Health Care Issues

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for BC Book Awards - The George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature 2021 and BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize 2021 and BC Book Prize's...

Through a unique interdisciplinary perspective on health care quality and safety, McLaughlin & Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, Fifth Edition covers the subjects of operations management, organizational behavior, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804116145Author Peter CanningFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804116145Author Peter CanningFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism delves deep into the full body of past and current research to reveal how genetic predispositions and environmental factors can combine to produce the conditions autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).To...

Critical reflection enables practitioners - especially those within health and social care -to theorise from their own practice, improving and developing their work and practising both creatively and professionally.This book provides an accessible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583228623Author Barbara SeamanFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 383g

Inside intelligence you will need to make informed decisions, financially and compassionately, when caring for aging loved ones-whether they are living at home, in a care facility, or in the hospital or hospice care.Do you have a parent or aging loved...

"With a fine combination of humor, compassion and vast knowledge, Talya Miron-Shatz offers clear and useful guidance for the hardest decisions of life."-Daniel Kahneman, Nobel award-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowA top expert on decision-making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931191166Author Sheryl HenselFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Suzy PruddenPublisher Suzy PruddenWeight(grams) 54gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 3mm

Touted as a potential breakthrough cancer therapy in the 1980s by the scientific community and publications such as TIME and Newsweek magazine, the reputation of interferon has not lived up to its early promise. Interferons are small proteins with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411739Author Herbert Ho Ping KongFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 642g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493600137Author Jordan TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

Americans have always been the world's most anxiously enthusiastic consumers of "enhancement technologies." Prozac, Viagra, and Botox injections are only the latest manifestations of a familiar pattern: enthusiastic adoption, public hand-wringing, an...

An explosive book that exposes the truth about breast cancer screening.For decades, women have been told that mammograms save lives. Yet many scientists say that this is in fact not true. Conspiracy of Hope reveals how breast cancer screening was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312428259Author Melody PetersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to improving patient outcomes through relationship building and the use of information technology to foster communication between patients, families, and health...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550408300Author Kenneth WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Mediscript Communications, Inc.Publisher Mediscript Communications, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896616537Author Laura Flynn M B aFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Mediscript Communications, Inc.Publisher Mediscript Communications, Inc...

Provides the most up-to-date information on transgender science and its applications, for gender-diverse people, their supporters, and the professionals who assist them to lead healthy, happy, and successful lives. The number of people presenting at...

This essential collection on maternal and child health focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. The distinguished list of contributors describe the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, highlighting a wide range...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451608403Author Armon B Neel Jr PharmdFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955917745Author Jennifer CraigFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint IMPACT Investigative Media ProductionsPublisher IMPWeight(grams) 233g

Cosmetic surgery has become the subject of intense media and public interest in the last few years. It is unique amongst the surgical specialties in that prospective patients are directly targeted by advertising, and often, through the use of aggressive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640480469Author Ace McCloudFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Pro Mastery PublishingPublisher Pro Mastery PublishingWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm)...

Learning is at the heart of change. This book breaks new ground in exploring the need for individuals to engage in personal change, through learning, as an essential part of achieving significant change in organisations. It explains how to engage with...

Health care regulatory agencies demand that patients receive efficient, competent, compassionate care; however, because of caregivers' own unhealed issues along with other factors, care often falls short of those goals. Melanie Sears, RN, MBA, PhD,...

This book explores the thoroughly human dimension of the health care and prevention responses to the HIV crisis in the UK, and the impact that such initiatives had on the progression of the epidemic. This book presents a compelling account of the...

Death, Dying and Palliative Care in Children and Young People: Perspectives from Health Psychology examines the issues relevant to children and young people living with serious illness and their families by taking a closer look at the literature and...

Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927677537Author Elie KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint 10-10-10- PublishingPublisher 10-10-10- PublishingWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

How to identify and see through deceptive and unethical health marketing practices Health scams come in all shapes and sizes-from the suppression of side-effects from prescription drugs to the unproven benefits of 'traditional' health...

This clear and balanced introduction to welfare economics reflects the most recent advances in the field. Designed for third-year undergraduate and graduate courses, it offers an extensive treatment of both the theory of welfare economics and the...

Ask the Foot Doctor provides a personal and comprehensive guide to pain-free, happy, healthy feet to last a lifetime. Everyone has a foot problem or a question about their feet. Ask the Foot Doctor answers 210 of the most commonly asked questions with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999578704Author Carol TrasattoFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Greenwild Publishing LLCPublisher Greenwild Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 1012g

In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor's perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents - and ourselves - from the Perils of Modern Healthcare reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging...

An insider's guide to searching online, communicating with your physician, and maximizing your health from a doctor who works at Google.We've all been there. Late at night, staring into the glow of a phone trying to make sense of some health-related...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802145048Author Sorrel KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767920438Author Dan HurleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

We all know that doctors accept gifts from drug companies, ranging from pens and coffee mugs to free vacations at luxurious resorts. But as the former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine reveals in this shocking expose, these...