Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts describes a range of successful programmes pioneered by artists, writers, nurses, musicians, therapists, social workers, and chaplains in palliative care settings.
Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.
A proven system for measuring the bottom-line value of any proposed healthcare initiativeHealthcare costs in the United States are soaring out of control, and virtually every forecast predicts no end to this unhealthy trend.
The proven four-step method for improving communication and managing conflict in any healthcare settingThe Exchange Strategy for Managing Conflict in Health Care delivers a wealth of strategies and techniques for structuring conversations about conflicts and issues in groups large and small.
How physician executives and managers can become outstanding leaders in times of rapid changeWritten by authors who have more than sixty years of combined experience in healthcare, physician, and organizational leadership, this groundbreaking book is an innovative blueprint for overcoming the complex changes and challenges faced by leaders in today's healthcare environment.
A complete introductory review of global health--updated to reflect the latest issues and challengesThe first edition of Understanding Global Health set a new information standard for this rapidly emerging subject.
The most convenient, quick-access admissions guide available, packed with clinical facts, figures, and data you will refer to again and againConcise yet complete, this indispensable resource is filled with not-to-be-missed details for admissions orders and the management of newly admitted patients.
In her groundbreaking book The Southwest Airlines Way, Jody Hoffer Gittell revealed the management secrets of the company Fortune magazine called "e;the most successful airline in history.
A renowned authority from Harvard Business School confronts America's health care crisis-and how consumer control can fix itPRAISE FOR WHO KILLED HEALTHCARE?
*Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*The simple sensation of touching someone's hand can have a powerful therapeutic effect.
*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*A near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon whereby powerful physical and emotional sensations and visions are experienced by someone who is either close to death or has been declared clinically dead.
When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.
Dieses essential bietet eine Analyse staatlicher Maßnahmen zur Bewältigung des Pflegekräftemangels, darunter das Pflegepersonal-Stärkungsgesetz, das Pflegeberufegesetz und das Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz.
Best-selling author and professional nurse Michael Alexander offers practical and achievable advice on how you can get the best out of hospital visits and admission.
There are not enough resources in health care systems around the world to fund all technically feasible and potentially beneficial health care interventions.
*; Outlines 10 steps for dying gracefully with the help of psychedelics, including how to navigate the complex legal landscape and find the right guide and therapy*; Looks at clinical studies of psychedelics from UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and NYU School of Medicine that show dramatic lessening of end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill patients*; Shares wisdom from experts on psychedelic research and palliative care, including Roland Griffiths, Katherine MacLean, Ira Byock, and Anthony BossisExamining the evolving landscape that is found around end-of-life psychedelic care, Dr.
The emerging dominance of managed care provided by profit-seeking corporations has intensified the public's concern that traditional business goals of maximizing profits will destroy medicine's traditional commitment to patient well-being.
The advent of Generative AI has democratized access to AI, prompting nearly everyone in healthcare organizations - from frontline workers to business leaders - to ask pressing questions: How can I be better equipped to support AI adoption meaningfully?
Quality in Healthcare: A Lean Six Sigma Project Approach delivers essential insights into quality management and performance improvement, focusing on the application of Lean Six Sigma methodologies in healthcare environments.
This book highlights the progresses achieved in the role of nurses in the hospital, critical care unit, community field, hospital, and at home for patient care management in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), especially in the South Asia and the Middle East.
Bringing together recent international research in the field of hospital communication and interaction, the contributors to this book contextualize clinical professional work by focussing on the rising intensity of information and communication practices in organizations generally, and in health care in particular.
Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, this key textbook offers an insight on the theory of emotional intelligence and its vital practical value.
This handbook explores the topic of death and dying from the late twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on the United States.
