The Potential for Health

ISBN-13: 9780192629449 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 296 str.

Kenneth Calman

Opis

Can health be improved? Can quality healthcare be delivered more effec tively? Can doctors and other health professionals be better at their job and deliver higher quality of care? The answer to these three ques tions is "yes," and this book shows how, through the use of existing k nowledge, the enormous potential for health can be unleashed. A key el ement of improving health, health care and the quality of life of pati ents is to ensure that those concerned with delivering the services ha ve high standards of education and training. Part of this book is ther efore devoted to this topic, using medical education as an example.

Recenzje

Because Kenneth Calman was England's chief medical officer, he has a unique experience of topics related to the practice of public health. These are the best part of the book. Particularly interesting are his ideas on communicating health related risks to the public and the chapter on the health of the nation strategy ("from health for all to health by all"). I also like his suggestion that a major aspect of medicine is to constantly redefine disease and health. He is convincing when he promotes the importance of medical humanities.