Public health and preventive medicine Books
Johns Hopkins University Press Living in Deaths Shadow
Book SynopsisLiving in Death's Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and heart disease.Trade ReviewRecommended. All readers.—Choice. . . impressive contribution to the history of caring.—H-Net ReviewsHistorians of medicine, particularly death and dying, will find plenty of food for thought and inspiration for future scholarship in this study. But this book is also a timely political salvo, and it is to be hoped that it will be read widely for it is an astute and accessible critique of current attitudes and policies surrounding dying.—Society for the Social History of MedicineIn this book, the problems of palliative care are described from a slightly different angle (that of the relatives and carers), and I think most people who work in palliative care will find it a worthwhile read.—International Association for Hospice and Palliative CareLiving in Death's Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and heart disease.—Nursing and Health ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction1. "The Human Touch"2. "Hope Became a Companion in Our Home"3. When Medicine Fails4. Caring by Kin5. The Shadow Workforce in Hospitals and Nursing HomesThe Evolution of Hospice CareConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Fundamental Statistical Methods for Analysis of
Book SynopsisA statistics textbook that delivers essential data analysis techniques for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Alzheimer's disease is a devastating condition that presents overwhelming challenges to patients and caregivers. In the face of this relentless and as-yet incurable disease, mastery of statistical analysis is paramount for anyone who must assess complex data that could improve treatment options. This unique book presents up-to-date statistical techniques commonly used in the analysis of data on Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. With examples drawn from the real world that will make it accessible to disease researchers, practitioners, academics, and students alike, this volume presents code for analyzing dementia data in statistical programs, including SAS, R, SPSS, and Stata introduces statistical models for a range of data types, including continuous, categorical, and binary responses, as well as correlated data draws on datasets from the NatioTable of Contents1. Introduction to Statistical Software and Alzheimer's Data2. Review of Introductory Statistical Methods3. Generalized Linear Models4. Hierarchical Regression Models for Continuous Responses5. Hierarchical Logistic Regression Models6. Bayesian Regression Models7. Multiple Membership Models8. Survival Data Analysis9. Modeling Responses with Time-dependent Covariates10. Joint Modeling of Mean and Dispersion11. Neural Networks and Other Machine Learning Techniques for Big Data12. Case StudyReferencesAcknowledgments
£54.40
Johns Hopkins University Press Public Health Nutrition
Book SynopsisThis foundational textbook provides a thorough understanding of the role of nutrition in public health in communities around the world. Nutrition is a fundamental building block for optimal health. In this essential textbook, Jessica Jones-Smith presents readers with a balanced introduction to the field of public health nutrition. Examining common nutrition-related problems in both high- and low-income countries, Jones-Smith allows students to draw connections between the principles and realities of public health nutrition. She also describes the fundamental tools of public health nutrition, from nutrition assessment to program monitoring and evaluation, as well as current and future solutions for public health nutrition's most pressing issues. Covering fundamental topics while helping students build the knowledge and skills foundational to public health nutrition research and practice, the book addresses nutrition surveillance dietary assessment methods program planning and progrTable of ContentsList of Contributors1. IntroductionJessica Jones-SmithPart One. Key Tools of Public Health Nutrition2. Population Surveillance and MonitoringMarissa L. Zwald and Cynthia L. Ogden3. Nutrition Epidemiology and Assessment of Dietary IntakeJessica Jones-Smith and Vanessa M. Oddo4. Community Health AssessmentA. Gita Krishnaswamy and Sarah Ross-Viles5. Program PlanningNoel Kulik, Rachael D. Dombrowski, and Jeanne M. Barcelona6. Monitoring and Evaluation in Nutrition ProgramsJulie C. Ruel-Bergeron, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman, and Marie RuelPart Two. Major Nutrition-Related Disease Burdens7. Nutrition-Related Disease Burdens in High-Income CountriesColin D. Rehm8. A Deeper Look: ObesitySara N. Bleich, Johannah M. Frelier, and Kelsey A. Vercammen9. Nutrition-Related Diseases in Low-and Middle-Income CountriesValerie M. Friesen, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Alison Tumilowicz, and Lynnette M. Neufeld10. The Nutrition TransitionLindsay M. Jaacks and Alexandra L. Bellows11. A Deeper Look: StuntingLora L. Iannotti and Melissa ChapnickPart Three. Influences on Nutrition12. Environmental Determinants of Nutrition-Related Health in High-Income Countries:Focus on the Neighborhood Food EnvironmentKimberly B. Morland13. Underlying Determinants of and Solutions for Malnutrition in Low-and Middle-Income CountriesMarie L. Spiker, Scott B. Ickes, and Jessica FanzoPart Four. Key Nutrition-Related Programs and Policies14. Nutrition-Related Programs and Policies in High-Income CountriesSara N. Bleich, Johannah M. Frelier, Scott A. Richardson, and Kelsey Vercammen15. A Deeper Look: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Programfor Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)Julie A. Reeder16. A Deeper Look: Cash Transfer Programs Garrison J. Spencer, Melissa Hidrobo, Damien de Walque, Paul Gertler,and Lia C. Haskin FernaldGlossaryIndex
£71.82
Johns Hopkins University Press Introduction to US Health Policy
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface1. The Affordable Care Act and The Politics of Health Care Reform2. Health, Health Care, and the Market Economy3. Health Care as a Reflection of Underlying Cultural Values and Institutions4. The Health Professions and The Organization of Health Care5. Health Insurance, HMOs, and the Managed Care Revolution6. Medicare7. Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program8. The Uninsured9. The Increasing Role of For-Profit Health Care10. Pharmaceutical Policy and the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs11. Long-Term Care12. Factors Other Than Health Insurance That Impede Access to Health Care13. Key Policy Issues Affecting the Direction of Health Care Reform14. Epilogue/Prologue to Health Care Reform in AmericaReferencesIndex
£48.60
Johns Hopkins University Press Fight Heart Disease Like Cancer
Book SynopsisA new approach to understanding, preventing, and treating heart disease to empower you and your loved ones to live long and healthy lives. The main cause of heart diseasethe world's number one killer of women and menis a cancer-like tumor inside the coronary arteries that keep our hearts beating. Although this similarity to cancer is well-established in medical journals, most people (and their health care providers) don't approach heart disease as seriously as cancer, even though it's just as deadly. In Fight Heart Disease Like Cancer, cardiologist Michael McConnell shares the stories of his family, patients, and research to lay out a modern and effective approach to preventing, screening for, and treating heart disease like cancer to avoid its dire consequences. Dr. McConnell highlights the latest research on the substantial overlap between heart disease and cancer, from shared risk factors to screening for early detection to new and powerful therapies. In accessible language, and
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press The Global Health Career
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Duke University Press COVID19 Politics and Policy
Book SynopsisWith historically underrepresented communities experiencing higher rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality, the pandemic has thrown into stark relief the severe inequities in US health care. In this special issue, a multidisciplinary group of contributors presents empirical evidence for how the pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on people of color, incarcerated people, and people with disabilities. These articles show how the pandemic response has been both wholly inadequate for the magnitude of the problem and, in certain policy arenas, has exacerbated existing inequities. Topics include changes in the treatment of disabilities under crisis standards of care, systemic racism in the federal pandemic health care response, and compounded racialized vulnerability within incarceration facilities. The contributors offer a dynamic and accessible analysis of the impacts of and public attitudes about the varieties of inequity in the COVID-19 pandemic. Contribut
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Duke University Press Arc of Interference
Book SynopsisThe radically humanistic essays inArc of Interference refigure our sense of the real, the ethical, and the political in the face of mounting social and planetary upheavals. Creatively assembled around Arthur Kleinman’s medical anthropological arc and eschewing hegemonic modes of intervention, the essays advance the notion of a care-ful ethnographic praxis of interference. To interfere is to dislodge ideals of naturalness, blast enduring binaries (human/nonhuman, self/other, us/them), and redirect technocratic agendas while summoning relational knowledge and the will to create community. The book’s multiple ethnographic arcs of interference provide a vital conceptual toolkit for today’s world and a badly needed moral perch from which to peer toward just horizons. Contributors. Vincanne Adams, João Biehl, Davíd Carrasco, Lawrence Cohen, Jean Comaroff, Robert Desjarlais, Paul Farmer, Marcia Inhorn, Janis H. Jenkins, David S. Jones, SalmaaTrade Review“This is a book about life and death and about the aftermath of death. That alone makes it relevant to our species and to others, but Arc of Interference is also a book about the possibility of something more and something wonderful: across the continents, people struggle to care for one another.” -- Paul Farmer, from the Foreword“In this rich collection, leading medical anthropologists demonstrate ethnography as care. Attending to intimate realities and to the productive power of narrative, they use anthropology for collective healing.” -- Helena Hansen, coauthor of * Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America *“Arc of Interference is essential reading for anyone who cares about our troubled times. Its ethnographic creations mend what is broken by asking us to listen, care, and act.” -- Angela Garcia, author of * The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande *“A major undertaking of humanist anthropology, this volume insists on the necessity of medical anthropology for facing the great challenges of our time, from pandemics and structural violence to climate change and political oppression. Arc of Interference is a milestone in medical anthropology.” -- Susan Reynolds Whyte, editor of * Second Chances: Surviving AIDS in Uganda *“Biehl, Adams, and their contributors have . . . penned a classic in Arc of Interference. . . . In our current times of reckoning–both global and disciplinary–contributions like Arc of Interference are a good place to start.” -- Evelyn Hoon * LSE Review of Books *"As a family physician who treats patients, not disease states, I found this book both reinvigorating and challenging. ... The book is a worthwhile read for physicians who care for their patients, whether domestically or globally." -- Mark K. Huntington * Family Medicine *Table of ContentsForeword. Against the Grain: Medical Anthropology in the Anthropocene / Paul Farmer xi Introduction. Art of Interference / João Biehl and Vincanne Adams 1 Part I. Traversing Imperiled Worlds and Envisaging Human Futures 1. Death by Fire: The Problem of Moral Certainty in China’s Tibet / Vincanne Adams 23 2. Bringing Up the Bodies: Erasing and Caring for Mexicans in the Mexico-US Borderland / Davíd Carrasco 42 3. In the Vast Abrupt: Horizon Work in an Age of Runaway Climate Change / Adriana Petryna 65 Part II. The Category Fallacy and Care Amid the Experts 4. Justifying a Lower Standard of Health Care for the World’s Poor: A Call of Decolonizing Global Health / Salmaan Keshavjee 91 5. The Moral Economies of Heart Disease and Cardiac Care in India / David S. Jones 112 6. Intimate and Social Spheres of Mental Illness / Janis H. Jenkins 133 Part III. Worlds of Biotechnological Promise and the Plasticity of Self and Power 7. A Good Death: The Promise and Threat of Biometric Inclusion for Transgender Women in India / Lawrence Cohen 161 8. Medical Cosmopolitanism in Moral Worlds: Aspirations and Stratifications in Global Quests for Conception / Marcia C. Inhorn 187 9. Environments and Mutable Selves / Margaret Lock 210 Part IV. Tracing Arts of Living (Or, Anthropologies After Hope Has Departed) 10. Anthropology in a Mode of Dying / Robert Desjarlais 239 11. Ethnographic Open / João Biehl 257 12. Thinking on Borrowed Time . . . About Privileging the Human / Jean Comaroff 287 Afterword. Lessons Learned from the Ethnography of Care / Arthur Kleinman 305 In Memoriam 327 Acknowledgments 329 Bibliography 331 Contributors 371 Index 373
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Stanford University Press Epidemic Orientalism: Race, Capital, and the
Book SynopsisFor many residents of Western nations, COVID-19 was the first time they experienced the effects of an uncontrolled epidemic. This is in part due to a series of little-known regulations that have aimed to protect the global north from epidemic threats for the last two centuries, starting with International Sanitary Conferences in 1851 and culminating in the present with the International Health Regulations, which organize epidemic responses through the World Health Organization. Unlike other equity-focused global health initiatives, their mission—to establish "the maximum protections from infectious disease with the minimum effect on trade and traffic"—has remained the same since their founding. Using this as his starting point, Alexandre White reveals the Western capitalist interests, racism and xenophobia, and political power plays underpinning the regulatory efforts that came out of the project to manage the international spread of infectious disease. He examines how these regulations are formatted; how their framers conceive of epidemic spread; and the types of bodies and spaces it is suggested that these regulations map onto. Proposing a modified reinterpretation of Edward Said's concept of orientalism, White invites us to consider "epidemic orientalism" as a framework within which to explore the imperial and colonial roots of modern epidemic disease control.Trade Review"White writes critically and necessarily on the historical actions taken to prevent the spread of infectious disease. With great care, he deftly unpacks the racial and economic costs of global health initiatives and examines the ideals behind their genesis. The book is a remarkable and necessary re-thinking of medical history through the lens of 'epidemic orientalism'."—Hollie Sherwood-Martin, The Lancet Infectious Diseases"Over the course of his monograph, White successfully illustrates how an epidemic Orientalist worldview ultimately weakens epidemic responses and places the health of people on both sides of an imagined divide at a greater risk.... Historians and medical anthropologists and sociologists looking for a thoughtful synthesis of several intellectual frameworks for understanding medicine and empire will find Epidemic Orientalism a useful text."—Molly Walker, H-Sci-Med-TechTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Epidemic Orientalism 2. The International Sanitary Conventions at a Colonial Scale 3. Epidemics under the WHO 4. The Battle to Police Disease 5. Epidemics, Power, and the Global Management of Disease Risk 6. Pricing Pandemics Conclusion
£23.39
H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Defining Documents in World History: Plagues,
Book SynopsisPlagues and pandemics are a part of global history, from the biblical “plague of locusts” to today’s COVID-19 pandemic. Dealing with unchecked diseases and disasters has given rise to great human suffering and loss of life, but it has also played a significant role in shaping our societies. Advances in public health, medicine, scientific research, and even the arts have often been inspired by or required of those who have survived. This two-volume set includes content on the Black Death , smallpox, the plague, malaria, typhoid, polio, SARS, AIDS, Covid-19 and others.
£233.60
Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Filth Disease
Book SynopsisShows how the investigation of local outbreaks of typhoid fever in Victorian Britain led to the emergence of the modern discipline of epidemiology
£26.59
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Tenacity in Children: Nurturing the Seven
Book SynopsisTenacity in Children examines how multiple generations of parents and caregivers raised children to become successful adults. Until relatively recent times in human history, there were no schools or organized institutions, nor were there parenting books. Rather, caregivers depended on the seven important instincts that evolved across tens of thousands of years in the human species. This volume highlights the ways in which these instincts are more important than ever in preparing children for tomorrow’s successes. Key areas of coverage include individual chapters devoted to examining each of the seven instincts – intuitive optimism, intrinsic motivation, compassionate empathy, simultaneous intelligence, genuine altruism, virtuous responsibility, and measured fairness – as well as practical strategies to guide children in acquiring and fine-tuning these essential human instincts.Tenacity in Children provides a solid foundation to prepare children for a resilient and happy future. It offers well-defined guideposts for adults committed to providing every child with the opportunity to access, strengthen, and employ these instincts as they negotiate childhood and passage into adult life. This book also serves as a rich resource for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in mental health and public health disciplines as well as many interrelated fields as we all strive to promote the well-being of children. The collaboration of these two esteemed psychologists has been impacting on our field for decades. This new book continues that tradition.– Richard D. Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed.Author of It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend:Helping Children with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success Tenacity in Children is the perfect balance between concepts, knowledge, scientific discourse, practical ideas and touching stories that truly illustrate the principles shared in the book. This book should reach the hands of every person dedicated to working with children.– Encarni Gallardo, MBA, CBMExecutive Director, Children’s Service Society of Utah Written in an easy-to-read, narrative style, Drs. Goldstein and Brooks impart their innovative concept of Tenacity in Children along with its seven essential instincts by using heartwarming stories, personal and professional insights, research, and wisdom.– Joyce C. Mills, Ph.D.Co-author of Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within Visit our website at www.tenacityinchildren.com Table of ContentsChapter 1. Our Thirty-Year Journey.- Chapter 2. Tenacity is Instinctual.- Chapter 3. Intuitive Optimism.- Chapter 4. Intrinsic Motivation.- Chapter 5. Compassionate Empathy.- Chapter 6. Simultaneous Intelligence.- Chapter 7. Genuine Altruism.- Chapter 8. Virtuous Responsibility.- Chapter 9. Measured Fairness.- Chapter 10. Brain Dance.
£17.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Child Health in America Making a Difference
Book SynopsisThis original and progressive work affirms the urgent need for child advocacy and provides valuable guidance to those seeking to participate in efforts to help all children live healthier, happier lives.Trade ReviewDr. Palfrey presents a well-designed, articulate description of the political climate surrounding pediatric health care... Pediatric clinicians, politicians, students, and practitioners of health policy will be well-served by a read of this text to best understand what tools and information are needed. -- Bryan R. Fine, MD, MPH JAMA 2007 A must read if you are at all serious about health advocacy for children... thank you Judith Palfrey. Thank you for not shying away from the difficult issues, thank you for bringing it all together, and thank you for creating a must-read text... I am a better child health advocate after having read this book. -- George L. Askew, MD, FAAP Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Child Health Advocacy2. A History of Child Health Advocacy3. The Current Status of Child Health4. Clinical Advocacy5. Group Advocacy6. Legislative Advocacy7. Professional Advocacy8. Political WillAppendix: Resources OnlineNotesIndex
£51.42
Penguin Young Readers Myth of Normal
Book SynopsisThe instant New York Times bestsellerBy the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing un
£16.80
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fatal Conveniences
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Bending the planet to our will comes at a cost—a debt to human and environmental well-being we’ve packaged, sold, and blindly incurred that has now come due. Darin Olien’s Fatal Conveniences provides a stunning and urgent reconciliation of the many invisible ways the convenience of modern products we trust—our food, our homes, our clothing—are in truth shockingly toxic, buffered with pragmatic solutions for a healthier future. An evidence-based primer for better living, this book is a must-read reality check, offering a better way forward for all.” — Rich Roll, bestselling author of Finding Ultra "Darin’s eye-opening book is a necessary education for us all to understand the invisible challenges of how our health is being harmed by modern toxic exposures. Alongside the shocking discoveries presented herein, Darin shares very pragmatic solutions leading to a healthier and better way forward for us and our environment." — Max Lugavere, New York Times bestselling author of Genius Foods and host of the Genius Life podcast "Fatal Conveniences is a book the world has been waiting for, a compendium of what we don’t know, weren’t told, and are lied to about: the presence of synthetic toxins that are deceptively but deliberatively added to our food, cosmetics, clothing, and homes. Darin’s research is revelatory and shocking, a what-to-do-manual for living purely, cleanly, and simply." — Paul Hawken, Executive Director, Project Regeneration
£20.00
Cambridge University Press Suicide Prevention
Book SynopsisThe current suicide public health crisis and advances in clinical practice have increased the need for clear, evidence-informed guidance on suicide prevention in healthcare. This clinical suicide prevention handbook is an essential resource for mental health and primary care professionals, and any practitioner aiming to ensure their practice is up-to-date, patient-centred and consistent with the most current standards of care. Starting with a summary of the science and public health model of suicide, the book offers quick tips for suicide screening, risk assessment, interventions, and follow-up communication. It discusses medicolegal risk management, how health systems can prevent suicide and provides highly specialized guidance for clinicians following the loss of a patient to suicide. Focused sections include incorporating social media into care plans, telemedicine, issues related to culture and race/ethnicity, and working with specific populations. It introduces an integrated, prevention-oriented approach to suicide prevention, incorporating realistic supports, foreseeable changes, and strategies.Trade Review'I thank the authors for this marvellous and much needed addition to my library. From the opening paragraphs, I was hooked and read the entirety of the handbook, word-for-word, learning something new and clinically applicable from each chapter. It is comprehensive in its scope, beautifully written and up-to-date and will remain on my work desk for use as an authoritative reference guide as challenging situations arise. Most chapters provide key points up front, summarize pertinent data, illustrate text with beautiful figures and case examples and close with clinical pearls and pertinent references. I recommend this handbook for all graduate level trainees and mental health clinicians who treat patients with serious mental illness. If a resident in psychiatry asks for the one must-read book or reference on suicide prevention, this will be it.' Sidney Zisook, Director, Residency Training Program, and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego'Suicide takes an enormous toll on society, communities, families, and individuals and is complex with myriad factors contributing in disparate ways. Progress in reducing suicide-related morbidity and mortality will require collaboration and a concerted effort by researchers and clinicians of multiple disciplines, public health and policy professionals, lay people, and those with lived experience. Suicide Prevention by Moutier, Pisani, and Stahl is an excellent foundation for that effort because not only is the book thorough and authoritative, but accessible to all. Its creative use of graphics, clinical vignettes, and well referenced text are the tools of great teachers. And we have much to learn!' Yeates Conwell, Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry, Director, Office for Aging Research and Health Services, and Co-Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York'This is a refreshing addition to the literature on suicide prevention. The high-yield and practical tone of the book and the use of figures, bullet points, and summaries make this a quick and memorable read. This will be an excellent go-to reference on suicide prevention management and associated topics for treatment professionals to have on their bookshelves.' Daniel M. Tuinstra, Doody's NotesTable of ContentsPart I. Suicide Prevention Overview: 1. Translating Science into Action; 2. Dispelling Myths; 3. Public Health Model of Suicide; 4. Understanding Why: Drivers of Suicide Risk; Part II. Clinical Risk Assessment and Care: 5. Collaborative Connections; 6. Prevention Oriented Suicide Risk Assessment; 7. Responding to Suicide Risk; 8. Extending Care Beyond the Individual; 9 .Use of Medications in Suicide Prevention; 10. Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Systems; Part III. Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations: 11. Medicolegal Risk Management; 12.The Role of Culture and Societal Factors; 13. Youth and Adolescents; 14. Military and Veterans; 15. Older Adults; 16. LGBT Populations; 17. Suicide Loss Survivors.
£999.99
Skyhorse Publishing Worth a Shot
Book SynopsisCommunity-minded Utah mom and preschool teacher Brianne Dressen wanted to play her part in helping to end the pandemic that shut down the world in 2020. What better way than to roll up her sleeves and participate in a clinical trial for the eagerly anticipated Covid vaccines? But something went terribly, terribly wrong. Part memoir, part medical mystery, part social commentary,Worth a Shot?tells the true story of what happened to Brianne?s body, mind, and spirit as she found herself embroiled in a medical, political, and cultural nightmare that had been looming over America for decades. This compelling page-turner reveals how Brianne uncovers unsettling truths about the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry, leading her to question its control not just over doctors and drug trials, but also over free speech and the federal government. Worth a Shot?chronicles Brianne?s journey as she discovers the intricate web of systemic failures that affect the health of millions worldwide, and unwittingly becomes a global advocate for a cause that nobody wants to believe exists. As she bravely battles the far-reaching influence of giant corporations, readers will be touched by the surprising allies who come to her aid, and the unexpected friendships made along the way. Worth a Shot?is a beautifully written and inspirational real-life account that will leave you questioning your own worldview. So much more than a whistleblower?s story, this book ultimately serves as a poignant reminder of the power of the human spirit as it fights to emerge from adversity with love . . . love for oneself, love for one?s community, and love for one''s country.(All proceeds from the sale ofWorth a Shot?will be donated to React19 and UKCVFamily.)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sanfilippos Textbook of Pediatric and Adolescent
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a comprehensive review of all the common and less often encountered pediatric and adolescent gynecology problems in daily practice, both in the ambulatory as well as in the surgical setting. This new edition has been updated to keep it closely aligned to what general gynecologists or family physicians will want to know when dealing with a paediatric or adolescent patient, with accompanying videos.Table of ContentsNormal pubertal development and the menstrual cycle as a vital sign. Communication strategies with the adolescent patient. The physical exam in the pediatric and adolescent patient. Adolescent sexual development and sexuality education. Pubertal abnormalities: Precocious and delayed. Congenital anomalies of the reproductive tract. Variation of sex differentiation. Common vulvar and vaginal complaints. Genital injuries in children and adolescents. Basic dermatology in children and adolescents. Pediatric urology. Adnexal masses in the neonate, child, and adolescent. Breast disorders in children and adolescents. Menstrual disorders and blood dyscrasias in adolescents. Polycystic ovary syndrome and hyperandrogenism in adolescents. Adolescent contraception. Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. Chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis. Perioperative care of the pediatric and adolescent gynecology patient. Adolescent pregnancy. Nutrition and eating disorders. Reproductive effects of obesity in adolescents. Transgender care in adolescents. Reproductive health care for adolescents with developmental delay. Sexual abuse. Fertility preservation in pediatric and adolescent girls. Confidential care issues. Family and cultural factors in pediatric gynecology. Health-care transition. Legal considerations in pediatric and adolescent obstetrics and gynecology. Appendix 1: Additional video resources. Appendix 2: Establishing a pediatric and adolescent gynecology clinical and educational program. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Financial Management of Health Care Organizations
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised and updated Fifth Edition of Financial Management of Health Care Organizations offers an introduction to the tools and techniques of health care financial management. The book covers a wide range of topics, including information on the health care system and evolving reimbursement methodologies; health care accounting and financial statements; managing cash, billings, and collections; the time value of money and analyzing and financing major capital investments; determining cost and using cost information in decision-making; budgeting and performance measurement; and pricing. The revised edition covers new accounting changes for nonprofit hospitals with respect to net asset accounts, and includes an array of new financial statement problem sets for nonprofit hospitals. These changes also required major changes to the recording of financial transactions and implementing the latest financial ratio benchmarks. With the newest payment develoTable of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xix The Authors xxi Chapter 1 The Context of Health Care Financial Management 1 Changing Methods of Health Care Financing and Delivery 3 Addressing the High Cost of Care 9 Value‐Based Payment Mechanisms 19 Summary 22 Key Terms 23 Review Questions 23 Notes 24 Chapter 2 Health Care Financial Statements 25 The Balance Sheet 27 The Statement of Operations 49 The Statement of Changes in Net Assets 64 The Statement of Cash Flows 66 Summary 71 Key Terms 73 Key Equations 73 Review Questions and Problems 74 Appendix A: Financial Statements for Sample Not‐for‐Profit and For‐Profit Hospitals, and Notes to Financial Statements 84 Note 99 Chapter 3 Principles and Practices of Health Care Accounting 101 The Books 101 An Example of the Effects of Cash Flows on Profit Reporting under Cash and Accrual Accounting 106 Recording Transactions 108 Developing the Financial Statements 118 Summary 125 Key Terms 126 Review Questions and Problems 126 Chapter 4 Financial Statement Analysis 137 Horizontal Analysis 138 Trend Analysis 144 Vertical (Common‐Size) Analysis 144 Ratio Analysis 146 Liquidity Ratios 152 Revenue, Expense, and Profitability Ratios 161 Activity Ratios 169 Capital Structure Ratios 175 Summary 183 Key Equations 186 Key Terms 187 Review Questions and Problems 187 Chapter 5 Working Capital Management 209 Working Capital Cycle 209 Working Capital Management Strategies 211 Cash Management 215 Sources of Temporary Cash 216 Revenue Cycle Management 221 Collecting Cash Payments 225 Investing Cash on a Short‐Term Basis 228 Forecasting Cash Surpluses and Deficits: The Cash Budget 230 Accounts Receivable Management 233 Methods to Monitor Revenue Cycle Performance 237 Fraud and Abuse 239 Summary 243 Key Terms 246 Key Equations 246 Review Questions and Problems 246 Notes 257 Chapter 6 The Time Value of Money 259 Future Value of a Dollar Invested Today 260 Present Value of an Amount to Be Received in the Future 267 Future and Present Values of Annuities 270 Future and Present Value Calculations and Excel Functions for Special Situations 276 Summary 284 Key Terms 285 Key Equations 286 Review Questions and Problems 287 Appendix B: Future and Present Value Tables 292 Note 301 Chapter 7 The Investment Decision 303 Objectives of Capital Investment Analysis 304 Analytical Methods 307 Using an NPV Analysis for a Replacement Decision 321 Summary 326 Key Terms 328 Key Equation 328 Review Questions and Problems 328 Appendix C: Technical Concerns in Calculating Net Present Value 336 Appendix D: Adjustments for Net Working Capital 342 Appendix E: Tax Implications for For‐Profit Entities in a Capital Budgeting Decision and the Adjustment for Interest Expense 345 Appendix F: Comprehensive Capital Budgeting Replacement Cost Example 349 Chapter 8 Capital Financing for Health Care Providers 361 Equity Financing 364 Debt Financing 365 Bond Issuance Process 377 Lease Financing 389 Summary 396 Key Terms 397 Key Equations 398 Review Questions and Problems 398 Appendix G: Bond Valuation, Loan Amortization, and Debt Borrowing Capacity 402 Notes 411 Chapter 9 Using Cost Information to Make Special Decisions 413 Break‐Even Analysis 414 Product Margin 437 Applying the Product Margin Paradigm to Making Special Decisions 441 Summary 448 Key Terms 449 Key Equations 450 Review Questions and Problems 450 Appendix H: Break‐Even Analysis for Practice Acquisition 461 Chapter 10 Budgeting 467 The Planning‐and‐Control Cycle 467 Organizational Approaches to Budgeting 472 Types of Budgets 483 Monitoring Variances to Budget 490 Group Purchasing Organizations 492 Summary 494 Key Terms 496 Key Equation 497 Review Questions and Problems 497 Appendix I: An Extended Example of How to Develop a Budget 499 Chapter 11 Responsibility Accounting 523 Decentralization 523 Types of Responsibility Centers 526 Measuring the Performance of Responsibility Centers 531 Budget Variances 533 Summary 545 Key Terms 547 Key Equations 548 Review Questions and Problems 548 Chapter 12 Provider Cost‐Finding Methods 553 Cost‐to‐Charge Ratio 553 Step‐Down Method 554 Activity‐Based Costing 561 Summary 573 Key Terms 573 Review Questions and Problems 574 Chapter 13 Provider Payment Systems 579 Evolution of the Payment System 583 Risk Sharing and the Principles of Insurance 607 Evolving Issues 612 Technology 614 Summary 616 Key Terms 616 Review Questions and Problems 617 Appendix J: Cost‐Based Payment Systems 619 Notes 624 Glossary 627 Useful Websites 653 Index 657
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Johns Hopkins University Press Living Safely Aging Well
Book SynopsisA chapter devoted to health literacy helps people and caregivers make the best use of the medical care system and a chapter on driving helps evaluate when it is no longer safe to be behind the wheel.Trade ReviewThis is a wonderful resource for anyone thinking about how to increase the safety of the home to allow for independence as people live longer. Publisher's Weekly I think anyone who's over the age of 50 needs this book on their shelf. If you're concerned about safety for a loved one or want to maintain independence yourself, Living Safely, Aging Well will give you the steps you need. -- Terri Schlichenmeyer Bookworm An excellent guide that describes the types of injuries that commonly happen at home, and how to prevent them... This is a top reference for any who would live well. Midwest Book ReviewTable of Contents1. What's "Old" Got to Do with It?2. Don't Fall!3. Too Hot and Too Cold4. Poisoning5. Preventing Asphyxia6. When Driving Is Dangerous7. The Backyard and the Workshop8. All around the House9. Seeing the DoctorAppendix A: Injury Statistics for People 65 and OlderAppendix B: Agencies and Organizationsthat Can HelpReferencesIndex
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Harvest Creek Publishing Moving Beyond the Covid19 Lies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd International Security Conflict and Gender
Book SynopsisThis book challenges the conventional security-based international policy frameworks that have developed for dealing with HIV/AIDS during and after conflicts, and examines first-hand evidence and experiences of conflict and HIV/AIDS.Since the turn of the century international policy agenda on security have focused on HIV/AIDS only as a concern for national and international security, ignoring people's particular experiences, vulnerabilities and needs in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Developing a gender-based framework for HIV/AIDS-conflict analysis, this book draws on research conducted in Burundi to understand the implications of post-conflict demobilization and reintegration policies on women and men and their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. By centring the argument on personal reflections, this work provides a critical alternative method to engage with conflict and HIV/AIDS, and a much richer understanding of the relationship between the two.InteTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Context, Conflict and Expereinces 2. Gender Relations 3. Gender Relations in the Conflict 4. Discontents of Re-integration 5. HIV/AIDS in People’s Lives 6. International Expert Knowledge and Its Production 7. People’s Voices 8. Communities of Policy and Communities of Everyday Life Conclusion
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John Wiley & Sons Inc A Practical Guide to Toxicology and Human Health
Book SynopsisProviding a practical and accessible guide, this book enables readers to quickly build up knowledge and understanding of toxicology applications taking the reader from basic theory to an advanced basics level dealing with specific issues like pesticides, alcohol, and cigarettes.Table of ContentsForeword xxi Preface xxiii Acknowledgment xxv 1 Welcome to the World of Toxicology 1 1.1 Chemicals – They Are All Around Us 1 1.2 Synthetic or Naturally Occurring Chemicals – Which Are “Safer”? 1 1.3 Chemical Control Regulations 2 1.4 Perception of Chemical Risk 3 1.5 Why Is Toxicology Important? 4 1.6 Summary 4 2 Basic Toxicological Terminology 5 2.1 The Cell 5 2.1.1 Stem Cells, Somatic Cells, and Germ Cells 5 2.2 Homeostasis7 2.3 Adaptation and Cell Injury 7 2.4 Cellular Responses to Injury 7 2.5 Mode of Action and Mechanism of Action 9 2.6 Adverse Effects 9 2.7 Biological and Statistical Significance 10 2.8 Local and Systemic Effects 11 2.9 How Chemicals Cause Harm 11 2.10 Acute and Chronic Exposures 12 2.11 Chemical Interactions in Mixtures 14 2.12 Summary 15 3 The Dose Makes the Poison 19 3.1 Dose– Response and Dose–Effect Relationships 19 3.2 Internal and External/Exposure Dose 20 3.3 The Dose Makes the Poison: Dose–Response/Effect Curves 21 3.4 No Observed Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) 23 3.5 Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level (LOAEL) 24 3.6 What Affects the NOAEL and LOAEL? 24 3.7 No Observed Effect Level (NOEL) 24 3.8 Summary 24 4 Toxicokinetics 27 4.1 Why Is Toxicokinetics So Useful? 28 4.2 ADME: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion 29 4.3 Biotransformation (Metabolism) 36 4.4 Bioavailability and Area Under the Curve (AUC) 38 4.5 Assessment Approaches 39 4.6 Summary 40 5 Factors That Modify Toxicity 45 5.1 Lifestyle Factors – Alcohol and Tobacco 45 5.2 Influence of Age 46 5.3 Health Status 46 5.4 Nutritional Status – Diet 47 5.5 Sex 48 5.6 Adaptation 48 5.7 Genetic Variability 48 5.8 Summary 49 6 Local Effects 53 6.1 Irritants and Corrosives 53 6.2 Skin Structure 54 6.3 Irritant Contact Dermatitis 56 6.4 Chemical Corrosives 60 6.5 The Skin as a Target Organ – Severity of Effect 60 6.6 Chemical Irritants and Other Exposure Routes 61 6.7 Summary 62 7 Systemic Effects 65 7.1 Chemical Allergies 66 7.2 Genetic Toxicology 79 7.3 Carcinogenicity 91 7.4 Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology 100 7.4.10 Maternal Mediated Toxicity 119 8 Target Organ Toxicity 123 8.1 The Liver 124 8.2 The Kidney 139 8.3 The Immune System 151 8.4 Hematopoietic System and Blood 167 8.5 The Nervous System 176 8.6 The Respiratory Tract 196 8.7 The Endocrine System 208 9 Assessment Methods 227 9.1 Assessment of Irritation and Corrosive Effects 228 9.2 Assessment of Acute Toxicity 239 9.3 Repeated 9.4 Assessment of Carcinogenicity 259 9.5 Assessment of Genetic Toxicity 267 9.6 Assessment of Reproductive and Developmental Effects 283 9.7 Assessment of Skin and Respiratory Sensitization 295 10 Alternative Methods to Animal Testing 307 10.1 The Drive for Alternative Methods 307 10.1.1 A Different Approach? 308 10.3 In Vitro and Ex Vivo Methods 308 10.4 Twenty‐ First Century Toxicity Testing 310 10.5 Physicochemical Data and Their Use in Hazard Identification and Exposure Assessment 314 10.6 Summary 317 11 Human Health Risk Assessment 321 11.1 Human Health Risk Assessments – Prospective and Retrospective 321 11.2 Risk, Hazard, and Exposure 322 11.3 Chemical Risk Assessments 323 11.4 Linear Dose Response – Nonthresholded Effects 333 11.5 Exposure Assessment 336 11.6 Risk Characterization – Do We Have a Problem? 340 11.7 Summary 341 Glossary 345 Index 355
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Geographies of Health
Book SynopsisGeographies of Health provides an accessible overview of the theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research in the field of health geography.Table of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xii Preface xiv Part I Describing and Explaining Health in Geographical Settings 1 Chapter 1 Introducing Geographies of Health 3 Health and Geography: Some Fundamental Concepts 6 Concepts of health 7 Geographical concepts 10 Geographies of Health: Five Case Studies 15 Neighborhoods and obesity in New York City 16 Public places after the introduction of “smoke free” legislation 18 The health of Aboriginal populations in Canada 19 Habitus and heart health: The collision of place, body, and health 21 Mental health in Australian immigration detention centers 23 Concluding Remarks 25 Chapter 2 Explaining Geographies of Health 29 Positivist Approaches to the Geography of Health 30 Positivist explanation 30 Further examples of positivist approaches 31 Social Interactionist Approaches to the Geography of Health 37 Social interactionist explanation 38 Further examples of social interactionist approaches 39 Structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health 41 Structuralist explanation 42 Further examples of structuralist or conflict-based approaches 43 Structurationist Approaches to the Geography of Health 50 Structurationist explanation 50 Further examples of structurationist approaches 52 Post-structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health 53 Post-structuralist explanation 54 Further examples of post-structuralist approaches 54 Concluding Remarks 59 Chapter 3 Quantitative Methods and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 65 Visualizing and Exploring Health Data in a Spatial Context 66 Modeling Health Data in a Spatial Setting 78 Geographical Information Systems and Health 86 Concluding Remarks 96 Chapter 4 Qualitative Approaches to Interpreting the Geography of Health 101 Interviews 102 Focus Groups 110 Other Qualitative Methods 112 Qualitative Data Analysis 113 Rigor in Qualitative Research 116 Concluding Remarks 117 Part II Health and the Social Environment 123 Chapter 5 Health Inequalities I: Global Patterns and Regional Contrasts 125 Health Inequalities in the Global South 126 Health inequalities: Africa 130 Health inequalities: The BRIC countries 132 Health Inequalities in the Global North 139 Regional divides in the global north 139 Explaining inequalities in health outcomes in the global north 145 Concluding Remarks 152 Chapter 6 Health Inequalities II: Neighborhoods and Health 157 A Chicago Story 159 Neighborhood Context or Social Composition? 161 The Obesogenic Neighborhood 163 Psychosocial Health and Well-being 167 Housing and Health 169 Infectious Disease 170 Neighborhoods and Access to Care 174 Concluding Remarks 178 Chapter 7 Systems of Health Care 184 Principles of Health Service Delivery 185 Levels and types of health care provision 185 Promoting health, preventing illness 186 Health Care Systems 190 Geographies of rationing 192 Efficiency and equity 193 The need for health care 195 Inequalities in the Provision of Health Services 196 Health care provision in the global south 196 Health care provision in the global north 202 Geographies of Care 205 Concluding Remarks 208 Chapter 8 Inequalities in the Utilization of Health Services 214 Use of Primary Health Care Services 215 Use of Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Services 226 Do Provision and Utilization Affect Outcome? 231 Concluding Remarks 238 Chapter 9 Ageing and Place 244 What is Age? 245 Ageing Populations: Global and Regional Perspectives 246 The Distribution of Ill-Health and Disability Among Older Adults 249 Health Inequalities in Older Adults 254 Healthy Ageing “In Place” 258 There’s No Place Like Home 264 Concluding Remarks 268 Chapter 10 People on the Move: Migration and Health 273 Migration, Disruption, and Health 274 Voluntary migration and mental health 274 Forced displacement 276 The Impact of Migration on the Spread of Disease 280 Migration and the Incidence of Disease and Ill-health 283 Direct effects 283 Longer-term health impacts of migration 285 Migration as a confounding variable 290 Impact of Health Status on Migration 295 The Relationship Between Migration and Access to Health Services 298 Concluding Remarks 301 Part III Health and Human Modification of the Environment 307 Chapter 11 On Airs, Waters, Places 309 Air 311 Area sources 314 Linear sources 320 Point sources 324 Water 329 Cholera 331 Schistosomiasis 334 Gastroenteritis 335 Chemicals in drinking water 337 Concluding Remarks 342 Chapter 12 Health Impacts of Global Environmental Change 349 Stratospheric Ozone Depletion 352 The Science of Climate Change and Its Role in Human Health 356 Health Impacts of Climate Change 358 Air quality 360 Contamination of food and water 360 Temperature extremes 363 Extreme weather events and natural hazards 364 Impacts on infectious vector-borne disease 367 Concluding Remarks 370 Chapter 13 Emerging, Re-emerging, and Neglected Infectious Diseases 375 Disease Transmission: The Role of Vectors 376 The Drivers of Emerging, Re-emerging, and Neglected Diseases 378 Ecosystem change 378 Political upheaval, conflict, and disaster 382 Mobilities of people and goods 385 Antimicrobial resistance 387 Socioeconomic determinants and consequences 388 Concluding Remarks 391 Index 395
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Design That Cares
Book SynopsisDesign That Cares: Planning Health Facilities for Patients and Visitors, 3rd Edition is the award-winning, essential textbook and guide for understanding and achieving customer-focused, evidence-based health care design excellence. This updated third edition includes new information about how all aspects of health facility design site planning, architecture, interiors, product design, graphic design, and others - can meet the needs and reflect the preferences of customers: patients, family and visitors, as well as staff. The book takes readers on a journey through a typical health facility and discusses, in detail, at each stop along the way, how design can demonstrate care both for and about patients and visitors. Design that Cares provides the definitive roadmap to improving customer experience by design.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xv Foreword xvii Authors’ Introduction to the Third Edition xix About the Authors xxi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Learning Objectives 1 Projections and the Direction of Healthcare 1 Healthcare: Changing Within 4 Design as a Component of High-Quality Healthcare 5 Designing for Patients and Visitors 7 Wayfinding Ease 9 Physical Comfort 9 Control over Social Contact 10 Symbolic Meaning 10 The Facility Design Process 10 Pre-Design Programming 10 Design 11 Concurrent Planning 12 Design Review 13 Construction 13 Activation 13 Post-Occupancy Evaluation 13 Summary 14 Discussion Questions 14 References 15 Chapter 2: A Look at Current Healthcare-Facility Design Research 19 Learning Objectives 19 Design Research in Relation to Current Trends in Healthcare 19 Focusing on Marketing 19 Valuing Healthcare-Facility Design 21 Sensitivity to Patient Experience 22 Recognizing the Role and Needs of Visitors 23 Emphasizing Accessibility and Universal Design 23 Conducting High-Quality Healthcare-Facility Design Research 24 Ensure That Research Is Planned and Carried Out by Trained, Experienced Researchers 24 See That the Research Builds On Existing Knowledge 25 If the Research Involves Clinical Investigations, Look Into Institutional Review Board Certification 25 See That the Research Has a Clearly Stated Purpose Related to Healthcare-Facility Design 25 Provide a Clear Research Design and Related Hypotheses 25 Carry Out the Project as Objectively as Possible 25 Skillfully Word Questions 26 Use Visual Images, if Possible 26 Carefully Sample Respondents 26 Make Sure Participants Give Informed Consent 27 Use State-of-the-Art Data-Collection Methods 27 Use Multiple Data-Collection Methods, if Possible 27 Use State-of-the-Art Data-Analysis Methods 27 State the Limitations of Findings and Their Generalizability 27 Consider Whether or Not the Research Is Replicable 28 Make Design Implications Explicit 28 Communicate Findings in a Way That Is Clear to Non-researchers 28 Research Claims 28 Integrating Design Research into the Design Process 29 Characteristics of a Humanistic Design Process 29 Objectives for Future Healthcare-Facility Design Research 31 Awards for Buildings Sensitive to User Needs 31 Training for Designers in Research Methods 31 Training for Researchers in Design-Relevant Research 32 Long-Term Studies of the Effects of Healthcare Facilities on Users 32 Translation of Research Findings into Design Guidelines 32 More Research Funding 32 International Research Agenda 32 Summary 32 Discussion Questions 33 References 34 Chapter 3: Arrival and Exterior Wayfinding 37 Learning Objectives 37 Traveling to a Healthcare Facility 37 Arriving by Car 38 Arriving by Taxi or Van 38 Arriving by Public Transit 38 Exterior Wayfinding 40 Exterior Signage 40 Environmental Cues 42 Exterior Handheld Maps 43 Main Entrance Drop-Off Area 45 Parking 46 Valet Parking 47 Parking Lots 47 Parking Structures 48 Park-and-Ride Options 49 Long-Term Parking Rates 49 Transition between Parking and the Building Entrance Area 49 The Main Entrance Area 50 Becoming Oriented 50 Access for People with Functional Limitations 52 Waiting in the Main Entrance Area 54 First Destinations 55 Information Desk 55 Admitting or Registration 55 Visitor Information 58 Summary 59 Discussion Questions 60 Design Review Questions 61 References 69 Chapter 4: Interior Wayfinding and the Circulation System 71 Learning Objectives 71 Finding One’s Way through a Health Facility 71 Costs of Unsuccessful Wayfinding 73 Building Layout and Landmarks 76 Floor Numbering 77 Room Numbering 79 Sign Messages 81 Symbols and Pictograms 84 Sign Updating 85 Sign Spacing and Location 85 Interior You-Are-Here Maps 88 Color Coding 91 Signage and the Americans with Disabilities Act 93 Directions Given by Staff 93 Wayfinding during Periods of Construction 93 Wayfinding Technology 94 Corridor Functions and Amenities 94 Carpeting 95 Lighting 96 Handrails and Seating 97 Traveling from Floor to Floor 98 Elevators 98 Stairways 100 Unplanned Uses of Corridors, Elevators, and Stairways 102 Summary 103 Discussion Questions 104 Design Review Questions 105 References 114 Chapter 5: Reception and Waiting Areas 119 Learning Objectives 119 Entering a Reception and Waiting Area 119 Reception Areas 120 Waiting Areas 123 Size and Location 123 Waiting-Area Activities and Television 125 Seating Arrangements 126 Seating Comfort 128 Flooring, Wall Coverings, and Lighting 129 Waiting-Area Amenities 130 Main Lobby 137 High-Stress Waiting Areas 138 Summary 139 Discussion Questions 140 Design Review Questions 141 References 147 Chapter 6: Diagnostic and Treatment Areas 151 Learning Objectives 151 Accommodating Patients’ Needs in Diagnostic and Treatment Areas 152 Undressing and Dressing 152 Waiting While Wearing a Hospital Gown 155 Maintaining Privacy 155 Optimizing Comfort 157 Considering Lighting 159 Reducing Noise 162 Listening to Music 164 Experiencing Positive Distractions 166 Using Digital Devices 168 Using Restrooms and Water Fountains 168 Facilitating Contact between Patients and Staff 169 Accommodating Companions 169 Summary 169 Discussion Questions 170 Design Review Questions 171 References 177 Chapter 7: Inpatient Rooms and Baths 183 Learning Objectives 183 Acute Care Inpatient Rooms 183 Size and Layout 183 Number of Occupants 190 Control Over Social Contact 191 Color 195 Lighting 199 Style in Healthcare Settings 202 Inpatient Room Furnishings 202 An Outside View 212 Reducing Noise on Acute Care Units 215 Using Music Therapeutically 215 Inpatient Bathrooms 220 Inpatient Lounges 226 Accommodating Visitors 228 Providing for Mealtimes 229 Providing a Place to Spend the Night 229 Family Lounges 229 Intensive Care Units 231 Providing Control Over Social Contact 232 Addressing Sensory Overload and Challenges of Maintaining Family Support 233 Reducing Noise in ICUs 235 Music in ICUs 240 Patient Comfort in ICUs 240 Addressing ICU Visitors’ Needs 241 Summary 243 Discussion Questions 245 Design Review Questions 246 References 261 Chapter 8: Access to Nature 273 Learning Objectives 273 The Importance of Nature in Healthcare Facilities 274 Facilitating Recovery from Stress 275 Facilitating Recovery from Mental Fatigue 275 Valuing Access to Nature in Healthcare Facilities 279 Designing Outdoor Spaces for Healthcare Facilities 282 Planning and Designing Outdoor Areas during New Construction 283 Creating a Preferred Nature Setting 284 Bringing the Outdoors In 295 Views to the Outdoors 296 Summary 298 Discussion Questions 299 Design Review Questions 300 References 307 Chapter 9: Users with Disabilities 311 Learning Objectives 311 Statistics Regarding Users with Disabilities 312 Federal Legislation on Disability Rights 314 Americans with Disabilities Act 314 Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act 315 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 316 Designing to Comply with Federal Legislation on Disability Rights 316 Universal Design 317 Design Considerations for Patients and Visitors with Mobility Disabilities 323 Guidelines for Accessible Exam and Treatment Rooms 324 Guidelines for Accessible Medical Equipment 326 Design Considerations for Patients and Visitors with Hearing Disabilities 327 Design Considerations for Patients and Visitors Who Are Blind or Have Low-Vision 329 Design Considerations for Older Patients and Visitors 332 Physiological and Psycho-Social Changes 332 Design-related Issues for Older Patients and Visitors 334 Design Guidelines Regarding Older Patients and Visitors 335 Design Considerations for Obese Patients 348 Guidelines for Inpatient Rooms for Obese Patients 349 Guidelines for Furniture and Medical Equipment for Obese Patients 350 Summary 350 Discussion Questions 351 Design Review Questions 352 References 367 Chapter 10: Special Places and Services 373 Learning Objectives 373 Special Places 373 Food Service Areas 373 Sacred Spaces 376 Consultation and Grieving Spaces 377 Emergency Departments 379 Rehabilitation Units 391 Patient and Visitor Information Areas 394 Special Services 396 Overnight Accommodations 396 Shops 397 Hair Care 398 Fitness Centers 399 Spas 399 Summary 400 Discussion Questions 401 Design Review Questions 402 References 413 Chapter 11: User Participation in Healthcare-Facility Design 421 Learning Objectives 421 What Is User Participation in Design? 422 Benefits of User Participation 422 User-Experts in the Design Process 423 The Evolution toward Co-designing 425 Examples of User Participation in Healthcare-Facility Design 426 Developing a User Participation Process 429 Necessary Conditions 429 Mechanisms for User Participation 429 Techniques for Information-Gathering 431 Timing of User Participation 433 Selecting Participants 434 Managing User Participation 435 Implementing Resulting Recommendations 436 Documenting the User Participation Process 436 Summary 437 Discussion Questions 438 References 439 Index 443
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Manson Publishing Ltd Asthma: Clinician's Desk Reference
Book SynopsisAs the series title implies each Clinician’s Desk Reference is a practical resource and a daily aid for physicians in the hospital setting and in primary care.Asthma is one of the most important chronic disorders in the developed world. Evidence from around the world shows the prevalence of asthma has increased considerably since 1975, and now affects around 7.2% of the world population (about 100 million individuals). In the UK asthma is now the most common chronic disease affecting all age groups with approximately 11% of the population being diagnosed as having asthma at some time in their lives.Understanding of the basic mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of asthma has improved dramatically over the past 20 years. Along with this increase in basic scientific knowledge, randomized clinical trials have produced evidence to guide clinicians in how to manage patients with asthma.The book covers epidemiology, diagnosis and management, and takes a look at future developments. The authors highlight the under diagnosis of occupational asthma and emphasize the importance of effective patient education, particularly asthma action plans. There are ten clinical cases dealing with common diagnostic and management problems, frequently asked questions and appendices containing resources for patients and clinicians including useful websites, information leaflets and major references.Trade ReviewChapters are well designed and the one on management of acute asthma in adults is extremely well done. The descriptions are thorough and complete. Clinical case examples are helpful for readers. Illustrations showing the metered-dose inhaler are useful for clinicians as well as for patients. The chapter on occupational asthma will be very helpful in day-to-day practice. The authors have written a simple guide and clinical reference for asthma. This easy to understand book will find its place on practitioners' desks. (5 stars)—K. P. Ravikrishnan, FRCP (C), FACP FCCP, William Beaumont Hospitals, Doody's Review Service...a practical resource and a daily aid for young physicians in both a hospital setting and in primary care... plenty of practical information... a very appealing format, with lots of graphs and illustrations and an easy to read text... very well written and very to the point... worth reading—M. Gaga, European Respiratory Review, June 2012Table of ContentsThe size of the problem. Scientific principles of asthma. Making a diagnosis of asthma. Inhaler devices. Long term management of asthma in adults. Management of acute asthma in adults. Management of childhood asthma. Occupational asthma. Educating patients and clinicians. Asthma in primary care. The future. Clinical cases. Frequently asked questions by patients. Appendix 1: Resources for patients. Appendix 2: Resources for clinicians. Practice points.
£190.00
New York University Press Personalized Medicine
Book SynopsisInside today''s data-driven personalized medicine, and the time, effort, and information required from patients to make it a realityMedicine has been personal long before the concept of personalized medicine became popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual characteristics of their patients when diagnosing, and treating them. Patients have cared for themselves and for each other, contributed to medical research, and advocated for new treatments. Given this history, why has the notion of personalized medicine gained so much traction at the beginning of the new millennium? Personalized Medicine investigates the recent movement for patients' involvement in how they are treated, diagnosed, and medicated; a movement that accompanies the increasingly popular idea that people should be proactive, well-informed participants in their own healthcare.While it is often the case that participatory practices in medicine are ceTrade ReviewIn Personalized Medicine, Prainsack brings together a ton of recent research—much of it her own—using a variety of methodologies to study a wide range of topics. (Two thirds of her nearly seven hundred sources were published since 2010.) Prainsack states very clearly at the outset of a chapter what she is going to do and, at the end, what she has done. -- Hastings Center ReportA thoughtful, thorough, and philosophical discussion of the many possible obstacles to the successful, equitable implementation of personalized medicine and its potential for unintended consequences. * Genome Magazine *Prainsacks rigorous review and synthesis of evidence on [patient] engagement from the fields of medicine, ethics, social science, technology, informatics, and law is quite compelling and makes this book a unique contribution. * Health Affairs *Barbara Prainsack raises deep questions about the ethics and politics of personalized medicine. In this rigorous and engaging book, she explores the cutting edge of health care, critiques several popular visions of patient empowerment, and offers a novel and compelling account of what truly democratic, responsive, and fair deployment of new health technologies would require. Displaying a mastery of diverse literatures in social science, law, and health services research, Personalized Medicine is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of patient participation in health and wellness initiativesranging from self-tracking to biohacking, and well beyond. -- Frank Pasquale,Author of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and InformationPrainsack accessibly unpacks the complexities of & patient-centered personalized medicine, revealing startling redistributions of responsibility, diagnostic capacities, costs and profits. Providers lose autonomy as & algorhythmically supported diagnoses and care based on & health maps displace clinical judgement. Patients awash in information are increasingly responsible, and high costs make such care impossible for most. Prainsack envisions a personalized medicine for all the people, not for profit. -- Adele E. Clarke,Co-author of BiomedicalizationIt is apparent from what Prainsack writes elsewhere in her clear and powerful analysis that we need to attend to these mushrooming responsibilities for being engaged and empowered with and by our data and how social and economic inequalities differentiate who is able or required to enact these responsibilities and benefit from the choices that they invokePrainsack provides us with an invaluable guide to set us off in the right direction along this path. * New Genetics and Society *This is a great read for scholars of medicine, ethics, science and technology studies. It is an ambitious book that raises important and provocative questions that I look forward to scholars addressing in the future. * Social Forces *
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Johns Hopkins University Press Doctors Without Borders Humanitarian Quests
Book SynopsisEnriched by vivid photographs of MSF operations and by ironic, self-critical cartoons drawn by a member of the Communications Department of MSF France, Doctors Without Borders highlights the bold mission of the renowned international humanitarian organization even as it demonstrates the intrinsic dilemmas of humanitarian action.Trade ReviewCarefully researched and delightfully written, Doctors Without Borders establishes a new bar for those who would cover Medecins Sans Frontieres in the future. This book will take its due place as one of the most comprehensive works on MSF. Science A commendably reflective work of sociology that, more importantly, tells a remarkable history of care. Publishers Weekly Generally interested readers will find Fox's thoughtful and thought-provoking overview ambitious and well worth the effort, while anyone focused on health care and medicine will be deeply fascinated. Booklist A treasured and monumental depiction of MSF's courageous and persistent commitment to millions of people in distress. South African Medical Journal A remarkable story of healing, conflict, and the journey of an organization once dismissed as a bunch of 'medical commandos' [and now] one of the most important health care humanitarian organizations in the world. Hospitals and Health Networks Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Medecins Sans Frontieres provides detailed insights on the Doctors Without Borders medical ideals and culture... The result is a blend of organizational history and development and observations of the group's struggles to combat third world nation diseases, making for an outstanding social and health history. Midwest Book Review The author tells an exquisite story of the organization's origins and challenges... This book, honoring those who provide such important humanitarian assistance, will enrich a wide audience. Choice The author provides a well written ethnographic account of the often conflictual internal dynamics of inclusion and exclusion among various factions within MSF. This book is original in its scope, taking seriously the opinions and personal history of past and current MSF members, from the more prominent and infamous leaders to veterans of humanitarian aid and newcomers alike. -- Sadia Habib The Sociological Imagination Sociologist Renee C. Fox has written an eloquent, sensitive, and complex ethnographic profile based on extensive fieldwork. Fox conducted numerous interviews, site visits, and attended a number of major meetings and conferences; she ended her fieldwork at a landmark event, the first meeting of a newly created International General Assembly which also marked MSF's 40th anniversary. She describes her role as an "insider-outsider" combining access to internal information, public documents, and a staff blog. These multiple methods allowed her to become a sensitive yet detached and objective observer of the social relationships and culture of MSF. -- Susan M. Chambre Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly The first extensive social scientific description in English of MSF, its origins and action in the field, and its cultural identity...Reaching beyond the history of the organization-the schisms and tensions that it has undergone-the book aims to explore how these tensions are related to the field of operations and to what happens in the field. -- Johanna Simeant European Journal of Sociology How has MSF come to occupy this role as canary in the coalmine, as the embodiment of humanitarian ideals and as a provocative moral force for medical ethics and human rights around the world? This question is answered in Renee Fox's rich sociological and historical text... A must-read for anyone considering a medical mission abroad or studying humanitarian assistance. -- Lauren Carruth Global Public Health Sociologist Renee C. Fox has written an eloquent, sensitive, and complex ethnographic profile based on extensive fieldwork. Fox conducted numerous interviews and site visits, and attended a number of major meetings and conferences; she ended her fieldwork at a landmark event, the first meeting of a newly created International General Assembly which also marked MSF's 40th anniversary. She describes her role as an "insider-outsider" combining access to internal information, public documents, and a staff blog. These multiple methods allowed her to become a sensitive yet detached and objective observer of the social relationships and culture of MSF. -- Susan M. Chambre Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly Over half a million people contribute $10 or $20 to MSF each month... Doctors Without Borders will enlighten them about how hard yet rewarding this work is. Springer: Sociology ... a must-read for anyone considering a medical mission abroad or studying humanitarian assistance. Global Public Health Whether you like MSF or not, and whether you already know it or not, Doctors Without Borders provides a refreshing and unusual perspective of this larger-than life organization. Without complacency, but with the candor and attention to detail a social scientist can marshal, Fox takes us backstage where MSFers breathe, agonize, exult, or fulminate to defend a complex and imperfect idea of humanitarian action. Perspectives in Biology and MedicineTable of ContentsThe QuestsPart I1. Voices from the FieldPart II2. Origins, Schisms, and Crises3. "Nobel or Rebel?"4. MSF Greece Ostracized5. The Return of MSF GreecePart III6. La ManchaPart IV7. Struggling with HIV/ AIDS8. In Khayelitsha9. A "Non-Western Entity" Is BornPart V10. Reaching Out to the Homeless and Street Children of Moscow with Olga Shevchenko11. Confronting TB in Siberian Prisons with Olga ShevchenkoCodaAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Rutgers University Press The Burdens of Disease Epidemics and Human
Book SynopsisCovers the evolution of drug-resistant diseases and HIV/AIDS, along with data on mortality figures and other relevant statistics. This book chronicles perceptions and responses to plague and pestilence over two thousand years of western history.Trade Review"Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this. Hays's book should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses." * Isis *"Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally. A masterly and reliable synthesis." * American Historical Review *"This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire—and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way. A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine." -- M. Jeanne Peterson * Indiana University *"In The Burdens of Disease J. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues." -- Gerald Grob * Institute for Health Policy, Rutgers University *"An impressive text. Hays has presented us with a well-researched and insightful thesis, which deserves a wide readership not only among the microbiologically inclined, but also among all those concerned with the impact of microbial disease on public policy." * Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists *Table of ContentsList of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1One: The Western Inheritance: Greek and Roman Ideas about Disease 9Two: Medieval Diseases and Responses 19Three: The Great Plague Pandemic 37Four: New Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges 62Five: Continuity and Change: Magic, Religion, Medicine, and Science, 500–1700 77Six: Disease and the Enlightenment 105Seven: Cholera and Sanitation 135Eight: Tuberculosis and Poverty 155Nine: Disease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism 179Ten: The Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine 214Eleven: The Apparent End of Epidemics 243Twelve: Disease and Power 283 Notes 315 Suggestions for Further Reading 341 Index 357
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Johns Hopkins University Press Getting Under Our Skin
Book SynopsisHow vermin went from being part of everyone's life to a mark of disease, filth, and lower status. For most of our time on this planet, vermin were considered humanity's common inheritance. Fleas, lice, bedbugs, and rats were universal scourges, as pervasive as hunger or cold, at home in both palaces and hovels. But with the spread of microscopic close-ups of these creatures, the beginnings of sanitary standards, and the rising belief that cleanliness equaled class, vermin began to provide a way to scratch a different itch: the need to feel superior, and to justify the exploitation of those pronounced ethnicallyand entomologicallyinferior. In Getting Under Our Skin, Lisa T. Sarasohn tells the fascinating story of how vermin came to signify the individuals and classes that society impugns and ostracizes. How did these creatures go from annoyance to social stigma? And how did people thought verminous become considered almost a species of vermin themselves? Focusing on Great Britain and Table of ContentsIntroduction: Getting Under Our Skins: Vermin in History1. "That Nauseous Venomous Insect": Bed Bugs in Early Modern Britain2. Bed Bugs Creeping Through Modern Times3. Praying Lice: Creeping into Religion, Science and Sexuality4. Lousy Societies: Infesting the Lower Classes and Foreigners5. THe Perils of Lice in the Modern World6. The Flea in Humanity's Ear7. Modern Fleas: Literal and Linguistic Weapons8. Attacking Rodents: Rats in Early Modern Times9. The Two Cultures of Rats: 1800-2020Conclusion: The Power of Vermin
£25.17
OUP India Forked
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Indiana University Press The Education of Alice Hamilton
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis volume is valuable just for its windows—through a series of 40 photographs, a comprehensive table of honors and awards Hamilton received, and an extensive bibliography of other source material—into the formative years of our field and the life of a pathbreaking woman in academia. But the authors have brought Hamilton into the present moment through their careful synthesis of how she came to occupational epidemiology and remained absolutely faithful to science and to evidence-based advocacy at its best. -- Adam M. Finkel, ScD, CIH * AJPH Book & Media *Table of ContentsList of TablesPrefaceBrief Educational Biography1. Prologue: Alice Hamilton Arrives at Harvard2. Early Informal Education3. Learning in Transition to Adulthood4. Medical Schools5. Learning Self Confidence at Hull House6. Investigating the Dangerous Trades7. The Scientist as Social Scientist8. Epilogue: The Senior as a Public Intellectual9. A Photographic MemoirBibliography: Wilma R. Slaight Bibliography of the Writings of Alice Hamilton
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Rutgers University Press A Pill for Promiscuity: Gay Sex in an Age of
Book SynopsisFor a generation of gay men who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming sexually active meant confronting the dangers of catching and transmitting HIV. In the 21st century, however, the development of viral suppression treatments and preventative pills such as PrEP and nPEP has massively reduced the risk of acquiring HIV. Yet some of the stigma around gay male promiscuity and bareback sex has remained, inhibiting open dialogues about sexual desire, risk, and pleasure. A Pill for Promiscuity brings together academics, artists, and activists—from different generations, countries, ethnic backgrounds, and HIV statuses—to reflect on how gay sex has changed in a post-PrEP era. Some offer personal perspectives on the value of promiscuity and the sexual communities it fosters, while others critique unequal access to PrEP and the increased role Big Pharma now plays in gay life. With a diverse group of contributors that includes novelist Andrew Holleran, trans scholar Lore/tta LeMaster, cartoonist Steve MacIsaac, and pornographic film director Mister Pam, this book asks provocative questions about how we might reimagine queer sex and sexuality in the 21st century. Trade Review"The arrival of PrEP and biomedical prevention helped rescue a public centering of gay men's desire, pleasure and sex that was becoming marginalized in the fight for same sex marriage. By returning to the all-but-abandoned anthology as a necessary strategy of critical queer community dialogue, A Pill for Promiscuity: Gay Sex in the Age of Pharmaceuticals offers a compelling collection of voices on the complicated cultural and political dynamics of sex in the era of PrEP. " -- Kenyon Farrow * Managing Director of Advocacy & Organizing for PrEP4All *"A Pill for Promiscuity is a necessary collection, in a time where pharmaceutical culture and public health are too often narrating proper ideas of sexual practice and sexual intimacy. This volume speaks back to these problematic frames, through a rich offering of diverse voices from multiple genres of writing, which explore the complexity of sexual life in eras of disease." -- Jeffrey McCune * author of Sexual Discretion: Black Masculinity and the Polities of Passing *Table of ContentsCONTENTSIntroduction to Q+ Public Books by series editors E.G. Crichton and Jeffrey Escoffier1 Introduction: Why Promiscuity Matters by Andrew Spieldenner and Jeffrey Escoffier2 Notes on Promiscuity by Andrew Holleran3 Perspective: Fear4 Safety by Steve MacIsaac5 How I Learned to Stop Worrying: Or,The Straight Panic Defense by Daniel Felsenthal6 Perspective: Sex7 Reluctant Objects: Sexual Pleasure and HIV Prevention by Kane Race8 Learning How to Fuck on PrEP by Nicolas “Nic” Flores9 Gay Sex is Our Superpower by Alex Garner10 Perspective: Pharma11 “Heard about it before, but don’t know where to get it”: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to Securing PrEP by Deion Scott Hawkins12 PrEP in the Porn World by Pam Dore, aka Mr. Pam13 Auto-Pharmakon: Prescribing Utopia by Addison Vawters14 Perspective: Trauma and Healing15 S(t)imulation by Lore/tta LeMaster16 Playing in the Shadows: Cycles of Trauma by Ariel Sabillon17 When We Touch: A Reading on Queer Intimacies by Justice Jamal Jones and Andrew Spieldenner with Photographs by Justice Jamal Jones18 Epilogue: Promiscuity for the Non-Promiscuous by Andrew Spieldenner and Jeffrey EscoffierAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIndex
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides a comprehensive and transdisciplinary overview of current research in the field of health leadership. Emphasising diverse perspectives and under-explored issues, it calls for a sustainable future embracing social justice, technological innovation and artificial intelligence, patient-centredness of care, and the fair treatment of workers.With contributions from over 90 experts in the field, this Handbook includes a wide range of key debates in healthcare leadership, focusing specifically on including voices from the Global South. Chapters explore the historical development of leadership theories and practices in healthcare, and identify cutting-edge initiatives which will shape the future of the discipline. International case studies examine critical issues including the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, leadership of healthcare charities, and changes in the leadership contribution of healthcare professions in the 21st century. Addressing the challenging question of persistent variation in healthcare leadership quality, this Handbook scrutinises the impact of leadership at every level on an organisation’s culture. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students in health policy and management, business leadership, and the sociology of work. It will also be beneficial for healthcare practitioners and policy makers looking to deepen their understanding of effective management in the field. Trade Review‘With this book, Naomi Chambers has brought together renowned scientists whose research contributes to the evidence that great leadership is the key to better patient experiences at a lower cost. I recommend this book to anyone seeking knowledge about how collective, compassionate, ethical, connective and transformational leadership can be applied in everyday practice, or to anyone who has this as a research interest. It is profound work that is most welcome in an era where the scarcity of healthcare professionals is already manifesting itself daily.’ -- Kees Ahaus, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands‘This comprehensive volume will be an important reference for scholars and researchers but also has much that will be of value to practising leaders in health care. The presentation of the theoretical components is wide-ranging, clear, and accessible and is combined with case studies and vignettes that bring it to life.’ -- Nigel Edwards, Nuffield Trust, UK‘This excellent major edited collection offers evidence-based insights into the complexity of healthcare leadership in turbulent times. International experts share research-based analysis of the context, theory and practice of leading health and care services and systems, together with a comprehensive set of international case studies of how best to develop healthcare leaders and leadership.’ -- Judith Smith, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare: Introduction Naomi Chambers PART I - THE HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP LANDSCAPE 2 A brief history of healthcare leadership Stephanie Snow and Lawrence Benson 3 Healthcare leadership: cultures, climates and compassion Michael West and Suzie Bailey 4 The role of leaders in implementing health reforms Jean-Louis Denis and Susan Usher 5 Leadership insights in the creation of a global sustainable workforce Charlotte Refsum and Mark Britnell 6 Healthcare leadership in resource constrained environments Walter Mkumbuzi, Walter Mangezi and Crispen Sachikonye 7 Healthcare leadership with Political astuteness Justin Waring, Simon Bishop, Jenelle Clarke, Mark Exworthy and Jean Hartley 8 The contribution of leadership for effective integration of care Robin Miller, Axel Kaehne and Jon Glasby PART II – THEORIES & FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN THE HEALTHCARE CONTEXT 9 Psychodynamic leadership in healthcare settings Christos Plakiotis 10 Comrades in adversity: The role of action learning in healthcare leadership development Helen Baxter and Simon Moralee 11 The role of trait emotional intelligence in healthcare leadership Stephanie Russ, Matheus França Perazzo and Konstantinos V. Petrides 12 Addressing the adaptive challenges of leadership and organizational decision making in healthcare settings: A dynamic managerial capabilities perspective Gerard P Hodgkinson and Jane Ferguson 13 The relationship between transformational leadership, leadership agility, work engagement and adaptive performance – a theoretically informed empirical study Sandra C. Buttigieg, Maxine Vella Cassia and Vincent Cassar 14 Leadership for quality improvement Charlotte Overton, Joy Furnival, Anna Lewis, Ceri Feltblower and Jane Robinson 15 Insights from complexity theories for healthcare leadership Jo Maybin, Kiran Chauhan and Simon Newitt 16 Openness in healthcare leadership Graham Martin and Frances Wu 17 Healthcare board leadership and governance: conceptual framings and controversies Kristof Eeckloo and Melissa De Regge 18 Organisational Change for Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership: Role of Stakeholders in Attaining Gender Equity Mariam Mousa, Kathleen Riach, Jacqueline Boyle, Helen Skouteris, Jenny Proimos and Helena Teede PART III – THE MORAL COMPASS OF HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP: THE ROLES OF THE PUBLIC, THE PROFESSIONS AND THE REGULATORS 19 Leadership for patient-centred care Jeremy Taylor and Sophie Staniszewska 20 Ethical leadership in healthcare Jillian McCarthy and Karen Shawhan 21 Regulatory leadership: conducting mundane work to ‘tailor’ rules Lieke Oldenhof and Roland Bal 22 Leadership that promotes access to services for marginalized people: championing better health and care for people with disability Helen Dickinson and Catherine Smith 23 Cross cultural leadership Judit Csiszar, Akiko Otani, Feroza Dawood and Zhining Goh 24 The value proposition for nursing in the NHS – enabling a shift from cost pressure to public value Elaine Maxwell and Abigail Masterson 25 Leadership and governance of the response to Covid-19 in the UK Chris Ham PART IV – INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES 26 Leadership to manage mission drift: the case of health charities working in Africa Crispen Sachikonye and Ronnie Ramlogan 27 Leadership and team building in primary care: the experience of CASAP in Catalonia Alba Brugués, Atoni Peris and Tino Martí 28 New professions and leadership: the case of healthcare scientists in the UK Simon Moralee and Berne Ferry 29 Healthcare leadership on the front line: meanings, value and potential Wilma van der Scheer 30 Supporting the transition from individualistic to collective leadership: A longitudinal study of a university-healthcare partnership Roman Kislov, Gill Harvey and Mike Bresnen 31 The Nursing Now Campaign: Global evidence for advancing the status and profile of nurses in healthcare leadership Barbara Stilwell 32 Case Study of Leadership Crossing Borders: The Burma Skincare Initiative Su Mar Lwin and Christopher Griffiths PART V – HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 33 Leader and leadership development for healthcare managers Ann Mahon 34 Social movements in healthcare: learning for leaders Stella Christou 35 Health system leadership development in selected African countries: challenges and opportunities Lucy Gilson, Jacinta Nzinga, Marsha Orgill and Zakaria Belrhiti, 36 Healthcare Leadership Development for Co-Creating Public Value Mirko Noordegraaf and Marlot Kuiper 37 Problems and opportunities in increasing the diversity of healthcare leaders: a narrative review of factors affecting promotion and retention for racially minoritised women Rakhi Chand 38 The use of data science by healthcare leaders Reza Salehnejad and Nathan Proudlove 39 Digital Leadership and Community Strategies to Transform Population Health Mohan Tanniru 40 At the heart of getting things done in complex health care ecosystems: leadership strategy, sensemaking and sensegiving Jeffrey Braithwaite, Peter Hibbert and Robyn Clay-Williams and Kate Churruca 41 From Paternalism to Mutualism Eco-Leadership: the cultural transformation of healthcare Simon Western 42 Conclusion to the Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare Naomi Chambers Index
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Taylor & Francis Public Health Evaluation and the Social Determinants of Health Routledge Studies in Public Health
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Making of a Tropical Disease
Book SynopsisA global history of malaria that traces the natural and social forces that have shaped its spread and made it deadly, while limiting efforts to eliminate it. Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of peopleand kills nearly a half a millioneach year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in tropical areas. How did malaria disappear from other regions, and why does it persist in the tropics? From Russia to Bengal to Palm Beach, Randall M. Packard's far-ranging narrative shows how the history of malaria has been driven by the interplay of social, biological, economic, and environmental forces. The shifting alignment of these forces has largely determined the social and geographical distribution of the disease, including its initial global expansion, its subsequent retreat to the tropics, and its current persistence. Packard argues that efforts to control and eliminTable of ContentsForeword, by Charles E. RosenbergPreface: MulandaIntroduction: Constructing a Global Narrative1. Beginnings2. Malaria Moves North3. A Southern Disease4. Tropical Development and Malaria5. The Making of a Vector-Borne Disease6. Malaria Dreams7. Malaria Realities8. Rolling Back Malaria9. Malaria Eradication ReduxConclusion: Ecology and PolicyAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Health Wellbeing and Sustainability in the Mediterranean City
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Johns Hopkins University Press Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIf you're looking for a guide through the tangled thickets of global food systems, you can do no better than Jess Fanzo's book Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?.—Eat This PodcastOverall, the book provides an insightful and convincing overview for anyone interested in food and sustainability.—L. A. Reisch, F. C. Doebbe, Journal of Consumer PolicyFanzo's position as an expert and thought leader in global food systems brings a balanced, informed, comprehensive approach to the text often missing in food policy books.—Journal of Public Health PolicyTable of ContentsPreface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Yes, We'll Have No BananasChapter 1. Are We What We Eat, or What We're Fed?Chapter 2. Can Cooking Curry in Cambodia Trigger a Tornado in Texas?Chapter 3. Do We Have the Right to Eat Wrongly?Chapter 4. Can Better Policies Create Better Food?Chapter 5. Can One Bee Save the Hive?NotesIndex
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TROPZAM A Life in Medicine
Book SynopsisFrom free healthcare for all in the twentieth century to no care at all for numerous UK citizens in the twenty-first, due to the foundering National Health Service (NHS)! The author was latterly employed in London. This is thus a brief history of healthcare in Britain in recent years.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Handbook of Salutogenesis
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding to the rapidly growing salutogenesis research and application arena.Revised and updated from the first edition are background and historical chapters that trace the development of the salutogenic model of health and flesh out the central concepts, most notably generalized resistance resources and the sense of coherence that differentiate salutogenesis from pathogenesis. From there, experts describe a range of real-world applications within and outside health contexts. Many new chapters emphasize intervention research findings. Readers will find numerous practical examples of how to implement salutogenesis to enhance the health and well-being of families, infants and young children, adolescents, unemployed young people, pre-retirement adults, and older people. A dedicated section addresses how salutogenesis helps tackle vulnerability, with chapters on at-risk children, migrants, prisoners, emergency workers, and disaster-stricken communities. Wide-ranging coverage includes new topics beyond health, like intergroup conflict, politics and policy-making, and architecture. The book also focuses on applying salutogenesis in birth and neonatal care clinics, hospitals and primary care, schools and universities, workplaces, and towns and cities. A special section focuses on developments in salutogenesis methods and theory.With its comprehensive coverage, The Handbook of Salutogenesis, 2nd Edition, is the standard reference for researchers, practitioners, and health policy-makers who wish to have a thorough grounding in the topic. It is also written to support post-graduate education courses and self-study in public health, nursing, psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Table of ContentsPARTS AND CHAPTERS (Revised Chapters Indicated by Δ)Part I Salutogenesis from its origins to the presentWhat is new in the 2nd Edition?Maurice B. MittelmarkThis is a two-page summary of the entire book, and explains the rationale for a new edition so soon after the 1st edition. It also brags a bit about the popularity of the 1st edition.Mileposts in the development of salutogenesis as a thriving academic arenaBengt LindströmThis new chapter gives Bengt a chance to tell the recent history of salutogenesis' development as a scientific arena, which only he can do justice to. It indicates names, places, events, and key developments that are the mileposts of our field’s development since the mid-1990’s.Δ Meanings of Salutogenesis: The Salutogenic Model of Health, The Sense of Coherence, and the broader salutogenic orientationMaurice B Mittelmark and Georg F. BauerThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ A profile of Aaron Antonovsky by two who knew him well (1923-1994)Avishai Antonovsky and Shifra SagyThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ Antonovsky’s development of the salutogenesis ideaEva LangelandThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing. Eva takes over as sole author, with a footnote thanking the original contributions of Hege Vinje and Torill Bull, both of whom are unavailable this time round, and both of whom have told us they are delighted that Eva is taking over the reins.Salutogenesis meeting places: The Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis, the Global Working Group on Salutogenesis, and the Center on Salutogenesis at the University of ZurichGeorg F. BauerThis new chapter gives Georg the opportunity to tell readers about our infrastructure to support salutogenesis’ development, and it is a sort of follow-up to Bengt’s earlier chapter. Georg promotes the Society and our web site.Part II Key concepts in the salutogenic model of healthSummary by Part Editor Monica ErikssonA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The Sense of Coherence: The concept and its relationship to healthMonica Eriksson and Bengt LindströmThis returning chapter plans to be lightly polished, but Monica may have more ambitious plans.Δ The Sense of Coherence: measurement issuesMonica Eriksson and Paolo ContuThis returning chapter plans to be at least lightly polished, but perhaps the updated version is to be more extensive, with Paulo coming on as an enthusiastic new co-author (Maurice is coming off from his co-author role in the 1st edition).Δ Salutogenesis: generalised resistance resourcesOrly Idan, Monica Eriksson, Michal Al-Yagon and Ruca MaassThis returning chapter aims to be lightly polished.Δ Salutogenesis: specific resistance resourcesMaurice B. Mittelmark, Marguerite Daniel and Helga UrkeThis returning chapter is lightly polished.Part III The sense of coherence in the life courseSummary by Part Editor Claudia Meier MagistrettiThis Part emphasizes the centrality of cultural contexts at all life course phases, and also the importance of learning in the life course.A one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.The development of the sense of coherence in pre-, peri- and early postnatal lifeClaudia Meier Magistretti, Soo Downe, Shefaly Shorey, Bengt LindströmThis new chapter proposed by Claudia has several interested, possible co-authors, but authorship and order is still not decided.Δ The sense of coherence in families and childrenOrly Idan, Orna Braun-Lewensohn, Bengt Lindström and Malka MargalitThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ The sense of coherence in adolescenceOrna Braun-Lewensohn, Orly Idan, Bengt Lindström and Malka MargalitThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ The sense of coherence in older peopleMaria Koelen, Monica Eriksson and Mima CattanThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing. Not sure if Mima is available this time.Effectiveness of interventions to enhance the sense of coherence over the life courseClaudia Meier Magistretti, Bengt Lindström, Monica ErikssonThis new chapter may have co-authors, but it is still TBD.Part IV Salutogenesis beyond healthSummary by Part Editor Shifra SagyA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Salutogenesis beyond health: interdisciplinary research advancesShifra Sagy, Anan Srour and Adi ManCollective sense of coherence: advances of the concept from the individual to group levelsShifra Sagy, Anan Srour and Adi ManaSalutogenesis, the sense of coherence and intergroup relationsShifra Sagy, Anan Srour and Adi SrourΔ Positive Psychology and its relation to salutogenesisStephen Joseph and Shifra SagyA very light polishing of the 1st-edition chapter.The application of salutogenesis in political settingsGeir Arild Espnes, Ruca Elisa Maass, Mathieu Roy, Delors Juvinyà Canal and Bengt LindströmThis is a new chapter proposed by Geir and with Ruca, Mathieu, Delors and Bengt expressing eagerness to contribute. Shall this chapter address only health politics, and/or political processes more generally? What about equity, social justice, equal opportunity? It should be more than just health if it is to in this Part. It is important for Geir and potential co-authors to discuss this thoroughly, in concert with Shifra, so we can decide where in the book it is really at home.The application of salutogenesis to preservation of the environmentTrevor Hancock is to be contacted by Bengt Lindström about taking lead author responsibility for this chapterPart V Salutogenesis and community-based health promotionSummary by Part Editor Maurice MittelmarkA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The application of salutogenesis in communities and neighbourhoodsLenneke Vaandrager and Lynn KennedyA light polishing is in order, but maybe Lenneke and Lynn have more ambitious plans - TBD.The application of salutogenesis to communitywide mental health promotionVibeke Koushede and Robert DonovanThis new chapter is centered on the ABCs of mental health project in Denmark, and hopefully also the Act-Belong-Commit project in Australia if Robert is interested in participating… Vibeke needs to contact him about this. Both programmes are mental health promotion campaigns using a community approach. Nina Helen Mjösund from Norway might be a good addition to this chapter, but she has not been contacted about this as yet. It is up to Vibeke to decide whether to contact Nina or not.Δ The application of salutogenesis in cities and townsRuca Elisa Karin Maass, Monica Lillefjell and Geir Arild EspnesThis most likely gets a light polishing.The application of salutogenesis in neonatal and infant care settingsSoo Downe (pending confirmation), Claudia Meier Magistretti, Bengt Lindström, Shefaly ShoreyThis new chapter is proposed by Claudia, and the other persons listed have all indicated great interest in this topic. Claudia plans to have discussions with Soo and Shefaly about their participation.The application of salutogenesis in early childcareBengt Lindström and Helga UrkeThis is a new chapter that Bengt and Helga are already in contact about, both ready and eager to collaborate on this.The application of salutogenesis for active, engaged ageing at homeMélanie LevasseurThis chapter and author is a suggestion by Mathieu, and Mélanie is quite happy to take the lead.Digital health promotion and the advancement of salutogenesisPauline Bakibinga, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Georg F. BauerThis new chapter was proposed some time ago (at our Zurich meeting) by Pauline, and Luis and Georg have indicated keen interest. Pauline needs to get a dialogue going between this author grouping to outline the contents of the chapter.Salutogenesis post-graduate education: Experience from the European Perspective on Health Promotion Summer courses, 1991 to the presentVaandrager, L. Bonmati, A., Contu, P., Ortiz Barreda, G., Masanotti, G., Hofmeister, A., Boonekamp, G., Kennedy, L., Pocetta, G., Juvinya, D., Garista, P., Lindstrom, B. & Wrzesińska, M.Maurice is delighted that this group has agreed to participate with a description of this capacity-building summer school on health promotion, in which salutogenesis has permeated every nook and cranny!Part VI Salutogenesis in health-promoting organisations and environmentsSummary by Part Editor Georg F. BauerA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The application of salutogenesis in organisationsGeorg F. Bauer and Gregor J. JennyThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis at workGregor J. Jenny, Georg F. Bauer, Katharina Vogt and Steffen TorpThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in restorative settingsEike von Lindern, Freddie Lymeus and Terry HartigThis gets a light polishing.Δ Salutogenic architectureJan A. GolembiewskiThis gets a light polishing, but knowing Jan it might well be more than that.Salutogenesis for organisational leaders and decision makers: Case studies illustrating what is possibleMathieu Roy and Sally FergusonThis new chapter is under early discussion by Mathieu and Sally.Δ The application of salutogenesis in schoolsBjarne Bruun Jensen, Wolfgang Dür and Goof BuijsThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in universitiesMark Dooris, Sharon Doherty and Judy OrmeThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in the training of health professionalsLiv Hansen Ausland and Eva LangelandThis gets a light polishing. Liv has kindly agreed to take lead author responsibility as Hege Vinje is unable to do it.The Application of Salutogenesis in Military SettingsAvishai AntonovskyThis new chapter is enthusiastically proposed by Avishai; Maurice is unaware if Avishai plans to ask co-authors to contribute.Part VII The application of salutogenesis in health careSummary by Part Editor Jürgen M. PelikanA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The application of salutogenesis in hospitalsChristina Dietscher, Ulrike Winter and Jürgen M. PelikanThis gets a light polishing.The application of salutogenesis in primary health careDaniela Rojatz, Peter Nowak, Jürgen M. PelikanThis is a new chapter, covering an area that was missed in the 1st edition.Δ The application of salutogenesis in mental healthcare settingsEva LangelandThis gets a light polishing by Eva, without Hege who was co-author in the first edition.Δ The application of salutogenesis in vocational rehabilitation settingsMonica Lillefjell, Ruca Elisa Karin Maass and Camilla IhlebækThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in residential care settingsViktoria Quehenberger and Karl KrajicThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in chronic care settingsIsabelle Aujoulat, Lawrence Mustin, François, Julie Pélicand and James RobinsonThis gets a light polishing.The application of salutogenesis in midwifery practiceSally Ferguson and Deborah DavisA very welcome new chapter!Sense for coherence: An emerging concept for salutogenesis practice?Claudia Meier MagistrettiAlso a very welcome new chapter; Maurice is not sure it belongs here and needs to hear more from Claudia about its main theme.PART VIII Salutogenesis in challenging social circumstances and environmentsSummary by Part Editor Bengt LindströmA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The salutogenic approach to childcare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on children who thrive in the face of adversityDickson Amugsi, Pauline Backibinga, Dennis MatandaThis offering is from three of Maurice's former PhD students, from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, a real lift for participation in the book from Africa!Salutogenesis and migrationMarguerite Daniel and Fungisai Puleng Gwanzura OttemöllerThis is from two of Maurice's closest colleagues here in Bergen, whose research is centered right on this topic.Salutogenesis as a framework for child protectionGaby Margarita Ortiz BarredaGaby plans to recruit co-authors; she is a new, very productive member of Maurice's Department.Salutogenesis in Dementia CareJan Golembiewski, Lenneke Vaandrager, Monica Eriksson (pending her interest)Jan is doing a lot of work on this subject these days, and he is very enthusiastic to take this chapter on in addition to his returning chapter elsewhere in this book.Salutogenesis as a framework for social recovery after disasterMathieu Roy and Mélissa GénéreuxA new chapter proposed by Mathieu.Salutogenesis and the mental health of first respondersAvishai AntonovskyA new chapter proposed by Avishai; he may recruit co-authors.Salutogenesis in PrisonsJames Woodall, Nick de Viggiani, Rachael Dixey, and Jane SouthThis new chapter ‘replaces’ the 1st-edition chapter by Henning et al on correctional officers. It now covers prisons more comprehensively.Part IX Salutogenesis theory and methods: developments and innovationsSummary by Part Editor Lenneke VaandragerA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Evolution of the ‘health’ concept in salutogenesisJürgen M. Pelikan and Georg F. BauerA new chapter these fellows have been dying to write for ages!An Integrated Health Development Model: Interaction Paths of Pathogenesis and SalutogenesisGeorg F. BauerGeorg has written about this integration before, but we need it in our book!Theoretical issues in the further development of the sense of coherence constructJacek HochwälderMaurice recruited Jacek after reading some of his newer work on salutogenesis as theory. He has a forthcoming journal publication on this subject that is impressive.Qualitative approaches to the study of the sense of coherenceAvishai Antonovsky, Lenneke Vaandrager, Susana Arveklev Höglund, Ulla Hällgren Graneheim, Berit Lundman (Pending expressions of interest from the last four)This is Avishai’s proposal, supported enthusiastically by Monica and LennekeThe dynamic interrelatedness of the sense of coherence componentsLuis Saboga-NunesThis is Luis’ proposal, as a member of the Working Group.Context-sensitive evaluation of salutogenic interventionsLenneke VaandragerLenneke is tremendously excited about writing this chapter!Salutogenesis and health literacy – how do these concepts relate?Jürgen M. Pelikan, Luis Saboga-NunesThese two are already in contact about this chapter; they may ask other health literacy aficionados to participate.Fostering salutogenesis and Indigenous CommunitiesMargareth Santos Zanchetta, Melissa Stevenson, Joanna Anneke Rummens, Michelle Peltier and two collaborators, Jessica Sherk and Matthias Nunno.Maurice recruited Margareth and her team after reading her work on this subject; this chapter really adds depth and context to the book.Salutogenesis in academic literature other than English: A comparative analysisBengt LindströmBengt and Maurice had the idea to include other languages in this way, thinking that it might be too early to update the languages Part from the 1st edition. This analysis plans to use, among other material, the chapters in this Part of the 1st edition.
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Springer International Publishing AG Community Resilience When Disaster Strikes:
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the operationalization of community resilience in the United Kingdom (UK) in connection with severe floods. Written for early academic professionals, students, and community practitioners, it investigates the educational and practical meaning and application of community resilience using a UK-centric local-level case study. Exploring the perceptions of both those who have been affected by a natural hazard and those who have not, the book reveals how trust, community resources, and neighborhood security can offer effective ways of bringing communities together after a natural hazard. The author introduces the topic of community resilience as it applies to disasters in Chapter 1 and its implications for securing and improving the wellbeing of disaster-affected communities in Chapters 2 and 3. In Chapter 4, the lessons learned contributing to the available information and research on community resilience are reviewed. Finally, the author offers recommendations and outlines future directions in coping with the uncertainty and insecurity caused by natural hazards in Chapter 5.Table of Contents1. What is community resilience? How does it apply to coping with uncertainty caused by disasters?.- 2. What do disaster-affected communities say about community resilience? How do specific communities think and apply community resilience?.- 3. What do high flood-risk areas of the UK understand about community resilience?.- 4. How do the elements of community resilience relate to the Negative Outcomes of Flooding? Lessons for coping with uncertainty and future security.- 5. Recommendations to improve community flood security through community resilience approaches.
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Oxford University Press Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
Book SynopsisThis essential book comprehensively covers the diagnosis, treatment and management of cardiovascular disease in obese patients, translating up-to-date clinical research findings into clinical practice.Trade Review...for any clinician who looks after this group of patients it will be a useful guide and also a good starting point for people interested in developing their knowledge of obesity-related heart disease * British Journal of Hospital Medicine *Table of Contents1. Obesity and the cardiovascular system: redefinition of this relationship ; 2. Obesity definition, classification, phenotypes, and worldwide prevalence ; 3. Metabolically healthy obesity ; 4. Adipose tissue and the heart ; 5. Markers of adiposity ; 6. Echocardiography in obesity ; 7. Obesity and atherosclerosis ; 8. Obesity and hypertension ; 9. Electrocardiogram and arrhythmias in obesity ; 10. Obesity and heart failure ; 11. Obesity and peripheral venous diseases ; 12. Obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea ; 13. Weight loss strategies ; 14. Major trials in obesity ; Further reading
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MIT Press Ltd Visual Plague The Emergence of Epidemic
Book SynopsisHow epidemic photography during a global pandemic of bubonic plague contributed to the development of modern epidemiology and our concept of the “pandemic.”In Visual Plague, Christos Lynteris examines the emergence of epidemic photography during the third plague pandemic (1894–1959), a global pandemic of bubonic plague that led to over twelve million deaths. Unlike medical photography, epidemic photography was not exclusively, or even primarily, concerned with exposing the patient’s body or medical examinations and operations. Instead, it played a key role in reconceptualizing infectious diseases by visualizing the “pandemic” as a new concept and structure of experience—one that frames and responds to the smallest local outbreak of an infectious disease as an event of global importance and consequence. As the third plague pandemic struck more and more countries, the international circulation of plague photogra
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Open University Press Female Forms
Book Synopsis* What is the relevance of feminist ideas for understanding women's experiences of disability?* How can the social model of disability be developed theoretically?* What are the key differences between Disability Studies and medical sociology?In answer to these questions, this book explores and develops ideas about disability, engaging with important debates in disability studies about what disability is and how to theorize it. It also examines the interface between disability studies, women's studies and medical sociology, and offers an accessible review of contemporary debates and theoretical approaches. The title Female Forms reflects two things about the book: first, its use of disabled women's experiences, as told by themselves, to bring a number of themes to life, and second, the author's belief in the importance of feminist ideas and debates for disability studies. The social model of disability is the book's bedrock, but the author both challenges and Table of ContentsSeries editor's prefaceIntroductionPart one: Defining disabilityDefining disabilitythe social modelDefining disabilitya definitional riddleDisability and the social self Part two: Female formsDisability and feminist perspectivesthe personal and the politicalDisability and genderWherein lies the difference?Part three: Understanding disabilityTheorizing disability and impairmentDisability Studies and medical sociologyChapter notesReferencesIndex.
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Open University Press Measuring Disease 2E
Book Synopsis"Anyone seeking to identify potentially useful disease-specific measures for their study will find this a good starting point." Quality of Life ResearchPraise for the first edition:"...text that is remarkably detailed and comprehensive in its coverage of a range of quality of life measures...Bowling's book provides an important step towards the development of measures of quality of life that are both sensitive and rigorous." - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health"...a most useful and comprehensive addition to the literature...The book is readable, well referenced and up to date. I recommend any group that wishes to attempt to measure health outcomes to consider adding this book to their resource list." - Australian Health Review"...this book gives an in-depth and comprehensive insight in health-related quality of life scales...a most valuable guide in helping the reader search for the scale with the best psychometric properties. FurTable of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsHealth-related quality of lifeconceptual meaning, use and measurementCancersPsychiatric conditions and psychological morbidityRespiratory conditionsNeurological conditionsRheumatological conditionsCardiovascular diseasesOther disease-and condition-specific scalesAppendixa selection of useful scale distributors and addressesReferencesIndex.
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Open University Press Economic Evaluation
Book SynopsisThere are so many ways in which health might be improved today and, as technology improves, the opportunities will increase. However, there are limits to budgets as well as other resources so choices have to be made about what to spend money and time on. Economic evaluation can help set out the value of the costs and benefits from competing choices. This book examines how to undertake economic evaluation of health care interventions in low, middle and high income countries. It covers: Ways in which economic evaluations might be structured Approaches to measuring and valuing costs and effects Interpreting and presenting evidence Appraising the quality and usefulness of economic evaluations Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.Table of ContentsOverview of the book SECTION 1: THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC EVALUATION Chapter 1: Efficiency and economic evaluationChapter 2: Framing an economic evaluationChapter 3: The role of decision analysis in economic evaluationChapter 4: Introduction to economic modellingChapter 5: Introduction to Markov modellingSECTION 2: MEASURING AND VALUING RESOURCE USEChapter 6: Cost of health servicesChapter 7: Valuation of non-health service resourcesSECTION 3: MEASURING AND VALUING CONSEQUENCESChapter 8: Approaches to measuring health and lifeChapter 9: Valuing changes in health using non-monetary approachesChapter 10: Monetary valuation of health and non-health consequencesChapter 11: Issues concerning equity in the valuation of outcomesChapter 12: DiscountingSECTION 4:PRESENTING AND INTERPRETING THE EVIDENCEChapter 13: Interpreting incremental cost-effectiveness ratiosChapter 14: Basic sensitivity analysisChapter 15: Probabilistic sensitivity analysisChapter 16: Guidelines for Economic EvaluationSECTION 5: APPRAISING THE QUALITY AND USEFULNESS OF ECONOMIC EVALUATIONChapter 17: Critical appraisal of an economic evaluationChapter 18: Transferring cost-effectiveness data across space and timeChapter 19: Use of economic evaluation in practice and policyChapter 20: Critique of economic evaluationGlossaryIndex
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Open University Press Social Policy An Introduction
Book SynopsisWhat are social policies?How are social policies created and implemented?Why do certain policies exist?The fourth edition of this highly respected textbook provides a clear and engaging introduction to social policy.The book has been thoroughly updated to include: Changes in social policy introduced by the Coalition government Incorporation of an international perspective throughout, as well as anew chapter: The global social policy environment Updated pedagogy to stimulate thought and learning Comprehensive glossary Social Policy is essential reading for students beginning or building on their study of social policy or welfare. The wide-ranging coverage of topics means that the book holds broad appeal for a number of subject areas including health, social policy, criminology, education, social work and sociology."This textbook has always been a useful teaching resource because it combines substantiTable of Contents List of activitiesList of tablesList of figuresList of boxesThe authors PrefaceThe subject of social policyIdeas and concepts in social policyThe development of social policy in BritainThe global social policy environment The contested boundaries of social policy: the case of criminal justiceWho gets what? Slicing the welfare cakeSocial policy, politics and social controlWho makes policy? The example of educationWork and welfareAre professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionalsUtopia and ideals: housing policy and the environmentCommunity and social careDevolution and social policyConclusion: the future of social policyGlossaryBibliography
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Cambridge University Press Principles and Practice of Social Marketing
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