Public health and preventive medicine Books

Book SynopsisThe coronavirus has upended the post-World War II narrative in global affairs, as the United States and the European Union struggle to contain what may well become the deadliest pandemic in a century. Countries with some of the world's most advanced biomedical research systems were slow to lock down, slow to set up testing and contact-tracing, slow to equip their health workers with personal protective equipment, and slow to mandate mask-wearing in their populations. This has been in contrast with other countries--especially in Asia--which are further on the road to eliminating the virus completely. In much of Africa, too, where HIV and Ebola have helped to prepare public health systems for epidemics, the policy response has been of a higher quality than that in much richer nations. In this issue of Critical Muslim, we explore the impact of the virus on the world, examining how different countries have responded to the pandemic; why the science and health policies of richer nations were found wanting; and the implications for a post-pandemic future. About Critical Muslim: A quarterly publication of ideas and issues showcasing groundbreaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Each edition centers on a discrete theme, and contributions include reportage, academic analysis, cultural commentary, photography, poetry, and book reviews.

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Book SynopsisThis book may offer a cautionary tale in the age of Covid-19. The narratives we shape around disease in society are so often about politics, and the competing versions of leprosy eradication's story are no exception. In one telling, the extra-budgetary funding for anti-leprosy work came with unwarranted interference in the WHO programme, resulting in an over-hasty, acrimonious and ultimately unsuccessful elimination campaign. In another interpretation, a great work of twentieth-century disease control was accomplished, through extraordinary philanthropy, visionary courageousness, and wily and pragmatic diplomacy. In yet another, experienced, self-sacrificing anti-leprosy experts refused to abdicate their professional responsibilities to populist campaigns more concerned with statistics than people, which were risking patients' health with under-trialled drug therapies and irresponsibly entrusting medication to patients without supervision. None of these bureaucratic, triumphalist or elitist narratives exists independently of the others. None is without credit, and none is to the complete credit of all involved. These competing stories offer uncanny resonances in the ongoing politics of public health, which have only intensified since both the emergence of M. Leprae millennia ago, and the concerted campaign against it in the last seventy years. What could the 'stories of leprosy' tell us about our pandemic response?Trade Review'This is a valuable work on relatively recent international efforts to combat an ancient disease.' -- Isis

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Book Synopsis‘The leprosy epidemic is slowly but surely fading away,’ says WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The number of leprosy patients in the world was once in the millions, but new cases have declined to around 200,000 a year, thanks to the efforts of governments, the WHO, NGOs and organisations of persons affected by leprosy. Amid this changing landscape, Yohei Sasakawa has led various initiatives as the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and as Chairman of The Nippon Foundation. Marking the twentieth anniversary of Mr Sasakawa’s appointment as a leprosy elimination ambassador, this book recalls the initiatives he has promoted and led, and analyses their value and effectiveness, with a view to identifying lessons to be learned. The volume’s expert contributors focus on five themes promoted and driven forward by Mr Sasakawa: Eliminating Leprosy as a Public Health Problem; Leprosy as a Human Rights Issue; the Establishment of the Rights of Primary Stakeholders; Expanding the Range of Awareness- Raising Activities and Developing New Partners; and Leprosy Control in the Post-Elimination Era. In synthesising and assessing these efforts, A Global Impact offers an important contribution to the future elaboration of measures against leprosy, and infectious diseases generally.

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Book SynopsisThis book includes a foreword by Peter Baker, Chief Executive, The Men's Health Forum. Male weight problems are a serious public health issue and can lead to hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes and cancer. If current trends continue, the prospect of the majority of men becoming overweight is a very real one, and urgent action is imperative. The middle-aged spread that most men 'expect' to develop as they enter into their thirties and forties is now occurring much earlier with boys and young men developing life limiting weight problems. This multidisciplinary guide provides a gender sensitive approach to weight issues. Men need to be targeted specifically and in a male-focused manner, in order to overcome the multitude of contributing factors in their weight gain; social influences, dietary restrictions, education, cultural expectations, psychological considerations and exercise regime. This book takes a balanced approach, offering practical guidance as well as evidence-based research, academic perspectives and personal experiences. The advice is easy to implement and has been proven in real-life settings. All healthcare professionals, nutritionists and dieticians will find the assistance invaluable. It is also highly recommended for psychologists, counsellors and therapists, particularly those working with men. Healthcare policy makers and shapers too, will find much of interest. 'A definitive and seminal book that will change the way male weight problems are tackled in the UK and beyond.' - Peter Baker, in the Foreword.Trade Review'This is indeed a multidisciplinary endeavour [which] should be on the reading list for all health care practitioners, nutritionists and other professionals who are advancing the cause of health education.' SULTAN QABOOS MEDICAL JOURNAL 'It is refreshing to read a text that is not afraid to challenge current health care policies, and presents the evidence in a well thought out manner. It is going to be a valuable addition to the armoury of health care practitioners working with overweight patients or clients, and students alike. The skills and knowledge it provides will help to facilitate the changes required in our patients to improve their health and ultimately to save their lives.' JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL NAVY MEDICAL SERVICETable of ContentsThe challenge of male weight problems. The research base for male obesity: what do we know? The causes of male obesity and associated health problems. Male obesity: policy and context. Using body image to help men manage weight problems. Men, obesity and the media. Men, masculinities and health. Tackling male weight problems. Managing male obesity in primary care. Working with men in groups - experience from a weight management programme in Scotland. Weight management in men - community pharmacy approaches. Commercial slimming groups in the management of weight problems in men. Tackling weight problems in men in the workplace. Weight problems in boys and young men. Fit for inclusion. Working with overweight and obese men with a disability. Promoting exercise to men. Counselling the man beyond the weight problem. Communicating the risks of obesity to South Asian men. Weight management in men with mental health problems. Working with men via the internet. Innovation in obesity services for men. The Australian experience.

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Book Synopsis'Healthcare professionals spend much of their time listening to stories of sickness related by patients and their families. It thus seems appropriate that drama, which is primarily concerned with exploring narratives, change and crises and relies, like the clinical situation, on communication, is an ideal medium for healthcare professionals to gain new insights into care.' From the Introduction Good communication forms the heart of patient-centred care and is the cornerstone of a trusting relationship. Enhancing Compassion in End-of-Life Care Through Drama explores a broad range of plays from Greek tragedy to the present day and investigates how particular theatrical dynamics help to understand complexities in the setting of end-of-life care. It examines fresh ways to interpret the action and subtext represented on the stage and finds symmetries in a clinical context. It is ideal for use in a range of educational contexts, with practical ideas for workshops and summaries of key concepts in each chapter. This book will motivate all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team including palliative care professionals, doctors, nurses, psychologists, spiritual advisers and social workers. Although based in the setting of palliative care, the learning points are relevant to all areas of clinical practice.Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction. Communication: King Lear. Care : The Caretaker. Connection: Journey's End. Choice: Antigone. Change: Little Eyolf. Concealment: All my Sons. Crises: Blasted. Complexity: Cloud9. Culture: Behzti. Cooperation: Drama and healthcare education. Combination: Virtue ethics: The Good Doctor. Acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisThis extraordinary new series fills a void in practitioner development and well-being. The books take a reflective step back from the tick-box, target-driven and increasingly regulated world of 21st century health practice; and invite us to revisit what health and health practice actually are. Building carefully on the science and philosophy of health, each book addresses the messy, complex and often chaotic world of real-life health practice and offers an ancient but now almost revolutionary understanding for students and experienced practitioners alike: that health practice is a fundamentally creative and compassionate activity. The series as a whole helps practitioners to redefine and recreate their daily practice in ways that are healthier for both patients and practitioners. The books provide a welcome antidote to demoralisation and burn-out amongst practitioners, reversing cynicism and reviving our feeling of pride in, and our understanding of, health practice. By observing practice life through different lenses, they encourage the development of efficiency, effectiveness and, above all, satisfaction. The first book in this series, The Integrated Practitioner: Surviving and Thriving in Health Practice, encourages practitioners to consider the importance of their personal position as the foundation of health practice. It inspires practitioners to consider themselves as their own most important tool', encouraging them to take better care of themselves, and provides numerous opportunities for reflection through case studies and activities.Table of ContentsSurviving and thriving in health practice. Introduction to the workbook series. Chapter 1: 'me'. Chapter 2: seeking happiness in our practice. Chapter 3: clarifying our perspective. Chapter 4: dedicating and committing. Chapter 5: practicing righteously. Chapter 6: becoming aware and mindful. Chapter 7: communicating effectively. Chapter 8: acting skillfully. Chapter 9: health practice as self practice. Bibliography. End-notes.

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Book Synopsis'In order to provide integrated healthcare, we need to integrate a huge number of...entities. Each one of these entities can be a useful tool for our practice. To be effective practitioners, we hope to gain some mastery of them. But sometimes we feel as if they have mastery of us. There are days when we feel on top of our game, we keep to time, we know instantly what's wrong, the right treatment is immediately to hand, our colleagues are supportive and helpful, and birdsong drifts through our open summer window. Then there are the other days...' Justin Amery This extraordinary new series fills a void in practitioner development and well-being. The books take a reflective step back from the tick-box, target-driven and increasingly regulated world of 21st century health practice; and invite us to revisit what health and health practice actually are. Building carefully on the science and philosophy of health, each book addresses the messy, complex and often chaotic world of real-life health practice and offers an ancient but now almost revolutionary understanding for students and experienced practitioners alike: that health practice is a fundamentally creative and compassionate activity. The series as a whole helps practitioners to redefine and recreate their daily practice, in ways that are healthier for both patients and practitioners. The books provide a welcome antidote to demoralisation and burn-out amongst practitioners, reversing cynicism and reviving our feeling of pride in, and our understanding of, health practice. By observing practice life through different lenses, they encourage the development of efficiency, effectiveness and, above all, satisfaction. The third book in the series, The Integrated Practitioner: Turning Tyrants into Tools in Health Practice explores the relationship between practitioners and their tangible, external tools such as time, computers, money, information, colleagues, equipment, targets and office spaces, along with less tangible elements like knowledge, understanding, language, values and beliefs. These tools can be of great benefit when fully integrated and balanced but they often end up controlling practitioners, dictating the manner in which the practice operates and ultimately reducing efficacy. It suggests ways for practitioners to harness the positive forces of these tools and regain control. Brilliantly written, practitioners, students and trainees and GP trainers will find the enlightening, witty, conversational style a joy to read.Table of ContentsChapter 1: the perspective of 'other'. Chapter 2: health knowledge. Chapter 3: health beliefs. Chapter 4: information and guidelines. Chapter 5: time and resources. Chapter 6: regulations and targets. Chapter 7: organisations and teams. Chapter 8: space and the environment. Chapter 9: 'effectiveness'. Conclusion: integrated harmonic balance with the other. Bibliography. End notes.

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Book Synopsis'Health practice has always been many things, with many constraints and pressures. These things have changed over time and still vary from place to place. Being a practitioner here and now is, from one perspective, no different to the way it has always been. It involves integration. It involves weaving together many threads into one whole tapestry. It involves taking a constrained and limited palate and painting freely. It may be a science, it may be technical, it may be psychological, it may be spiritual, but it is always an art, because it integrates everything in order to create. And what we create is better health.' Justin Amery This extraordinary new series fills a void in practitioner development and well-being. The books take a reflective step back from the tick-box, target-driven and increasingly regulated world of 21st century health practice; and invite us to revisit what health and health practice actually are. Building carefully on the science and philosophy of health, each book addresses the messy, complex and often chaotic world of real-life health practice and offers an ancient but now almost revolutionary understanding for students and experienced practitioners alike: that health practice is a fundamentally creative and compassionate activity. The series as a whole helps practitioners to redefine and recreate their daily practice in ways that are healthier for both patients and practitioners. The books provide a welcome antidote to demoralisation and burn-out amongst practitioners, reversing cynicism and reviving our feeling of pride in, and our understanding of, health practice. By observing practice life through different lenses, they encourage the development of efficiency, effectiveness and, above all, satisfaction. The fourth book in the series, The Integrated Practitioner: Integrating Everything, considers the 'we', the 'me' and the 'other' perspectives of books 1-3 and integrates everything into 'health practice' as a single entity. It recognises the multifaceted nature of healthcare, its different constraints and varied pressures, but also views it from a new perspective, fostering a happier, healthier and more skilful whole within the real-life, complex and often messy world of health practice. Brilliantly written, practitioners, students and trainees and GP trainers will find the enlightening, witty, conversational style a joy to read.Table of ContentsSection one: creating in practice. The fundamental creativity of health practice. Health as a creation. What is creativity? The infinite world of practice (and the 'no-model model'). Section 2: having a go. This is it. Clearing. Awakening. Connecting. Trust your intuition (but check it too). Mapping. Negotiating. Letting go. Models and reality. Creating better health. Integrating everything. Conclusion: power, beauty and love. Bibliography. End notes.

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Book SynopsisEverything that exists, exists against a background. All of our experiences, beliefs and understandings of health practice derive from a living, organic and constantly moving context: whether scientific, philosophical, cultural, aesthetic, biological or spiritual. It is useful therefore to spend a little time understanding and reflecting on these building blocks of who we are. As practitioners, we don't always have time to do this...A little luxury...not essential, but hopefully a bit nourishing. Like a fireside cup of cocoa. - Justin Amery This extraordinary new series fills a void in practitioner development and well-being. The books take a reflective step back from the tick-box, target-driven and increasingly regulated world of 21st century health practice; and invite us to revisit what health and health practice actually are. Building carefully on the science and philosophy of health, each book addresses the messy, complex and often chaotic world of real-life health practice and offers an ancient but now almost revolutionary understanding for students and experienced practitioners alike: that health practice is a fundamentally creative and compassionate activity. The series as a whole helps practitioners to redefine and recreate their daily practice in ways that are healthier for both patients and practitioners. The books provide a welcome antidote to demoralisation and burn-out amongst practitioners, reversing cynicism and reviving our feeling of pride in, and our understanding of, health practice. By observing practice life through different lenses, they encourage the development of efficiency, effectiveness and, above all, satisfaction. The fifth book in this series, The Integrated Practitioner: Food for Thought, written for readers who prefer a more academic and reflective understanding of the themes of books 1-4.Table of ContentsChapter 1: the universe. Chapter 2: time. Chapter 3: the 'self'. Chapter 4: consciousness. Chapter 5: relationships. Chapter 6: truth, language and meaning. Chapter 7: knowledge and intelligence. Chapter 8: health and health practice. Chapter 9: creativity. Chapter 10: ending with nothing (and something). Bibliography for the whole series.

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Book SynopsisBlack Bag Moon: Doctors' Tales from Dusk to Dawn is filled with inspiring, educational, entertaining and often quirky tales. Based on a series of interviews conducted with general practitioners across the globe, the book creatively presents myriad aspects of clinical practice. Each fictionalised story illustrates various themes in the human condition, whilst simultaneously highlighting the struggles and achievements of both patients and doctors. This insightful collection offers stimulating reading for all healthcare professionals and general readers alike, who will appreciate the honest, often moving scenes which effortlessly unfold in each chapter.Trade Review'The stories are refreshing because the doctor heals and doesn't have to deal with insurance companies, HMOs, electronic medical record glitches, or other aspects of a bureaucratic medical system. The doctors' clinical acumen and the doctor-patient relationship are central. This is where healing began and may have readers yearning for those days of yesteryear when technology and the insurance industry were not in the forefront of medical care.' - Amy Ellwood, Family Medicine Journal 'Many of the characters are unforgettable: elderly Mrs Dymphna O'Reilly, who has a special reason for requiring visits at a specified time; old Eddie Mayfield, the Aboriginal artist; Mrs Eastley, the wan, just-coping wife of a bipolar vicar; Shep Skurley, Elvis fan and collector of Japanese swords; Hughie Weed, who sees angels on the picture rails; Whoople the Cadger with his two wives. But what comes across, along with the entertainment, the tension and sometimes the sadness, is the doctors' determination to do their best by their patients and their families, often against the odds. Butler's point is that it should be what we can still expect and that doctors should be better supported in providing this kind of care. The patients are all of us; the doctors are doing their best. The stories reveal another side of human experience with compassion and wit, showing all kinds of people facing difficult, odd or funny situations with the best resource they have: their humanity.' Saskia Seurat, Amazon UKTable of ContentsForeword. About the author. Black bag moon. Get on with it. Whitefella dreaming 1. 'I'm back.' Samurai swords and tongue lashings. Fried brains and the Polish corpse. Pieces of eight from Graham, Joseph, Herman, Ian and Errol. Hot diplomats and black-booted gazelles. Whoople the cadger. Forty years of dust and spit. 'About the size of a potato, doctor.' Mining families. Knives and old lace. Whitefella dreaming 2. An English Christmas. It comes by air. A farmer's demons and Hughie's angels. Boorish geese and car horns. Locked up in chains. The teaberry patch in Doctors Bog. Putting down pooch. Gimme that old-time religion. A lot of water flowing. Mr Wallinsky. Whitefella dreaming 3. Pursued. Snakebite! The virgin and the roadster. Sued. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisPublished in association with the Annals of Family Medicine, The Wonder and the Mystery is an anthology of intimate personal stories and innovative ideas from the Annals' Reflections section. It includes a wide range of articles, from influential pieces on urgent topical issues to exceptional stories of unique individuals. These articles shed light on small moments and major life transitions. In the process, they help us find meaning in our own physical, emotional, and spiritual journeys. The one-of-a-kind stories and ideas in the book speak to all of us who are interested in health care and health, caring and connection: clinicians, patients, family members, researchers, policy makers, and more. The book reminds us that "the things we cannot measure may be the very things that will sustain us."Trade Review"Primary care is not only a work of science, primary care is a front row seat on life, a rare glimpse of the wonder and mystery present below the surface of the ordinary."—From the Foreword by Rachel Naomi Remen, MDTable of ContentsForeword. About the editor. List of contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Section 1: Primary care at work. Nasruddin and the coin. One last question: opening Pandora's box? A headache at the end of the day. The joy of family practice. Success, regret, and the struggle for balance. The company we keep: why physicians should refuse to see pharmaceutical representatives. Doctors' work: eulogy for my vocation. Section 2: Patient care and caring. Pounds. The old duffers' club. Home care: a key to the future of family medicine? Boy scouts for Henry. Lessons from my left foot. Section 3: Wounds and healing. Suffering, meaning, and healing: challenges of contemporary medicine. Letting the news. Losing touch in the era of superbugs? The decade dance. The face of cancer. Section 4: Connections. A change will do you good. Linking Ruth to her past. On this day of mothers and sons. Jazz and the 'art' of medicine: improvisation in the medical encounter. Gazing at the future. Section 5: Knowledge. General medical practitioners need to be aware of the theories on which our work depend. The irreverent nature of evidence. Bag of worms. The impotence of being important - reflections on leadership. 'Be gentle and be sincere about it': a story about community-based primary care research. The dark bridal canopy. Making time to write? Section 6: Who we are and where we're going. A public celebration of a personal doctor. Health care becomes an industry. The dream of home ownership. The myth of the lone physician: towards a collaborative alternative. Dinosaurs, hospital ecosystems, and the future of family. Section 7: Medicine, society, the world. The island. Si, Doctora. Stuck in the mud. Indication. The break-even point: when medical advances are less important than improving the fidelity with which they are delivered. Ecological change and the future of the human species: can physicians make a difference? A journey to someplace better. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe National Primary Care Research and Development Centre series provides policy makers, commissioners, managers, primary care professionals and user organizations with up-to-date multi-disciplinary research on important issues that inform future decision making for primary care development. This book examines the key factors shaping the relationship between demand for, and use of, primary care. It provides a detailed picture with which to inform the planning of appropriate, acceptable and responsive primary care services. Patients' perceptions are important, not only because they are a barometer of the appropriateness and effectiveness of services, but because they are a unique source of knowledge about the way in which people use services when they do, for the reasons that they do. This book concisely presents empirical findings and summarizes key policy and conceptual issues. Other titles in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre series: NPCRDC:What is the Future for a Primary Care-led NHS?N PCRDC: Primary Care and Social Services: developing new partnerships for older people NPCRDC: Better Building for Better Services NPCRDC: Specialist Outreach Clinics in General Practice NPCRDC: Primary Health Care and the Private SectorTable of ContentsA GP's role past, present and future. Assessment of the drug user. General health care of drug users. Counselling drug users. Polydrug use: cocktails and combinations, including benzodiazepines, alcohol and cannabis. Care of opiate users - maintenance treatment. Care of opiate users – detoxification. Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines and party drugs. Safer injecting, safer use, safer sex: a harm reduction approach. Drug users with special needs. What do drug users need from the general practitioner? Families and carers. Practical aspects of managing drug users. The primary care team and shared care. Working with other agencies. Drugs and the law. Training, continuing professional development and appraisal.

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Book SynopsisThe National Service Framework for mental health aims to provide uniformly good systems so that mental health problems are detected and therefore treated early. This book sets out how learning more about mental health and reviewing current practice can be incorporated into a personal development plan or practice learning plan. It shows how to integrate quality improvements into everyday work and bridges the gap between theory and practice. Doctors nurses and practice managers can build up a personal development plan or a practice professional development plan through completing the exercises at the end of each chapter and it demonstrates how to include clinical governance in the mental healthcare services they offer.Trade Review"'Health and social care affects everyone's life. The focus for professional caring is its effect on those who are the recipients of care, but we must also pay attention to the personnel who provide that care. Increasing our understanding of why people choose to work in the caring professions, and of the culture of these organisations enables us to address some of the stress and unhappiness that leads to illness, disillusionment and discontent among professional carers. Ultimately, understanding and looking after the welfare of the workforce leads to a happier, healthier and more effective service.' Janet Thomas, in the Introduction"Table of ContentsConscious choice. Altruism. Family and other role models. Social work. The importance of belonging. Healthcare, a uniformed profession. Compulsive caring. Fear of death. Material values. Emotional detachment. The quest for power. Abuse of power. Women in the caring professions. Self-actualisation.

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Book Synopsis Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman Half of all prescribed medicines are used in a sub-optimal manner and clinicians struggle to find ways of improving the situation. There is a move towards greater partnership with patients, but concordance (shared decision making between patients and healthcare professionals) is a growing challenge for the profession. This practical book offers numerous real life case studies to demonstrate the way the patient-centered model, combined with other behavioural models, can result in a logical approach to prescribing for difficult clients, including 'non-compliant' and other challenging patients. Patient-Centered Prescribing fully considers the very complex nature of the issues at hand, ethical questions, time restrictions and financial matters, to produce a realistic analysis of the difficulties to be overcome in achieving better practice. This book is ideal for doctors, nurses and pharmacists, and postgraduate students of medicine, pharmacy and nursing. It is also of great interest to medical educators, particularly those teaching primary care and communication skills, and to everyone involved in developing doctor-patient partnerships.Table of ContentsUnderstanding the issues. Taking medicines. The burden of the problem. The medical perspective. Understanding medicine taking in context. Understanding medicine taking: models and explanations. The patient-centered prescribing process. Decision-making and the patient's voice: the therapeutic decision model. Finding common ground. Finding common ground in 'special' situations. The therapeutic alliance model. Vignettes of negotiation. Unresolved issues in patient-centered prescribing. Individual. Professional. Societal.

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Book SynopsisDavid Widgery was a socialist GP who worked in the East End of London. For him medicine was as much about the social causes of illness as it was biological. He believed that if wealth were more evenly distributed, society and its members would be healthier. Working in and fighting for the NHS symbolised his wider view of the world. This book tackles the difficult issues surrounding doctors’ roles, including whether they should ignore or embrace the social causes of illness. It uses the unique perspective of David Widgery’s life to explore these issues, and also considers why medicine at times can be disheartening. General practitioners, other doctors, and those who shape and make health policy will all find this book stimulating and enlightening reading.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Some characters. Behind every book. A biographical sketch. Medical reasoning. Changing reality. Written words prescribed. Wider than Widgery. Dissecting Widgery. Concluding a radical life.

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Book SynopsisSeries Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman Primary care clinicians are often unfamiliar with new and effective methods for detecting substance abuse problems in their earliest stages, and the majority of patients with substance abuse problems remain undiagnosed. Substance Abuse is written by primary care clinicians and focused to meet the needs of primary care providers, demonstrating how the patient-centered clinical method can assist clinicians in learning how to diagnose this complex psychosocial disorder. This book describes how to use state-of-the-art screening techniques, and how to understand and motivate patients to decrease or eliminate harmful use of alcohol and drugs. It presents the latest scientific findings and gives examples of using a patient-centered approach, as well as describing specific communication skills, with samples of dialogue illustrating their use in helping substance-abusing patients. This is essential reading for all family doctors, paediatricians, gynaecologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, psychologists and all clinicians whose practices include substance abusing patients. It will also appeal to counsellors, education personnel and all professionals working with substance abusing individuals.Table of ContentsMagnitude of the problem: painting the mosiac of substance abuse in a multi-ethnic society. Alcholoism: pathophysiology of a disease. 'Sinking in a pool of wine': substance abuse and literature. Understanding the whole person: developmental issues in the patient-centered approach to substance abuse. Impact of substance abuse on the family and work. Health promotion and prevention of substance abuse. Substance use disorders and the patient-clinician relationship. Reaching common ground with patients having drug/alcohol problems: defining problems and planning treatment.

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Book SynopsisHere is a selection of multiple choice questions and care studies designed for candidates for the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG). The 90 multiple choice questions cove all major areas of the syllabus and are accompanied by extended answers to help the revision process. The case studies are ideal preparation for the other sections of the examination as well as for general revision. This book will be suitable not only for the DRCOG (and other examinations such as the MRCOG) but also for anyone wanting to update and test their understanding of obstetrics and gynaecology.Table of Contents1. MCQs: Paper One 2. MCQs: Paper Two 3. MCQs: Paper Three 4. Case Studies

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Book SynopsisOne Health refers to an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems at the interface of human and animal health and the wider ecosystem. It represents an integrated and collaborative approach and addresses diverse issues such as the detection and management of emerging and re-emerging infectious and non-infectious diseases, food and water security, food hygiene and global trade. Many complex problems that we currently face must consider anthropogenic factors as well as climate change, environmental impact, international collaboration, tourism, the human-animal bond, economics, plant health and myriad other factors. This book discusses complex concepts in One Health such as preparedness planning, national level governance, inter-agency co-operation, climate change, human activity in sensitive ecosystems, the global food trade and food safety, antimicrobial resistance, surveillance, and communication from policy level to practical application. The book uses real-world case studies from different geographical regions ranging from Asia to the Arctic, different environments from the jungle to the oceans, and different species including bees, fish, domestic and wild animals and humans. The cases are prepared by experts with a diverse range of experience and provide a unique and fascinating on-the-ground approach to One Health topics in practice. One Health Case Studies is an ideal resource for students and practitioners in veterinary medicine, human medicine, public health, agriculture, wildlife management, ecosystem health and environmental management.

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Book SynopsisThis book prepares and guides individuals who are about to embark (or already have embarked) on a health/medical PhD journey, with a specific focus on Public Health. Based on the author's experience as a recently graduated Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student, readers benefit from the knowledge imparted and lessons learned, including an analysis of the different aspects of a Public Health doctoral degree, and practical tips and guidance on how to go about this journey from the initial phase of choosing a research niche up until the oral examination (also called defence). All throughout the book, the author shares examples from her own journey to show that in spite of sacrifices and hurdles along the way, hard work, perseverance, and supportive resources can help see you through, eventually, to a hopefully positive outcome at the end.Using an informal style, the author provides a step-wise guide, from chapter to chapter, on the various essential aspects that need to be considered, including: The initial steps towards a PhD Proposal, permissions and funding The fieldwork The art of data analysis The hurdles along the way – a personal experience What comes after the completion of a PhD? Intended to be a compact go-to guide for students throughout their PhD journey, both from an academic and personal perspective, To Do or Not to Do a PhD? engages readers who are about to enroll in or who already have started a PhD, especially in public health, epidemiology, and health/medical fields of study. The brief also would appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students who are interested in learning about how to write a research proposal, draft a scientific paper for publication in a journal, or prepare a thesis.Table of ContentsChapter one: What Is a PhD? Am I Ready for this Commitment? · This chapter sets the scene for the book. It provides information on what is a PhD and a short history of this academic endeavor. It also touches upon why one would want to do a PhD degree and whether this degree really suits the person’s ambition, work-life balance, job satisfaction during the graduate program, and the different job opportunities one would have once the PhD is over. Would there be research opportunities or faculty positions following completion of the PhD? It also discusses the anticipated life scenarios that a PhD student would face including living costs (such as housing costs, transportation, health insurance, etc.), possibility of a student loan, potential of achieving a fellowship or funding support that are all associated with a PhD, as well as whether a part-time, full-time (on the ground), online, or hybrid program is the most suitable program to pursue. Finally, the author discusses the difference between enrolling in a PhD vs. DrPH program. Chapter two: The initial steps of a PhD · The chapter starts by addressing the application process and how to choose the best doctoral school that meets one’s requirement, taking into consideration both European and US programs. It also touches upon the identification of an accredited doctoral school through the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for the US and the Bologna Process for Europe, as well as discuss the general application requirements needed to apply to a doctoral program in the US and Europe. This chapter then follows a two-fold approach. First, it discusses the steps required to follow an original PhD, where the student needs to come up with the research question and identify the supervisor. It also touches upon the different research designs available and the importance of identifying the most appropriate research design to answer the set research question. The second part discusses briefly the other type of PhD, where the title is already present and the student would have an aim and scope already set up for him/her. Chapter three: Proposal, Permissions, and Funding · This chapter discusses how to construct a winning research proposal, how to budget, and how to create a Gannt chart. It also discusses how to achieve your own funding if no grant / funding has been allocated by the university to conduct this study. A section is dedicated to identifying and achieving the institutional permissions, data protection, and ethics permissions required for the PhD fieldwork. Chapter four: The fieldwork · This chapter focuses on how to set up a validated questionnaire (examples are provided that include links to validated questionnaires) and a health examination survey. It provides an explanation of other modes of fieldwork depending on the research design that was chosen. However, the main focus is on how to conduct a cross-sectional survey, which is the most easily conducted fieldwork for a public health PhD. Chapter five: The art of data analysis · This chapter gives brief explanations of how to identify whether the data obtained from the fieldwork is of normal distribution and if one needs a parametric or non-parametric approach to statistics respectively. It discusses the need of eyeballing the data as well as provides a brief explanation of descriptive and analytic statistics one may need to use. Chapter six: Putting pen to paper to publication · This chapter discusses how to translate the results into a scientific paper and prepare it for publication in a journal. It also touches upon how to choose an appropriate journal. Chapter seven: Writing the thesis · This chapter discusses the format of a typical PhD thesis and what is expected in each and every section, including the different referencing styles. Resources are provided where appropriate. Chapter eight: The hurdles along the way – a personal experience · In this chapter the author shares (many) experiences that she encountered during the course of her PhD. Unfortunately, the author was faced with a number of different issues and given a hard time, mostly because she was a woman, which she hopes no one has to go through. Alas, the author still managed to make it through, along with publishing ten peer-reviewed articles prior to finishing the PhD. The author hopes that sharing such experiences will encourage other students not to give up and also learn from her experiences and potential mistakes she might have made at the time. Therefore, this chapter discusses gender discrimination, intersectionality (especially race), pregnancy, parental leave, and childcare during the graduate program. Chapter nine: Getting ready for the oral defense · This final chapter covers tips and guidance on how to prepare for the oral examination. It also provides a personal experience of how to survive this important event. Chapter ten: What comes after the completion of a PhD?This brief chapter discusses the different career paths (academia, government, private sector) that can be pursued once the PhD is completed, unless the doctoral study was already associated with a position. It also addresses the financial aspect at this stage; i.e., starting salaries of a recent graduate, as well as touches upon tenure track placement and income disparity. The author also shares her personal experience of how her life changed and the opportunities that came with obtaining her PhD. N.B. All chapters include personal experience and examples; any appropriate references and links are provided.

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Book SynopsisPolicing and firearms: it is a crucial relationship. Should police be routinely armed? If so, what restrictions should be imposed on the use of firearms? Where police are not routinely armed, there is still a need for specialist armed police: how do these units operate, and are they effective?This ground-breaking edited book explores the nexus between policing and firearms with a genuinely international focus. Contributors from Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Venezuela, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada explore the issues from a range of perspectives, including human rights, militarization, police legitimacy, and the risks police firearms pose to the community and to police themselves.This thought-provoking collection is an indispensable resource for law enforcement policymakers and students of policing and criminal justice.Table of Contents1. Introduction Richard Evans & Clare Farmer Part 1: Policing, Firearms and Human Rights 2. Unarmed Police: Myths, Rights and Realities 3. Are the Brazilian Police Forces lethal weapons? 4. The Routine Arming of the Police in Britain, the Right to Life and the Security Theory of John Locke and Benedict de Spinoza 5. Armed responses and Critical Shots: Learning lessons from Police involved shootings in England and Wales Part 2: Policing, Firearms and Militarization 6. ‘Gung-ho’? An examination of the move to militarise policing in Australia 7. Direct and indirect militarization of public security in Mexico and gun use during arrests 8. The myth of ‘routinely unarmed’ policing 9. Racism down the Barrel of the Colonial Gun Part 3: Policing, Firearms and Risk 10. Access to firearms – A risk factor for police suicide? 11. How do police die in Venezuela? A comprehensive analysis of the death by homicide of State security force/policing officials 12. Pathways to preventing fatal police-involved shootings of people in mental health crisis 13. ‘Facing death gave him new life’: On-screen police gun violence and Weapon Product Placement Part 4: Policing, Firearms and Legitimacy 14. Predictors of public reactions to armed police: Findings from the UK 15. Armed police in an unarmed country: Legitimacy and self-legitimacy of English firearms officers 16. Public Acceptance of Police Use of Deadly Force: An Exploratory Study 17. Connecting officer appearance with officer safety: A survey of police officers’ perceptions of uniforms and accoutrements

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction to the principles of both cardiovascular epidemiology and molecular pathophysiology; as a unique aspect, it also outlines and discusses the molecular concepts underlying epidemiological observations. This third volume is focused on the most common “cardiovascular events” to provide an overview on pathogenesis and clinical aspects. The book promotes the use of interdisciplinary approaches in the field of preventive medicine based on recent advances in molecular and cellular pathophysiology. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers in basic biomedical fields and clinical scientists alike, as well as guidelines for novel avenues of research in both basic pathophysiology and cardiovascular therapy and prevention.Table of ContentsIschemic heart disease.- Stroke.- Heart Failure.- Cardiac arrhythmias.- Pulmonary hypertension.- Peripheral artery disease.- Venous Thromboembolism.- Abdominar aortic aneurism.​

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Book SynopsisThis book examines all aspects of narrative medicine and its value in ensuring that, in an age of evidence-based medicine defined by clinical trials, numbers, and probabilities, clinical science is firmly embedded in the medical humanities in order to foster the understanding of clinical cases and the delivery of excellent patient care. The medical humanities address what happens to us when we are affected by a disease and narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the importance of patient narratives in bridging various divides, including those between health care professionals and patients. The book covers the genesis of the medical humanities and of narrative medicine and explores all aspects of their role in improving healthcare. It describes how narrative medicine is therapeutic for the patient, enhances the patient–doctor relationship, and allows the identification, via patients' stories, of the feelings and experiences that are characteristic for each disease. Furthermore, it explains how to use narrative medicine as a real scientific tool. Narrative Medicine will be of value for all caregivers: physicians, nurses, healthcare managers, psychotherapists, counselors, and social workers.“Maria Giulia Marini takes a unique and innovative approach to narrative medicine. She sees it as offering a bridge – indeed a variety of different bridges – between clinical care and ‘humanitas’. With a sensitive use of mythology, literature and metaphor on the one hand, and scientific studies on the other, she shows how the guiding concept of narrative might bring together the fragmented parts of the medical enterprise”.John Launer, Honorary Consultant, Tavistock Clinic, London UKTrade Review“Examining some of narrative medicine’s foundational ideologies, Maria Giulia Marini discusses the epistemological value of interdisciplinary connectedness in ‘Narrative Medicine: Bridging the Gap between Evidence-Based Care and Medical Humanities’. … the book holds interesting ideas for medical humanities to further explore. … The book is intended for a wide readership, and different audiences may benefit from various portions of the material.” (Sandra Weems and Paulette Hahn, Centre for Medical Humanities, centreformedicalhumanities.org, May, 2016)“The book has a high value for the contents, and the merit to spread Narrative Medicine out of circumscribed environments, potentially communicating with anybody, in Italy and worldwide. … ‘Narrative Medicine. Bridging the Gap between Evidence-Based Care and Medical Humanities’ is an unique work for the analysis of the sustainability of an humanistic approach … . We wish this book will be read by patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists … .” (Stefania Polvani, MedicinaNarrativa.eu, April, 2016)Table of Contents1 Evidence Based Medicine and Narrative Medicine: a harmonic couple.- 2 Bridging from mythology to contemporary care: the art of listening.- 3 Bridging from oral tradition to writing: the art of empathy.- 4 The tower of Babel: the language of physicians, patients and providers of care.- 5 Patient narrative as a probe for successful coping.- 6 The muted desire for well-being and the abuse of the word “normality” in medicine.- 7 Bridging the gap between personalization of care and research.- 8 The industry of illness-centered movies in medical humanities.- 9 Designing health care based on patient’s needs and rights.- 10 Building a bridge between economic investment and medical humanities: the fears to overcome.- 11 A selection of narratives.

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Book SynopsisLaut wissenschaftlicher Studien könnten 30 bis 70 Prozent unerwünschter Arzneimittelwirkungen vermieden werden. Strittig ist, ob die Sicherheitsprobleme ausreichend an Ärzte und Öffentlichkeit kommuniziert werden. Die Beiträge des XVIII. Kölner Symposiums der "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rechtsanwälte im Medizinrecht" schildern die rechtlichen und ökonomischen Anforderungen u.a. an die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente. Ein Arbeitsbuch für die tägliche Praxis.Table of Contents1.- Probleme der Pharmaindustrie bei der Entwicklung neuer Medikamente.- Arzneimittelsicherheit und der Umgang mit unerwünschten Nebenwirkungen.- Ethik-Kommissionen – ein Beitrag zur Arzneimittelsicherheit?.- 2.- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Arzneimitteltherapie.- Arzneimittelregress: Bezahlt der Arzt in Zukunft die Medikamente seiner Patienten? Beispiel: „Spezielle Schmerztherapie“.- Arzneimittelregress in der anwaltlichen Haftung.- Die Arzneimittelhaftung nach § 84 AMG n.F. anhand des Beispiels VIOXX ®.- 3.- Neue Aspekte der Arzneimittelhaftung.- Entscheidungen der Gutachterkommission zur Arzneimitteltherapie.- Aufklärungspflicht in der Arzneimitteltherapie aus der Sicht der Gutachterkommission.

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Book SynopsisAs one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of public health. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. In their entirety, the general and sub-group reports analyze the evolution and laws governing the development of science and technology, describe the decisive impact of science and technology on the modernization process, predict that the world is on the eve of an impending S&T revolution, and call for China to be fully prepared for this new round of S&T advancement. Based on the detailed study of the demands on S&T innovation in China's modernization, the reports draw a framework for eight basic and strategic systems of socio-economic development with the support of science and technology, work out China's S&T roadmaps for the relevant eight basic and strategic systems in line with China's reality, further detail S&T initiatives of strategic importance to China's modernization, and provide S&T decision-makers with comprehensive consultations for the development of S&T innovation consistent with China's reality. Supported by illustrations and tables of data, the reports provide researchers, government officials and entrepreneurs with guidance concerning research directions, the planning process, and investment. Founded in 1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the nation's highest academic institution in natural sciences. Its major responsibilities are to conduct research in basic and technological sciences, to undertake nationwide integrated surveys on natural resources and ecological environment, to provide the country with scientific data and consultations for government's decision-making, to undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of socio-economic development, to initiate personnel training, and to promote China's high-tech enterprises through its active engagement in these areas.Table of ContentsAbstract.- Trends and National Needs of China’s Public Health.- Overview of the China’s S&T Roadmap on Public Health to 2050.- Biomedical Innovative System.- Population Control and Reproductive Health.- Nutrition and Food Safety.- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Control and Healthcare Management.- Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control.- Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health.- Innovative Drugs and Biomedical Engineering.- Regenerative Medicine.

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Book SynopsisDas praxisnahe Sprach-Lehrbuch wurde von erfahrenen Sprachlehrerinnen und einem Praktiker konzipiert. Vermittelt werden Englischkenntnisse speziell für das Pflegestudium: u. a. zu den verschiedenen Arbeitsbereichen der Pflege, Standardpflegesituationen und Kommunikation sowie Gesundheitssystem und Qualifizierung in Großbritannien und den USA. Mit Übungen, Dialogen und Lückentexten können Grammatik, Aussprache und Vokabeln trainiert werden. Vokabellisten und anatomische Zeichnungen unterstützen das Lernen. Außerdem: Hörbeispiele zum Herunterladen.Table of ContentsHealth an Health Care.- Definition WHO.- Health Care Systems: UK, USA, Australia.- Public Health.- Was ist Managed Care?.- Was ist der NHS?.- Community Health.- Areas of Work: Hospitals, Day Care, Ambulatory, Home Care, Nursing Home.- Hospital Orientation: Surgical, Cardio, Urology, ICU, Administration, Personell, Labs, Kitchen.- Multidisciplinary team.- Interdisciplinary Communication.- Different job titles in the countries.- Daily routine of a nurse in different departments: Medical Ward, Surgical Woard.- Hygiene.- Medication.- Nursing Students.- Introduction.- Nurse Visitation.- Professionalism: University Education.- Life-Long-Learning.- International Council of Nurses.- Higher Nursing Education: UK, USA.- Nursing Science.- Evidence Based Nursing.- Study skills: reading, writing, presentation.- Studying and Working Abroad: Stories.- Job Application:writing a CV, Cover Letter. Appendic: Abkürzungsliste und Lösungen.

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Book SynopsisProgressive Muskel-Entspannung. Die gesundheitsfördernde Wirkung dieser weit verbreiteten Methode zur Stressbewältigung ist bekannt: Sie hilft Muskelverspannungen zu lösen, körperliche Anspannung und psychischen Stress abzubauen, Schmerzen vorzubeugen und Schmerzzustände zu lindern. Dieses Buch, als Textanleitung zum selbst Erlernen und für Gruppenarbeit geeignet, bietet eine neue, interessante Perspektive. Was Dr. Edmund Jacobson wirklich wollte, zeigt „das Original“ der „Progressiven Relaxation“, wie von Edmund Jacobson ursprünglich konzipiert (und zum ersten Mal in dieser Form deutschsprachig veröffentlicht). Es ist ein einfaches, alltagsnahes Übungsprogramm, das überall und jederzeit bequem durchgeführt werden kann. Der besondere, für Jacobson wesentliche Effekt: Die Art, wie der Wechsel von Anspannen und Entspannen der einzelnen Körperteile geübt wird, sensibilisiert zunehmend die Körperwahrnehmung. Als Übender lernt man, auch im Alltag bereits bei sich ankündigendem Stress eine aufkommende (muskuläre und psychische) Anspannung spontan zu lösen – und diese Reaktion zu „automatisieren“. Verhalten und Handeln in Alltagsituationen werden damit entspannter und kräfteschonender.Table of ContentsVorbereitung auf die Selbstübungen.- Selbstübungsprogramm.- Im Alltag: Nachwirkungen der Übungen nutzen, Anspannungen nachspüren und entspannen.- Anhang.

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Book SynopsisIn der gesundheitspolitischen Debatte werden die Gesundheit und das Gesundheitswesen vielfach mit den Kosten für die Gesellschaft in Verbindung gebracht und gleichsam als Problem für das Gemeinwesen gesehen. Dies folgt wohl vor allem daraus, dass in den europäischen Gesundheitssystemen in erster Linie der Staat für die Finanzierung von Gesundheitsleistungen verantwortlich zeichnet. Das Gesundheitsbedürfnis der Menschen ist jedoch ein wesentlicher Wirtschaftsfaktor, mit entsprechenden Auswirkungen auf Produktion, Wertschöpfung, Beschäftigung und öffentliche Einnahmen. Die Erstellung eines eigenen – ins Input-Output-System eingebundenen – Satellitenkontos für den Bereich Gesundheit ermöglicht detaillierte Angaben über die Güterstrom- und Finanzierungsverflechtungen sowie eine Darstellung der wirtschaftlichen Effekte. Das Satellitenkonto folgt dem Ziel, durch eine Extrahierung der relevanten Teilmärkte und Verdichtung dieser Informationen in einem „separaten“ Konto, den gesundheitsrelevanten Wirtschaftsteil in eine praktikable Form zu gießen. Um dabei die Vergleichbarkeit mit dem deutschen Gesundheitssatellitenkonto zu wahren, verwenden die Autoren die dort entwickelte Systematik, nehmen aber landesspezifische Anpassungen für Österreich vor, die letztlich auch in der unterschiedlichen Datenlage begründet sind.Table of ContentsBedeutung und grundlegende Erfassung der Gesundheitswirtschaft Österreich.- Input-Output-Analyse.- Abgrenzung und Klassifizierung der Gesundheitswirtschaft.- Gesundheitsrelevante Güter und Dienstleistungen.- Wertschöpfungskomponenten der Gesundheitswirtschaft.

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Book SynopsisDie Beiträge in diesem Fachbuch stellen die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Gesundheitswesens für eine Gesellschaft aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln dar. Dabei werden wirtschaftliche, sozialwissenschaftliche, medizinische und rechtliche Perspektiven eröffnet. Nach einem Überblick über die Komplexität und einer Einordnung der Vielfalt des Gesundheitswesens folgen Einblicke in die Sichtweisen der jeweiligen Stakeholder im Gesundheitssystem. Aber auch auf aktuelle methodische, prozessuale und technologische Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen wie z.B. digitale Gesundheitstechnologien wird, teils aus theoretischer und teils aus Praxissicht, eingegangen. Diese Interdisziplinarität ermöglicht es dem Leser, den eigenen Fokus zu erweitern und eine ganzheitlichere und zugleich diversifiziertere Sicht auf ein zentrales Funktionalsystem moderner Gesellschaften zu fördern. Neben der wenig überraschenden Bestätigung, dass das Gesundheitswesen eine signifikante wirtschaftliche Bedeutung für eine Volkswirtschaft hat, zeigen die Einzelbeiträge auch dessen Komplexität und Vielschichtigkeit sowie die Notwendigkeit immer wieder neu auszuhandelnder Kompromisse teils widerstreitender Interessen und Zielsetzungen.Table of ContentsAusgewählte Aspekte des Gesundheitswesens aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht.- Institutionelle ambulante ärztliche Versorgung.- Die ökonomische Dimension von Betrug und Missbrauch in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung und die Bedeutung des „verhinderten Schadens“.- Mehr Kooperation wagen!.- Digitale Gesundheitstechnologien in der gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung. Evidenz und Preisfindung aus rechtlicher und ökonomischer Perspektive.- Vom Symptom über die Lebensqualität zur Funktionalität und Teilhabe.- IMPAKT© als Treiber effizienter Behandlung chronischer Krankheiten.- Die Entwicklung des deutschen Gesundheitssystems bei einer linearen Fortschreibung seiner demografischen Beeinflussungsdeterminanten.- Quantifizierung des Gesundheitszustandes im Hinblick auf makroökonomische Analysen.

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Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Theoretische Modelle.- Stand der Forschung.- Material und Methodik.- Resultate.- Diskussion.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.Table of ContentsA. Bau und Verrichtungen des menschlichen Körpers.- B. Allgemeine Lehre von den Erkrankungen und ihren Erscheinungen, besonders Fieber und Puls, Ansteckung, Wundkrankheiten, Asepsis und Antiseptik.- C. Einrichtung in Krankenräumen: den Anforderungen der Gesundheitslehre entsprechende Herrichtung und Ausstattung des Krankenzimmers, Lüftung, Beleuchtung, Heizung, Wasserversorgung, Beseitigung der Abgänge.- D. Krankenwartung, insbesondere Reinlichkeitspflege, Versorgung mit Wäsche, Lagerung und Umbetten des Kranken, Krankenbeförderung, Badepflege.- E. Krankenernährung, Zubereitung und Darreichung der gewöhnlichen Krankenspeisen und Getränke.- F. Krankenbeobachtung: Krankenbericht an den Arzt, Ausführung ärztlicher Verordnungen.- G. Hilfeleistung bei der Krankenuntersuchung und -behandlung, namentlich bei der Wundbehandlung, Lagerung und Versorgung verletzter Glieder, Notverband, Hilfeleistung bei Operationen sowie bei der Betäubung, Vorbereitung des Verbandmaterials und der Instrumente.- H. Hilfeleistung bei plötzlich auftretenden Leiden und Beschwerden, bei gefahrdrohenden Krankheitserscheinungen, bei Unglücksfällen (Blutstallung, künstliche Atmung) und Vergiftungen. Grenze der Hilfeleistungen.- J. Pflege bei ansteckender Krankheit: Verhütung der Übertragung von Krankheitskeimen auf den Kranken, den Pfleger und andere Personen; Desinfektionslehre.- K. Zeichen des eingetretenen Todes; Behandlung der Leiche, 1–12.- L. Gesetzliche und sonstige Bestimmungen, soweit sie die Krankenpflegetätigkeit berühren, 1–66.- M. Verpflichtungen des Krankenpflegepersonals in bezug auf allgemeines Verhalten, namentlich Benehmen gegenüber den Kranken und ihren Angehörigen, sowie gegenüber den Ärzten, Geistlichen und Mitpflegern, Berücksichtigung des Seelenzustandes des Kranken, Verschwiegenheit, 1–17.- N. Die wichtigsten Grundsätze der Säuglingspflege.- O. Die Pflege Geisteskranker (Irrenpflege), 1–18.- Anhang: I. Anleitung zur Beurteilung der wichtigsten Nahrungsmittel und Getränke.- II. Wie entfernt man Arznei- und andere Flecken?.- III. Welche Gesetze und Bestimmungen muß eine Schwester kennen?.- IV. Aufgaben zur praktischen Ausführung, 1–92.- Alphabetisches Inhaltsverzeichnis mit Fremdwörterverdeutschung.

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Book SynopsisDie Gebäudetechnik steht vor einem bedeutenden Paradigmenwechsel. Getrieben durch die Integrale Planung und verknüpft mit der Methodik des Building Information Modelings (BIM) sowie den neuen Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung (Stichwort: Internet of Things; IoT), tritt die ganzheitliche Betrachtung von digital unterstützten Prozessen in den Fokus und erfordert von Fachplanern eine neue Handlungsmaxime. Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchtet dieses Fachbuch die konzeptionellen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen, innerhalb derer sich dieser Paradigmenwechsel vollziehen wird. Danach gilt es zukünftig mehr denn je, die teils konkurrierenden Schutzziele wie Energieeffizienz oder Erhalt der Trinkwassergüte mit zeitgemäßen Komfortansprüchen bei zu vertretenden Kosten in Einklang zu bringen. Aufbauend auf den aktuellsten wissenschaftlichen und technischen Erkenntnissen werden dafür planerische und technologische Lösungswege aufgezeigt, wie sie heute schon praxisgerecht bei der Planung und in einem bedarfsgerechten und hocheffizienten Anlagenbetrieb umgesetzt werden können.Table of ContentsStrukturgeber Gebäudetechnik.- Trinkwassergüte.- Planung und Betrieb 4.0.- Energieperformance.- Rechtliche Herausforderungen.- Index.

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Book SynopsisEinblicke in einer verborgene WeltViren sind Grenzgänger des Lebens. Mikroskopisch klein, als Krankheitserreger gefürchtet, doch in ihrer Vielfalt und in ihrer Bedeutung für die biologischen Netzwerke auf der Erde und für die Evolution des Lebens erst ansatzweise verstanden - und immer wieder für Überraschungen gut. Viren sind Opportunisten, die oft geduldig auf ihre Chance warten - in Ruhestadien oder eingebettet in das Erbgut ihrer Wirte -, und Meister der Anpassung. Ihre Vermehrungsstrategien und Übertragungsmechanismen sind so vielfältig wie ihre Erscheinungsformen. Die meisten Viren sind "nur" Nucleinsäuren in einer Proteinhülle, aber sie kapern Pflanzen-, Tier- und Bakterienzellen, nisten sich dort langfristig ein oder übernehmen unmittelbar die genetische Kontrolle. Dieser Band eröffnet einen faszinierenden Blick auf das ganze Panorama dieser Lebenskünstler, die wir gewöhnlich als Feinde betrachten, die aber auch Helfer sein können. Nach einer Einführung in die Grundlagen der Virologie - was genau sind Viren, woraus bestehen sie, wie sehen ihre Lebenszyklen aus, welche Evolutionspfade haben sie beschritten? - liefern 101 Porträts detaillierte Einblicke in die besonderen Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten einzelner Virustypen, vom Grippeerreger bis zum Bakteriophagen T4, vom Tabakmosaikvirus bis zu den gefürchteten Ebola-, Zika- und Dengue-Viren.Trade Review“... Basisinformationen zum jeweiligen Virus vermittelt eine kurze, aber prägnante und äußerst verständliche Beschreibung. Übersichtliche und einprägsame Zeichnungen erleichtern das Verständnis bestimmter Besonderheiten. Zahlreiche Aufnahmen von Viren lassen sie bei allem Schrecken, den sie verursachen können, in ganz neuem Bild erscheinen.” (Dr. Thomas Patzelt, Hehlen, in: Rundschau für Fleischhygiene und Lebensmittelüberwachung RLF, Jg. 73, Februar 2021)Table of ContentsViren des Menschen.- Viren der Wirbeltiere.- Viren der Pflanzen.- Viren der Wirbellosen.- Viren der Pilze und Protisten.- Viren der Bakterien und Archaeen.

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Book SynopsisDiagnose Krebs – füreinander da sein! Dieser Ratgeber richtet sich an Paare, bei denen der Mann an Krebs erkrankt ist. Er unterstützt die Partnerin bzw. den Partner des Erkrankten und bietet Hilfe bei der Bewältigung paarbezogener Belastungen und Herausforderungen. Die Diagnose Krebs stellt das ganze Leben auf den Kopf. Jeder Lebensbereich ist betroffen, unzählige Fragen kommen auf, Perspektiven verändern sich: Werde ich wieder gesund? Was wird aus meiner Beziehung? Warum musste ich krank werden, was habe ich falsch gemacht? Auch die Angehörigen sehen sich im Spannungsfeld von eigenen Belastungen und Sorge um ihren Partner vielfach mit Problemen konfrontiert. Die erfahrenen Autoren gehen einfühlsam und sachkundig auf die konkreten Herausforderungen im Lebensalltag von Krebspatienten ein. Viele Beispiele und Übungen helfen den Lesern, die eigene Situation besser zu verstehen und einzuordnen. Table of Contents

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Table of Contents1. The Problem.- 2. The Causal Model.- 3. Data and Methods.- 4. Correlational Data.- 5. The Individual as the Unit of Analysis— The Entire Sample.- 6. The Individual as the Unit of Analysis— The Four Categories.- 7. Analysis of the Nursing Units.- 8. Summary and Recommendations.- Appendix A: Questionnaire.- Appendix B: Measurement.- Appendix C: Correlation Matrices for the Four Categories of Nurses.- References.

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Book SynopsisExamines the organization of social responsibility in the USA, in particular of critically ill newborn children. Drawing on medical records and interviews with parents and medical staff, the book investigates two neonatal intensive care units, showing the traumas of extreme medical measures.

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