Health Policy

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817910648Author John F. CoganFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 369g

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...

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

It is generally accepted in legal and bioethical discourse that the patient has a right to self-determination. In practice though, this is often not the case. Paternalism is waning and it is increasingly recognised that there are values other than...

How much does the condition of our housing affect our health? This timely new study looks in detail at the impact poor housing has on health, using data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS). It provides important information to inform the...

The global health community is broadly in agreement that achievement of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hinges upon both an escalation of the financial resources dedicated to primary health care (PHC) and a more effective use of...

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

Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performance indicators, the author argues that a return to a values-based approach to healthcare will create...

Despite its frequency and its potential severity, preventable medical harm is still prominent in American hospitals and continues to put an alarming amount of lives at risk, being the third leading cause of death in the United States. Even some of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815781974Author Martin A. StrosbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

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)...

"Accumulation and Constraint examines the dynamic world of advanced industrial health, exploring it as a means to better understand the internal differences in biomedical development (pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices) and health care...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815776239Author Louise B. RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

Health rights litigation is still an emerging phenomenon in Africa, despite the constitutions of many African countries having provisions to advance the right to health. Litigation can provide a powerful tool not only to hold governments accountable for...

This book underscores how, apart from bacteriological factors, human behavioural characteristics as well as the socio-cultural factors that affect people's lives contribute to the risk for and prevention of infection, with particular focus on malaria. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815793632Author Joseph WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525658207Author James TaberyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646481132Author Jacqueline M LoversidgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint SIGMA Theta Tau InternationalPublisher SIGMA Theta Tau...

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 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...

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 -...

Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health and premature death? Why do massive inequalities in health, both within and between countries, remain? In this devastating critique, internationally...

Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is. This makes health care one of the most important political issues today. This book looks at the reasons behind the declining condition of our bodies, as governments across the world choose to...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110859Author Elisabeth RosenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

This book explores the human rights consequences of recent and ongoing revisions of mental health legislation in England and Ireland. Presenting a critical discussion of the World Health Organization's 'Checklist on Mental Health Legislation' from its...

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...

In 2014, California suffered the largest and deadliest outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough," in more than fifty years. This tragedy was avoidable. An effective vaccine has been available since the 1940s. In recent years other diseases,...

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...

The modern penchant for transforming human problems into ""diseases"" and judicial sanctions into ""treatments,"" replacing the rule of law with the rule of medical discretion, leads to a type of government social critic Thomas Szasz calls ""pharmacracy...

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...

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...