Health Policy

Drawing on insights from work in medical history and sociology, this book analyzes changing meanings of personalized medicine over time, from the rise of biomedicine in the twentieth century, to the emergence of pharmacogenomics and personal genomics in...

On an average day in the United States, guns are used to kill over ninety people and wound about three hundred more; yet such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence. Private Guns, Public Health reveals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977404701Author Bernard D RostkerFormat HardbackPage Count 550Imprint RANDPublisher RAND

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789290612223Author Who Regional Office for the Western PacificFormat PaperbackPage Count 31Imprint WHO Regional Office for the Western PacificPublisher WHO...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789290611653Author Who Regional Office for the Western PacificFormat PaperbackPage Count 59Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241564410Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 37Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health Organization

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789289072953Author J.N. BlauFormat PaperbackPage Count 319Imprint WHO Regional Office for EuropePublisher WHO Regional Office for EuropeWeight(grams) 730g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241503143Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health OrganizationWeight(grams)...

Health care in the United States has made remarkable advances during the past forty years. Yet our health care system also has several well-known problems: high costs, significant numbers of people without insurance, and glaring gaps in quality and...

Some painful news: Canada no longer has the best health-care system in the world. How might we fix Canada’s health-care system? Why would we want to? What’s stopping us from doing so? These three questions lie at the heart of this in-depth exploration of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789289051378Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 111Imprint WHO Regional Office for EuropePublisher WHO Regional Office for Europe

Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Fifth Edition provides students of public health, medicine, nursing, public policy, and health administration with an introduction to a broad range of seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815776314Author Louise B. RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

As Americans struggle with the dual problems of exploding health care costs and ensuring access to health care for the uninsured, health care rationing has moved to the center of the public policy debate. A prime example of this is the intense public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815724834Author Michael DoonanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

In 1983 Congress changed the way Medicare pays for hospital care. Under the new prospective payment system, hospitals are paid a fixed rate, set in advance, to cover a patient's stay. If costs are less than the fixed rates, the hospital keeps the profit;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838212678Author Ken A BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonPublisher ibidem-Verlag, Jessica...

The public health community plays a vital role in identifying, responding to, containing, and recovering from emergencies. Essentials of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management takes an all hazards approach to public health preparedness and...

This book marks the retirement of Professor Sheila McLean, whose contribution to the discipline of medical law has been truly ground breaking. As one of the pioneers of the discipline, Sheila McLean inspired a revolution in the ways in which lawyers,...

With health care reform at the top of the domestic agenda, this volume assesses the Clinton administration's proposals and several alternative plans by discussing how six other countries have organized health care finance and delivery to achieve...

A thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of a text that has become an international standard for curriculum development in health professional education.Intended for faculty and other content experts who have an interest or responsibility as...

Sustainable Healthcare sets out a vision for medical care of high quality, manageable cost and low impact on the planetary systems which sustain us. In tackling the major challenges of our age, such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and climate...

Sustainable Healthcare sets out a vision for medical care of high quality, manageable cost and low impact on the planetary systems which sustain us. In tackling the major challenges of our age, such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and climate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119277231Author HodachFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher John Wiley & Sons IncWeight(grams) 408g

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of the state's response to public health and public order issues through deeply flawed legislation. Written in the context of the #BlackLivesMatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement...

This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today-smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990776304Author Kennedy StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour Publishing

This timely book is the most comprehensive account yet of recent commissioning practice in the English NHS and its impact on health services and the healthcare system. Drawing on eight years of research, expert researchers in the field analyse crucial...

This is a practical introduction to understanding and undertaking health needs assessment, a key issue in primary care. The different assessment methods, including surveys and patient views, are given a straightforward analysis and there is invaluable...

For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health. This new edition addresses the key challenges facing governments and health practitioners today, within the context of rapid shifts in global...

How can caregivers remain both caring and strong enough to withstand the stress of their work?How can caregiving organizations effectively improve their management and practice?Increasing pressure on caregiving organizations to serve more people with...

Britain is sick and it needs saving. Covid-19 has brought death, disruption and disorder. It has revealed fundamental failures in public policy and our approach to health. For years, the same failures have perpetuated a host of modern plagues -...

How cutting-edge economics can improve decision-making methods for doctorsAlthough uncertainty is a common element of patient care, it has largely been overlooked in research on evidence-based medicine. Patient Care under Uncertainty strives to correct...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692415320Author David HogbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint NcpprPublisher NcpprWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

A thoroughly updated and expanded guide to honing your public policy writing skills-and making a significant impact on the world.Winner of the George Orwell Award by the National Council of Teachers of EnglishProfessionals across a variety of disciplines...

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the world's vulnerabilities to health and economic ruin from disease outbreaks. But the pandemic merely reveals fundamental weaknesses and contradictions in global health. What are the roots of discontents in global...

A growing body of knowledge has revealed the profound impact of the social determinants of health-the social, political, and economic factors apart from health care that influence health. The question is no longer if social factors are important...

A wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge* inequalities and patterning of health and illness*...

This book contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be understood by reference to both the wider social and political context, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present within the NHS itself. It aims to take students beyond a...

Fifteen years ago the AIDS `epidemic' did not exist on the public agenda. In just over a decade the public and official response to the disease has resulted in the development of a whole network of organizations devoted to the study, containment, and...