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Are You Being Served?: New Tools for Measuring Service Delivery
ISBN: 9780821371855 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This publication presents tools and techniques for measuring service delivery in health and education and people's experiences from the field in deploying these methods. It begins by providing an introduction to the different methodological tools available for evaluating the performance of the health and education sectors. Country specific experiences are then explored to highlight lessons on the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of using different techniques to measure quality in a variety of different contexts and of using the resulting data to affect change. This book is a valuable...
This publication presents tools and techniques for measuring service delivery in health and education and people's experiences from the field in deplo...
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Kampala Women Getting by: Wellbeing in the Time of AIDS
ISBN: 9780821411582 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of serious enough infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children? How do they manage? What does it take to get by? How do they maintain the wellbeing of the household in a setting without what would be considered as basic health provision in an American or European city?
Professor Wallman focuses on women in a densely-populated part of Kampala called Kamwokya. With the help of a team of Ugandans and non-Ugandans, a vivid picture emerges, enhanced by color photographs, sketches and maps. Women are... What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of serious enough infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children...
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The Politics of Health Care Reform: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future
ISBN: 9780822314615 / Angielski / Twarda / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This distinguished collection stands out from the recent flurry of books on health reform by its sustained and sophisticated analysis of the political dimension. In "The Politics of Health Care Reform," some of America's best-known political scientists, historians, and legal scholars make sense of our most turbulent policy issue. They dig below the jargon and minutiae to explore the enduring questions of American politics, government reform, and health care.
"The Politics of Health Care Reform" explains how successful reforms occur in the United States and shows what is unique about health... This distinguished collection stands out from the recent flurry of books on health reform by its sustained and sophisticated analysis of the political...
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The Politics of Health Care Reform: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future
ISBN: 9780822314899 / Angielski / Miękka / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This distinguished collection stands out from the recent flurry of books on health reform by its sustained and sophisticated analysis of the political dimension. In "The Politics of Health Care Reform," some of America's best-known political scientists, historians, and legal scholars make sense of our most turbulent policy issue. They dig below the jargon and minutiae to explore the enduring questions of American politics, government reform, and health care.
"The Politics of Health Care Reform" explains how successful reforms occur in the United States and shows what is unique about health... This distinguished collection stands out from the recent flurry of books on health reform by its sustained and sophisticated analysis of the political...
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AIDS TV: Identity, Community, and Alternative Video
ISBN: 9780822316831 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Camcorder AIDS activism is a prime example of a new form of political expression an outburst of committed, low-budget, community-produced, political video work made possible by new accessible technologies. As Alexandra Juhasz looks at this phenomenon why and how video has become the medium for so much AIDS activism she also tries to make sense of the bigger picture: How is this work different from mainstream television? How does it alter what we think of the media s form and function? The result is an eloquent and vital assessment of the role media activism plays in the development of...
Camcorder AIDS activism is a prime example of a new form of political expression an outburst of committed, low-budget, community-produced, political v...
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475,09 |
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AIDS TV: Identity, Community, and Alternative Video
ISBN: 9780822316954 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Camcorder AIDS activism is a prime example of a new form of political expression an outburst of committed, low-budget, community-produced, political video work made possible by new accessible technologies. As Alexandra Juhasz looks at this phenomenon why and how video has become the medium for so much AIDS activism she also tries to make sense of the bigger picture: How is this work different from mainstream television? How does it alter what we think of the media s form and function? The result is an eloquent and vital assessment of the role media activism plays in the development of...
Camcorder AIDS activism is a prime example of a new form of political expression an outburst of committed, low-budget, community-produced, political v...
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135,69 |
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Man-Made Medicine: Women's Health, Public Policy, and Reform
ISBN: 9780822318163 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If not for the reproductive functions of women, would there be anything called women's health care? A review of medical literature, practice, and policy in this country would suggest that the answer is no. Offering a startling view of the current state of health care for women in the United States and laying the foundation for a new, widely defined women's medicine, "Man-Made Medicine" makes an urgent statement about gender bias in the medical establishment and its pernicious effects on the well-being of women and the care they receive.
These essays by physicians, lawyers, activists, and... If not for the reproductive functions of women, would there be anything called women's health care? A review of medical literature, practice, and poli...
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Healthy Markets?: The New Competition in Medical Care
ISBN: 9780822321385 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When federal and state policy makers' efforts to enact sweeping health care reform in the mid-1990s ended in stalemate, the private sector unleashed initiatives that have affected virtually every aspect of health care. With updated essays first published in issues of the "Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law," "Healthy Markets? "offers the most comprehensive and critical examination yet found in a single volume of the economic, political, and social implications of this recent market transformation of health care in the United States.
With original contributions from leading... When federal and state policy makers' efforts to enact sweeping health care reform in the mid-1990s ended in stalemate, the private sector unleashed i...
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Healthy Markets?: The New Competition in Medical Care
ISBN: 9780822322368 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When federal and state policy makers' efforts to enact sweeping health care reform in the mid-1990s ended in stalemate, the private sector unleashed initiatives that have affected virtually every aspect of health care. With updated essays first published in issues of the "Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law," "Healthy Markets? "offers the most comprehensive and critical examination yet found in a single volume of the economic, political, and social implications of this recent market transformation of health care in the United States.
With original contributions from leading... When federal and state policy makers' efforts to enact sweeping health care reform in the mid-1990s ended in stalemate, the private sector unleashed i...
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Protecting American Health Care Consumers
ISBN: 9780822328766 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the attention to the problem of protecting the health care interests of Americans, there is little consensus on what should be done politically or otherwise to address this problem. In "Protecting American Health Care Consumers "Eleanor DeArman Kinney, a nationally regarded expert on health policy and law, tackles the serious and ongoing debate among state and federal policymakers, health care providers, third-party payers, and consumers about how to provide procedural justice to patients in the present health care climate."
"To promote and ensure consumer protection in an... Despite the attention to the problem of protecting the health care interests of Americans, there is little consensus on what should be done politicall...
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The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health, and Racial Destiny in Australia
ISBN: 9780822338406 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cultivation of Whiteness is an award-winning history of scientific ideas about race and place in Australia from the time of the first European settlement through World War II. Chronicling the extensive use of biological theories and practices in the construction and "protection" of whiteness, Warwick Anderson describes how a displaced "Britishness" (or whiteness) was defined by scientists and doctors in relation to a harsh, strange environment and in opposition to other races. He also provides the first account of extensive scientific experimentation in the 1920s and 1930s on poor...
The Cultivation of Whiteness is an award-winning history of scientific ideas about race and place in Australia from the time of the first Europ...
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Health Care at Risk: A Critique of the Consumer-Driven Movement
ISBN: 9780822341246 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Health Care at Risk Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, a leading expert in health law, weighs in on consumer-driven health care (CDHC), which many policymakers and analysts are promoting as the answer to the severe access, cost, and quality problems afflicting the American health care system. The idea behind CDHC is simple: consumers should be encouraged to save for medical care with health savings accounts, rely on these accounts to cover routine medical expenses, and turn to insurance only to cover catastrophic medical events. Advocates of consumer-driven health care believe that if...
In Health Care at Risk Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, a leading expert in health law, weighs in on consumer-driven health care (CDHC), which many poli...
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Guidelines for Laboratory Quality Auditing
ISBN: 9780824787844 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intended as a broadly-based, single-source volume of practical guidance for the quality auditing of a chemical or biological testing laboratory. Its aim is to help develop or improve quality control and quality assurance programmes, to meet certification standards and pass external-source audits.
Intended as a broadly-based, single-source volume of practical guidance for the quality auditing of a chemical or biological testing laboratory. Its a...
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Handbook of International Health Care Systems
ISBN: 9780824788292 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive overview of the state of health care and availability worldwide. It focuses on the approach to the provision of quality, cost-effective health-care systems.
A comprehensive overview of the state of health care and availability worldwide. It focuses on the approach to the provision of quality, cost-effectiv...
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702,94 |
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Grossman: The Unfinished Hth Agenda
ISBN: 9780824816902 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Find out how Hawai'i's health care system really works and why all of the national proposals may fall short of providing one hundred percent universal care.
Find out how Hawai'i's health care system really works and why all of the national proposals may fall short of providing one hundred percent universal...
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Handbook on Dementia Caregiving: Evidence-Based Interventions for Family Caregivers
ISBN: 9780826100917 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors provides a comprehensive analysis of intervention approaches to dementia caregiving. He reviews the existing knowledge and provides a conceptual framework for organizing caregiver interventions of all types. Of special interest is the design of an intervention study for a culturally diverse community. The volume concludes with a discussion of how to translate intervention research into public policy, with an assessment of the future of caregiving and caregiving intervention research.
The authors provides a comprehensive analysis of intervention approaches to dementia caregiving. He reviews the existing knowledge and provides a conc...
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Innovative Interventions to Reduce Dementia Caregiver Distress: A Clinical Guide
ISBN: 9780826148018 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Increasing evidence has demonstrated that caregivers of dementia victims are at risk for depression and other medical problems. In what ways can health care providers improve or maintain the well-being of dementia caregivers? This volume provides an overview of emerging themes in dementia caregiving research and presents a broad array of practical strategies for reducing caregiver distress, including interventions for specific populations such as ethnic minority caregivers, male caregivers, and caregivers with diverse sexual orientations. Innovative approaches include the value of... Increasing evidence has demonstrated that caregivers of dementia victims are at risk for depression and other medical problems. In what ways can he... |
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Evidence-Based Protocols for Managing Wandering Behaviors
ISBN: 9780826163653 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award "Designated a Doody's Core Title "I have not seen a book that does a better job with synthesis or provision of good concise information to those in need." (3 Stars)--Doody's Book Review Service Wandering behaviors are among the most frequent, problematic, and dangerous conditions associated with dementia and a continual challenge in health care and the community. Strongly research-based, this book presents and analyzes the latest research on wandering from the clinical, health care management, and policy literature and offers practical assessment and...
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award "Designated a Doody's Core Title "I have not seen a book that does a better job with synthesis or provision ...
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Healing by Heart: Clinical and Ethical Case Stories of Hmong Families and Western Providers
ISBN: 9780826514301 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Healing by Heart is a book of stories--stories of people's search for culturally responsive health care from U.S. providers. It offers resources to providers and institutions committed to delivering culturally responsive health care, paying special attention to building successful relationships with traditional Hmong patients and families. It makes available extensive information about the health-related beliefs, practices, and values of the Hmong people, including photographs of traditional healing methods.
Healing by Heart is a book of stories--stories of people's search for culturally responsive health care from U.S. providers. It offers resource...
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538,18 |
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Healing by Heart: Clinical and Ethical Case Studies of Hmong Families and Western Providers
ISBN: 9780826514318 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Healing by Heart is a book of stories--stories of people's search for culturally responsive health care from U.S. providers. It offers resources to providers and institutions committed to delivering culturally responsive health care, paying special attention to building successful relationships with traditional Hmong patients and families. It makes available extensive information about the health-related beliefs, practices, and values of the Hmong people, including photographs of traditional healing methods.
Healing by Heart is a book of stories--stories of people's search for culturally responsive health care from U.S. providers. It offers resource...
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218,89 |