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Strategic Implications for Global Health
ISBN: 9781607416609 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highly publicised virulent infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, a potential influenza pandemic, and 'mystery' illnesses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) remain the most direct health-related threats to the US. This book offers an overview of an intelligence assessment on the connections between health and US national interests.
Highly publicised virulent infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, a potential influenza pandemic, and 'mystery' illnesses such as severe acute respi...
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736,29 |
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Dermatology Research: Focus on Acne, Melanoma & Psoriasis
ISBN: 9781608760756 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. This book gathers the latest research from around the globe in the study of new trends in dermatology and highlights such topics as: Acne causes and treatments, diagnosis and management of atopic dermatitis, Efalizumab in psoriasis clinical practice, dentric cell immunotherapy for the treatment of malignant melanoma, onychomycosis caused by nondermatophytic filamentous fungi, malignant melanoma in ethnic skin and others.
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. This book gat...
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1268,10 |
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Doctoring Medical Governance: Medical Self-Regulation in Transition
ISBN: 9781608761197 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is concerned with the sociological analysis of the professions and professional self-regulation. This is the view that professionals such as doctors should be left alone to manage their own affairs in regards to members training, practice and discipline.
This volume is concerned with the sociological analysis of the professions and professional self-regulation. This is the view that professionals such ...
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634,02 |
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Psychological Impact of Living Under Violence & Poverty in Brazil
ISBN: 9781608765874 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brazil is a developing country with major economic problems, with one-third of the population living in poverty. In this book, a number of social- demographic and clinical factors are postulated to explain, in part, the association among poverty, violence and mental health disorders in Brazil.
Brazil is a developing country with major economic problems, with one-third of the population living in poverty. In this book, a number of social- dem...
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736,29 |
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Willing and Unable: Doctors' Constraints in Abortion Care
ISBN: 9780826517159 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Willing and Unable explores the social world where abortion politics and mainstream medicine collide. The author interviewed physicians of obstetrics and gynecology around the United States to find out why physicians rarely integrate abortion into their medical practice. While abortion stigma, violence, and political contention provide some explanation, her findings demonstrate that willing physicians are further encumbered by a variety of barriers within their practice environments.
Structural barriers to the mainstream practice of abortion effectively institutionalize the... Willing and Unable explores the social world where abortion politics and mainstream medicine collide. The author interviewed physicians of obst...
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218,89 |
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Health Issues in Chinese Contexts: Volume 4
ISBN: 9781608761784 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a collection of the health care professional research studies and writings in Chinese contexts like Hong Kong. The book demonstrates the wisdom and work experiences of many contributors who are the front-line health care providers on an international level.
This volume is a collection of the health care professional research studies and writings in Chinese contexts like Hong Kong. The book demonstrates th...
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1268,10 |
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Translational Neuroscience & its Advancement of Animal Research Ethics
ISBN: 9781608761852 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of this book is to focus on breakthroughs in translational neuroscience and bio-behavioural research. It is divided into three separate sections with each reflecting a domain in which advancements have been made.
The purpose of this book is to focus on breakthroughs in translational neuroscience and bio-behavioural research. It is divided into three separate se...
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736,29 |
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Older Adults with HIV: An In-Depth Examination of an Emerging Population
ISBN: 9781608760541 / Angielski / Twarda / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first decade of the HIV/AIDS epidemic was defined by young gay men dying and activism. The second decade saw people of color and women account for the majority of those with HIV, as well as the development of effective drugs and the hope that HIV could become treatable or even curable. In this third decade, HIV has evolved into a chronic manageable disease. Few would have ever thought that there would be large numbers of older adults living with HIV in our lifetimes.Developing a strategy to best sustain the health and quality of life for the aging population living with HIV requires a...
The first decade of the HIV/AIDS epidemic was defined by young gay men dying and activism. The second decade saw people of color and women account for...
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736,29 |
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Health & Environment: Social Science Perspectives
ISBN: 9781608762163 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new book the authors examine the contribution of social scientists to the topics of health and environment. They present diverse perspectives on classical and contemporary debates by focusing on social scientific framing of environment and health, as well as on the potential contribution of social science to problem solving strategies in these fields. They trace environment and health debates to the classical scholars and examine the evolution of contemporary academic disciplines concerned with health and environment. Finally, they address current complex relationships between human...
In this new book the authors examine the contribution of social scientists to the topics of health and environment. They present diverse perspectives ...
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736,29 |
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Which Babies Shall Live?
ISBN: 9780896030862 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fate of seriously ill newborns has captured the atten- tion of the public, of national and state legislators, and of powerful interest groups. For the most part, the debate has been cast in the narrowest possible terms: "discrimination against the handicapped"; "physician authority"; "family autonomy." We believe that something much more profound is happening: the debate over the care of sick and dying babies appears to be both a manifestation of great changes in our feelings about infants, children, and families, and a reflection of deep and abiding attitudes toward the newborn, the...
The fate of seriously ill newborns has captured the atten- tion of the public, of national and state legislators, and of powerful interest groups. For...
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201,24 |
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New Insights Into the Provision of Health Services in Indonesia: A Health Workforce Study
ISBN: 9780821382981 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past decade, Indonesia has implemented significant health sector reforms that include decentralizing responsibilities for service delivery, designing incentives for health providers, increasing the supply of midwives in remote areas, and analyzing demographic and epidemiological transitions causing changes in the patterns of disease prevalence. Financial protection against catastrophic expenditures has improved substantially, and legislation has been enacted to improve the quality of physician training and patient care. Despite the progress, substantial challenges remain and include...
Over the past decade, Indonesia has implemented significant health sector reforms that include decentralizing responsibilities for service delivery, d...
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101,97 |
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Perspectives of Knowledge Management in Urban Health
ISBN: 9781441956439 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is a tragic paradox of American health care: a system renowned for world-class doctors, the latest medical technologies, and miraculous treatments has shocking inadequacies when it comes to the health of the urban poor. Urban Health Knowledge Management outlines bold, workable strategies for addressing this disparity and eliminating the "knowledge islands" that so often disrupt effective service delivery. The book offers a wide-reaching global framework for organizational competence leading to improved care quality and outcomes for traditionally underserved clients in diverse, challenging...
It is a tragic paradox of American health care: a system renowned for world-class doctors, the latest medical technologies, and miraculous treatments ...
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603,81 |
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War and the Health of Nations
ISBN: 9780804758819 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assessments of the costs of war generally focus on the financial, political, military, and territorial risks associated with involvement in violent conflict. Often overlooked are the human costs of war, particularly their effects on population well-being. In War and the Health of Nations, Zaryab Iqbal explores these human costs by offering the first large-scale empirical study of the relationship between armed conflict and population health. Working within the influential "human security" paradigm--which emphasizes the security of populations rather than states as the central object of...
Assessments of the costs of war generally focus on the financial, political, military, and territorial risks associated with involvement in violent co...
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228,06 |
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Advances in Cancer Screening
ISBN: 9780792340195 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Screening for cancer is an important focus of cancer control. Yet screening, as it involves administering a test to large segments of the population deemed to be at risk for the disease of interest, is potentially a major consumer of scarce health care resources. In addition, the benefits sought from cancer screening, particularly reduction in mortality from the disease, are not always realized, either for biological or organizational reasons. Thus, the paradigm that early detection must always be beneficial', taught to health care professionals, and publicized widely through the media to the...
Screening for cancer is an important focus of cancer control. Yet screening, as it involves administering a test to large segments of the population d...
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805,10 |
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Special Education in Context: An Ethnographic Study of Persons with Developmental Disabilities
ISBN: 9780521125857 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1989, Special Education in Context is an important and thought-provoking book. An ethnographic study of five years in the daily lives of the severely and profoundly mentally retarded residents of a state school in the United States, it was unique in its attempt to interpret their experience in their own terms and from their own perspective. Professor Gleason's findings led him to argue forcefully for a change in the approach to developmental disability. Rather than being based on the imposition of criteria such as 'normality' and focusing on the clinical...
Originally published in 1989, Special Education in Context is an important and thought-provoking book. An ethnographic study of five years in the dail...
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203,54 |
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Standard Days Method in Expanding Family Planning Method Choice
ISBN: 9783639217247 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The unmet need for family planning service in Ethiopia is believed to be high (34%).Besides this, despite the high knowledge of family planning methods, the contraceptive prevalence rate is low (15%).Therefore, expanding family planning method choices like availing standard days method is important in reducing unmet need for family planning and improving contraceptive prevalence rate.This book, therefore, indicates 79.9% of study subjects had practiced some form of contraception in the past. Further more, 70.1% and 53.8% of SDM acceptors mentioned no health/side effects and fear of side...
The unmet need for family planning service in Ethiopia is believed to be high (34%).Besides this, despite the high knowledge of family planning method...
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219,18 |
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The EMS Leadership Challenge: A Call To Action
ISBN: 9781609100230 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While this book is not intended to reveal any magic formula for effective leadership, it does highlight proven principles and several key elements of organizational success within Emergency Medical Service operations.
While this book is not intended to reveal any magic formula for effective leadership, it does highlight proven principles and several key elements of ...
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131,75 |
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The EMS Leadership Challenge: A Call To Action
ISBN: 9781609100247 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A must read for current and aspiring Emergency Medical Service leaders. While this book is not intended to reveal any magic formula for effective leadership, it does highlight proven leadership principles and several key elements of organizational success.
A must read for current and aspiring Emergency Medical Service leaders. While this book is not intended to reveal any magic formula for effective lead...
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76,42 |
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The Right to Health Care in Several European Countries
ISBN: 9789041110879 / Angielski / Twarda / 187 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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660,83 |
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The Strategic Health Care Manager
ISBN: 9780470631188 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Strategic Health Care Manager, George H. Stevens reveals how rising competition, widespread cost control measures, and other trends have profoundly changed the way health care is delivered and managed - and have led to new responsibilities, roles and performance expectations for health care managers. To help managers meet these new challenges and opportunities, Stevens describes a specific set of skills for managerial success in health care - including strategic planning, communication, team building, and monitoring and improving performance. And he explains how managers can...
In The Strategic Health Care Manager, George H. Stevens reveals how rising competition, widespread cost control measures, and other trends have...
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208,65 |