Public Health category: 1911 books
Ending Medical Reversal
Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic...
The Second Amendment
An Excerpt from Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
For many years, some groups have claimed that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stands as an obstacle to most gun control laws. Lawrence E. Rosenthal and Adam Winkler debunk this myth with careful legal analysis of recent court decisions, including District of Columbia v. Heller. This...
by Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
In 2013—in the wake of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School—Johns Hopkins University Press published Reducing Gun Violence in America, a collection of essays written by the world’s leading experts on gun violence. Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun Violence...
The Obesity Epidemic
Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work—and What Does
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
In a world where charlatans promise to fix the alarming obesity epidemic with a silver-bullet diet or trendy new exercise program, Robyn Toomath, a physician and realist, steps out of the fray to deliver some tough news: it’s really hard to lose weight. Dispelling common myths and telling provocative...
Prescription for the Future
The Twelve Transformational Practices of Highly Effective Medical Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
How can America's healthcare system be transformed to provide consistently higher-quality and lower-cost care? Nothing else in healthcare matters more.
Prescription for the Future identifies some standout medical organizations that have achieved higher-quality, more patient-focused, and lower-cost...
by Andrew T. Price-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2009
An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.
by Russell Colling, C.P.P, CHPA
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
Hospital and Healthcare Security, Fifth Edition, examines the issues inherent to healthcare and hospital security, including licensing, regulatory requirements, litigation, and accreditation standards. Building on the solid foundation laid down in the first four editions, the book looks at the changes...
by Raymond Neville
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
In this eBooklet, I discuss my personal experience of Diabetes Type 2, from illness, to diagnosis, to my research and finally my discovery of a simple, easy natural cure. I point out the lack of information and sometimes misinformation, relating to this condition, from the medical and nutrition organizations...
by Debbie Rosenorn-Lanng
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Building on Level One, this volume of Human Factors in Healthcare continues to enhance and develop the SHEEP model, delving deeper into the challenges of leadership, conflict resolution, and decision making that healthcare professionals currently face. Presenting the five components of the SHEEP framework;...
Social medicine
Polarisation and perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
The second digital-only ebook taster of Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling. Competitively priced, it gives a flavour of one of the major themes: social medicine and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. This ‘must-read’ will introduce an even wider readership to his work.
Putting Patients First
Best Practices in Patient-Centered Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The second edition of Putting Patients First showcases what Planetree facilities and the Planetree organization have learned about the commitments, conditions, practices, and policies that are needed to do more than give lip service to being--patient-centered.--It should be read by every student,...
Chickenizing Farms and Food
How Industrial Meat Production Endangers Workers, Animals, and Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Over the past century, new farming methods, feed additives, and social and economic structures have radically transformed agriculture around the globe, often at the expense of human health. In Chickenizing Farms and Food, Ellen K. Silbergeld reveals the unsafe world of chickenization—big agriculture’s...
by Raymond D. Harbison, Marie M. Bourgeois, Giffe T. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Providing a concise, yet comprehensive, reference on all aspects of industrial exposures and toxicants; this book aids toxicologists, industrial hygienists, and occupational physicians to investigate workplace health problems.
• Updates and expands coverage with new chapters covering regulatory...
by Katherine Bassford
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Are you addicted to the ‘white stuff’? And are you aware of the dangers in your diet?
Sugar, in everything from blatantly indulgent chocolate to seemingly innocent fruit juices, is not something that manufacturers like to shout about, but the truth is it’s everywhere. Sweet treats make...