Health systems and services

This book is a critical response to a range of problems - some theoretical, others empirical - that shape questions surrounding the lived experience of suffering.

While a surgeon many decades agotreated diseases from headtotoe, this concept has evolved, and today some degree of specialization is the rule worldwide.

Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection disengages from the common forms of discussion about violence related to mental health service users and survivors which position those users or survivors as more likely to enact violence or become victims of violence.

This book explores the current wider political, social and economic context of hospitals in the public and private sector globally and identifies the push and pull tension between the demands of the quality regulator and the requirements of health care commissioning processes.

Originally published in the "e;International Quarterly of Community Health Education"e;, this work presents twenty-one chapters about the state of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in a global context.

Today's health care systems need doctors and consultants to act as leaders, within the multi-disciplinary team, in addition to carrying out their clinical role.

Healthcare is shifting towards a holistic, whole person approach to improve population health, decrease cost of care, and improve patient, and provider experiences.

Since the creation of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, many clinicians have wanted an up-to-date, comprehensive reference on lipidology.

Unter dem Motto "Mitarbeitersicherheit ist Patientensicherheit" widmet sich das Werk der psychosozialen Unterstützung von Behandelnden, und zwar vornehmlich aus der Perspektive der Patientensicherheit: Fehler und andere kritische Situationen können nicht nur Patienten und Angehörige schädigen, sondern auch die Behandelnden.

This book has been written primarily for general practitioners; it describes the social problems which are presented by patients to their doctors for help and advice.

Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health.

The field of health literacy has evolved from one focused on individuals to one that recognizes that health literacy is multidimensional.

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.

Most business readers have heard of the Lean principles developed for factories a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errors producing more while using less.

The engaging autobiographical account of a poet-in-residence at a psychiatric hospital who helps a silent young man regain his speaking voice through writing poetry.

This book sets out to answer the key question of how healthcare providers can move from a fragmented to an integrated provision, including how ICT be used to develop a market approach - variety and choice of service providers for patients - against a background of institutionalised and ingrained practices.

Written by an experienced psychotherapist, this book provides professionals in the fields of health and wellbeing with a guide to human relationships with food, and their impact on mental health.

This timesaving resource features: Treatment plan components for 31 behaviorally based presenting problems Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions plus space to record your own treatment plan options A step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans that meet the requirements of most accrediting bodies, insurance companies, and third-party payors Includes new Evidence-Based Practice Interventions as required by many public funding sources and private insurers PracticePlanners THE BESTSELLING TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner, Second Edition provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal agencies.

The extended role physiotherapy has been given increased attention over the past decade in North America and Europe.

The population is aging rapidly, even faster than demographers envisioned two decades ago.

This book features over 50 of the industry's brightest female pioneers who share insightful lessons backed by several years of experience, as well as tips for navigating a successful career in HIT.

The 2008 Rosenthal Lecture featured a talk on Prospects for Health Reform in 2009 and Beyond.

Person-Centred Teams provides much-needed guidance on person-centred working following the roll out of personalisation and personal budgets across health and social care.

Der Kostendruck im Gesundheitswesen zwingt zu kostensenkenden Erneuerungen bisheriger Behandlungsverläufe.

This book aims to teach the skills for assessing the quality of a medical article.

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Always interesting and informed, national award-winning journalist Mark Hagland demonstrates how pioneering organizations are combining new tools with a new way of thinking to reinvent the way we deliver health care services in this country.

Healthcare Solutions Using Machine Learning and Informatics covers novel and innovative solutions for healthcare that apply machine learning and biomedical informatics technology.

This edited collection focuses on the global growth of privatisation and private sector medicine in both developed and lesser developed countries, and the impact of this on patients, health workers, managers and policy-makers.

How does the contemporary restructuring of health care affect nursing practice?

Using art therapy, lived experience, and DBT skills in combination, this book offers insight into how, together, these methods can help prevent youth suicide.

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.

Mental health care for people experiencing schizophrenia has changed dramatically over the last twenty years.

Health professionals often take on managerial roles at short notice and with little or no preparation.

Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology Biotechnology is divided into two volumes.

Choices in Palliative Care will address the need for more information on the management of palliative care programs.

In this thorough revision, updating, and expansion of his great 2007 book, Empathy in Patient Care, Professor Hojat offers all of us in healthcare education an uplifting magnum opus that is sure to greatly enhance how we conceptualize, measure, and teach the central professional virtue of empathy.

"e;This charming little book offers students and professionals alike a chance to review their knowledge of pathophysiology in a simple and easy to use manner It summarises all key areas and offers the reader a quick questions and answers book which is unique in the paramedic literature world.

Personality Disorder offers a comprehensive and accessible collection of papers that will be practically useful to practitioners working in secure and non-secure settings with patients who have personality disorders.

A large number of healthcare employees, whether they are on the frontlines or in management, work in complex, fluid environments.

The most thorough psychiatry review available for the USMLE Step 2 CK and psychiatry clerkship exam - completely updated to reflect the DSM-5Covering all of the clerkship's core competencies, LANGE Q&A Psychiatry delivers more than 800 exam-style questions and answers with concise but comprehensive explanations of correct and incorrect answer options.

Preventing War and Promoting Peace focuses on how health professionals can actively engage in the prevention of war and the promotion of peace.