Public Health category: 1911 books
An Introduction to Health Policy
A Primer for Physicians and Medical Students
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
Based on the current climate of our nation’s finances and healthcare spending, it is clear that young doctors and medical students are likely to see a dramatic transformation of the manner in which America offers medical care to its citizens over the course of their careers. As such, it is pivotal...
by Christopher Heginbotham, OBE
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Health and social care commissioning is a values-driven as well as evidence-driven enterprise. However, whereas there has been an expectation that the evidence-base of commissioning should be made fully explicit, the corresponding values-base has been left largely implicit. The book addresses this...
Analysis of Complex Disease Association Studies
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
According to the National Institute of Health, a genome-wide association study is defined as any study of genetic variation across the entire human genome that is designed to identify genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood pressure or weight), or the presence or absence of a disease...
by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson, Chong Yap Seng
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Explaining the practical implications of new discoveries in 'life-course biology', Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding is an informed resource on factors that affect offspring development. The impact of parental lifestyle and behavioural choices influence not only fetal development...
Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health
How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Medical sociologist Gayle A. Sulik reveals the hidden costs of the pink ribbon as an industry, one in which breast cancer functions as a brand name with a pink ribbon logo. Based on historical and ethnographic research, analysis of awareness campaigns and advertisements, and hundreds of interviews,...
The Weight of the Nation
Surprising Lessons About Diets, Food, and Fat from the Extraordinary Series from HBO Documentary Films
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
People today work harder and take better care of their health than any previous generation. So how could two-thirds of us fail to measure up when it comes to eating right and exercising? HBO and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences have joined together to bring you the nation's...
by Richard K. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2007
-First edition by McGraw-Hill, 1998.
-Textbook for courses on health administration and planning
-Author is fairly well-known in the field.
Measuring Health Care
Using Quality Data for Operational, Financial, and Clinical Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
This invaluable guide shows students and professionals how measurements and data can be used to balance quality services and financial viability and how measures can help to evaluate and improve organizational, clinical, and financial processes. The book explains the various performance measurement methods used in health care and shows their practical impact on clinical patient outcomes.
by Tim Benson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Joined-up healthcare makes information available when and where it is needed to improve safety, efficiency and effectiveness. Politicians may take interoperability between healthcare computer systems for granted, but it is non-trivial. Healthcare integration projects are notoriously under-estimated...
HIV in South Africa
Talking about the big thing
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Winner of the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2008
Of approximately 37 million HIV positive people in the world, 24.7 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and about 5..5 million in South Africa. Despite its relatively powerful economy and infrastructure, South Africa has been dramatically...
by Natasha Howard, Egbert Sondorp, Annemarie Ter Veen
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This introductory text is perfect for students new to the specialised area of the theoretical constructs underlying health and humanitarian work.
Medicine Unbundled
A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
A shocking exposé of the dark history and legacy of segregated Indigenous health care in Canada.
After the publication of his critically acclaimed 2011 book Drink the Bitter Root: A Writer’s Search for Justice and Healing in Africa, author Gary Geddes turned the investigative lens on his...
by Liza Cragg, Maggie Davies, Wendy Macdowall
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This fully updated edition will help students and professionals develop an understanding of the core health promotion theories.
Mama Might Be Better Off Dead
The Failure of Health Care in Urban America
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019
North Lawndale, a neighborhood that lies in the shadows of Chicago’s Loop, is surrounded by some of the city’s finest medical facilities, Yet, it is one of the sickest, most medically underserved communities in the country.
Mama Might Be Better Off Dead immerses readers in the lives of...