärztinnen St. Franziskus-Hospital Münster 3. Gesundheitsversorgung heute: Mensch und Moral Fall 8: „Die lassen sie nicht gehen“ Fall 9: „Werden Sie mal nicht unsachlich, Frau Kollegin!“ Fall 10: „Sie wissen ja, wer`s nötig hat“ Fall 11: „Wohin mit Friedrich?“ Fall 12: „Das kann ja jeder behaupten!“ Fall 13: „Das hätte ich bezahlen müssen“ Fall 14: „17.000€ für 4 Wochen Leben“ Drei Fragen an Simone Borchardt, MdB, Mitglied im Gesundheitsausschuss 4. Gesundheitsversorgung heute: Bürokratisches Absurdistan und Versuch einer Digitalisierung Fall 15: „Statt 1200 dürfen wir nur noch 780 Patienten pro Quartal behandeln“ Fall 16: „Können Sie das nicht eben faxen?“ Fall 17: „Haben wir den gleichen Daumen?“ Fall 18: „Mit der Krankenkasse Ihrer Oma haben wir keinen Vertrag“ Fall 19: „M75.1 wäre ok, M75.3 führt zum Regress“ Fall 20: „Die Patientin ist doch nicht palliativ“ Fall 21: „Es sind nicht alle konservativen Maßnahmen ausgeschöpft“ Drei Fragen an Volker Schrage, Vorstand Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe 5. Exkurs: Ein Wort zur Corona-Pandemie Fall 22: „Nein, zu Ihren Eltern können Sie nicht“ Fall 23: „Dirk, haben wir eine Nuklearwaffe bestellt?“ Fall 24: „Ich will aber Biontech!“ Fall 25: „Mein Sohn ist ein Höhlenmensch geworden“ Drei Fragen an Anke Richter-Scheer, Vorsitzende des Hausärzteverbandes Westfalen-Lippe 6. Gesundheitsversorgung morgen und übermorgen Wünschenswerte Verläufe der skizzierten 21 Fälle aus meiner Sicht Was braucht gute Medizin? Das ist die Gretchenfrage ... Was ich mir als Ärztin wünsche Warum es doch der großartigste Beruf der Welt ist oder „Ich geb die Bits zum Steri“ Drei Fragen an Matthias Horx, Zukunftsforscher Nachwort – wieviel Revolution verspricht die Krankenhausreform von Karl Lauterbach

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Book SynopsisMit dem Präventionsgesetz von 2015 hat der Gesetzgeber einen Rahmen geschaffen, der die Gesundheitsförderung und Primärprävention in den Lebenswelten mit finanzieller und fachlicher Beteiligung aller Sozialversicherungsträger ermöglicht. In diesem essential zeigt Manfred Cassens am Fallbeispiel des Pilotprojekts „Xund studier’n“ am FOM Hochschulzentrum München, wie Studentisches Gesundheitsmanagement erstmalig basierend auf einem normgeleiteten Qualitätsmanagement (DIN EN ISO 9001:2015) umgesetzt werden kann. Im Zentrum des Systems steht eine eigens entwickelte Health Balance Scorecard. Eine Adaption des hier vorgestellten QM-Konzepts auf ein anderes Studentisches Gesundheitsmanagement ist dabei genauso möglich, wie auf weitere ehrenamtliche Settings so auch beispielsweise den Breitensport.Table of ContentsDie Qualität von Gesundheit: Ein weitaus mehr als definitorisches, systembedingtes Ausgangsproblem.- Partizipatives Qualitätsmanagement als Anforderung an ein Studentisches Gesundheitsmanagement.- Vorüberlegungen zu einem standardisierten studentischen, partizipativen Qualitätsmanagement.- Die DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 im Kontext des SGM-Projekts „Xund studier’n“.- Diskussion.- Ein erstes Zwischenfazit.

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Book SynopsisDie Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts für das Gesundheitswesen verlangen nach neuen und innovativen Lösungen. Meist ist jedoch die Implementierung eben dieser neuen Prozesse die größte Herausforderung für Unternehmen und Gesundheitseinrichtungen. Sei es die Einführung einer neuen Technologie oder die Etablierung eines neuen Departments - nachweislich scheitern etwa 70 Prozent aller Projekte innerhalb von 36 Monaten. In einer immer schneller werdenden, transdisziplinären Wirtschaftswelt ist es von entscheidender Bedeutung, über die richtigen Implementierungs-Instrumente zu verfügen, um langfristige strategische Veränderungen nachhaltig umsetzen zu können.Das vorliegende Kompendium gibt Ihnen die wichtigsten Implementierungs-Frameworks an die Hand, um auf die Fragestellungen ihrer Organisation effiziente Lösungsprozesse für die Zukunft entwickeln zu können. Die Auswahl erfolgte auf Basis einer wissenschaftlichen Literaturrecherche. Mit zahlreichen Best-Practice-Beispielen aus der Gesundheitsbranche.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book is intended to facilitate the care planning process for nursing students and nurses working with maternal and newborn clients. Each nursing care plan includes nursing diagnosis and its definition, etiological factors, assessment data, characteristics of problems, expected outcomes, nursing interventions and evidence-based rationales, and evaluation.It compiles all possible nursing diagnoses and care plans for: Mothers in different stages of normal pregnancy, spontaneous labour, delivery and post delivery periods. Pregnant women with associated medical problems and gestational complications. Women who go through spontaneous and assisted pregnancy complications. Newborns following normal birth process and in uncomplicated neonatal life. Babies following assisted births and experiencing neonatal health problems. Neonates who are preterm, post-term and with growth deviations. This book is designed to assist students of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing courses as well as nursing professionals practicing maternal-newborn nursing. Table of ContentsUNIT 1 Planning Nursing Care 1. Nursing Process UNIT 2 Pregnancy/Antepartum Period 2. Genetic Counseling 3. Trimesters 4. High-risk Pregnancy 5. Cardiac Conditions in Pregnancy 6. Pregnancy-induced Hypertension 7. Diabetes Mellitus: Pre-pregnancy/Gestational 8. Prenatal Hemorrhage 9. Prenatal Infection 10. Premature Dilation of Cervix (Incompetent/Dysfunctional Cervix) 11. Spontaneous Termination of Pregnancy/Abortion 12. Elective Termination 13. Preterm Labor/Prevention of Delivery 14. Pregnant Adolescent 15. Prenatal Substance Abuse/Dependence UNIT 3 Intrapartum Period 16. Labor Stage I: Latent Phase 17. Labor Stage I: Active Phase 18. Labor Stage I: Transition Phase (Deceleration) 19. Labor Stage II: Expulsion of Fetus 20. Labor Stage III: Placental Expulsion 21. Dysfunctional Labor/Dystocia 22. Labor Induction/Augmentation 23. Cesarean Delivery 24. Precipitous Labor/Delivery 25. Intrapartal Hypertension 26. Intrapartal Diabetes Mellitus UNIT 4 Postpartum Period 27. Labor Stage IV: First Four Hours Following Delivery of the Placenta 28. Four Hours to Two Days Postpartum 29. Care Following Cesarean Delivery (4 Hours to 3 Days) 30. Client at 24 to 48 Hours Following Discharge 31. Client at One Week Following Discharge 32. Postpartal Hemorrhage 33. Puerperal Infection 34. Postpartal Diabetes Mellitus 35. Puerperal Thrombophlebitis 36. Parents of Newborns with Special Needs 37. Perinatal Loss UNIT 5 Newborn Period 38. Neonate: First Hour of Life 39. Neonate at Two Hours to Two Days of Age 40. Neonate at Two Days to One Week Following Discharge 41. Preterm Infant 42. Newborn Having Hyperbilirubinemia 43. Neonate of an HIV-Positive Mother 44. Deviations in Growth Patterns 45. Infant of an Addicted Mother 46. Neonatal Circumcision Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook has been specifically prepared for BP students for learning pathology comprehensively and effectively in high user-friendly format.Table of ContentsSection I?General Pathology CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Pathology CHAPTER 2: Cell Injury CHAPTER 3: Disturbances of Body Fluids and Circulation CHAPTER 4: Inflammation and Healing CHAPTER 5: Immunopathology CHAPTER 6: Infectious Diseases CHAPTER 7: Growth Adaptations and Neoplasia CHAPTER 8: Genetic Disorders CHAPTER 9: Nutritional Disorders Section II?Systemic Pathology CHAPTER 10: Haematology CHAPTER 11: Lymphoid Tissues CHAPTER 12: Cardiovascular System CHAPTER 13: Respiratory System CHAPTER 14: Alimentary Tract CHAPTER 15: Hepatobiliary System CHAPTER 16: Endocrine System CHAPTER 17: Bones and Joints CHAPTER 18: Muscles and Neuromuscular Junction CHAPTER 19: Nervous System Appendix: Normal Values Index

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Social Structure 3. Culture 4. Family and Marriage 5. Social Stratification 6. Social Organization and Disorganization 7. Clinical Sociology Glossary Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisHeal Us O Lord: A Chaplain's Interface With Pain is the memoir of Rabbi Sidney Goldstein, a chaplain who encounters the traumas of life as he visits with those who are in the throes of experiencing them. The book expresses the challenges faced by chaplains in providing support during some of the most crucial and painful times of life without being enveloped by them personally. Rabbi Goldstein offers a source of encouragement and council for those whose lives might crave spirituality but do not know where to turn.Trade Review" Heal Us O Lord speaks about the human condition and what we can do to bring hope, comfort and redemption to those feeling vulnerable, lonely and lost. It is truly an exquisite book." Johnny Solomon, www.facebook.com"A candid and impressively informative memoir, Heal Us O Lord is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal reading lists, as well as synagogue, community, and academic library Contemporary American Biography in general, and Judaic Studies supplemental studies lists in particular." http://www.midwestbookreview.com

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Book SynopsisThe book documents the history of the prevention-of-mother-to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program in Guyana, as well as the impact of HIV on pregnant and postpartum women’s adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). The book shows research work by reviewing the literature to investigate relevant adherence studies, presenting in-depth interviews on adherence perspectives of clinic patients and healthcare providers, and a cross-sectional descriptive study of pregnant women that investigated general adherence to pregnancy-related behaviours and ART, and the efficacy of a theoretical model (Health Belief Model) to understand and predict ART adherence within this group. Author discusses the factors affecting ART adherence among pregnant and postpartum women, since existing studies may not account for cultural and other local variations. The findings provide insight into the local situation, and will also inform policy and practice in Guyana, and the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM).Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: HIV and AIDS in Guyana.- Chapter 3: Factors affecting antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-positive pregnant and postpartum women: an adapted systematic review.- Chapter 4: Characteristics of pregnant women in Guyana with and without HIV.- Chapter 5: Antiretroviral perspectives of pregnant and postpartum women in Guyana: barriers and facilitators.- Chapter 6: Adherence patterns to prenatal vitamins and pregnancy health behaviors.- Chapter 7: Predictors of ART adherence.- Chapter 8: Predicting adherence to antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women in Guyana: utility of the health belief model.- Chapter 9: Discussion and Key Implications.

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Book SynopsisThe book contains review articles providing a comprehensive overview of cannabis/marijuana’s diverse healing aspects in human healthcare (medicinal, nutraceutical, skincare, etc.). The research articles include the role of cannabis in cancer treatment, drug discovery, cosmeceutical potential, prophylactic and therapeutic use for treating neuropathic pain and migraine, pharmacokinetics, safety profile, and issues related to the consumption of cannabis/marijuana. Another salient feature of the book is a complete mapping and region- and sector-wise critical analysis of cannabis/marijuana patents on healthcare and future directions for the benefit of researchers and businesses/entrepreneurs interested in the rapidly advancing area of cannabis. The text describes cannabis/marijuana’s detailed legal aspects, production prospects, and applications for healthcare and recreational purposes in the USA. It traces the traditional roots of cannabis use in Turkey, Israel, the Middle East, Africa, and India. This unique compendium of articles will be useful as a reference book for students, researchers, academics, business houses, and all individuals interested in medicinal, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, traditional, legal, and commercial aspects of cannabis usage.Table of ContentsChapter 1. A Complete Patent Analysis of Cannabis/Marijuana in Drug Delivery and Disease Conditions.- Chapter 2. Neuropharmacological Approaches to Modulate Cannabinoid Neurotransmission.- Chapter 3. Cannabinoids in Cancer: Cross-talk Between Cannabinoids and miRNAs.- Chapter 4. Cannabis As A Potent Therapeutic Agent For Pharmaceutical Drugs: Recent Advancement In Drug Discovery And Human Healthcare.- Chapter 5. Cannabinoid-Based Innovative Prophylactic and Therapeutic Interventions for Neuropathic Pain and Migraine.- Chapter 6. The Legality of Use and Consumption of Cannabis (Marijuana) in the United States of America.- Chapter 7. Cannabis in Healthcare: Ethnobotanical and Pharmaceutical Perspectives and Legal Status in Turkey and The Middle East.- Chapter 8. Understanding the Pharmacokinetics, Safety Profile, and Scope of the Concerned Issue to Evade the Consumption of Cannabis/Marijuana.- Chapter 9. Traditional Uses of Cannabis in The Middle East and The Pathway to Cannabis-Based Healthcare in Israel.- Chapter 10. Traditional and Modern Health Uses of Cannabis sativa L. in Africa and its Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile.- Chapter 11. Traditional Claims on Cannabis: An Indian and Global Scenario.- Chapter 12. Cannabis (Bhanga) in Classical Text of Ayurveda: An Evidence-Based Rationale.- Chapter 13. Cannabis-Based Cosmetic Products and Their Uses.- Chapter 14. Cannabis as A Unique and Valuable Nutraceutical Formulation for the Current and Future Global Wellbeing.- Chapter 15. Traditional, Cultural, and Nutraceutical Aspects of Cannabis in India.

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Book SynopsisThe book discusses concepts and theories of general management and their specific applications related to public health and health care. Each chapter highlights the ideas and usefulness of different approaches in the context of health management. It addresses problems in different areas of healthcare systems management. It offers solutions in improving the performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of health programs and systems. Some of the topics covered in the book include health systems and policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, population dynamics, health economics and finance, logistics and supply chain, health research, health communication, quality management in health, and legal and ethical issues in health. The book serves as an indispensable resource for the faculties and students of health management or public health globally as well as healthcare professionals and researchers.Table of Contents1. Health Management: An Introduction 2. Health Policy and Health Systems 3. Principles of Epidemiology 4. Basics of Biostatistics5. Population dynamics and Population Management6. Health Management Research7. Managing Human Resources for Health8 Health Economics and Financing 9. Finance Management and Accounting10. Health Care Marketing11. Managing Logistics and Supplies12. Health Communication and Behavior Change13. Health Management Information System14. Managing Quality in Health Services15. Strategic Management for Health.16. NGO Management17. Organizational Behaviour

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