Health Policy 2

This open access book explores the question of who or what ‘the public’ is within ‘public health’ in post-war Britain. Drawing on historical research on the place of the public in public health in B……続きを見る

Challenging students to think critically about the complex web of social forces that leads to health disparities in the United States. The health care system in the United States has been called the……続きを見る

A provocative chronicle of how US public health has strayed from its liberal roots. The Covid-19 response was a crucible of politics and public healthーa volatile combination that produced predictab……続きを見る

From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensiveーand why it doesn't have to be Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral cons……続きを見る

Rated as a top 10 book about the COVID-19 pandemic by New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/07/best-books-about-covid-19-pandemic EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-N……続きを見る

Baliza teoricamente as principais tendências da sociologia das profissões e parte para o exame de situações concretas de ramos determinados de atuação tais como: medicina, enfermagem, farmácia e odo……続きを見る

Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) was a pioneer in the field of social administration (now social policy). In this reissued classic, listed by the New York Times as one of the 10 most important books of t……続きを見る

A obra reúne diversos textos cujo principal objetivo é a apresentação de um olhar da odontologia para além da técnica, através, principalmente, da abordagem das políticas de saúde bucal estabelecida……続きを見る

This book contains a collection of works showcasing the latest research into global health economics conducted by leading experts in the field from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) at the Unive……続きを見る

"Overcharged is just what the doctor ordered." ーJeffrey S. Flier, MD, former dean, Harvard Medical School Why is America's health care system so expensive? Why do hospitalized patients receive bill……続きを見る

A obra é a primeira avaliação técnica da Política Nacional de Saúde para Redução de Acidentes e Violências, desde que ela foi criada, em 2001, quando a questão da violência entrou oficialmente na pa……続きを見る

Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process affects various welfare services provided by the public s……続きを見る

Este livro identifica práticas de bom governo e caminhos que conduzem a círculos virtuosos em relação à sua implantação. Trata-se de um texto que merece ser lido e debatido tanto por ampliar a compr……続きを見る

When his teenage son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 105-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor……続きを見る

**#1 New York Times Bestseller In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its en……続きを見る

Com 28 anos de existência, o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) marca o estabelecimento do direito à saúde pela Constituição Federal e inicia um processo intenso de revisão das estruturas sanitárias, de f……続きを見る

Para que, no futuro desejado, conforme-se no Brasil um sistema de saúde universal, integral e equânime, o Estado deve ter um papel decisivo na articulação das duas dimensões da saúde: a social e a e……続きを見る

'Splendid and necessary' - Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New Statesman There are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries. But this is not a simple matter of rich a……続きを見る

The state of health care in this country is routinely discussed in the media, at the office, and around the kitchen table. Yet as consumers of medical care, Americans often blindly accept medical ad……続きを見る

A pesquisadora Raquel Paiva Dias-Scopel, do Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia), levanta questões sobre a valorização e respeito à diversidade étnica e cultural dos povos indíge……続きを見る

Over the last ten years, the financing and diversity of new players in global health have increased significantly. Ten years ago it would have been difficult to predict some of these changes ー Bill……続きを見る

Com um objeto de investigação relevante - a questão da educação/saúde/serviço e o quanto as idéias gerais sobre a educação são balizadoras -, a autora trabalha a trajetória histórico-conceitual de c……続きを見る

A contribuição da Estratégia Brasileirinhas e Brasileirinhos Saudáveis para a construção de uma política de atenção integral à saúde da criança no Brasil. 続きを見る

Family planning is about listening to what parents want, not dictating what they should do; it is about enabling women and their partners to decide freely when and how many children they want to hav……続きを見る

Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, has stated that "Universal Health Coverage is the single most powerful concept that public health has to offer." In this Series from……続きを見る

The preeminent doctor and health policy expert Ezekiel J. Emanuel gives an incisive tour of eleven health care systems across the globe in search of whose is best “Valuable… It’s hard to imagine any……続きを見る

With the exception of the United States, all developed nations provide their citizens with quality, affordable health care. And, despite its having expanded access through such programs as Medicare,……続きを見る

In the early years of COVID-19, Americans witnessed the intersection of a global pandemic, an economic collapse, and civil unrest that galvanized the country and the world and ushered in an era of u……続きを見る

As nations race to hone contact-tracing efforts, the world's experts consider strategies for maximum transparency and impact. As public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to respo……続きを見る

The history of contemporary genetic counseling, including its medical, personal, and ethical dimensions. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL For sixty years genetic co……続きを見る