Health systems and services

Urological Men's Health: A Guide for Urologists and Primary Care Physicians covers the major urologic conditions that have an impact on the health and well being of the adult male.

This book is useful for any pharmacists, who need a readily available source of advice.

This book reviews evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings.

Based on the IOM's estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.

Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation.

While the JPEG image standard was developed more than 25 years ago, it is still dominant in terms of image formation, manipulation and transmission over the internet and other media.

Fit nach der Geburt und ein zufriedenes Baby - das wünschen sich Mütter, Väter und Großeltern.

Introduction to Theory-Driven Program Evaluation provides a clear guide for practicing evaluation science, and numerous examples of how these evaluations actually unfold in contemporary practice.

Q & A format/discusses the 'as-if' personality/malignant narcissism/projective identification/cumulative trauma/etc.

"e;To be alone is to be different.

"e;Principles of Diabetes Mellitus, Second Edition"e; is an important update to the comprehensive textbook first published in 2002 and reissued in 2004.

This third edition to the award-winning book is a straightforward view of a clinical data warehouse development project, from inception through implementation and follow-up.

This book focuses on the issue of optimizing radio resource allocation (RRA) and user admission control (AC) for multiple multicasting sessions on a single high altitude platform (HAP) with multiple antennas on-board.

This book presents the theory of integrating implification and it provides a profound evidence based study of Buurtzorg Nederland.

The most effective and comprehensive pharmacy review for the NAPLEX(R)The ultimate pharmacy review covering every topic tested on the exam1,500+ NAPLEX-style Q&As deliver unmatched preparation for the examBuild confidence and test-taking skills with more than 1500 NAPLEX -style questions and tried-and-proven tips for boosting exam performance Learn from detailed explanations why answers are correct or incorrect Improve in every essential competency: pharmacology, pharmaceutical calculations, pharmacy, pharmaceutical compounding, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, health care equipment and supplies, and pharmaceutical care Recognize all frequently dispensed drugs, including the 200 generic drugs most likely to be dispensed by pharmacistsEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO EXCEL ON THE NAPLEX Questions that cover every topic found on the examAn entire chapter devoted to patient profiles, with each profile accompanied by a series of questionsAn informative description of the computer-based examinationTwo valuable appendices: frequently dispensed drugs and trade names versus generic names

Does trust still matter in health care and who does it matter to?

Noch immer ist männliche Unfruchtbarkeit ein Tabuthema und für die meisten Betroffenen eine "stille" Krise: Männer sprechen kaum darüber, wenn ihre Fruchtbarkeit eingeschränkt ist oder sie keine Kinder zeugen können.

Über welche Kompetenzen müssen Menschen heute verfügen, um Krankheiten erfolgreich zu bewältigen oder - besser noch - zu vermeiden und um ihre Gesundheit zu erhalten und zu fördern?

Grounded in a wellness, strengths-based, and developmental perspective, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury is the ideal guide for counselors and other clinicians seeking to understand self-injurious behaviors without pathologizing them.

What Makes a Good Health Care System?

Despite its importance, youth policy is an often-ignored area of Government planning and legislation, and policy initiatives seem to lack any guiding theme or relevance to the needs of young people.

This book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system.

Written by the President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and a leading health care journalist, this groundbreaking book examines how leading organizations in the United States are pursuing the Triple Aim improving the individual experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of care.

The aging and evolving racial and ethnic composition of the U.

This revealing book tackles the daunting problem of increasing chronic illness in America, offering fresh ideas for the ways in which the challenge can be successfully managed.

This multidisciplinary book brings together medical, management, and architectural disciplines in order to formulate new approaches to the programming, planning, and design of healthcare facilities that will improve the quality of healthcare systems in rapidly developing countries, respecting local culture.

In patient care, inaccuracy often leads to error: the patient does not receive the right medication, the nurse is mistaken about the patient, the doctor is mistaken about the condition.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of common medical conditions that present in women's primary care clinics.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders have a high prevalence and are one of the main reasons for patients to consult with a provider.

Everything a resident or clinician needs-to-know about pediatric medicine in a concise bulleted format.

Praxisorientiertes Handbuch zur palliativen Pflege, das einfühlsam das "Leben in einem permanenten Augenblick" von Menschen mit einer Demenz beschreibt und zeigt, wie Pflegende sterbende demenzkranke Menschen pflegen, unterstützen und begleiten können.

Central American countries have long defined health as a human right.

Every day, thousands of people receive a diagnosis of serious, life-threatening illness, and their families and friends suddenly become caregivers.

Healthcare IT is a complex and rapidly evolving field.

The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector is certain to boost levels of automation and productivity but, paradoxically, it will also increase the availability of "e;first line competence.

Handbook of Service User Involvement in Mental Health Research In recent years, the need for patient and public involvement in medical research has been accepted around the world.

In 1988, an exciting and important new program was launched at the Institute of Medicine.

Children and Young People's Mental Health equips nurses and healthcare professionals with the essential skills and competencies needed to deliver effective assessment, treatment and support to children and young people with mental health problems and disorders, and their families.

Positive deviance – identifying those who demonstrate exceptional performance and investigating how they achieve this – has untapped potential in healthcare improvement.

Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers.

When policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether health insurance matters to health is often an issue.

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood.