Health systems and services

With the same clarity that made the previous editions bestsellers, Healthcare Delivery in the U.

Addressing the challenge of covering heath care expenses—while minimizing economic risks.

Family Medicine: Principles and Practice, 5th edition is a comprehensive reference source providing crystal clear guidelines for diagnosing and managing the common acute and chronic problems regularly encountered by the Family Practitioner.

While Canadians are proud of their healthcare system, the reality is that it is fragmented and disorganized.

This book focuses on the patient experience as a leadership strategy.

Using Books in Clinical Social Work Practice: A Guide to Bibliotherapy introduces clinical social workers and other helping professionals to bibliotherapy, an innovative approach to helping individuals deal with psychological, social, and developmental problems.

This is the first Nursing book on cancer care designed around a conceptual model of whole person care.

International in scope, The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change Brings together 32 contributions from well-respected scholars and practitioners in the field, addressing a wide range of communication approaches in current global health programs Offers an integrated view that links communication to the strengthening of health services, the involvement of affected communities in shaping health policies and improving care, and the empowerment of citizens in making decisions about health Adopts a broad understanding of communication that goes beyond conventional divisions between informational and participatory approaches

This is the fifth publication under the IIIT-A Series on e-Governance.

This book intends to promote and assist professionals to better understand the global burden of disease methodology.

A masterful synthesis of relational and attachment theory, neurobiology, and contemporary psychoanalysis, Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame has been internationally recognized as an essential text on shame.

"Der Käsekonsum entwickelt sich von 2000 bis 2010 parallel zur Anzahl der Menschen, die auf tragische Weise unter ihrer Bettdecke erstickt sind.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Many patients with pulmonary complaints fail to improve despite physicians' best efforts.

Headache is a global problem and the needs of sufferers go largely unmet.

Das interdisziplinäre Buch wendet sich an alle Neurologen und Kardiologen sowie Allgemein-Internisten, die mit den Berührungspunkten zwischen Kardiologie und Neurologie konfrontiert sind.

the Atlas of AIDS Co-infection illustrates imaging features and clinical outcomes of AIDS related diseases.

Decoding the significance of proteinuria as an indicator of severity or prognosis in kidney disease is a stimulating challenge to students and practitioners of nephrology.

Written by the top medical student rotators, this book provides medical students with the often elusive information and skills required to ace their clinical rotationsChapters cover all major medical sub-specialties such as internal medicine, general surgery, cardiology, dermatology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and ophthalmology.

Das erfolgreiche 7-Minuten-Programm für eine starke Psyche, mehr Gelassenheit und Energie – von Bestsellerautorin Dr.

Beim sogenannten Managerboxen werden die Trefferregion „Kopf“ und damit das eigentlich „Gesundheitsschädliche“ im Boxsport ausgespart, sodass sich diese Sportart zunehmend auch dem Breiten- und Hobbysportler öffnet.

Radiology to me is an art more than a science; an art of imaging the human body, and an art of extracting information from an image.

Academic medical centers continue to require evidence of scholarly activity for their faculty to maintain their appointment and to advance in promotion/rank.

Healthcare for transgender people is in crisis.

Studying for licensure examinations is like eating a twelve course meal: if you try and do it in five minutes, it will make you sick.

TO ACUPUNCTURE A Practical Guide for GPs and other Medical Personnel Peter Pearson, MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG The Medical Centre, Yateley, Cambedey, Surrey GU17 7LS Publisht;d in.

When should we try to prevent suicide?

Although Reliability Engineering can trace its roots back to World War II, its application to medical devices is relatively recent, and its treatment in the published literature has been quite limited.

Auch im Bereich der Psychiatrie und speziell der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie ist der "Konsument" kritischer geworden.

The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems.

A comprehensive, evidence-based introduction to the area of lymphology, the book is directed mainly to the US audience and will appeal to an interdiscplinary field of health professionals.

Private mental health practice is a vibrant, thriving, and financially rewarding profession.

Den Forderungen an das Krankenhausmanagement hinsichtlich einer dauerhaften Existenzsicherung sollte mit dem Einsatz erprobter Instrumente begegnet werden.

Over the last three decades enormous effort has gone into strengthening public health information systems (HIS).

Have you ever marveled at the wisdom you see in the eyes of a dog?

Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse draws upon theories of time and space to consider how informal care is woven into the fabric of everyday lives and is shaped by social and economic inequalities and opportunities.

Die Attestierung von Arbeitsunfähigkeit aufgrund psychischerBeschwerden nimmt in den letzten Jahren kontinuierlich zu.

In today's interconnected world, healthcare systems are increasingly turning to digital technologies to enhance patient care and optimize operations.

Community psychology is a diverse field.

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach with a wide scope of perspectives on primary healthcare, describing related principles, care models, practices and social contexts.

The WHO's history spans a period of over six decades, with particular emphasis on the past twenty years.

Addiction: A Behavioral Economic Perspective focuses on the behavioral economics of addiction to explain why someone decides and act against her own well-being.

In today's contentious political environment surrounding abortion, clinicians, counselors and social workers need a clear framework for providing skilled, compassionate decision counseling.

Increased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need.

Depression und Demenz sind mit Abstand die häufigsten psychiatrischen Störungen in der zweiten Lebenshälfte.

Deciding Children's Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating parents are contesting arrangements for the care of their children.

This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare industry in times of great uncertainty.

The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) have been moving from volume-based, fee-for-service payment to value-based payment (VBP), which aims to improve health care quality, health outcomes, and patient care experiences, while also controlling costs.