Health systems and services

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The decade ahead will test the nation's nearly 4 million nurses in new and complex ways.

This practical guide provides essential knowledge and tools for nursing and healthcare students and practitioners to develop their leadership skills, from the very beginning of their practice and throughout their careers.

In this explosive expose of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N.

Whether a patient, health consumer, physician, nurse, health executive, or elected official, somewhere deep in our brains is this simple truth: the American health system isn't working, and it will only get worse if we don't do something about it.

This comprehensive reference work edited by one of the leading authorities on obesity presents an up-to-date survey of the current scientific understanding of the metabolic syndrome, as well as an overview of the most significant changes to the field over the past 30 years.

This edited volume offers the first overview and reflective discussion of how design can contribute to people's wellbeing and mental health in the context of dementia, mental illness and neurodiversity.

The third edition of this incisive practitioner resource and course text--updated for the DSM-5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)--takes the reader step by step through diagnostic decision making in mental health.

This comprehensive reference work edited by one of the leading authorities on obesity presents an up-to-date survey of the current scientific understanding of the metabolic syndrome, as well as an overview of the most significant changes to the field over the past 30 years.

With Primary Health Care: Myth or Reality, Drs.

Whole health is physical, behavioral, spiritual, and socioeconomic well-being as defined by individuals, families, and communities.

Crew Resource Management (CRM) zielt auf die optimale Nutzung aller menschlichen Ressourcen, die Verbesserung der Kommunikation der Teammitglieder und eine Standardisierung der Ablaufe sowie Verfahren.

This book investigates how mental health in South Africa is conceptualised and constructed in public policy.

Every community is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are collaborations among public and private entities (e.

Understanding and addressing the impact of racial trauma is vital for providing culturally responsive, trauma-informed care.

This complete medical informatics textbook begins by reviewing the IT aspects of informatics, including systems architecture, electronic health records, interoperability, privacy and security, cloud computing, mobile healthcare, imaging, capturing data, and design issues.

This book presents the advancements in the disaster risk reduction and resilience building in the countries affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami countries.

One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025'Girl, Interrupted for the age of the prescription pill.

The increasing prominence of generative AI across various industries presents an abundance of opportunities for integration within the healthcare sector.

In 2009 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) began to assess the need for better-defined medical and public health crisis standards of care (CSC) for catastrophic disasters and public health emergencies.

A National Academies committee hosted a public workshop series in 2023.

The seventh edition of Pediatric Nephrology, now in three volumes, has been extensively updated and also contains much new material.

Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care.

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Oral health care and medical health care both seek to maintain and enhance human health and well-being.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 40 million people in the United States suffer from a serious illness that limits their daily activities.

Women's healthcare is in crisis.

A hallmark of high-quality cancer care is the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at the right time.

This book introduces peer interventions (primarily peer education, peer counselling and peer support) for the positive promotion of health and wellbeing as alternative or parallel methods to traditional clinical processes for reaching hard-to-access populations.

The increasing prominence of generative AI across various industries presents an abundance of opportunities for integration within the healthcare sector.

This book comprehensively explores the latest technological advancements in healthcare, with a particular focus on the application of cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and robotics.

There are significant challenges facing the workforce needed to provide high-quality care to increasing numbers of people living with serious illness.