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The past decade has brought to the fore the critical need to constantly envision and consider various scenarios where ongoing trends and sudden changes could together alter the provision of healthcare and the direction of medical research. This book...

While most healthcare facilities have an extremely high success rate at the most challenging lifesaving work and we all know of friends and relatives who have had supreme care, mistakes are still made and patients' lives have been put at risk and lost...

This fascinating new book describes the evolution of the medical profession and how the role of the doctor and expectations of that role have changed over time. It critically examines developments in the light of both external influences such as the...

The follow-up to Clinical Governance - Making it Happen considers the implications of clinical governance for a wide range of health care professionals including nurses, medical directors and chief executives. The contributors examine the role of the new...

A growing body of research demonstrates how the arts - including literary, performing and visual arts as well as architecture and design - can greatly enhance the experience of healthcare, contributing to improved health outcomes, a better patient...

While there are a growing number of books based on the Toyota Production System, or lean, focused on healthcare, there are very few that detail the tools that make lean more than just a way of thinking and put the methodology into practice.Based on...

Those at the grassroots of primary care have been provided with a unique opportunity to plan and shape the modern NHS. This book describes the work of primary care groups in their first months and describes everything from the initial aims of PCGs...

To the unsuspecting, wearing a stethoscope could not be more easy. You pick it up, place it around your neck and...hey presto...you look like you know what you are doing and people think you are a doctor...This is the no-nonsense guide to the reality of...

This informal, fun guide is ideal for anyone involved in public speaking; addressing a group of people in a wide range of situations including lecturing as part of your day job, presenting research findings to your academic peers, and presenting to...

This work includes a foreword by Micheal Dixon. Chair, NHS Alliance, Visiting Professor, Institute of Integrated Health, Westminster University and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Peninsula Medical School. This practical guide provides comprehensive...

The challenge of transforming organizational culture is at the heart of many key movements in contemporary healthcare, and understanding culture change has become a core leadership competency. However, much current practice is based on antiquated and...

Film directors recognize that neurologic disease impacts mind and motility and often use it in a plot or defining scene. It should be informative and educational to deconstruct neurologic representation in film. Neurocinema: When Film Meets Neurology is...

Health Care Operations and Supply Chain Management This innovative text offers a thorough foundation in operations management, supply chain management,?and the strategic implementation of programs, techniques, and tools for reducing costs and improving...

Healthcare Performance and Organisational Culture examines the evidence for a relationship between organisational culture and organisational performance in the health care sector. This book provides essential information to assist health managers improve...

This work contains a Foreword by Baroness Susan Greenfield, Director, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Fullerian Professor of Physiology, Senior Research Fellow Lincoln College and Honorary Fellow, St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford. This...

The relationship between poverty and child health has always been assumed but this book demonstrates how the evidence of history and of other societies establishes a causal link. The practical implications in health and social policy are presented in the...

Principles of Risk Management and Patient Safety identifies changes in the industry and describes how these changes have influenced the functions of risk management in all aspects of healthcare. The book is divided into four sections. The first...

Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with information management and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. Nursing Informatics...

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This volume provides an introduction to the process of clinical drug development. It demystifies the way new medicines are discovered, tested and regulated. This book is intended for those who wich to understand the background of clinical trials from a...

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Loaded with practical, enduring solutions, this book will help hospitals and health systems achieve increased productivity in a surprisingly short time and at low cost. This revised second edition not only supports current financial and workforce trends...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798823335560Author Anne HewittFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Cognella Academic PublishingPublisher Cognella Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 812g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599426556Author Deon L WollistonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Dissertation.comPublisher Dissertation.comWeight(grams) 367g

Borkowski's Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Health Care, Fifth Edition, offers a comprehensive, integrated approach to understanding organizational theory, design, and leadership within the healthcare setting.This updated edition combines the...

The Practice of Psychiatry in General Hospitals offers an insightful historical and practical analysis of the evolving role of psychiatry within mainstream medical institutions. Tracing the roots of mental health treatment from the era when psychological...

The Practice of Psychiatry in General Hospitals offers an insightful historical and practical analysis of the evolving role of psychiatry within mainstream medical institutions. Tracing the roots of mental health treatment from the era when psychological...

This book contains a Foreword by Allyson Pollock, Professor and Head, Centre for International Public Health Policy, University of Edinburgh. Healthcare students, practitioners and researchers need a sound basis for making valid statistical inferences...

- There is a remarkable shift towards technology and expert competence in the modern medical care which is reshaping the hospital services. Though affordability of cost is questionable, the need is incontrovertible - Hospitals need a sizable...

This text is aimed at potential clinical investigators usually physicians, especialy those thinking about doing clinical trials to evaluate new drugs - mostly sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.Book InformationISBN 9780748407125Author Christopher...

Roy Lilley, creator of the best selling Tool Kit series for the NHS, has produced his personal A-Z of management topics. It covers key issues for today's managers to think about and act upon. The author takes the 26 letters of the alphabet and matches...

Including perspectives from across various health sectors, Leading and Managing Health Services considers the fundamental leadership and management skills students need to successfully navigate change and innovation in health service settings. The second...

Thirty Rules for Healthcare Leaders is the essential guide for everyone in healthcare, from those just starting their careers to those who are established leaders. The authors have been in leadership roles within healthcare systems for several years, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646480722Author Cynthia M ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint SIGMA Theta Tau InternationalPublisher SIGMA Theta Tau InternationalWeight(grams)...