For humanitarian reasons and the concern for households' economic and health security, the health sector is at the center of global development policy. Developing countries and the international com……続きを見る
Since the private health sector is an important and often dominant provider of health services in Sub-Saharan Africa it is the job of governments as the stewards of the health system to engage with ……続きを見る
In 2004 the Indonesian government made a commitment to provide its entire population with health insurance coverage through a mandatory public health insurance scheme. It has moved boldly already pr……続きを見る
What has been the impact of yet another food price spike on developing countries’ ability to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? How many poor people have been prevented fr……続きを見る
Supporting Children and Families gathers together the lessons learned from perhaps the largest scale social experiment ever undertaken in England - Sure Start, the programme designed to improve the ……続きを見る
When it was first published in 2006, Community Mental Health in Canada was hailed as a much-needed critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada. Comprehensive in sco……続きを見る
Given recent developments in health care and policy and a steadily increasing population of people of Mexican origin in the United States, a comprehensive look at Mexican American health has never b……続きを見る
Use the Medagogy Model to enhance patient communicationーand the efficiency of your practice In this unique guide, Dr. Melissa Stewart explains her patient-centered Medagogy conceptual framework, wh……続きを見る
The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and practice ……続きを見る
For years the NHS has been the most trusted of public institutions and the envy of many around the world. But today there is turmoil. Painful shortcomings in clinical care and patient experience, to……続きを見る
Drug use is a major challenge for public services, healthcare professionals and policy-makers all over the world. This book offers a complete overview of the issues associated with substance misuse ……続きを見る
著者:Jennifer Chan
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2015年03月01日
A comprehensive study of global AIDS activism over the past twenty-five years.
Few diseases have provoked as many wild moralistic leaps or stringent attempts to measure, classify, and define risk an……続きを見る
著者:Scott W. Atlas
出版社: Hoover Institution Press
発売日: 2013年09月01日
Health policy experts from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe discuss both what to expect from the recent health reform legislation and alternatives that should still be considered. The c……続きを見る
著者:Mark V. Pauly
出版社: Hoover Institution Press
発売日: 2013年09月01日
Mark V. Pauly offers a detailed look at the individual insurance market in the United States. He explains how it works, suggests approaches to improvement that build on what currently works well, an……続きを見る
David Koitz clarifies misconceptions and presents the facts on the impending fiscal crisis driven by spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Although these programs are idolized as pill……続きを見る
In 1988, a new health care system, the Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health Care System or SUS) was formally established in Brazil. The system was intended, among other goals, to provide universal……続きを見る
著者:Katherine Boothe
出版社: University of Toronto Press
発売日: 2015年04月04日
Canada is the only OECD country that has universal, comprehensive public hospital and medical insurance but lacks equivalent pharmaceutical coverage. In Ideas and the Pace of Change, Katherine Booth……続きを見る
著者:Ronald Munson
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2001年11月26日
Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are……続きを見る
Marijuana use continues to attract interest and fuel controversy. Big, green pot leaves have adorned the covers of Time, National Review, and Forbes. Almost 100 million Americans have tried marijuan……続きを見る
Health psychology is the scientific study of psychological processes related to health and health care. Although the field is only 25 years old, it has burgeoned into a major scientific and clinical……続きを見る
Even the most powerful men in the world are humanーthey get sick, take dubious drugs, drink too much, contemplate suicide, fret about ailing parents, and bury people they love. Young Richard Nixon w……続きを見る
No developed nation relies exclusively on the private sector to finance health care for citizens. This book begins by exploring the deficiencies in private health insurance that account for this. It……続きを見る
"The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." --Dag Hammarskj?ld, United Nations Secretary-General 1953-1961 The turn of the 21st century was an objective low p……続きを見る
This tenth edition of a classic textbook, updated in November 2013 with a free, downloadable chapter on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), presents the critical issues and core challenges surrounding ou……続きを見る
Despite global progress, staggering health inequalities between rich and poor raise basic questions of social justice. Defining the field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need f……続きを見る
Medicare has been a crucial part of Canadian identity for nearly fifty years, and it stands in marked contrast to the US health system. But these facts alone do not protect it from dismissive swipes……続きを見る
Personal health budgets are an important new tool to improve the lives of people living with long-term conditions and disabilities by giving them greater choice and control over their healthcare.Thi……続きを見る
Confessions of a GP and Further Confessions of a GP together in one volume.
Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These a……続きを見る
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.
After sixteen years of high-pressure nursing, Michael Alexander has traded in his hospital uniform for the fresh air, comfort and……続きを見る
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.
Russell is a young criminal Barrister. It’s his job to defend the people who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law –……続きを見る