Medical administration and management

Paul Dugdale argues that Australia's health policy scene is in rude health, with regular debates about major reform and a steady stream of minor reforms.

Praise for the first edition: "e;Valerie Iles has such a sensitive no-nonsense style that she easily succeeds in seducing the reader to accept her arguments about what is going so badly wrong with management in health care .

This book contains two Open Access chapters.

"e;This is an outstanding book and I would highly recommend it for any professional or faculty in a current public health role, and absolutely for a student in the fields of public health, nursing, health administration, health education,medicine, and information technology (artificial intelligence) This book provides the resources for professionals to learn and apply theory, analytics, quality, and services to understand populations with the ultimate goal of transforming U.

This book examines the financing of China's health system, argues that present arrangements are not adequate and proposes an increased role for commercial health insurance as a way of overcoming the difficulties.

Re-humanizing medical practice for doctors, clinicians, clients, and systems.

This book covers the processes of management and leadership in healthcare practices.

Despite effective approaches to prevention, STD and HIV infection rates remain fairly constant.

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.

The convergence of emerging technologies is reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace, and healthcare is no exception.

First published in 1936, this book is a continuation of Sir Arthur Newsholme's Fifty Years in Public Health and covers a wide variety of topics in relation to the subject.

Expertly mixing theory with practice, this text makes a unique and important contribution to the area of health management.

This book is written for the many Life Science PhD students who may pursue careers outside of academic research.

First in a new series on economic issues in the context of health care policy, Health Technology Assessments by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence examines Britain's highly acclaimed approach to cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), and its international potential.

Publishing on the 50th anniversary of the opening of St Christopher's Hospice - widely thought of to be the first modern hospice, combining pain and symptom management with education and training - this edited collection discusses what motivates professionals and volunteers to provide spiritual care.

This volume offers extensive information on preventive and infection surveillance procedures, routines and policies adapted to the optimal infection control level needed to tackle today's microbes in hospital practice.

Analysing Health Care Organizations seeks to link the world of health policy and management with the academic field of organization studies in a novel and additive way.

With adults over sixty becoming an ever-increasing proportion of the global population, the challenge of accommodating the needs, preferences, and abilities, of this heterogeneous population has increased.

This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective.

The book engages healthcare trainees in a comprehensive and probing discussion of the communication demands that confront today''s healthcare teams.

Plain English for Doctors shows how to write about medical science in a clear and vivid way.

A systematic review of the most current decision models and techniques for disease prevention and treatment Decision Analytics and Optimization in Disease Prevention and Treatment offers a comprehensive resource of the most current decision models and techniques for disease prevention and treatment.

Integrated Care in Psychiatry: Redefining the Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Medical Setting is a landmark title in the field, offering a clear, detailed, and cohesive call by leading experts for coordinated care for patients with concurrent psychiatric and medical conditions.

Think - Plan - BuyThis is the first complete guide for creating a sustainable healthcare simulation program/center.

Appointment Planning in Outpatient Clinics and Diagnostic Facilities provides a concise overview of the medical and mathematical aspects of appointment planning in healthcare.

Prepare for an uncertain future with a solid vision and innovative practices.

No specialty faces more diverse and challenging ethical dilemmas than palliative medicine.

In Turning the World Upside Down Nigel Crisp argued that the most affluent and powerful countries in the world can learn a great deal about health from lower income countries with their different insights and experiences and their ability to innovate free from vested interests and received wisdom.

This book offers valuable guidance to neurointensivists, other neurocritical care staff, and those desiring to develop a neurocritical care unit via a thorough discussion of neurological emergencies and neurocritical care unit organization.

This ground-breaking book uses organizational ethics and stakeholder theory to explore the ethical accountability of leadership in healthcare organizations to their distinct vulnerable stakeholder communities.

Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic shares the stories of frontline health workers-told in their own words-during the second wave of COVID-19 in Australia.

Reproductive medicine has been very successful at developing new therapies in recent years and people having difficulties conceiving have more options available to them than ever before.

The book follows a proven training outline, including real-life examples and exercises, to teach healthcare professionals and students how to lead effective and successful Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to eliminate patient harm.

Implement change that fosters sustainable growth and better patient care Health care projects depend on astute management of change.

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing is an essential aid to the practising cancer nurse.

From the parking lot to the exam room, doctors can improve the physical surroundings for their patients, yet often they do not.

This book should prove valuable in relieving stress and anxiety, especially important nowadays as the journey from diagnosis to cure or death is longer due to improvements in medical treatments.

The ethical aspects of the operation of healthcare organizations (HCOs) are central to the delivery of health care.

Hospitals, just like orchestras, are made up of many "e;instruments"e; which play their notes on their own, yet within a broader symphony.

Electronic health records are widely regarded as the 'connective tissue' of any modern healthcare system.

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?

This book examines the financing of China's health system, argues that present arrangements are not adequate and proposes an increased role for commercial health insurance as a way of overcoming the difficulties.

A COMPLETE UPDATE AND REVISION OF THE CLASSIC TEXT"e;At last, a manual of operations for comparing the cost-effectiveness of a preventive service with a treatment intervention.

Are you involved in caring for people at the end of their life?

One of the most challenging roles of the psycho-oncologist is to help guide terminally-ill patients through the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the dying process.

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Pediatric Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adolescents living with cancer and their families.